Monorail Tunnel

[Saint Andrew 6]

Hey I have a problem with the monorail, trying to get to go under a highway to be more specific. 

For some reason, the hole digger (both the regular and deeper version) won't work. I plop the digger lot and the road (to activate it) can't be dragged over the lot, it turns red. I don't have problems with any other hole digger lots so what's happening? Does anyone know how to make it work?

Thanks in advance.!

[masochist 111]

Are you facing them in the right direction? The arrows on the HD lots have to face the same direction as how the road is to be dragged, or else they won't work.  Also, they have to be spaced every other grid tile.  If all of that's good, it might not be the lots, but the road itself.  Maybe there's something wrong with the terrain (sometimes it gets these weird squares where it "failed terrain smoothing" or some nonsense like that).

Of course, it might also be something entirely different...

And...are you even allowed to get monorails to go under freeways? I wouldn't know, since I don't use monorails all that much...maybe something in the NAM?

[Zelgadis 638]

It may not be deep enough. I think the hole diggers are for roads specifically, but I don't really know since I don't use them. I use the valley maker tool.

I do know that monorail tunnels need to be a wee bit deeper than other things because monorail itself is rather tall. See if you can't get your hole a wee bit deeper and let us know if that works.

ISF

[tungston 19]

Originally posted by: Saint Andrew Hey I have a problem with the monorail, trying to get to go under a highway to be more specific. 

For some reason, the hole digger (both the regular and deeper version) won't work. I plop the digger lot and the road (to activate it) can't be dragged over the lot, it turns red. I don't have problems with any other hole digger lots so what's happening? Does anyone know how to make it work?

Thanks in advance.!quote>

 

The most likely problem is that the hole would be below sea level.   You could raise the terrain enough to get the tunnel made, then drop the level between the entrances of the tunnel.

[High5flyier 7]

Its easy to put monorails under highways. First, remove your highway out of the path of your future tunnel path. Second, raise the ground up to create a little mountain. Third, with your tunnel approaches at the correct depth, drag and place your monorail tunnel. Fourth ,carerfully lower the terrane back and then draw your highway back in place. I do it all the time. The terraforming tools are your friends.

[masochist 111]

Oh, wow...I totally missed the word "tunnel" in the thread title! I though he was trying to actually drag...but now I realize that he was really trying to...well anyways, mistake on my part, I'm sorry!

[Saint Andrew 6]

Thanks all of you I'll try these things and I'll be back to tell you what happened !