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[manypopes]

I'm trying to connect my mines to my magma forge with minecarts, I've set up my route in the correct directions but the yellow "!" is still showing, does this mean I haven't connected the track properly?

Also, does a track stop have to be built above a track or can it just be placed next to the end of a track?

I think I'm doing ramps wrong, the df wiki says they're tricky but doesn't really explain all that clearly. Here's a screenshot of a ramp, all my ramps on the track follow this structure.

The yellow cross is at the same x/y position in both screenshots.

Can anyone see what's going wrong here?

[Larix]

The tracks look correct to me. Where are the stops of the route and what are their depart directions? I _think_ a stop must be on top of track to be connectible, to wit, the stop must have an engraved/built track connection in its depart direction (if your depart direction is north, the tile must have a north connection, and so can be a track end with only the N connection, just as well as a crossing connected NSEW).

The trickiness of ramps is mainly that you must designate the track 'beyond' the tile to engrave, i.e. on an up ramp right next to a down ramp you designate _from_ a wall _to_ the opening of a down ramp, two tiles you cannot actually carve a track into. This feels a bit counter-intuitive, but it's the result of the way carve track designations work, i.e. you need to designate the "connections to...", not merely the tiles to actually carve into.

[manypopes]

I think can understand what you mean about track designations, they have to be long in order for the game to set their direction? Makes more sense now and I am quite sure all the ramps are set up properly.

I've removed the stops, made sure they have track underneath and have replaced the stops. The yellow ! has gone from the route menu now so maybe that was it. I was sure I had done that in the first place but who knows? Will test this out now.

EDIT: Yes it's now working, have no idea what was wrong but rebuilding the ends of the tracks fixed it. Thanks for the help.