Yes, you heard correctly! We’re back in business! If you hadn’t heard already, I suffered the loss of my primary OS partition back in June. And with it my entire development environment. The Railcraft code itself was thankfully safe, minus a few small experimental things I was toying with. This just happened to coincide with a series of trips that had planned so its taken some time to get back up and running again. This ruddy hot weather hasn’t helped either, my computer is in the hottest room in the house! But finally, the computer is back up and running and my dev environment seems to be mostly functional again, you’d be amazed at the list of programs that are required to dev and release Railcraft.

This release is mainly intended to prove to myself that I still remember how to do releases. However, it does include all the features and fixes that I diligently worked on back in May. Some of which are major quality of life fixes for the mod.

The main highlights of this update are new and redesigned Trackman’s Goggles Auras to help you build your railways. I think you’ll like them. The Tuning Aura has been redesigned for increase clarity and visibility and two new Auras have been added. The new Surveying Aura will help you pair Signal Blocks and the new Signalling Aura is a combination of the Tuning and Surveying Aura so you can see everything at once. I’ve found the new Auras help immensely with system design.

Also this update includes and completely rewritten system for passing items/fluid between carts in a Train. I’m sure you all noticed how buggy the old system was. It was also a huge pain to support and didn’t handle third party minecarts at all. The new system however changes all that! The Tunnel Bore and Maintenance Carts should all properly pull from/push to Chest Carts again and I’ve added the ability to supply Steam Locomotives with either Coal or Water from an attached Chest Cart or Tank Cart! So have fun with that!

And finally, thanks to the patience and server of one my users, Iceman11a, we have a huge number of reliability bugfixes that should have your railways running smoother and less fiddly than ever!

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Lastly, I’d like to direct everyone’s attention to my Patreon Page. There is some cool stuff over there (Beta Access, Custom Emblems, etc….) so be sure to take a look! The fact that you can now see and contribute to Railcraft’s code is a direct result of Patreon. Even better is the new Dark Tower goal! If you’d like to continue to see even greater things, be sure to pass some support along!

Yep, those Minecarts have items in them. One thing that has been long on the todo list is to add filters to the Chest Cart. This should help make moving items easier, and look cool while doing it! Anyway have fun!

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Lastly, I’d like to direct everyone’s attention to my Patreon Page. There is some cool stuff over there (Beta Access, Custom Emblems, etc….) so be sure to take a look! The fact that you can now see and contribute to Railcraft’s code is a direct result of Patreon. Even better is the new Dark Tower goal! If you’d like to continue to see even greater things, be sure to pass some support along!

First off, let’s start with saying that the 1.8/1.9 update is being worked on. It’s slow going but progress is being made. You all can stop spamming me now.

Now for the 1.7.10 update!

Signal Labels!
Handy for keeping track of things and also interacts with some new features from Vexatos’ Computronics.

Better Tunnel Bore Collision Boxes!

There are also a few more minor features and additions and well as some well needed bugfixes. Anyway, have fun!

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Lastly, I’d like to direct everyone’s attention to my Patreon Page. There is some cool stuff over there (Beta Access, Custom Emblems, etc….) so be sure to take a look! The fact that you can now see and contribute to Railcraft’s code is a direct result of Patreon. If you’d like to continue to see even greater things, be sure to pass some support along!

Another Minecraft 1.7.10 update here, mostly a collection of pull requests and bug fixes. As for 1.8, I’m still slaving away on the code with no eta in sight. Anyway, have fun with 9.10.0.0.

Auto-Coupler!
Here we have a short video demostrating the changes in 9.10.0.0 with a quick update on 1.8 progess. Enjoy!

Railcraft Cosmetic Additions!
I’d also like to announce a new Railcraft addon, Railcraft Cosmetic Additions by Cream-Tea. It will require Railcraft 9.10.0.0, so make sure you are up to date! It adds a number of new blocks and variants of existing blocks designed to make your railways even fancier. I know a lot of people wanted Semaphores for a long time, well they are here! Now go watch Cream-Tea’s video!

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There are also a few more minor features and additions and well as some well needed bugfixes. Anyway, have fun!

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Lastly, I’d like to direct everyone’s attention to my Patreon Page. There is some cool stuff over there (Beta Access, Custom Emblems, etc….) so be sure to take a look! The fact that you can now see and contribute to Railcraft’s code is a direct result of Patreon. If you’d like to continue to see even greater things, be sure to pass some support along!

I know it’s a little unusual to post two releases at once, but that’s just the way that my available time lined up with other developments and setbacks. So, yes! Today we have two small 1.7.10 releases. Twice the fun right? Ok, maybe not.

Redstone Flux Cart
The big new feature is the Redstone Flux Cart, which can be used to move Redstone Flux energy from one location to another. It comes with accompanying Loader and Unloader.

Perpetuum Locomotive
Additionally, Forecaster (of Boiler Calc fame) has recently jumped into the world of modding. He brings us the Perpetuum Locomotive. A Creative only Locomotive that doesn’t require fuel. It currently shares the same model as the Electric Locomotive, but that may or may not be only temporary.

1.8/1.9
And before you ask, yes 1.8/1.9 is still being actively worked on. I’m a lot closer than I was last time I talked to you guys, but I’ve still got a long way to go. The code still doesn’t compile, but the number of classes without compile errors is now significantly larger than the number of classes that still have errors. Of course, I still haven’t even touched the JSON for the block renderers yet. So still plenty of work to do. Also, see you at MineCon again in September!

