[Mod] Cubic microcar [0.4.0] [mesecar]

[paramat]

^ Nyancart, Oerkka, Mesecar

A fork of https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?id=7381 which is a fork of PilzAdam's boat mod.
Download https://github.com/paramat/mesecar/archive/master.zip and rename folder to 'mesecar'
Browse code https://github.com/paramat/mesecar

For Minetest 0.4.10 and later
Depends default
Licenses: code WTFPL, textures CC BY-SA

4 styles of microcar: Car55, Nyancart, Mesecar and Oerkka.
Will only turn when moving, turn speed reduces near top speed.
Dual-motor 4 wheel drive update (inspired by Tesla Model S).
By default will climb slabs but not full blocks, edit STEPH to 1.1 to climb blocks.
16 pixel textures scaled to a 1.5 node cube, the player is sitting inside and has to be hidden because scaling the car also scales the driver.
My pathv6alt mod https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=10064 generates roads in mgv6 to drive on.
Noisegrid lua mapgen also has roads https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=9296.

Crafting recipies.

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-- Crafting

minetest.register_craft({
   output = "mesecar:motor",
   recipe = {
      {"default:steel_ingot", "default:copper_ingot", "default:steel_ingot"},
      {"default:copper_ingot", "default:steel_ingot", "default:copper_ingot"},
      {"default:steel_ingot", "default:copper_ingot", "default:steel_ingot"},
   },
})


minetest.register_craft({
   output = "mesecar:battery",
   recipe = {
      {"default:steel_ingot", "default:steel_ingot", "default:steel_ingot"},
      {"default:steel_ingot", "default:mese_block", "default:steel_ingot"},
      {"default:copper_ingot", "default:copper_ingot", "default:steel_ingot"},
   },
})


minetest.register_craft({
   output = "mesecar:mesecar1", -- Car55
   recipe = {
      {"default:steel_ingot", "dye:blue", "default:steel_ingot"},
      {"default:steel_ingot", "group:wool", "default:glass"},
      {"mesecar:motor", "mesecar:battery", "mesecar:motor"},
   },
})


minetest.register_craft({
   output = "mesecar:mesecar2", -- Oerkka
   recipe = {
      {"default:steel_ingot", "dye:magenta", "default:steel_ingot"},
      {"default:steel_ingot", "group:wool", "default:glass"},
      {"mesecar:motor", "mesecar:battery", "mesecar:motor"},
   },
})


minetest.register_craft({
   output = "mesecar:mesecar3", -- Nyancart
   recipe = {
      {"default:steel_ingot", "dye:pink", "default:steel_ingot"},
      {"default:steel_ingot", "group:wool", "default:glass"},
      {"mesecar:motor", "mesecar:battery", "mesecar:motor"},
   },
})


minetest.register_craft({
   output = "mesecar:mesecar4", -- Mesecar
   recipe = {
      {"default:steel_ingot", "dye:yellow", "default:steel_ingot"},
      {"default:steel_ingot", "group:wool", "default:glass"},
      {"mesecar:motor", "mesecar:battery", "mesecar:motor"},
   },
})


[Krock]

Wow, those physics are really better than the old.
The only bad thing I can find on this, is the orange color :)

[BrunoMine]

this is really good. Perfect

[paramat]

Wow, those physics are really better than the old.
The only bad thing I can find on this, is the orange color :)

Gimp your ride... =)

[lightonflux]

Idea: Car elevates itself if it moves on street blocks. Like this mods block

But please don't make it a hard dependency.

Here an illustration about the block situation:



Grey blocks are street blocks brown just dirt.

[Esteban]

I was waiting for this! Cool! Im going to test ASAP :D

[benjitaus]

How do you go forward? I cant control the car.

[paramat]

WASD keys.
Note it won't go up full nodes, only half slabs, i have road mods: 'path' and 'noisegrid'.
EDIT
Note the car is uncontrollable and jerky while the server is busy, this is unavoidable. Best to fully generate an area of world before driving to avoid mapgen lags.

[paramat]

Version 0.2.0
-- added step height and max speed parameters
-- bugfix floating above slabs
-- resize car, collisionbox
-- new texture
-- update crafting

[paramat]

0.3.0
Code updated to curret 'boats' mod standard.
New cute cubic microcar.

[benjitaus]

Thank you. I got it to work. Sort of.

[Krock]

Cute microcar :)
It's like a cart, just controllable and off-rail.

Could you add a special object, like a boat, to put the car on it?
So, it would be possible to drive with that it over the sea.

[balthazariv]

I like it but why when I put it, it levitates one block of high.
I must put it in a hole in one block for it touches the ground.

[paramat]

Line 171 should be:

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pointed_thing.under.y = pointed_thing.under.y + 1

+1 not +2, that might fix it.
I'll fix this for the next version.

[paramat]

0.3.1
-- Fix texture sizes, edit textures
-- Tune player attach position
-- Fix on-place postion
-- Reduce turn rate at high speeds
-- Acceleration parameter

[paramat]

0.3.2
New textures scaled up to 1.5 nodes wide, player hidden inside because player is unfortunately also scaled.
Player viewpoint somehow remains above the car roof, which works out well because it is like an auto-third person view.

[lightonflux]

It would be great if the view was farer away in third person view. Is that possible with Minetest at the moment?

[paramat]

https://github.com/minetest/minetest/blob/master/doc/lua_api.txt#L1986
Line 1986.

[lightonflux]

https://github.com/minetest/minetest/blob/master/doc/lua_api.txt#L1986
Line 1986.

Thanks.

[paramat]

0.3.3 has 3 styles of microcar to choose from, the new designs are nyancar and oerkka.

[gameslayer]

Hey where do I get the mod dependency needed to run this mod? it would be helpful if you included them in the mod zip when downloading this and explaining you need these extra mods to make it work.

[paramat]

Hi, the dependancy 'default' is part of Minetest Game so you already have it.

[tbillion]

creat mod.. seriously fun especially with the roads mod. only suggestion is maybe add the ability to detect a collision. (becasue im a bad driver) and i drove right through another car! lol... any way great job!

[paramat]

You can edit the 'collisionbox' for each car https://github.com/paramat/mesecar/blob/master/init.lua#L42
It's by default a little narrower than the car because it doesn't rotate with the car so is effectively wider when the car is diagonal. So yes edges of a car can sometimes pass through objects.
I should add a bright yellow mesecar.

[benrob0329]

Nice!!

Maybe the Mese Car could be super fast?

Also, what do you think about adding "fuel"?

[paramat]

I'm a busy dev so feel free to fork and edit / add whatever you want.
I should add crafting recipes, the power source / battery can be a meseblock.

[mahmutelmas06]

blert has a fork of it

https://github.com/blert2112/vehicle_mash

[tbillion]

or a pickup truck... like a morris minor pickup .. if youve ever seen them... you know mini produced a pickup truck too.. and with the truck you could give it properties of a chest so you can put you rjunk in the trunk...haha.. get the pun?

[paramat]

Nice idea, not sure if a vehicle can store items but if someone works out how let me know.
Minis (the original ones) are close to my heart, we had one when i was a young child. Even now small cars are my favourite, especially the cute boxy Japanese Kei cars (which would be perfect for MT).

[tbillion]

i will volunteer to figure out how to give it a trunk if someone else figures out how to sprite it.. i tried spriting in this before and lets just say im a coder not an artist. i am working on another mod so it could be a few days, but i will make it second priority i already have a good handle on entity inventories... maybe con VanessaE into sprtiing it .. shes a god ;)