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This mod adds cars in what might be the simplest way possible - it turns the player into a car (and back again, if desired) - this makes it not lag like entity-based solutions do, but you can't see a car you're "in" from first-person view, and the car appears to be driving itself since nobody seems to be in it :P

Screenshot:

Use: Punch anything with the "car" craftitem to turn into a car or back. When you're a car, you cannot jump and you're heavier, but you can move faster if anticheat is off. The collision box is intentionally unchanged to preserve compatibility with older roads that aren't wide enough.

Crafting:
{{"default:glass","default:steel_ingot",""},
{"homedecor:motor","default:steel_ingot","default:steel_ingot"},
{"homedecor:plastic_sheeting","","homedecor:plastic_sheeting"}}

Dependencies: *NONE* to use the cars, but default and homedecor are needed to craft them.

License: Mesh and texture are based on work by Melkor, and are under CC BY-NC-SA. Code is WTFPL.

Download: GitHub .zip .tar.gz

A few things

* Change the walking sound. (If possible, if not this needs a bug report for minetest)
* Display the change in the HUD, e.g. via center message
* Maybe enable fast automatically

lightonflux wrote:* Change the walking sound. (If possible, if not this needs a bug report for minetest)

The docs say this should be possible. I tried it, and it didn't work.

lightonflux wrote:* Display the change in the HUD, e.g. via center message

I might have to try that at some point.

lightonflux wrote:* Maybe enable fast automatically

I'm not sure if that's possible (and it would make it a pain to drive slowly), but I could possibly increase the speed that's used when anticheat is off.

Perhaps you could use entity attachment to make the car model, or perhaps a hud overlay.

Also, is there a way to disable sideways movement?

You should post some screenshots

Screenshots?

cheapie wrote:This mod adds cars in what might be the simplest way possible - it turns the player into a car (and back again, if desired) - this makes it not lag like entity-based solutions do, but you can't see a car you're "in" from first-person view, and the car appears to be driving itself since nobody seems to be in it :P

Nice idea :-) Now change the model (or get someone to do it) so that a(!) player's sitting in the car. The whole thing might even be animated the same way the player model is. Could something like that (combining two models) be done in blender?

Sokomine wrote:

cheapie wrote:This mod adds cars in what might be the simplest way possible - it turns the player into a car (and back again, if desired) - this makes it not lag like entity-based solutions do, but you can't see a car you're "in" from first-person view, and the car appears to be driving itself since nobody seems to be in it :P

Nice idea :-) Now change the model (or get someone to do it) so that a(!) player's sitting in the car. The whole thing might even be animated the same way the player model is. Could something like that (combining two models) be done in blender?

I have no idea how to use Blender, but any PRs with better models (ideally under a less restrictive license than the current one) will likely be accepted.

Would be nice if another player could ride you, and then the aforementioned model with a player in it is used :)

Cue lag and cheapie shouting at me that it's against the very foundation of the existence of this mod (non-lagginess)

How about making a Hummer model and 4 players could ride you at same time :))))

TenPlus1 wrote:How about making a Hummer model and 4 players could ride you at same time :))))

Then it better be able to traverse a 1-hole gap without falling down...

cheapie wrote:I have no idea how to use Blender, but any PRs with better models (ideally under a less restrictive license than the current one) will likely be accepted.

Sadly, neither do I. Hopefully someone who knows how to use blender can jump in and help.

Combining two models is entirely possible. Even mapping so player skin would even be correct if custom skins were used. I've considered making a horse that could be "worn" rather then attached to. Yet appearing like a player riding a horse. Pretty much the same way this mod addresses it.

I can't commit to building you a model right now as my desktop needs some new parts and I'm not sure how my laptop will handle Blender. Also trying to get my work/personal life sorted out. But I do plan on getting more involved again soon.

ho do you disable anticheat? i dont use minetest.conf much as the lines are unseperated and sloppy in notepad.exe

Diamond knight wrote:ho do you disable anticheat? i dont use minetest.conf much as the lines are unseperated and sloppy in notepad.exe

Then use a text editor that handles line endings properly.

Alternatively, newer versions of MT have it in the settings menu.

Diamond knight wrote:ho do you disable anticheat? i dont use minetest.conf much as the lines are unseperated and sloppy in notepad.exe

Do open in wordpad

is it installed by default on windows?

Diamond knight wrote:is it installed by default on windows?

Yes... DUH