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Yesterday I released the containers pack. Go download it on the repository.

Featuring:
Contactable submesh
Automated locking system by sputnik_1. Just plop one container on top of another and it will lock automatically. They will also unlock automatically if enough force is applied.
20ft containers are forkliftable, I think.

Be sure to download the skins, too, or you'll be stuck with just APL containers, and as great as APL containers are, there is more to container shipping than just APL.

a little preview of what to expect from 0.39:

fixed Bug #142 - Backspace doesn't reset truck correctly on mesh terrains


new character model (animations by 09Challenger)we are still working on the swim animation.


new GUI in the work, complete with GUI editor:


improved new race systen: http://www.rigsofrods.com/races/index


airplane GUI fully working again (mouse in front of dashboard, buttons usable, text fits again)


new truck limit: increased from 64 to 5000


more changes so far: Changelog

stay tuned

Here is a small video introducing the Bombardier ALP 45-DP locomotive I build for RoR. Still not finished, things might change for the final release. So far featuring animated cab view, wipers, fans and other things. Sounds are being reworked, still have to change and add some more.



And I did a quite nice render of it in blender, maybe you like it



Suggestions and comments welcome

Today I want to show you another little project I am working on :-)
I thought about how we could bring some life to the RoR world in SP, and first thing I thought about where actually trains. So I created a simple model of a trolley (images for textures taken from google... don't know the authors from them, so I might not realease these trolley models). The mesh sits on a simple N/B chassis, that slides along a meshed rail and is propulsed by a rotator which is activeted by a trigger. This causes the trolleys to instantly move until their physics are activated, they don't have an actual engine. Be carful when crossing tracks, they are contactive With something heavy you can also push them off the tracks.

Thanks to sputnik_1 for the idea with the rotator used for propulsion! :-)

Last but not least, here is the video:

Please comment and tell me what you think about this :-)

Today I wanted to show you a small video introducing the current state of trains in Rigs of Rods :-)You will see the trains do actually work (if you can't believe :P ), also switching tracks and loading other vehicles.Credits are in the video-description, thanks to everyone who contributed to this project.

All vehicles seen here are not final ;-)

What better way to start off a first blog post than with some awesome pictures!





I've been laying pretty low around the forums over the last few weeks, mainly because final exams are approaching but also because I've been working on a brand new vehicle for Rigs of Rods. I've built a 'Rock Bouncer' style rig, popularized by wheelers in the South-East US like Tim Cameron and his legendary 'Fat Girl' buggy. The design itself is completely original adopting specs and measurments from the real-life 'Showtime' buggy to give a nice, realistic feel.

Desperado is powered by a supercharged 350 Chevy engine, coupled to a built turbo 350 transmission and an Atlas 4.3 transfer case. Mounted to two 14 bolt axles are a set of custom beadlock rims wrapped up in 44" BFG Krawlers.

I've had a few health problems for the last 3 weeks, so not much progress

Started work on the rear running gear, which seems to be going quite well. Once that's all modelled I'll work on the component textures and uv mapping.

Had an email off Dustin Webster (hi Dustin, if you're reading this) who very kindly sent me a link to the latest crawler he's been involved with. It's so cool and I really want to make a replica of that too now! }:-(

Once the RockHer II is completed and in-game I'll probably start on his latest crawler. It's not as pretty, but damn it climbs like a devil!

Dennis-W is first atm on FuturoTrack (easy): http://www.rigsofrods.com/races/Races/index/page:1/raceName:Easy!/sort:laptime/direction:asc

nobody managed to compete with the Author Dega on Medium, Hard or Extreme