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-====== June Newsletter ======
-===== Introduction =====
-Welcome to the first installment of the Advtrains Newsletter. This newsletter compiles last month's events in Advtrains and gives small tips. It may exaggerate some parts for comedy purposes.
-This newsletter is aimed at those who use Advtrains, such as server admins or singleplayer players.
-===== Commit History =====
-**Definition**: Simply, a commit refers to a unit of change to a online copy of the project. Commit history means the history of changes.
-A bugfix related to the ''on_joinplayer'' handler has been pushed to the ''master'' branch.
-Distant signaling has been partially implemented in the ''new-ks'' branch. It is possible to manually assign distant signals. The branch is currently considered unstable and not recommended for production use, but it is stable enough for basic testing.
-===== Conferences =====
-There was a 3-hour conference on 2022-06-25, aimed mostly at organising the fractured livery system.
-==== Context ====
-Liveries are a relatively new feature to Advtrains. There are three seperate Livery systems in Advtrains, each belonging to different trains.
-The first and most simple system is the E231 painting. Using a bike painter, one can change the colour of a E231 train's stripe. A very real use of this is that on 56i-mtserver, the Anarchy Mountains Metro colours the trains based on their map colour. This makes the complicated interchange station at the centre very easy to navigate.
-The second system belongs to DLX trains, which allows one to select between age and company of trains.
-The third system (Doxygen-spammer Mintiram) also uses the bike painter, but allows one to select the component coloured using different combinations. This is a very complicated system.
-As such, these three fractured livery systems are entirely seperate and a solution to this was a main point of the meeting.
-==== Conference ====
-In the conference, the first 30 minutes were spent waiting around, with hold music provided near the end of the wait by one participant.
-Then the meeting began. It was agreed that there would be a copy of the bike painter for advtrains to prevent users from being forced to use the ''bikes'' mod.
-A train painting interface from the tracks is under consideration. One solution is to use a special track. This approach can easily cause servers to run out of space on track layouts, as this approach would invite future changes to require different tracks. If a station had separate "Slow down", "Open door", "wait", "close door", "speed up" tracks, this would be very inefficient.
-An extra feature includes the ageing of wagons, which would introduce even more immersion. The wagons will age based on distance travelled, but 56independent suggested that there should be a configuration option for units of ageing. This feature is less important then the livery painting feature.
-Related is the vandalism of wagons. Graffiti will be drawn above the ageing of wagons, reflecting how graffiti is applied IRL.
-i managed to derail the topic (continuing his very unsafe railway practices) and discussed anarchy servers allowing players to write graffiti on trains. This led to a heated argument on whether Advtrains would work on anarchy servers.
-===== Special Features =====
-==== Building a Level Crossing ====
-Whenever [[https://content.minetest.net/packages/Emojiminetest/pathv7/|Path v7 Paths]] mix with advtrains tracks, bad things happen. A track may cut through the path, making dangerous falls, or there may be am level crossing, where people must cross the track to continue their walk.
-This creates a very unsafe environment as trains are often very silent. Auxiliary warning systems must be made.
-When a path interacts with a rail line, ensure the path is level with the rail. Use crossings from the platforms mod to allow crossing to occur on designated bits.
-Build a little canopy and portal opening the path onto the railway line, as in the image below.
-{{:events:newsletter:level_crossing.png?400|}}
-The canopy allows for signs from the [[https://content.minetest.net/packages/56independent/britsignals/|Britsignal (VERY WIP)]] mod to be used and makes a visual reminder that people are entering a space where they must be cautious.
-Use the code from [[usage:atlatc:examples:level_crossing|Level Crossing]] to control the Andrews Cross.