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Rosedragon at 00:51, 26 June 2013

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Grimbark: /* Levelling */ cannot flatten paved tiles

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Levelling: cannot flatten paved tiles

Mauz at 15:17, 6 August 2010

2010-08-06T15:17:39Z

Mauz: Moved from Paving

2010-08-05T22:12:34Z

Moved from Paving

Eep: Redirecting to Paving

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Redirecting to Paving

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 ==Description==
-Road construction is very important in Wurm, it lets you go places - fast. You could make simple paths out of [[dirt]] and [[packed dirt]] tiles, but those get quickly overtaken by [[grass]] and [[trees]]. [[Sand]] lasts longer, but is slow to walk on. On a [[Paving|paved]] road you can reach speeds up to 17.31 km/h, compared to the 11 km/h on grass and less than half of that on sand. That in combination with finding your way around - which many seem to have trouble with in Wurm - makes it pretty obvious that roads are a good thing to have.
+Road construction is very important in Wurm, it lets you go places - fast. You could make simple paths out of [[dirt]] and [[packed dirt]] tiles, but those get quickly overtaken by [[grass]] and [[trees]]. [[Sand]] lasts longer, but is slow to walk on. On a [[Paving|paved]] road you can reach speeds up to 17.28 km/h, compared to the 11 km/h on grass and less than half of that on sand. That in combination with finding your way around - which many seem to have trouble with in Wurm - makes it pretty obvious that roads are a good thing to have.
 ==Levelling==

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 One-tile wide roads are usually sufficient. For heavily used [[highway]]s wider designs have been used, for instance to make it easier to guide your horse or cart on auto-run.
-As for paving material, [[gravel]] roads are easiest to make, because they only require one [[rock shard]] per tile to pave. However, they are slower to travel than [[cobblestone]] or [[stone slabs]].
+As for paving material, [[gravel]] roads are easiest to make, because they only require one [[rock shard]] per tile to pave. However, they are slower to travel than [[cobblestone]], [[stone slabs]], [[marble slabs]] or [[slate slabs]].
 Cobblestone and stone slabs are equally fast, up to 17.31 km/h walking speed. But [[stone brick]]s for cobblestone take much less raw material and effort to create than slabs.

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 To make a road level to walk on, so that it does not [[slope]] to one side, stand on the higher of the two sides and examine the tile border that crosses the road to the lower side.  You will need to do some combination of [[digging]] the higher side and dropping dirt on the lower side to bring it to "this slope is level".
-In normal grassy areas, it may be possible to simply choose '''[[Flattening|Flatten]]''' on each tile as you walk along the road. But this often does not work because of [[rock]], uneven numbers of dirt, lack of dirt in your inventory or low digging skill. A player with a higher digging skill may also flatten paved tiles of any type, provided they are not too close to a [[building]], [[Stone wall|wall]] or [[fence]] or on [[Deed|deeded]] land where they do not have permission. The dig & dump method however will always work, unless there is something preventing dirt from being dropped. It may also be possible that a road has to be placed near a 30+ slope, in which case it is better to [[Guides/FlatRaising|flat-raise]] to level your tile because any dirt dropped will slide down.
+In normal grassy areas, it may be possible to simply choose '''[[Flattening|Flatten]]''' on each tile as you walk along the road site, you will want to do this before paving as paved tiles cannot be flattened. However, this often does not work because of [[rock]], uneven numbers of dirt, lack of dirt in your inventory or low digging skill. The dig & dump method however will always work, unless there is something preventing dirt from being dropped. It may also be possible that a road has to be placed near a 30+ slope, in which case it is better to [[Guides/FlatRaising|flat-raise]] to level your tile because any dirt dropped will slide down.
 When using flatten, one may find it handy to 'stop' the flatten action once the slope hits the desired value, instead of allowing the entire flatten to take place.  This can make evening out slopes along a hill much faster.

