monorail: bridge from suspended track to suspended track at one level higher?

[megasycophant]

Using pak128, I'm trying to build a bridge from a track at one level above the ground (within a city, so this is a street) to another track at two levels above the ground, and can't seem to do it. What I'm trying to do is create a "passing rail", but above/below, rather than side by side, as one would do with a regular rail. Is this not possible?

[ӔO]

it's possible.
there are two ways of doing it.
one is by using the up slope tool on a ground level track and the other is to use the bridge between a ground level track and elevated track.

make sure the ground and elevated are on the same line, then use the bridge tool on the ground track. It should make a bridge to connect both levels together.

[Dwachs]

you can also use slope tool on elevated ways

[megasycophant]

That is sick. A pretty elegant solution.

Problem is, I only seem to be able to use the slope tool on the end of a way, allowing me to angle the end up, but not for anything after that, and can't seem to connect my ground + 1 level sloped up ramp with my ground + 2 level way. Has anyone put together a tutorial or the like for this?

you can also use slope tool on elevated ways

[Dwachs]

to connect them, you have to 'build' a non-elevted way between them.

[megasycophant]

OK, this is making me feel stooopid.

So, I have two monorail tracks that look like this:

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+2 level: = =
+1 level:     = =
  Ground:


Then I use the slope tool to make them look like this:

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            A B
+2 level: = =
+1 level:     \ =
  Ground:


Sections A and B look as if they're connected, but they're not, and I don't seem to be able to use the non-elevated tool to connect them, though I may be doing it wrong. What am I missing? Am I going about it all wrong?

[Dwachs]

Then I use the slope tool to make them look like this:

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            A B
+2 level: * =
+1 level:     \ *
  Ground:


You have to use the non-elevated tool directly on the elevated tiles as marked by * (it may be confusing as elevated ways are build by placing the cursor one level below the level, where one wants to build.

[megasycophant]

Thanks. I swear I tried that at first and it didn't work but works great now.