EnlivenMinetest/Bucket_Game-branches/turing_carts--add/mods/turing_carts/README.md

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
  • based on boost_cart
  • redone card based on github.com/stujones11/railcart
• 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 (smooth turning) into account.

References

• Ridable miniature railway. Retrieved Jun 12, 2019 from Wikipedia website https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridable_miniature_railway