Medieval Engineers

Medieval Engineers

(Not 0.7 ready yet) Heavy Steam Locomotive (Rail Engine)
11 Comments
Xaerthus  [author] 8 Jan, 2019 @ 7:38am 
Also u may look at this new blueprint from the original creator of the wheel design, onca77. I havent tested it yet, but it looks very promising:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1618289678
Xaerthus  [author] 8 Jan, 2019 @ 7:21am 
To make it more powerful, more engines and more axles would have to be added (axles give more grip, engines give more power) but that would make the locomotive ridiculously long and impractical when using turns and switches. And articulating it in the middle would add a whole lot of additional engineering and performace problems.

Have u maybe tried just using two engines in a row (or in push-pull config)? I got some technical problems with my ME instalation right now so I cannot test it but, I mean, it SHOULD work logically.
Cosmic Lemonade 7 Jan, 2019 @ 7:40pm 
how is this not in first place?
Baron-of-Pingas-Bradders 7 Jan, 2019 @ 3:24pm 
Is there possibly a way to get an even BIGGER version of this engine??
AIXS 2 Jan, 2019 @ 6:41am 
Thanks
Xaerthus  [author] 2 Jan, 2019 @ 6:29am 
Yes, I may do that this weekend, when I have some time.
AIXS 2 Jan, 2019 @ 5:06am 
Could you maybe give us a world aswell?
Cosmic Lemonade 31 Dec, 2018 @ 11:43pm 
wou
Xaerthus  [author] 30 Dec, 2018 @ 12:18am 
@Lordm00m00 Thanks :)
@onca77 Thanks a lot for the kind words! On the sidenote: the chests were actually a byproduct of severe frustration as a single weight placed in a wrong place did make the difference between going max 30 and 60 km/h (not to mention any change in pulled cargo). So after 15 or so designs and a couple of them destroyed by missclics while deleting weights, I tried to make my life easier and suprisingly, for once it actually worked :D
onca77 29 Dec, 2018 @ 1:34pm 
Well worked out construction of bogie suspensions, clever idea of actually using chests for weighting the drive unit (instead of permanently gluing weights to the chassis) and really nice optimization of the use of rope belts, really important for multiplayer, all in nicely finished package. Coming up with a better design would be a true challenge.
Lordm00m00 29 Dec, 2018 @ 10:56am 
Nice job, love the style feels like a real steam train