Introductory Guide to Rails
This guide serves as an introduction to the use of rails module in terasology
The first thing to do is to activate the module. Create a world and go to the modules section. Search the rails module and you will notice that the rails module has 3 dependencies--Core, Segmented Path, Engine--which need to be active (engine is usually active).
Activate these 3 by pressing the activate button and verify that the module name turns green.
Once you have activated these 3 modules, activate the rails module, press play and then you’re ready to go!
Once the world is created, ensure that your inventory contains the following:- 1 Minecart, 1 Spanner and 99 rails
An individual rail has a negligible height and the length of a rail is the same as the length of a solid block. It is possible for the player to walk over the rail, however, it may feel the same as walking over an individual block. Rails can only be placed on solid blocks and two rails placed in front of each other shall always join together.
It’s time to form a proper rail track! Place a rail on a solid block by right clicking on the block. You will notice that you now have 98 rails in your inventory. You can destroy the rail by holding left click on the rail and pick up the destroyed rail and you will be back with 99 rails in your inventory. Now place two rails next to each other and the two rails will connect.
You can create as long a track you want and all the rails will connect with each other. Once you have formed a fairly long straight track, place a rail perpendicular to the ending rail(where the track ends). A junction will form with the track appearing curved.
You can form a rail loop this way by creating four junctions at four ends of a track
Now let’s take a look at a sloped track. Place a rail on a solid block and then place another rail on a block below the solid one (the difference in height of the two blocks should not be more than one block). You will see that the two rails join to form a slope.
You can create as long a slope you want by creating a “staircase” of blocks, with each staircase at a height of one block.
If you try to create a slope with a larger gradient (i.e height = 2 blocks) , the rails will not join.
The height of a Minecart is slightly larger than the height of a single solid block. Its width at the top is the same as the width of a solid block. Its width at the bottom, however, is smaller than the width of a solid block. Minecarts can only be placed on rails.
Place a Minecart on a rail by right clicking over the rail with a Minecart in your hand. You can destroy a Minecart by left clicking on it.
Enter the Minecart by pressing ‘e’ over the Minecart. You can leave the Minecart by pressing ‘e’ with the crosshair on the mine cart
Press the forward arrow and the Minecart will start moving (this may not work in some versions of terasology). Place the Minecart on a slope and you will notice that the Minecart will start moving down the slope by itself (without the need to press the forward arrow).
And with all these essentials, you’re ready to create your own rollercoaster ride!