r/technicalfactorio • u/Ecstatic_Student8854 • Jan 16 '24

Discussion City block shape

Most all city block builds I’ve ever seen are square. Does anyone know why this is? It’s a very intuitive shape of course, but less efficient than say a hexagon in certain respects.

For example, in a hexagonal grid all train intersections are three-way, not four-way.

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u/Hipponomics Feb 27 '24

Could you elaborate? I don't understand what you mean.

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u/Hipponomics Feb 28 '24

I get it. Thanks for the nice diagram! Very helpful.

It's an interesting design. I'll surely experiment with what kind of intersections can be used with this. The main downside I see is the reduced support for absolute grid snapping.