Off-by-one rail bug

Is that not corrected by the S track? I had to do it many times. Just tried it with the new tunnel and found the same. Baffling.

My main monorail in Springfield is off by one square and to be honest it's more work than I'm prepared to do to make it line up so my tunnels are destined for storage and I'll keep my 2 separate monorail tracks.

I think the OP here means the road to his Mall entrance lines up perfectly but the rail is off by one. If they move the mall then the rail lines up and the entrance does not. Either way something will be off by one. It's impossible to design the mall with the entrance the way they have it- and at the same time have the rail connect to the mountain.

In my town the road doesn't go right up to the entrance; rather I use flower pots or plants in rows along the entrance to make it look stand/out- but the road just passes by rather than running right up to the entrance.

I agree with the OP though- that is an annoying design flaw, I'm sure it'll annoy alot of people.

I spent 2 hours yesterday evening moving my entire system one stinking spot. Didn't want to do it as I feel I should be able to place tunnel where ever I want on mountain range. Tedious? Yes. Sore arm? Yes. Is sky finger upset? Yes. Alas, I felt great when it was done and slept like a baby. Stupid Flanders!

Sorry OP, I was confused. Still am.

KillaSqirl wrote:
I think you gotta move the mall and all your tracks in the heights. Unless of course EA is kind enought to address this via some sort of patch.

Not to threadjack, but did anyone have luck and their existing rail line up nicely with the tunnel? I've got the issue in both my towns and I find it a bit odd that I haven't read a single post where anyone didn't have this issue.

Mine lined up perfectly as I had actually anticipated this very thing long ago.

I created the SH monorail first and then thought that, logically speaking, whatever way you lined up your original track you had to apply the same rules to the second one ie look at the loop as as a square either line the top horizontal line or the bottom with the footpath and then use the same rules with the second Monorail. Sounds I have 2 loops soon to be one

Not complaining, but I foresee many threads/comments on this issue in the coming weeks. I wonder if EA knew in advance that this was going to be a problem for a substantial number of people?

The placement restriction on the tunnel is simply weak and lazy. To introduce a piece of the system with such a restriction so late after the original release of the monorail event is just EA devs being jerks.

There is absolutely NO reason why the tunnel couldn't be moved left or right on the mountain range in single-square increments.

I would like to know the ratio of instant-fit connections to mandatory reconstructions. How about adding a poll?

Mine is the same way. I've spent a couple of hours moving my tracks but it still ends up off by a 1/4 of a track.

We just need a new rail piece that goes 1 square over since the smallest one only goes 2 squares.