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Noobazzah

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How do rollers work?
« on: August 07, 2012, 06:03:35 am »
I've understood that rollers help build up minecart's speed and pull it up z-levels. However, how do I build them so that they work? Do I place them on top of a ramp? Do they speed up carts when they are directly on them or one tile away or one z below?
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Triaxx2

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Re: How do rollers work?
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2012, 07:27:09 am »
Build them on flat ground, and power them from the side.
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Re: How do rollers work?
« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2012, 11:44:16 am »
You can build them on ramps without a problem, you just need the gear that will power it in place first. FYI I only use constructed track, so I can't speak about what works on engraved track (I hear that ramps with engraved track are dodgy regardless). Simply build a normal roller on a constructed ramp and it will work fine. Also works if it starts on flat ground and then goes on to a ramp. You need one roller per z level if it is a multi-level ramp (as far as I know), but the one at the bottom can cover flat ground and the first ramp.

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Re: How do rollers work?
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2012, 12:56:34 pm »
Engraved ramps work just fine. The wonky part is learning to designate them properly.

I'd never actually tried rollers on ramps.
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Noobazzah

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Re: How do rollers work?
« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2012, 02:00:51 pm »
Yeah, I can already designate tracks on the ramps, thanks for the advice about rollers.
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