Road
Roads are required to place buildings within cities. The type of road makes no difference to the city once constructed, and buildings even function fine if the roads are removed afterwards.
After placing a road, the next road is started from the end of the previous road. This can be canceled by pressing the space key or re-selecting the road type in the construction window.
Roads in general require little labor to build, but slabs take additional labor to level the ground. Roads can be placed next to unfinished roads.
Road Slab
Road slabs, also simply known as slabs, are a move wide version of a road. They flatten the terrain to be even, elevating the terrain to the starting point of placement.
Road slabs are used for construction of vehicles and spacecraft, as well as functioning as an airport landing strip.
In order to make a road slab, use the mouse wheel or arrow keys while placing a road to toggle between road and road slab placement.
Road slabs prevent spacecraft with an officer or captain from environmental decay damage.
Dirt Road
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Dirt roads require no materials and no tools. They only require labor to build. Therefore, these are usually the first roads used in a new city. Dirt roads are also thinner, making them some times fit where other roads can't.
Because the dirt roads aren't as wide as the other road types, it can become difficult to upgrade to another type of road later. This has lead to some people refusing to use dirt roads altogether, expect in some minor places. Dirt road is also the only road type to not have lamp posts.
Dirt road slabs are however the same width as all other road slabs, so there is no worry about that apart from the aesthetics.
Concrete Road
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Concrete roads are a common road type, mostly second only to dirt roads because of their stone construction cost.
Asphalt Road
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Asphalt roads are exactly like concrete roads, except they are darker in color and require oil to build instead of stone. They however cannot be built in the super hot environments found on planets in the inferno orbit zone.
Pressurized Road
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Pressurized roads are most commonly used only in harsh environments, such as on moons and other uninhabitable worlds. The pressurized enclosure protects against harsh environments, allowing people to move around without environment suits. Pressurized roads are not required in anyway, they are mostly used for convince or aesthetic purposes.