About Vehicles.

[VirtualFox]

So, we all know that someone has to develop them. (I was planning to do so) for BM to expand, as there are still many potential store fronts within Beach City that are simply unreachable (as this requires time, I mean come on, areas with 4k x 4k while you walk?). we have no other methods of locomotion but our feet as of this post.

However, we are arriving at a chicken and a egg question here: Currently Blue mars has no method of "spawning" these vehicles on different locations. So technically wouldn't you have the vehicle use limited to where it is already spawned? Or will Blue mars have an actual "Spawn vehicle" function implemented, or will we have an actual "Inventory" system, ala Second Life?

[tnahinu]

VirtualFox,

Great questions concerning vehicles. Yes, there will be an inventory system and we've got a vehicle editor in the works. For now, we would encourage City Developers to create teleporting stations if their cities are large.

[Zetsumeii]

I just want to bring attention to this topic here before I post a question on the developer forums. I am very interested in this as well and i cant wait to hear more about it :O

[Asytra Minogue]

I have a huge interest in vehicles that use realistic physics to operate but I also have a question about less modern forms of transport...

Will we be able to have animal mounts?

I'm really hoping the vehicle code will allow us to bring in models such as a horse as well as animations and allow users to use them as a vehicle.

[danielravennest]

Will we be able to have animal mounts? I'm really hoping the vehicle code will allow us to bring in models such as a horse as well as animations and allow users to use them as a vehicle.

Yes, the AR staff showed us a turtle you could ride as a demo, and one of the developers had worked on a horse. You can actually build vehicles right now, if you know enough about LUA scripting. Most developers, myself included, don't, so we have to wait till the vehicle editor and some pre-made vehicle entities are available to use. That's how I make chairs at present. I make the 3D model, and use the pre-made ARChair entity that has the sit and stand script already included.