Preview: Castle Quest Preparation

[ffcmike]

Here is a preview of the new mine cart system primarily intended for use within the Castle Quest:

[smirt362]

All of my love. Are you going to have a thrilling minecart ride where you have to jump over obstacles, change to the correct track, and maybe have baddies come after you? Because that would be awesome. Stefan and Unixmad should really be paying you to make such quality work

[ffcmike]

Originally Posted by smirt362

you have to jump over obstacles

Yes.

Originally Posted by smirt362

change to the correct track

Yes.

Originally Posted by smirt362

maybe have baddies come after you?

Yes.

Originally Posted by smirt362

Stefan and Unixmad should really be paying you to make such quality work

It's a remarkable timing for you to mention this, as after a recent conversation I am now convinced that they intend to keep PC Graal as a development platform to take resources for use on their official controlled servers. This may be appealing for some developers to be payed for and it's something they are prepared to offer, but it's potentially discouraging for those looking to develop a server in its entirety.

[papajchris]

Very cool system!

[Tricxta]

Very nice work I can't wait for the castle quest, it looks as though it's going to be epic!

[Emera]

Them rail sounds are beautiful. Who made them :O

[ffcmike]

Originally Posted by Emera

Them rail sounds are beautiful. Who made them :O

It's actually just a modified train.wav that comes with the client, to match the length of the gani with a fade in/out.

[Kamaeru]

Draisine sound effect

[Emera]

Originally Posted by ffcmike

It's actually just a modified train.wav that comes with the client, to match the length of the gani with a fade in/out.

Very clever.

[maximus_asinus]

very nostalgic, great work

[fowlplay4]

I want to build things with the blocks you're creating.

[MattKan]

Phenomenal.

[MysticalDragon]

I'am amazed as always about your work.

[Geno]

nice! kinda reminds me of super mario rpg minecart :>

[ffcmike]

Originally Posted by Geno

kinda reminds me of super mario rpg minecart :>

Yeah this was where I originally got the inspiration from, which was actually prior to Classic's wipe but the way the systems were then complicated actions beyond mere movement, or moving into different levels, and could cause conflicts with other scripts. The difference with the new systems may be completely invisible to players and therefore may not seem like a big deal, but does make creating sophisticated things like this a lot easier.

I wasn't really sure if I wanted to add the whole "press key to decelerate before hitting a corner, or fly off", I think that would have been more of an inconvenience than a challenge. On the other hand sword and other weapons are supported, for instance we could also have arrow firing from the cart.