Replace/change/do something to make vanilla minecarts work on any of our tracks

[AlexIIL]

[mariodk]

like the vanilia tracks got 3d models for them
why not changing the minecart aswell: mainly have small pixel like wheels like traincraft´s trains had
just a small idea :D

[AlexIIL]

I was originally just going to provide a programmatic "wrapper" around vanilla minecarts to make them recognise curved track but replacing them and adding models doesn't sound like a bad idea :)

[mariodk]

i will say your Traincraft should be split up in 2 mods:
-the track part(railcraft support since im sure this will happen)
so for ppl who want to have this mod but dont want many trains but only minecraft/railcraft trains & carts (only reason for i can think of they only want that is to make it as light weighted modpack as possible)

-the Trains & cart part:
kinda a offcial addon from you AlexIIL that adds all the trains & carts stuff

also for the slopes of the tracks (both the big slopes & the vanilla slopes):
if you can you can do like carpenters block did with rails
they added so if you make a rail slope on top of capenters blocks
there will come a 1/2 block under that rail(instead of nothing under it)
and like every block from that mod you can give it a Block in your hand and it will get that block´s textures

again just giving ideas
also wish i could help but not knowing so much to coding
and modeling/texture i am decent at but never made a train model in my life + only like 2 MC like 3d models

[NitroxydeX]

@mariodk you should open an issue for this over here: https://github.com/AlexIIL/TrainCraft-Ideas/issues
So that these Issue Tickets stay as clean as possible.

[ZnDevelopment]

Hello there, I was linked to your works from two kind users who talked to me about your project. As I was browsing your ideas, I stumbled across this certain one. If you'd like to have help with Vanilla/ Railcraft Minecarts running on your custom tracks, feel free to let me know; the tracks of my mod (Zora no Densha) already contain this feature, and I'd be happy to share my experiences (and perhaps some code) with you.
If you'd like to have some help with something else, feel free to let me know as well, of course.

Greetings!

P.S.: In the near future you might receive a private message regarding cross-mod compatibility and some other features, if you don't mind.

[AlexIIL]

@ZnDevelopment Does your mod have curved tracks? I haven't seen any from some quick google searching but I would like to be told I'm wrong :)

My current plan is to rewrite the custom tracks to be in railcraft so that I won't be name-confilicting with Traincraft so this isn't a mod you can be compatible with.

[AlexIIL]

Oh right you have diagonal tracks. I missed that part!

[AlexIIL]

I somehow forgot to say this: yes I am interested in what you have needed to do to make vanilla minecarts work :)

[ZnDevelopment]

Okay, that's good to hear. I am not sure whether my code will work on
1.8.9, but we might give it a try, right? If you don't mind, please message
me on Skype: zndevelopment

Greetings!

#Edit: Also, Zora no Densha currently implements curves that transfer from one angle to another. Angles currently present are 0°, 11°, 18° and 45°.

[AlexIIL]

Thanks for the interest @ZnDevelopment , I'm currently working on a set of forge events for 1.9 that should replace your ASM and allow both mine and your curved rails to co-exist in peace and harmony (and traincraft when/if it gets ported). When I get a set of working forge event's I'll post them here so you can see how well they might fit in with your system.

[ZnDevelopment]

@AlexIIL
That's great news. Being dependent on ASM isn't a nice thing, especially in the long run, so I'm glad you're dealing with Forge events.
Personally, the only "hook" that I'd depend on - and that is currently implemented by ASM code - is in EntityMinecart's onUpdate, shortly after the dimension and portal code. If it'd be possible to have a ForgeEvent at that position that, when cancelled, does not execute vanilla Minecart logics, I'd be super happy.
But well, we'll see how things turn out, right? ^.^

Greetings!