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Feb 2, 2003, 9:33am

It would be brilliant if:

You could make a simple script to make trains follow a track.

You could enter each position along the track, stations, etc. and then ok it
and there would be a train object following the tracks at the same time for
everybody.

You could get on and off at stations.

Script:

Trains=1
{=Train1
#Leave blank if the front and back are the same as the middle.
FrontObject=FrontOfTrain.rwx
BackObject=BackOfTrain.rwx
MiddleObject=MiddleOfTrain.rwx
#Wait 10 Sec For Passengers
WaitingTime=10
#Speed (coords per second)
Speed=2
#
Stations=2
Positions=1
[=Station1
Location=0n 0e 0a 0

]
[=Station2
Location=4n 0e 0a 0
]
(=Position1
From=Station1
Coordinates=2n 0e 0a 0
To=Station2
)
}

Although this is complex and would probably be done in an easier way, there
could be a script that would be easy to understand for positioning stations
& track

I would love to see something implemented like this.

Feb 2, 2003, 10:07am

Yeah, that would be awesome. The only way now seems to be like just a
bot or something which takes more scripting and time than that would...



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Feb 2, 2003, 11:02am

It wouldnt be TOO hard to implement.

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Feb 2, 2003, 1:48pm

Have you ever written a scripting language? Then don't assume you know how hard it is.

-Agent1

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Feb 2, 2003, 8:05pm

You wanna lagg the area completely?

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Feb 3, 2003, 3:34am

Actually, this could be done quite simply with the moveto command and the set command as outlined in my October 16th Wishlist post entitled "Command Enhancements" as follows...

On objects along the route, place the commands...
create set var1
create set var2
create set var3
create set var4
create set var5

Then on the train engine place the following in it's actions field...

create name=engine, animate tag=99 me x 1 1 100, astart; adone moveto var1 time=10, moveto var2 time=10 delay=10, moveto var3 time=10 delay=20, moveto var4 time=10 delay=40, moveto var5 time=10 delay=60, moveto var1 time=10 delay=60

and then just have some other object astart engine whenever you want it to run

....or for a continuous loop with a pause between runs and a long pause before the initial run you could change it to...

create animate tag=99 me x 1 1 100000, astart; adone moveto var1 time=10, moveto var2 time=10 delay=10, moveto var3 time=10 delay=20, moveto var4 time=10 delay=40, moveto var5 time=10 delay=60, moveto var1 time=10 delay=60, astart

Pretty simple, really. Here are the descriptions of the command syntax for the set command and the moveto command...

set [varname]

moveto varname [time=time] [wait=wait] [name=name] [shared=flag]

or

moveto [varname.x OR x] varname.y OR y [varname.z OR z] [time=time] [wait=wait] [name=name] [shared=flag]

The other train cars could be set up in a similar fassion.

There's quite a bit more in the post I mentioned, but these two would be enough for this type of path following. For example, an object following such a path could be made invisible and itself assign a variable using the set command, and then the orbit command could be used to make an object fly around the invisable object creating a smooth curved path that would look much less pre-planned and less predictable.

TechnoZeus

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Feb 3, 2003, 7:23pm

I have.

Several times. A fully functional bot scripting language and a simple D++
compiler.

Complete with if and split functions.

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