[Mod] Boost cart [boost_cart]

by **Krock** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 09:04 Post

Boost cart

This is a "lighter" version of the carts mod with some new features.

Showing the item transport and mesecons support. Power and brake rails must only be enabled by a mesecons signal if that mod is enabled.

Features:

Faster and less CPU intensive
Configurable maximal cart speed
Pathfinder for automatic position correction
Switch the direction on crossings (by pressing the movement keys)
Fully backwards compatible with the original carts mod by PilzAdam
Copper rails (gives copper an use) - moreblocks equivalent
Drop items inside the cart and punch it to transport them
Different rail type support
Handbrake with the 'down' key

News - MTG carts:
Since version 0.4.15 there are now carts in the official subgame minetest_game. That version of carts is based on boost_cart but does not support mesecons. You can still use boost_cart as before, it will simply overwrite the other mod.

Depends: default, mesecons (optional)
License: CC0
Code: View sauce | *.zip | .git clone

YouTube · by **rubenwardy** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 11:10 Post

oooh. Nice.

/me tests

Sokomine · by **Sokomine** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 16:06 Post

Nice. I still hope there will be client-side support for carts and other entities players might get attached to. That could save a bunch of problems which can't be solved server-side.

lightonflux · by **lightonflux** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 00:36 Post

Great mod. Would be nice if you can press a direction key and the mod applies it to the next junction. So you don't miss a junction when you travel with great speed. A window of 2-3 seconds should be good, after 3sec the keypress should expire, so you don't take the wrong turn.

cx384 · by **cx384** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 18:01 Post

Cool mod. It would be nice to have adjustable points/switches.

4aiman · by **4aiman** » Sun Sep 28, 2014 16:51 Post

/me likes :)
Already in Magichet instead of carts :)
Any plans on cart_with_chest (to transport items) or wagons?

Daïmanu · by **Daïmanu** » Sat Oct 04, 2014 14:33 Post

Krock wrote:Switch the direction on crossings (by pressing keys)

Could you secify which key?

Why not using a rail switch item to switch a direction?
You place it near to a junction and you can hit it or activate it with a mesecon circuit.

by **Krock** » Sat Oct 04, 2014 14:37 Post

Daïmanu wrote:Could you secify which key?

Why not using a rail switch item to switch a direction?
You place it near to a junction and you can hit it or activate it with a mesecon circuit.

Just the left and right movement key

That's a nice idea to switch them with mesecons but not every cart driver has the same target.
Therefore it might be better as it currently is.

Daïmanu · by **Daïmanu** » Sat Oct 04, 2014 14:55 Post

Krock wrote:Just the left and right movement key

How didn't I guess it... Thanks.

Krock wrote:That's a nice idea to switch them with mesecons but not every cart driver has the same target.
Therefore it might be better as it currently is.

I was thinking to a network with a start, and you can select a destination with mesecons buttons.

by **Krock** » Wed Jan 14, 2015 17:35 Post

The latest update improves the cart speedup (punching).
Commit link: Allow to stop cart by punching against the moving direction
Please report bugs.

by **Krock** » Sun Mar 15, 2015 14:05 Post

Update!

The carts now only run on the type of rails it got placed on.
You can define more rails and change the group connect_to_raillike to 2 to separate them from the other rails.
The current master branch doen't display those correctly.

Kilarin · by **Kilarin** » Mon Mar 16, 2015 00:41 Post

Krock wrote:The carts now only run on the type of rails it got placed on

How is that and advantage? Or am I misunderstanding?

wappo · by **wappo** » Sun Mar 22, 2015 06:11 Post

I like boost cart mod.
But, I can not start cart on the power rail connect mesecon switch.
PilzAdam's cart mod is work.

by **Krock** » Sun Mar 22, 2015 09:57 Post

wappo wrote:I like boost cart mod.
But, I can not start cart on the power rail connect mesecon switch.
PilzAdam's cart mod is work.

http://i.imgur.com/aiVEZd9.jpg

No problem, I added that feature right now.
https://github.com/SmallJoker/boost_cart/commit/159d
I haven't tested all possibilities but it seems to work correctly.

wappo · by **wappo** » Sun Mar 22, 2015 13:01 Post

Krock wrote:
wappo wrote:I like boost cart mod.
But, I can not start cart on the power rail connect mesecon switch.
PilzAdam's cart mod is work.

http://i.imgur.com/aiVEZd9.jpg
No problem, I added that feature right now.
https://github.com/SmallJoker/boost_cart/commit/159d
I haven't tested all possibilities but it seems to work correctly.

Thanks Krock.
mesecon switch is working.

wappo · by **wappo** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 01:12 Post

bugs?
When the cart that was moving, I exited the game.
Next the game, this cart does not work.

Empty cart stop in the very long rail.

Sorry, I can not English.

Badake · by **Badake** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 18:14 Post

Have this mod on my family server tho i've not used it personally yet.
My son placed a cart high up in one of his buildings! Dont ask me why, given up trying to understand 7 year olds lol. However, now he cant seem to remove it, any ideas?

by **Krock** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 18:21 Post

Badake wrote:However, now he cant seem to remove it, any ideas?

Hold shift and punch/left click on the cart to take it.

Badake · by **Badake** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 10:15 Post

Thankyou Krock, worked a treat he's happy again.

ABJ · by **ABJ** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 17:13 Post

Now for the collision detection!
Oh and by the way the item cart download link says not found

EDIT: Wait I forgot! Cart trains! Made up of multiple coupled carts!

graag · by **graag** » Sat Apr 04, 2015 07:30 Post

I made a small steering modification for this mod.
When riding inside a cart pressing up will accelerate the cart - similar to how one steers in the boat mod.
My son likes this better then the frantic punching ;)

If anyone is interested here's the commit: https://github.com/graag/boost_cart/com ... 9a937df065

ABJ · by **ABJ** » Sat Apr 04, 2015 08:56 Post

graag wrote:I made a small steering modification for this mod.
When riding inside a cart pressing up will accelerate the cart - similar to how one steers in the boat mod.
My son likes this better then the frantic punching ;)

If anyone is interested here's the commit: https://github.com/graag/boost_cart/com ... 9a937df065

Wow..........your first post on the MT forums was about a contribution to a mod many like :thumbup: :D
Back to the topic. I'm a total n00b at github. How do I download commits?
EDIT: I totally forgot to say that I ABSOLUTELY NEED THIS!!!!!! :D

graag · by **graag** » Sat Apr 04, 2015 21:11 Post

Just use my fork to give it a try: https://github.com/graag/boost_cart and click "download zip".
Probably you'll have to rename it to boost_cart after unzipping.

YouTube · by **rubenwardy** » Sat Apr 04, 2015 21:57 Post

ABJ wrote:
graag wrote:...
Wow..........your first post on the MT forums was about a contribution to a mod many like :thumbup: :D
Back to the topic. I'm a total n00b at github. How do I download commits?
EDIT: I totally forgot to say that I ABSOLUTELY NEED THIS!!!!!! :D

PilzAdam's first post WAS a mod. It was carts, July 2012. The good old days. ** stares off into the distance. **

ABJ · by **ABJ** » Sun Apr 05, 2015 15:59 Post

That said, what about my second question?

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