[Mod] Advanced Trains [advtrains] [2.4.3]

[TumeniNodes]

maybe make mesh for rails, for more information, maybe ask wikipedia (de)
at now the 45° rail is wider than the normal

and i still dont like these cylinders in the trains, minetest is a cubic game

But if this were a "rule" to be strictly adhered to, then no one should have, nor be creating cars, trains, arches, the apples, etc... wheels are round.
I'm just saying that adding "some" cylindrical / rounded objects is not such a bad thing. It gives more appeal.
And, there is always the option to build a train mod without cylinders as well. It is extremely difficult to please everyone in one mod. That is why it is nice to have alternative options, as well as the ability to make them into anything you want.
You could fork the mod, and make the changes which please you (and probably others who feel the same regarding a cubic / centric feel), or if unable, find others who can help : )

[Desour]

maybe make mesh for rails, for more information, maybe ask wikipedia (de)
at now the 45° rail is wider than the normal

and i still dont like these cylinders in the trains, minetest is a cubic game

But if this were a "rule" to be strictly adhered to, then no one should have, nor be creating cars, trains, arches, the apples, etc... wheels are round.
I'm just saying that adding "some" cylindrical / rounded objects is not such a bad thing. It gives more appeal.
And, there is always the option to build a train mod without cylinders as well. It is extremely difficult to please everyone in one mod. That is why it is nice to have alternative options, as well as the ability to make them into anything you want.
You could fork the mod, and make the changes which please you (and probably others who feel the same regarding a cubic / centric feel), or if unable, find others who can help : )

i dont hate the cylinders but they should not be used too often, as wheels its ok of course

[TailsTheFoxDoes MT]

Unspeakable... Awsome mod...

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[orwell]

Could you please discuss that elsewhere?...
To everyone: If there's anyone who has any models of trains (subways, electric trains, maglev trains a.s.o) either lying around or can create them, that would be really nice. If there are textures, good, but I can make them myself if needed. (I can do that better than I did with the current wagon and engine texture, I just had no motivation to create a proper texture yet.)

[azekill_DIABLO]

Could you please discuss that elsewhere?...

Yes sorry :)

anyway great work

[Desour]

To everyone: If there's anyone who has any models of trains (subways, electric trains, maglev trains a.s.o) either lying around or can create them, that would be really nice. If there are textures, good, but I can make them myself if needed. (I can do that better than I did with the current wagon and engine texture, I just had no motivation to create a proper texture yet.)

maybe ill create a model when i got time for it

[Desour]

i did a bit modelling with the rails, it needs a better texture. the bride is standard, so 1435mm.
i thought the connection between 90° and 45° could be 22.5°
you can see the 90° rail and two versions of 45°, only one of them is front/back symmetric:

tell me pls if you want the models or if you are full uninterested

[orwell]

I am never uninterested in help. If you could make models for curves and switches too that would be really nice.
If you recognize problems with straight rails adjacent to curved ones, I will find a way to solve that.

[Desour]

i will try my best

[Desour]

the curve is finished, but only in one direction, for other it has to be scaled -1 and rotated 180°
hm, it seems difficult to make the switching rail into one node
i will try the verticals (i know, its already mesh)

[Desour]

that's, what I made so far:

(im very new to blender, so im not good or fast in modelling)

[TumeniNodes]

that's, what I made so far:

(im very new to blender, so im not good or fast in modelling)

Looking really good though! For being "very new to Blender", you're doing a great job.
The only thing that will need tweaking once you have all these set, is the actual radius' of the curves.
I'm very impressed by what I see so far

[Desour]

that's, what I made so far:
screenshot
(im very new to blender, so im not good or fast in modelling)

Looking really good though! For being "very new to Blender", you're doing a great job.
The only thing that will need tweaking once you have all these set, is the actual radius' of the curves.
I'm very impressed by what I see so far

:D thx
the curves dont really have a radius, they are not 1/4circle

[orwell]

DS-Minetest, the models you created look really nice. Can you please provide me the model file so I can integrate the models?
(the forum does not allow .blend for whatever reason, so use a zip or tar or whatever archive.)
Thanks very much!

[Desour]

Download
thats all, what i got, switch is not finished.
only use:

• rail_90
• rail_45
• rail_vert_1
• rail_vert_2
• rail_45_90

(if you wonder about the names, they are a bit german)(but because of the "tunnelborer" it seems like you are german, too)
licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0

[orwell]

(but because of the "tunnelborer" it seems like you are german, too)

Yes, I am german.
and that tool will be removed very soon, it's way too destructive.
You can still suggest better, more english names.
Anyway, thx very much DS-Minetest
EDIT: Du bist auch nicht viel besser mit gleis.zip...

