Help with ziplines.

[Red Eclipse]

I am trying to build ziplines between my different outposts, but it keeps saying that it's blocked. How am I supposed to know when it's unblocked? I wish you could confirm and it would draw a line between the two so you knew what was obstructing it.

Any assistance?

[Seraphita]

It draws a line but the issue is you will not see everything that's between you and there. It could be a leaf, a branch, etc. Even when it's not blocked, you could ride it and hit something and fall down. When I did zipline, I built a kind of tower to go above all the ground stuff.

Just make sure you have a clear sight between zipline bases. Maybe try to elevate them?

[Kornstalx]

Build a tower on top of your main base, and put one or two big stem-based ziplines on this tower. Keep some bee stingers and stuff on you for the wall-mount versions; put these at your satellite bases.

Use your PEEP.R to verify line of sight when looking for a place nearby to stick them. Also note like the other guy said, even if it's clear you can still get knocked off by grass. If your tower is tall enough, in some places you can put the stem-based zipline anchor at your satellite base for a return zipline low on your main base tower.

For example I have a stem-based on my main tower that gets to the picnic table (seat), and a return line that lands at the base of my main tower.

Also stem-based anchors can handle multiple ziplines at once.

[XX_Cindy_XX]

yes build tower higher, how higher the better, i have lots of towers cross the whole garden, its a lots of work to get high...but fun when nothing block, use peeps(binoculair) to.

[Red Eclipse]

But I've got a smaller one that is just helping me get up a ledge, and it still says connection blocked and doesn't let me see a direct line between the two even though it's blocked by nothing but grass.

Just draw the line anyway so I can clear what needs to be cleared. That doesn't make any sense.

[Kornstalx]

Originally posted by Red Eclipse:

But I've got a smaller one that is just helping me get up a ledge, and it still says connection blocked and doesn't let me see a direct line between the two even though it's blocked by nothing but grass.

Just draw the line anyway so I can clear what needs to be cleared. That doesn't make any sense.

You need to go higher. Yes it would be easier if it drew the line anyway, I agree, but regardless you said you see grass in the way.

[XX_Cindy_XX]

u can if u wish, enter my garden and ill show u what i mean with my ziplines?

[pcdeltalink]

Yeah the rule I tend to use for ziplines is “when you think you’re high enough, add about 5 or 6 more sections of height.”

Ziplines really do need a fairly steep angle to get decent speed and clear obstacles. If your line is blocked you either aren’t tall enough or your landing area is in a bad spot.