# Turing Carts
by Poikilos (based on carts by PilzAdam, SmallJoker, stujones11)
## Features
* 3D Rails and New Cart
* Separate textures to reveal parts of mesh for different cart types
### Legacy
* A fast cart for your railway or roller coaster (up to 7 m/s!)
* Boost and brake rails
* Handbrake with the 'back' key
### Removed:
- Rail junction switching with the 'right-left' walking keys
(deprecated by switchable fork rail)
## Rail Facts
* Gauge: measures the space between the (inside of) the rails)
< https: / / en . wikipedia . org / wiki / Track_ ( rail_transport ) >
* Wooden rails wear out quickly
< https: / / en . wikipedia . org / wiki / Track_ ( rail_transport ) # Wooden_rails >
* 610mm: Miniature railways are as large as 610mm, such as Wicksteed
Railway ("Ridable")
* 914mm (5:8 scale) Disneyland: ("Ridable")
* 762mm: several tour rides and zoos ("Ridable")
## Authors
### Code
- Poikilos' Turing Rails
Based on carts, which was based almost entirely on the mod boost_cart
[1], which itself is based on (and fully compatible with) the carts
mod [2].
- [1] https://github.com/SmallJoker/boost_cart/
- [2] https://github.com/PilzAdam/carts/
- [3] https://github.com/stujones11/railcart/
### Media
- Cart textures are based on original work from PixelBOX (WTFPL).
## Developer Notes
### Related Projects
- [Locomotion-Pack ](https://github.com/jordan4ibanez/Locomotion-Pack )
- based on boost_cart
- redone card based on github.com/stujones11/railcart
- [open_minecart ](https://github.com/jordan4ibanez/open_minecart )
- [ ] Look at the code, then add notes here.
### Possible Alternate Names
- dywat_rails: Don't You Want These Rails?
### Possible Additional Features
- `advtrains:dtrack_bumper_st`
### Smooth Turning
- Take merged [minetest
PR#6825](https://github.com/minetest/minetest/pull/6825) (smooth
turning) into account.
### References
* Ridable miniature railway. Retrieved Jun 12, 2019 from Wikipedia website < https: // en . wikipedia . org / wiki / Ridable_miniature_railway >
