The airbrush tool has been unwieldy and finicky for a long time now. It was awkward to hold and adjust the paint settings at the same time and painting some objects was hit or miss.
This update improves the airbrush in a number of ways. First, it now has a floating base so that you can let go of it without it falling to the ground. Second, the new base is larger which means there is more room for the adjustment inputs, so instead of the tiny knobs on the old one, you now have large levers and dials.
I've also improved the surface detection so that you're more likely to paint the section you intended. Finally, I added a mount for the airbrush to the side of the toolbox so that it is always within reach, you can unmount it by grabbing the handles or the body of the compressor and remount it by moving it close to the mount.
I also made some performance/usability changes.
The list of saved layouts can now be scrolled if you fill up the first page of saves. A slide will appear below them that works the same as in the inventory drawers.
Hints will now go away if you ignore them for 2 minutes. They will reappear each time you start the game until you either hide them (button inside the toolbox lid) or go through all of them.
There was potential for performance issues with the city streetlights so I turned their lights off by default. They can be toggled on and off by pointing and tapping the top of the light.
Finally, I added a placeable crossing semaphore that lowers and raises when railcars path through its triggers. The triggers can by moved independently of the semaphore allowing you to extend the trigger range. They can also be snapped by clicking the touchpad while holding one. There are still some issues with them, one being if you save a layout with a railcar in the middle of a semaphore and the car crosses a trigger, the semaphore will get stuck.
List of changes:
- Added initial Linux support (not official until I work out all the issues)
- Fixed the save camera always rendering
- Made save list scrollable
- Remodeled the airbrush and improved its interface
- Fixed painting some surfaces being almost impossible (city building walls)
- Fixed manually ejecting from loco not turning off ride smoothing for that loco
- Auto disable hints after being ignored for two minutes
- Fixed bug where hand wiggle animation could cause fingers to bend too far forwards of backwards
- Fixed extinguisher foam stuttering
- Made streetlight lights toggleable
- Fixed missing collider on large diesel loco causeing it to freak out
- Added dynamic crossing semaphore
- Fixed not being able to slam the car horn with the palm of you hand (previosuly had to be poked)
[ 2017-05-06 05:24:08 CET ] [ Original post ]
- Locomancer Linux Content [320.05 M]
- Locomancer Soundtrack
Are you an adult that misses playing with your model trains as a kid?
Are you an adult that missed out on playing with model trains as a kid?
Are you an adult with a kid that wants to play with model trains?
Are you just an adult that wants to play with model trains?
Are you a person of any age/race/gender that wants to play with model trains?
If you answered yes to any of the above, do I have news for you because Locomancer lets you PLAY WITH AND RIDE MODEL TRAINS!
(Also if you answered no to all of the above, come on, we all know you're lying to yourself and everyone you love. Take a break from the wave shooters and play with some trains.)
Locomancer is a toy box style model train simulator for touch enabled SteamVR headsets. It allows you to build layouts of varying complexity and even defy what is physically possible in fake virtual reality (reality).
Featuring:
- Multiple locomotives including steam and diesel engines
- A variety of rail cars including a fully functional cannon car
- Straight track, curved track, inclined track, loop de loops, and more!
- Various pieces of scenery to add detail your layouts
Plus, with support for custom scenery, you can bring models created by yourself or the community into the game for even further customization (Steam Workshop support coming soon). The possibilities are nearly endless*!
Fully embracing the physicality of touch enabled virtual reality you are legally required to build layouts piece by piece, tree by tree. Then, once complete you must remotely operate your trains with a replica DC control panel or hop in the cab of any of the available locomotives and drive them with physical levers, knobs, and dials! They even burst in to flames when they crash, you can't say that about your real model trains can you?
Oh...you can? I'd get that checked out if I were you.
So what are you waiting for? Become The Locomancer!
Yes, you are the Locomancer. Was that not clear? It's like a train wizard. You're like the babe with the power, but instead of voodoo it's train magic. Also, there's no magic dance, but you can still dance to twenty-six minutes of sweet big band jazz by Nathan Boler if you want to.
*The possibilities are totally endful, but there's still a lot you can do.
- OS: Ubuntu 16.04+
- Processor: Intel i5-4590. AMD FX 8350 equivalent or better
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970. AMD Radeon R9 290 equivalent or better. Video Output: HDMI 1.4. DisplayPort 1.2 or newer
- Storage: 500 MB available space
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