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What is it?
This is a fully lua-controlled rollercoaster addon. You create individual nodes, and a track (with the catmull-rom spline algorithm) is generated between them.
Some features include:
-Fully physical rollercoaster trains ( they're an actual physics object! ) with multiple carts attached carts.
-An advanced tool combining all of the functions needed for coaster creation into a single tool with multiple tabs. (See below for pictures
-Saving and loading tracks, as well as the ability to upload tracks to the server.
-Adjustable track roll to allow deep turns or even barrel rolls.
-Custom generated mesh that actually looks like the track of a rollercoaster
-Realistic cart physics - all cart movement uses newton's theories of physics for accurate acceleration and friction.
-A bunch more, seriously.
Questions and Answers
Q: What is Github? Why is the addon hosted there?
A: It's hosted on Github because I'm not perfect and make mistakes. I believe there are people much smarter than I who can contribute and improve the addon.
Q: I'm getting some major FPS lag. What can I do to increase my perfomance?
A: In the Settings tab of the tool, you'll find a bunch of performance settings. The most performance heavy thing at the moment is track previews (the little green lines) and supports, so those would be a good start.
Q: Where are my saved tracks stored?
A: All saved tracks are located in your garrysmod/data/Rollercoasters folder. If a client uploaded a track to your server, they will be located in garrysmod/data/Rollercoasters/Server
Q: I have a bug report/suggestion for rollercoaster. Where do I slap it?
A: Bug reports and suggestions can be made on the Github page.
Q: Where can I see progress on upcoming version of rollercoaster?
A: All progress can be seen on the Trello page.
Download
For the most recent version, (or if you'd like to contribute) the project is hosted on Github and available here: https://github.com/Foohy/gm-rollercoaster
It's also available on the workshop here: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile.../?id=104508032
I removed the zipped download version since that was temporary until it was on the steam workshop. It also ensures people have the most up to date addon.
Credits
Foohy
Bletotum (Being awesome and making trains work and also helped with other misc. stuff)
Sunabouzu (Those pretty support models and that other thing)
Clopsy (Sexy workshop icon)
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25th July 2012 Last edited by FoohyAB; 28th February 2013 at 02:52PM. (no more beta requirement)
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You didn't show off the spinny cart.
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can you do loops?
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At the moment you can fake them by setting the roll 180 degrees for the upside down nodes, but I'm still trying to find a good way to do it.
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I love this. Finally I can do something new while playing singleplayer.
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Wow, this sure IS a good addon!
Im gonna try this now and see how it performs on eye-candy maps (Rollercoaster passing in a building interior,who knows!)
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So glad this was released, I've been excited ever since I saw you post about it in the Lua section.
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Hah, this is like RCT3, awesome!
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Foohy I love you.
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Well, question time.
To make a jump, do i need to create a new Rollercoaster ID?
Also, can i make my rollercoasters half-wood and half-metal?
Already tested it, but i dont know how to do these things.
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Great job. Been waiting since i first saw it.
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yes, but derailed carts will knock railed carts off the track, which will means that trains of carts cannot pass through jumps without major damage, and becoming singular carts (or trains of one)
Edited:
this is really just to preserve the thingy used to ensure that trains of carts look good
there's this part where the code corrects distorted space between carts in a train that arises from passing between segments at different velocities, which cannot work well with jumps, even if every cart were to land on the second ID fine
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This is awesome, thanks for releasing this!
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I guess this belongs here from this morning:
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'I think this is the new NASA training program'
lol...
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CHECK MATE!
[EDIT]: Just tried it out, it went so fast it kept going in circles in the middle of the track.
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This is the best thing. The best.
I played with for like, an hour a week ago. It's truly amazing <3
Put it on the Workshop!
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It'll be on workshop soon, I just need an icon
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You deserve a medal.
Pick a $10 dollar game from steam and i'll buy it for you.
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http://store.steampowered.com//app/209610 plz
Joking, you don't need to give me anything <3
Edited:
Colorable track segments! As well as some bug fixes in the newest update.
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I persent you the lightspeed, vomit maker, LOLERCOASTER!
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Now on the workshop: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...s/?id=85202714
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did you just weld a seat to that
why would you do that it comes with seats D:
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that fucking sound, everytime
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Holy shit dude, just holy shit
you win the day
the whole damn day
you win it
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That's badass.
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That fucking intro music
<3
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Yeah, but that entire track drags my FPS into the 20s
Edited:
So am I the only one with serious performance issues?
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No, but there are some things you can adjust to help it run better.
coaster_supports 0/1 (draw the supports, tend to be a bit performance heavy)
coaster_previews 0/1 (draw the green preview lines)
coaster_resolution 1-100 (the 'resolution' of the track. This affects how long it takes to generate the track)
Edited:
Also I released a bug fix
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It's a bug, for some reason the included seat was made visible while it should be invisible.
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This is possibly one of the best addons for gmod and I'm glad you made it happen!
Only thing it could really do with is some custom models for the carts, because let's face it, the ones in PHX are pretty poor quality.
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Sunabouzu said he'd make me some actual carts, but he gave me a sonic one instead.
Edited:
Also new update, hopefully fixed some problems people were having:
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To make those jumps and stuff, do you just make a new track id?
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Yeah
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Time to see if I can make a jump that lands upside down.
You done good Foohy. You done good.
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I had an idea while playing around with this. Instead of having to press c to set height and roll, couldn't you do something like the camera tool (without zooming though). You simply clicks and it creates a node. Elevation is determined by player elevation. Roll is determined by the cameras roll.
Would make it a lot quicker to build.
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Dear God this is brilliant. Well Done!
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Just awesome. Good job! :D
edit: 100th. Long time lurker ;)
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