Split High Power Shaft into horizontal-to-vertical shaft turns and straight vertical power shafts
Right now you can only transfer power vertically only one step at a time without ability to horizontally rotate shaft stack output in relation to input (output always opposes input). To transfer power between three and more level you need to build cascade of High Power Shafts with significant footprint.
I suggest splitting High Power Shaft into stackable basic components (horizontal-to-vertical and vertical-to-horizontal turns, vertical shaft). It will simplify transfering power between various different heights in tight spots and make overall construction neater.
Comments: 8
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17 Sep
jcheungpersonally speaking, i'd rather it be new structures leaving the existing one.
meanwhile, you can just build a bunch of lodges on top of each other and that would transfer just as well :D -
17 Sep
Thaina YuAdditional for my proposal about mirror building. https://timberborn.featureupvote.com/suggestions/215341/
The vertical shaft could just be "variation" of normal shaft. Such as L shape shaft could be togger to upward or downward too. T and X shape could be toggle to vertical and horizontal
With this we have the key to switch variation of various things -
19 Sep
woubucYeah, a way to transfer power straight up several levels instead of going in steps would be really useful.
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09 Oct
Evan Gannon MergedSince buildings with a flat top like warehouses are able to carry power to adjacent buildings, it would be great to have a power connection that goes at a 90 degree angle from the ground so that you could connect a building that was above and to the side by 1 square. There could also be a type of platform with a power tap that let's you pull/add power from/to a building on top of it.
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09 Oct
Gin Fuyou Admin"Vertical power connections" (suggested by Evan Gannon on 2021-10-09), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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14 Oct
Erick VieiraIt would be really awesome! I've posted something like this on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Timberborn/comments/q80i7k/it_would_be_nice_if_gears_could_rotate_on_z_axis/
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06 Nov
ThagustaI agree. An L-shape vertical for power would save me a lot of pain connecting buildings that need power...
This way I would be able to build all the electrics in one level and build the factories on top <3 -
2 days ago
NeffsterI just want to be able to bring power up under a building to clean up asthetics so jus the "L" shaped shaft is enough for me