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 To make a road level to walk on, so that it does not [[slope]] to one side, stand on the higher of the two sides and examine the tile border that crosses the road to the lower side.  You will need to do some combination of [[digging]] the higher side and dropping dirt on the lower side to bring it to "this slope is level".
-In normal grassy areas, it may be possible to simply choose '''[[Flattening|Flatten]]''' on each tile as you walk along the road. But this often does not work because of [[rock]], uneven numbers of dirt, lack of dirt in your inventory or low digging skill. A player with a higher digging skill may also flatten paved tiles of any type, provided they are not too close to a [[building]], [[Stone wall|wall]] or [[fence]] or on [[Deed|deeded]] land where they do not have permission. The dig & dump method however will always work, unless there is something preventing dirt from being dropped.  It may also be possible that a road has to be placed near a 30+ slope, in which case it is better to [[Guides/FlatRaising|flat-raise]] to level your tile because any dirt dropped will slide down.
+In normal grassy areas, it may be possible to simply choose '''[[Flattening|Flatten]]''' on each tile as you walk along the road. But this often does not work because of [[rock]], uneven numbers of dirt, lack of dirt in your inventory or low digging skill. A player with a higher digging skill may also flatten paved tiles of any type, provided they are not too close to a [[building]], [[Stone wall|wall]] or [[fence]] or on [[Deed|deeded]] land where they do not have permission. The dig & dump method however will always work, unless there is something preventing dirt from being dropped. It may also be possible that a road has to be placed near a 30+ slope, in which case it is better to [[Guides/FlatRaising|flat-raise]] to level your tile because any dirt dropped will slide down.
 When using flatten, one may find it handy to 'stop' the flatten action once the slope hits the desired value, instead of allowing the entire flatten to take place.  This can make evening out slopes along a hill much faster.
-== Slopes ==
+==Slopes==
-The optimal road slope is 20. Any slope greater than 20 may physically hurt you if running down the road at full speed. Riding a [[horse]] though will allow travelling up and down slopes up to 30 without problems.
+The optimal road slope is no more than 20; preferably lower for lesser drain on stamina and better visibility ahead. Any slope greater than 20 may physically hurt you if running down the road at full speed. Riding a [[horse]] though will allow travelling up and down slopes up to 30 without problems.
 ==See Also==
 *[[Digging]]
 *[[Paving]]
 *[[Maps]]
-*[[Large sign]] and [[Small sign]]
+*[[Pointing sign]]
 [[Category:Babel/R]]

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		+	==Description==
		+
		+	Road construction is very important in Wurm, it lets you go places - fast. You could make simple paths out of [[dirt]] and [[packed dirt]] tiles, but those get quickly overtaken by [[grass]] and [[trees]]. [[Sand]] lasts longer, but is slow to walk on. On a [[Paving\|paved]] road you can reach speeds up to 17.31 km/h, compared to the 11 km/h on grass and less than half of that on sand. That in combination with finding your way around - which many seem to have trouble with in Wurm - makes it pretty obvious that roads are a good thing to have.
		+
		+	==Levelling==
		+
		+	To make a road level to walk on, so that it does not [[slope]] to one side, stand on the higher of the two sides and examine the tile border that crosses the road to the lower side. You will need to do some combination of [[digging]] the higher side and dropping dirt on the lower side to bring it to "this slope is level".
		+
		+	In normal grassy areas, it may be possible to simply choose '''[[Flattening\|Flatten]]''' on each tile as you walk along the road. But this often does not work because of [[rock]], uneven numbers of dirt, lack of dirt in your inventory or low digging skill. A player with a higher digging skill may also flatten paved tiles of any type, provided they are not too close to a [[building]], [[Stone wall\|wall]] or [[fence]] or on [[Deed\|deeded]] land where they do not have permission. The dig & dump method however will always work, unless there is something preventing dirt from being dropped. It may also be possible that a road has to be placed near a 30+ slope, in which case it is better to [[Guides/FlatRaising\|flat-raise]] to level your tile because any dirt dropped will slide down.
		+
		+	When using flatten, one may find it handy to 'stop' the flatten action once the slope hits the desired value, instead of allowing the entire flatten to take place. This can make evening out slopes along a hill much faster.
		+
		+	== Slopes ==
		+
		+	The optimal road slope is 20. Any slope greater than 20 may physically hurt you if running down the road at full speed. Riding a [[horse]] though will allow travelling up and down slopes up to 30 without problems.
		+
		+	==See Also==
		+	*[[Digging]]
		+	*[[Mining]]
		+	*[[Paving]]
		+	*[[Maps]]
		+	*[[Large sign]] and [[Small sign]]
		+
		+	[[Category:Babel/R]]