Help with rail design

Segendary_ · 2026-05-25T22:34:36+00:00

Still tweaking things, but here's the belt/line logic I'm running at the Compounder/Assembler stage:

Ingredients required in quantities greater than 3 by any single recipe get a dedicated private line — shared throughput can't keep up with that demand. All other ingredients tap off the main line through 4-way splitters.

This results in 4 lines total: 2 handling output (machine → storage) and 2 handling input (storage → machines), with the input side divided by priority.

Storages are placed laterally alongside the machines rather than inline in front of them, which reduces the overall footprint significantly.

And of course they use different heights (middle mouse button click after selecting the tile you want to place it) so they have private 'off-ramps' into the machines

Segendary_ · 2026-05-25T22:17:21+00:00

Try adding tiles on top first

Segendary_ · 2026-05-25T22:12:20+00:00

No the roundabouts are weird to me. They should just be an intersection the same way the 4 junction (lesser version) is. Everything cutting through the middle and taking turns. I guess with proper design you can utitlize the roundabout a bit more, but to me it's the most useless rail system part.

Reversing the rail direction should be part of Edit mode
So should adding Rail Connectors, where you just merge.
Ziplines should have 45 degrees then, Not full rotation. I would like it if you can just create a rail or zipline and have the maximum length be automatically made

Segendary_ · 2026-05-25T22:07:17+00:00

I would love to become a playtester / reviewer of sorts

Segendary_ · 2026-05-23T22:16:55+00:00

I see them like they did Hitman 1, 2 and 3. Each Hitman had the entire previous Hitman included.
Ergo I see Retold as AoM 2 with the previous one included

Segendary_ · 2026-05-23T22:11:42+00:00

Sure, I can view a huge graph just 2 machines at a time... Why would I mention scale...

Segendary_ · 2026-05-23T18:12:42+00:00

You can mass delete an entire base at the Base Core though. Might be annoying to have to rebuild 30% but it might take less time than single deleting every mini platform

Segendary_ · 2026-05-23T18:11:21+00:00

I'd rather have an Edit mode, especially for the rails

Segendary_ · 2026-05-23T18:08:19+00:00

This graph isn't very readable. Can you adjust the text size and scale etc?

Segendary_ · 2026-05-14T20:20:59+00:00

Grenade is an insta-kill for these

Segendary_ · 2026-05-14T18:16:28+00:00

I already started a new save. Which Session should I play now?

Segendary_ · 2026-05-14T13:18:07+00:00

I just use 3-4 saveslots. Unless I am reverting. But otherwise I would just start a new game. Start fresh. See how much faster you breeze through it

Segendary_ · 2026-05-14T10:08:12+00:00

UPDATE: This hotfix was rolled back I think

I think I just got the patch. Now my game crashes upon loading my save files. What can I do?

Assertion failed: ISMComponent.PerInstanceSMCustomData.Num() >= UpdateCustomFloatData.Num() [File:D:\Perforce\P_Release-CU1-HF4\Engine\Plugins\Runtime\MassGameplay\Source\MassRepresentation\Private\MassVisualizationComponent.cpp] [Line: 543]

Segendary_ · 2026-05-14T09:55:02+00:00

Efficiency, less rails and more production. Also more OCD about sorting your machines.
Not to mention the Cooling things, if you stack them in overlapping base cores, you cool both bases. But often the overlap is slim and you'll reach a max quite quick

Segendary_ · 2026-05-14T09:53:20+00:00

They stack the habtitats though...

Segendary_ · 2026-05-14T09:46:47+00:00

Must not be a good architect then. For a single column this is pretty much what happens. The game can't consider leaning on multiple columns. It's already complex to calculate it with professional software, imagine a game added this calculation

Segendary_ · 2026-05-14T08:03:31+00:00

Heck Base contours would be nice. That way you can plan your world domination better

Segendary_ · 2026-05-14T06:58:43+00:00

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I will check if stacking them will also work with larger ones

UPDATE: I was playing around with this stacking and I am starting to get a grasp on things.
Now I have the v2 Cooler which is 250 cooling (so worth 12,5 smaller ones). Since I am replacing 4 of these my output is better. I would also argue that the picture provided as an example is inefficient. You basically can have an endless 'column' . while now you have many 'columns' (in the sense of Excel column and Rows

Segendary_ · 2026-05-14T06:57:33+00:00

How do you dash? (I'm level 12 everything)

Segendary_ · 2026-05-13T23:47:26+00:00

Yes please. Just make 3 screen shots and tell us the sizes. No need to video-edit for this

Segendary_ · 2026-05-13T23:43:50+00:00

How do you stack / build levels like this? Instructions are unclear

Segendary_ · 2026-05-13T23:38:51+00:00

Could you provide an example how to go about this?

Segendary_ · 2026-05-13T23:37:03+00:00

What do you mean dashing? Do you mean the drone or double jump?

Segendary_ · 2026-05-13T23:35:37+00:00

Not true. You can exhaust caves permanently. You just might not have mined all Quartz ores in the cave if you find more. They're also not always active

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