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[whitecold]

the new minecarts are great, but setting up a large system is very time consuming.
My Suggestions to make it easier to set these route up:

Ability to assign multiple minecarts to the same route:
If you need to clear out stone or transport large amounts of fluid, one minecart is not enough. right now you need tons of identical routes cluttering the interface.

copy/pasting stop orders:
Like in the military scheduling tab the ability to copy-paste orders from one stop to another. useful if you have complicated orders

changing stop locations:
right now a stop location is fixed after creation. if you need to change it, you need enter all orders again

[GreatWyrmGold]

These all sound like good ideas, especially the first (since you can't micromanage it away). Although that idea has other issues; what happens if the second minecart is moving faster than the first for some reason?

...Also, what happens to a dwarf stuck between two minecarts? Or, should I say "crushed?"

[Rakushun]

what happens if the second minecart is moving faster than the first for some reason?

...Also, what happens to a dwarf stuck between two minecarts? Or, should I say "crushed?"

FUN.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Tor both or just the second event?

[Rakushun]

Both.

[Maklak]

Transport Tycoon had a great system for railroads. As to two minecarts per track, is would be possible under these assumptions: A stop can accept more than one cart, but only one cart is ever allowed at a track without stops or semaphores. This would work like so:

0) A has 2 mine carts f and g.  B has none.
1) Mine cart f is loaded and is sent towards B. g is being loaded.
2) f reaches B. The track is now free. g can be sent or f can return.
3a) g reaches B, which now has both carts. The track is free, so one of them is immediately sent to A and then the other, because the cart at A will be empty upon arrival.
3b) f reaches A. Loaded g is immediately sent to B, while f is being filled.

This way there would be higher efficiency and no collisions.