Getting pipes through uneven terrain

[FunkyDexter]

Is there any way to run pipes through uneven terrain?

The map I'm on has a couple of water deposits down in a crater. I built a couple of extractors, along with the supporting infrastructure, and then I realised there was absolutely no way to run the pipework out. Every path has some uneven terrain blocking it. Do I need to scrap the lot or is there some upcoming tech that might let me resolve this?

 

[Gilgamoth]

I think the only thing you can use is tunnels.

 

[Chaon]

Yeah a tunnel is the only way.

Tunnels will connect your extractors to the main network when you connect the pipes and cables to either end.

 

[FunkyDexter]

Ah, I hadn't spotted tunnels. Yeah, looks like that'll do the trick

 

[ModZero]

Building I wish for: infrastructure tunnel. Not passable (I'll build a drone controller on the other hand and supply with shuttles), but much smaller, because I just don't want to see huge tunnels everywhere.

Yeah, that's my reason. I mean, it being cheaper would be nice, too, but my aesthetics.

 

[Chaon]

Building I wish for: infrastructure tunnel. Not passable (I'll build a drone controller on the other hand and supply with shuttles), but much smaller, because I just don't want to see huge tunnels everywhere.

Yeah, that's my reason. I mean, it being cheaper would be nice, too, but my aesthetics.

Having it be smaller but also much further reach would be very nice.

That way you can choose to either have a tunnel you can zip through with a shorter reach or a tunnel you can't move through but a longer reach.

 

[Turin the Mad]

Pipes - but not cables - can ascend/descend some degree of uneven terrain. Just found a crater with a sloping 'ramp' into it with a good bit of room and a hefty water source inside. Cannot run cables into/out of the crater, but pipes work fine.

 

[Yawgrimas]

For me it was the other way I could run cables but not pipes XD. I think it's to do with up vs down there.

 

[Supprendor]

Pipes - but not cables - can ascend/descend some degree of uneven terrain. Just found a crater with a sloping 'ramp' into it with a good bit of room and a hefty water source inside. Cannot run cables into/out of the crater, but pipes work fine.

Cables can too, they just require a bit more "convincing". I had a similar crater with water deposits, to get the cable down i had to go bit by bit to find spots where it would go instead of dragging over the entire ramp.

 

[Turin the Mad]

Nice! Glad to see that it is possible, just not as easy as it usually is. Thanks!