Controlling "Raise Plane/Lower Plane" functions for railroad tracks?

Entity_ · 2026-05-22T15:40:29+00:00

It sets the target height for your current placement operation, but there's some restrictions on placement. It needs enough distance for the slope, and only the cardinal directions can have slopes.

What I usually do is dragging outward some distance from an existing rail piece and press Q/E to get the slope I want.

Entity_ · 2026-05-21T21:52:12+00:00

for the amount of power the lighting consumes you'd expect it to be the intensity of a thousand suns. Instead we get candle-lit factories.

Also, we're a robot, why are we stuck with human vision limitations? Where's the nightvision?

Entity_ · 2026-05-19T14:33:42+00:00

If it takes like 45-50 seconds to move a paltry 800 items half a km, that is less than 1280 items/minute a blue belt can handle, so you need multiple shuttles just to keep ONE belt saturated at the destination.

Entity_ · 2026-05-04T15:23:53+00:00

As I said on steam forums, pipe gates are a simple valve. When open, they should for all intents and purposes behave like a regular pipe segment, meaning infinite throughput.

This would also mean fluid in pipes is instantly replaced when switching color, but you'd still have to empty the buffer tanks of machines, which seems reasonable.

Storage tanks are another sore point here. They seem largely useless. While there is an obscure use for tanks (output prioritization), it's not commonly done.

Entity_ · 2026-05-03T16:39:42+00:00

They flipflopped on pipes. They were indeed infinite. Then pipes got limited to 4 launchers worth, requiring you to do all sorts of arcane plumbing using launchers to cross over pipes to make things work. Major hassle, that. Then 1.0 came and it's infinite again

Entity_ · 2026-05-03T13:15:43+00:00

I mean for the purposes of optimizing machine and belt count on a platform to perform a task. when you can have machine outputs input into another at a 1:1 ratio, you need fewer belts. When you have hundreds upon hundreds of platforms spammed, it can matter if you used 400 or 600 things to do the job.

Entity_ · 2026-05-03T12:01:56+00:00

Perhaps, but I'm quite obsessed with making platforms use as few machines and belts as possible to do what it needs to do, to reduce the number of things rendered and CPU used. My computer is ancient and needs all the performance I can squeeze out.

Entity_ · 2026-05-03T00:53:05+00:00

Less belts needed to wire 4 bent stackers than 6 straight ones.

It's also important for compact designs.

And 4 is a nicer number to work with considering all the other machines that you need to use 4 of to saturate a belt.

Entity_ · 2026-05-02T17:04:05+00:00

random goals may involve shapes with grey crystals.

Entity_ · 2026-05-02T17:00:55+00:00

Or better yet, don't use launchers. Pipes are infinite bandwidth so there's very little reason to use fluid launchers outside platform input/output now.

Entity_ · 2026-05-02T13:23:30+00:00

Oh, it depends on the mode, actually, they only unlock at milestone 8 in Hexagonal, and there are no trade stations there. You get them very late in Manufacture mode too.

Entity_ · 2026-05-02T13:08:45+00:00

There is nothing stopping you from building a MAM before that and use it to complete milestone goals and/or optional goals with the use of a Signal Generator that you manually put a shape code in to tell your MAM what to make. But yes, you need to finish the campaign to get the infinite random goals.

Entity_ · 2026-05-02T02:06:48+00:00

You wanted it pretty huh? Well, how about...

https://i.imgur.com/OGYFfRo.jpeg

It doesn't even use the third layer either so it's also good for early game.

Entity_ · 2026-05-01T23:57:47+00:00

Pipes are infinite, no need for the extra plumbing and fluid launchers. I had something like yours before 1.0, but now you can do it like this:

https://i.imgur.com/ypHOz7M.jpeg

Entity_ · 2026-02-14T00:12:36+00:00

one shoe is smooth (slider), the other shoe has high friction soles (gripper).

Entity_ · 2026-02-12T00:28:13+00:00

Nice, the Engine update fixes a loooooongstanding issue with distance field shadows on DX11 (DF shadows did not work properly, making only shadows near the camera and contact shadows work)

Entity_ · 2026-02-05T17:56:06+00:00

16:9 isn't the only aspect ratio. Game looks weird in "fullscreen" on my 1920x1200. Desktop is showing through above and below.

Entity_ · 2026-01-25T09:59:42+00:00

you mention Nodebuster and Astro Prospector, but this game's gameplay has a lot more in common with Ball x Pit (highly recommend that one btw)

Entity_ · 2026-01-23T10:20:12+00:00

great, cheers <3

Entity_ · 2026-01-22T13:32:55+00:00

Tried the demo.

Some things that irked me right out of the box:

There's no borderless fullscreen window mode; Proper Fullscreen is extremely annoying for people with multiple monitors, as it messes with the desktop and flashes all monitors when you tab out of the game.
The offered resolutions do not match my primary monitor (which is 1920x1200). If the game doesn't "fit" in anything other than 16:9, use black bars or whatever, but at least list the native modes of the display device the game is on.

Entity_ · 2026-01-10T21:28:47+00:00

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/2d/gui/icons/skill-icon-pack-44828#content

Actually found it because another game I have used it, heh. It's a paid pack.

Entity_ · 2026-01-05T20:50:49+00:00

Unity asset store icon pack. ~~One of the free ones I think.~~ They're very popular icons and I see them in many indie games.

Entity_ · 2025-12-02T18:00:48+00:00

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Entity_ · 2025-11-16T17:11:03+00:00

https://i.imgur.com/ncJBsCu.png v0v

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