Is it possible to lay pipes underground with a standard functionality of Captain of Industry? – No! But is there such an opportunity in the game? – Yes!
Intro
Playing this game and building a life-sustaining road from garbage, that’s right – from garbage. I noticed an interesting point with the mechanics of pipes and bulk materials, namely the ability to bury pipes in the ground/rubbish/fireplace etc… In fact, this opens up a new opportunity for us to save space in our factories, by digging pits and burying pipes.
Underground pipes
To test my theory, I chose a place after the bridge where I have pipes for various purposes, in my case dumping contaminated water. The problem is that they take up so much of the bypass space, they don’t allow oversized equipment to pass through. We will try to improve the situation with the help of underground pipes.
We remove everything from above and start digging the pit.
We insert the beginnings of the pipeline into the excavated pit
We lay the pipeline itself
We bury the pipeline, in my case with garbage, in yours, at least with earth, to make a farm on top
The result is available
I show that buried pipes interfere with construction from above
As a result, we have +1 way to save space in the factory and +1 feature for which you have to love this game, because it has such well-thought-out mechanics. In the future, you need to experiment with burying conveyors and bidivels/warehouses.
We remove everything from above and start digging the pit.
We insert the beginnings of the pipeline into the excavated pit
We lay the pipeline itself
We bury the pipeline, in my case with garbage, in yours, at least with earth, to make a farm on top
The result is available
I show that buried pipes interfere with construction from above
As a result, we have +1 way to save space in the factory and +1 feature for which you have to love this game, because it has such well-thought-out mechanics. In the future, you need to experiment with burying conveyors and bidivels/warehouses.
Underground warehouse/conveyors
I decided to try to bury the building or the conveyor. Defeated though as they break when buried, maybe the conveyor can be 1-2 blocks underground, you can use it to win 2 tiles when transferring something, but I haven’t found a way to use it properly yet.
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