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Patreon
Lastly, I’d like to direct everyone’s attention to my Patreon Page. There is some cool stuff over there (Beta Access, Custom Emblems, etc….) so be sure to take a look! The fact that you can now see and contribute to Railcraft’s code is a direct result of Patreon. If you’d like to continue to see even greater things, be sure to pass some support along!

9.11.0.0

So we are finally here! It’s been a long time folks, but the first official 1.10.2 version of Railcraft is ready! After more than six months of hard work, Railcraft lives again!

So first off, I want to say thanks to everyone for their continued support during this long process. You guys are great!

Happy Halloween, all aboard the Ghost Train!

Now onto the gritty details. I want to be very clear, this version is NOT feature complete. There are a lot of things that still need some work to be ready for 1.10.2. None of the Factory machines are ready for example and recipes are largely using their alternate versions. All the Rolling Machine recipes can be crafted at a normal Crafting Bench, but recipe conflicts are a real possibility. Additionally, Switches and Signals are not ready yet, the goal is to include those in 10.1.0 in a month or so. With Factory machines a month after that followed by a feature complete version some time in January. So that is were we stand at the moment.

But that doesn’t mean there aren’t new things to play with and vast improvements made! Perhaps the biggest change relates to how Track is laid. Rather than crafting every variant of Track with its own recipe; Control Tracks, Locking Tracks, and the like. Now you first craft the base ‘Flex’ Track, which can do corners and slopes and all that stuff and now comes in seven different variants: Iron Track, Strap-Iron Track, Abandoned Track, Reinforced Track, Electric Track, High Speed Track, and last but not least High Speed Electric Track. Once you’ve done that and laid your track in the world, you can craft a Track Kit. There are currently 19 different Track Kits, I’m not going to list them all but here are some examples: Control Track Kit, Booster Track Kit, Locking Track Kit, Buffer Stop Track Kit, and Gated Track Kit. Once crafted you can take these Track Kits and used them directly on track in the world to upgrade it to a specialty Outfitted Track. This new system allows much more flexibility on track type usage and increases the number of combinations possible without increasing the mental load of having hundreds of variants. I’m quite pleased with how it turned out and I think you will be too.

7 Track Types and 19 Track Kits

Other notable changes and new features include a Charge Trap block that will zap anything that touches it and a much improved Charge Network. The Charge Network has undergone a major overhaul, no more ticking tile entities, and should no longer be a major source of lag on large servers (one can hope!).

Warning: High Voltage!

Additionally, Worldgen has undergone a major overhaul. Its now SimpleRetroGen compatible and Poor Ore generation has been replaced with a brand new algorithm: Mines. A Mine is has large tendrils of Poor Ore and Standard Ore that covers a large area, whereas the old Poor Ore generator spawned diffuse clouds of pure Poor Ore. The picture below will explain it better than I ever could. Additionally, a config option has been added to reduce/disable Vanilla Ore of Gold and Iron for those so inclined. Oh and there is now Silver as well to round out the classical metals.

Usually these spawn underground, but its hard to debug down there

Those are the most significant changes, but by no means the only changes. There were many improvements and bugfixes along the way (no more flipping Locomotives? Yay!). As I said before, the missing features will be added in future versions, 95% of everything from 1.7.10 will return eventually (except the Tracking Aura, its gone, you don’t need to ask!). I should have posted a video with this, but as usual I always forget about that until I’m here writing the post. I’ll try to have one posted tomorrow.

Anyway, enjoy your Halloween, be sure to stop by and see the Ghost Trains and Pumpkin Carts. The event will be around for another week or so!

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Patreon
Lastly, I’d like to direct everyone’s attention to my Patreon Page. There is some cool stuff over there (Beta Access, Custom Emblems, etc….) so be sure to take a look! The fact that you can now see and contribute to Railcraft’s code is a direct result of Patreon. If you’d like to continue to see even greater things, be sure to pass some support along!

10.0.0

It’s that time again! Yep, update time! <laughter> Ok, ok, you can stop laughing and teasing me about how long it took again. Yes, you, <points at the back of the audience> please stop!

Anyway, <cough> moving on! We have restored the Box, Switches, and Rolling Machine! <crickets> You are supposed to be cheering now… <cheers> That’s better! We also have new variants of Bricks to decorate your homes with! You can thank GeneralCamo for those. <cheers> Wait… you aren’t supposed to be cheering now! We still need to mention the new metals! That’s right we now have Bronze! Oh and Nickel and Invar but we don’t care about those right? Again courtesy of GeneralCamo. <cheers> Again with the cheering… Anyway we have prepared a short video for this segment highlighting our progress.

Now, if you didn’t fall asleep during that segment you will have noticed something about an Official Railcraft Patreon Server. That’s right, we have a server now! The reward tiers have been reorganized to move beta access down to the $5 tier and the $10 tier now includes Server access. So if you are interested in joining us in building an amazing railway, assuming we don’t get eaten by clockwork-zombies first, head on over to my Patreon page! The Survival Launch is this Saturday, the 22nd, at 1400 Hours UTC.

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10.1.0

Merry Christmas!

After much frustration, sweat, and tears by the entire Railcraft team, and because of the support of my Patreons, I now present the first MC 1.12.2 release of Railcraft!

We are nearly back to feature parity with 1.7, but this is very much a beta version. I’ll be surprised if it isn’t broken in some way. I probably won’t do a post here for every beta release, so be sure to keep an eye on the CurseForge page.

This Beta was posted because of the generous support of my Patreons who reached my $500 Goal of Public Beta Builds. As long as this level of support in maintained, all Beta builds will be posted publicly. Many thanks for them, all of last months support went to Christmas presents. xD

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12.0.0-beta-1