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Starbound Train System - Trains on Tram Network

This mod add a train system to be used with Startbound's rail tram system.
It provides a framework that includes train crafting, personalization of trains, creation of lines and scheduling of trains.

There are two operating modes, free and scheduled.

For full usage guide refer to the project's GitHub page as Steam Workshop limits the amount of text you can use for a mod's description: https://github.com/CondensedChaos/Starbound-Rail-Train#readme

DRM-free download: https://github.com/CondensedChaos/Starbound-Rail-Train/releases

A Many Tabs Patch is also available Here

To create your own Train car to be used with this mod download the Modding Template Here[github.com]
And read the modding guide Here[github.com]

In free mode the trains are crafted using the "Trainset Configurator" (crafted at Rail Crafting Table) and just placed on the rails.
Once the train is placed it will continue to go over the rails and stops at stations, you can either make a circular rail line around the planet or use rail bumbers to revert its direction so it goes back and forth.
To create stops you need to use the custom rail markers (called "Rail station marker", craftable at the Rail Crafting Table) supplied with the mod (do not use conventional vanilla tram stops).
Since the game loads the world in "chunks" that are approximately 20x20 blocks, you will need special items to place on the rail every 19 tiles that will keep that tract of world loaded (similar to Minecraft "Chunks Loaders")
There are two variants of chunk loaders, they're only different in appearance but they serve the same functions: "catenaries" and "rail chunk loaders"

Free mode usage: https://github.com/CondensedChaos/Starbound-Rail-Train#free-mode-1

In scheduled mode special items that controls the rail stops are used in conjuction with Rail station markers, those are the "Station controllers" craftable at the Rail crafting table.
Those are used to define a train line and wired to a rail station marker. Each station has to have its Station Controlled.

Stations should be placed east to west.
After all the stations controllers are placed and wired to its rail station marker a train line has to be defined using the station controller user interface (just interact with the first station) a line has to be created and all the other stations of the line added.

A test run has to be made to measure the travel time for each section of the line.
With the data from the test run you should then use the provided web app (more of this later) to plan the trains schedule.

Then go back to the station controller to create the schedule using the data from the web app, you can choose how many trains to have for each direction, choose their speed for each tract and stop times for each station, and when the trains should start.

Then you'll have to craft a train at the Trainset Configurator for each train you schedule, and import the items in the Train Configurator (more in depth usage for Scheduled mode here)
Catenaries and/or Chunk Loaders has to be used too in scheduled mode.

Scheduled Mode usage: https://github.com/CondensedChaos/Starbound-Rail-Train#scheduled-mode-1

Many Tabs:
This mod allows nearly all Crafting Tables to have more tabs to avoid cluttering if you use many mods.
Part 1 and Part 2
Be sure to subscribe to both mods (it's a 2-part mod)
Many Tabs Handcrafting Expansion:
It expands Many Tabs to support even more crafting tables
Part 1 and Part 2
Be sure to subscribe to both mods
Many Tabs Rail Crafting Table
It expands Many Tabs to better support Rail Crafting Table
Train System Many Tabs Patch

Enhanced Rails
It will allow you to use an additional rail network (slick rail) that will allows for faster trains

Instant Crafting:
Disables the timer on client-side crafting tables so that everything you craft finish instantaneously.
Instant Crafting
Instant Crafting Fixes (additional supports for other mods)
Instant Crafting More Fixes (additional support for even more mods)

Skizot's Dozers
Adds bulldozers vehicles to make tunnels, fun to use!

There's also an instance world that includes a ready-made demo train network of two lines that can be used to understand better how the mod works.
Get it here[github.com]

to install it you have to open the downloaded zip file and unzip the content of the folder named as "1 - EXTRACT CONTENT OF THIS FOLDER INSIDE starbound -> mods" in <Starbound folder>\mods

and the content of folder named as "2 - EXTRACT CONTENT OF THIS FOLDER INSIDE starbound->storage->universe" in <Starbound folder>\universe\storage

To access the demo just craft a "rail demo world teleporter" from the empty-hand (press C in-game) crafting:


Full Rail-demo documentation: https://github.com/CondensedChaos/Starbound-Rail-Train/tree/main#rail-demo

Since the mod relies extensively on the function world.time()[starbounder.org], the /timewarp command[starbounder.org] must not be used in planets where there are trains running.
A workaround could be to implement another command that should be used instead that will warp the time and notify all running trains on the planets that time has shifted but I haven't started to tackle this problem and I am still not sure if it's a feasible solution yet.

• More colors for the trains
  
• More traincars types
  
• Password protection of Station Controllers for multiplayer servers.
  
• Live view of trains running in each line in Station Controller's GUI
  
• Live view of testruns in Station Controller's GUI
  
• Error handling for line naming/renaming and stations naming/renaming
  
• Deleting a station from a line is not implemented yet
  
• Renaming of lines button not implemented yet (it's present but does nothing)
  
• Delete line button
  
• Adding a dialog to change stop length and speed for all (or some) scheduled trains all at once
  
• Train spawn error handling
  
• The eventuality that trains are deleted after some time has to be taken into account and periodical checks to insure that all trains still exist in the world

A huge thanks to Jay, the creator of Enhanced Rails, mod that inspired me on creating a dedicated mod for train networks.