Turntables! v3.30

They are finally here!
Turntables may very well be the most highly requested feature in Rolling Line's history (aside from multiplayer of course).

And three years down the line, here we are!
Fully operational and customizable turntables you can use in your own custom layouts.

You can find a few examples in the new "track -> turntables" drawer:



But the real flexibility comes from generating your own ones in the "track -> generator" drawer, and switching over to the "Turntables" track type:



In this view you can customize the size, depth, and the number of track exits you want the turntable to have.

This means you can have massive turntables, or even very tiny ones!





But of course that's not all!
Once you place your turntable down on the table, you can then customize all sorts of details and colors using the "Options" popup menu (left-hand-context option):



Inside this menu you can change a range of visual features of the turntable.
These are:

• Base - the circular base of the turntable, which scales with the track length and stays stationary
  
• Center detail - an option extra detail in the center of the bridge that rotates with the track
  
• Side detail - an optional small building/platform attached to the side of the bridge
  
• Bridge - the rotating section of the turntable (the part the track is connected to)
  
• Pivot - the center point that the bridge spins on (doesn't rotate)
  
• Terrain - an optional square of land that fills in the gaps around the turntable, which makes it easier to build around
  

All of these extra details can be painted their own colors!

But also remember that turntables are the same as any other piece of track, which means you can paint them with track details like bridges, 3rd-rails, different ballast etc.



On the topic of track painters, this update also adds a bunch of new track bridge styles!



[h2]Controls [/h2]

Another thing you can customize in the turntables options menu is the control style, along with a couple of other things in the "Turntable control options" menu:



In this menu you can:

• Set whether the control levers are visible or not
  
• Set the turn speed of the turntables (how fast it rotates)
  
• The control style
  

The two control modes are:

• "Stop at next exit" - clicking on one of the turntable levers will make the turntable spin until it reaches the next available exit, and then it will stop automatically.
  
• "Continuous" - clicking on a lever will make the turntable spin continuously until you click it again, at which point it will stop at the nearest exit.
  

Aside from clicking the individual levers to control the turntable, you can also easily control it using one of the hand held controllers (the same ones you use to drive trains!)



Simply select the turntable and then use Q and E to change the direction that it turns.

Oh, and another new thing you can do with the hand-held controllers is you can control wagons with them! Before you could only control locomotives, but now you can control every wagon too. This can be really useful for shunting, hump yards, and just for fun of course.
Though it may not be "realistic" it felt like such a useful feature it was worth keeping!



And that's basically everything!
I'm so happy to have finally added working turntables into the game, as this is something I've been just as excited to see as the the community has.

This is actually the first proper track-related feature i've added to the game in a long time, so it's great to add some more variety to the trackwork that layouts are built upon.

I can't wait to see what kind of stuff people can do with these new tools!



Enjoy!