[Desour]

wie schon

(if you wonder about the names, they are a bit german)

Edit: nicht das Kleingedruckte darunter übersehen
Edit2: das heißt so, weil der ordner gleis heißt
Edit3: ich hab das mit dem tunnelborer nur geschreiben, damit man weiß, wie ich auf den gedanken, dass du deutsch bist gekommen bin, ich hab auch schon bei dem wikipedia link deswegen den (de) link hingemacht

[orwell]

licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0

you are so mean!
Ok, no problem. all media is licensed under this license, and I will give credit to you.
EDIT: you forgot to delete license.txt~ before submitting the folder, so I already did know...

[Desour]

yeah, the ~ is always created
XD first looked for the translating of "mean" in dict.cc
ill pick one:

spitze

Edit: i only dont want to get uninterested in this mod, and if im in credits, i get bounden

[McAl]

Awesome mod, thanks for making it available!

My 7 years old kid is ever so slightly obsessed with trains. Name any of the hundred stations in Greater London and he will tell you which trains, trams, DLR and underground lines pass from there. That kind of passion :D
He has been using minecraft on kano for quite a while now, and he has been bugging me no end about making his own moving trains, so he can replicate the jubilee line.
So I got him Minecraft Py and showed him some of the Python API, which he liked. But making from scratch moving vehicles sounded like a daunting task.
Then we ran into minetest and then this mod. Bingo! Thanks so much :)

Aside of the fact that I am not quite sure what the Doctor Who wands named 1,2,3 and 4 do, we ran into a problem.
The vertical rails do not show in inventory.
The png files for the icons seems to be in the folder along with the rest though.
Am I missing something obvious?
I am using the portable windows version 64bit. I also have installed minetest on Ubuntu but did not test the mod with it yet.

Also, apologies if that is a silly question but, is there any way to control Minetest via Python API, as with Minecraft Pi?
The 'tunnel borer' wand is useful, once you get used, but the idea of making short work of long sections with scripting is quite attractive.

Thanks again, I had been looking for something like this for quite a few days now :)

[Desour]

@McAl:
(if you are annoyed of getting more and more tracks out of your creative inventory write in chat (T) "/giveme advtrains:track_st")
to get the vertical tracks write in chat "/giveme advtrains:track_vert1" and "/giveme advtrains:track_vert2"

be warned, this mod is buggy, if you want to rescue an important world use worldedit and replace the tracks

[McAl]

@McAl:
(if you are annoyed of getting more and more tracks out of your creative inventory write in chat (T) "/giveme advtrains:track_st")
to get the vertical tracks write in chat "/giveme advtrains:track_vert1" and "/giveme advtrains:track_vert2"

be warned, this mod is buggy, if you want to rescue an important world use worldedit and replace the tracks

Awesome!
And thanks for the worldedit trick, indeed a bug breaking the world would leave my kid really sad, asking for daddy to "fix it". Good that there is a way :)
Thanks so much :)

[Desour]

And thanks for the worldedit trick, indeed a bug breaking the world would leave my kid really sad, asking for daddy to "fix it". Good that there is a way :)
Thanks so much :)

you should also make backups of the world for safety : )

[orwell]

Awesome mod, thanks for making it available!

My 7 years old kid is ever so slightly obsessed with trains. Name any of the hundred stations in Greater London and he will tell you which trains, trams, DLR and underground lines pass from there. That kind of passion :D
He has been using minecraft on kano for quite a while now, and he has been bugging me no end about making his own moving trains, so he can replicate the jubilee line.
So I got him Minecraft Py and showed him some of the Python API, which he liked. But making from scratch moving vehicles sounded like a daunting task.
Then we ran into minetest and then this mod. Bingo! Thanks so much :)

Where do I know this from?

Aside of the fact that I am not quite sure what the Doctor Who wands named 1,2,3 and 4 do,

These are debugging items, ignore them.

Also, apologies if that is a silly question but, is there any way to control Minetest via Python API, as with Minecraft Pi?

Not a silly question, but wrong thread. Post a new one in Feature discussion or better Mod requests.

The 'tunnel borer' wand is useful, once you get used, but the idea of making short work of long sections with scripting is quite attractive.[/quote]
Atm its cheating. I will keep it but it will work different.

Be warned. In the next version that I will push soon I made the rail radius even greater. I keep the old rails fpr legacy and they will still work, but one day they will be removed.
Then the vertical rails will be available again.

This mod really is far away from being finished, and everything may be changed when you expext it least...

[orwell]

Now is the time when you should re-download my mod.
You can't really call it new version since there are no versions yet. But here the newest features:
- Rails turn max 30 degrees. tracks with 30deg angle should be placed 2 nodes in front and 1 node aside the track end.
->look for the red bent line in inventory
- everything has been adapted to fit the new angles
- rails have now models (thanks DS-minetest)
- everything debugging-related is removed
still to do:
- create models for switches, and integrate 30deg switches.
- re-export some curves without scaling them by -1 in Blender before
(you can still use the 45deg rails and switches mixed with the new ones, but I will remove the 45degs one day)
Note: slopes get converted, the old verts are not in anymore, as do the switches, because they have a new naming scheme. I am using an abm for this, and I know this is wrong. When this mod leaves WIP stage, this replacement will be removed.