“Well guy, let’s see your philosophy in action then.”, So I’ll do a quick walkthrough on building a short line to connect this house and another property to my ‘Survival Challenge’ railroad.įirst do a little prospecting. One day your little house with its one track may turn into something like this. As your base, your machineries/magics grow and expand, so to must your railroad if you’re using it to supply them. Wood will be your best friend when it comes to bridges and covers, so make sure you have a steady supply.Īs you progress, keep the future in mind.
Add more switches and track as your needs dictate. Your house track doesn’t need to be even this elaborate, but later on you may consider a setup like this if/when you are using your train more frequently. Here I have return loop setup at my desert mining camp. first you need a spot for your train to rest, load and unload. Your starting house, whatever it may be, is established and providing what you need. This particular setup can be used as a ‘run-around’ to get your locomotive from one end of the train to the other. Make sure you leave room to expand them to handle longer trains. These are nothing complicated, and serve as either parking or as a glorified work station for your train. A ‘Return Loop’ or ‘Balloon Track’ will turn your train around for you. These measurements should also be kept in mind when putting buildings near your tracks, otherwise your vision goes crazy when rolling by. Rails of War trains need a tunnel clearance 5×5 or more. Ideally, TrainCraft works best with tunnel clearance of four blocks tall and three blocks wide. If not, a diamond pick will go a long way. I really hope you’re using Tinkers, because a Hammer that takes down 3x3x1 stone blocks at once is very helpful here. While more elaborate than really necessary, the big white arch bridge serves both trains along the top, and foot traffic along a walkway through the middle. The decks are 3-wide Spruce planks with Oak logs for supports. As you progress Cobblestone bridges may be required if you’re trying to get through areas prone to fire.īridges shown here are made with nothing but wood. TrainCraft’s Bridge Pillar blocks are relatively cheap on wood and are more durable than normal wood blocks. The picture below shows my solution to a 9-block drop while conserving flat space for a factory.īridges do not need to be complicated to do the job (unless you have an earthquake or gravity mod, I guess). Slopes like these introduce whole new challenges.
The track shown here actually climbs up one large mountain, starting at an elevation of 84.62 and climbing all the way up to 147.62 to reach an oil well. Lit tunnels or ‘snowsheds’ like seen on the right will help keep you safe from mobs. Go around where possible, but don’t hesitate to tunnel or bridge. If you end up in very hilly or mountainous biomes, do your best to cling to the sides. But of course, not everyone will be out in the plains or deserts… The track curving away into the tunnel is the only line to Trainserb’s far north oil wells and trains can reach up to 120kph while traveling the long route.īasically, the easiest place to put the track should be your way to go. The track between both points doesn’t move more than two blocks up or down in elevation at a time and uses large curves to allow faster travel.īoring may best describe the tracks shown. This image shows the track connecting my mining camp to my primary ‘base’. Unlike the real railroads we don’t really have to worry about transit time but we do have to think about fuel usage and mobs. You want to build the track as flat and as straight as possible, so that your train can travel faster. “How do I get the train to ‘X’?” This is… both simple and complicated at the same time. I’ve been asked about this subject many times already. Spend some time playing around with the track pieces and try to get a feel for their different sizes. I highly suggest starting a new flat singleplayer map in creative mode.
#TRAINCRAFT TUTORIAL HOW TO#
I won’t get into the specifics of track crafting recipes, only how to help you use them. Fear not, after a while this becomes easy. Getting from ‘A’ to ‘B’ is not as simple as you originally thought. Whether it’s model railroading or virtual, most people seem to have difficulty with the track work at first.
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