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  1. Sluicer

    2015: What is keeping us away from creating custom tracks?

    ​No, I did not code the track by hand. I used Xirons obj file. I parsed it with a tool and then generated the gdb file out of it. the gdb file is a binary file. For quiet some time there exists a BinaryEditor implemented by WillKirkby that can open and write these binary files. I wrote a small converter that converts the binary file in a txt file myself so that I can read it with a normal text editor. When I generate the track from Xiron into a gdb file and generate then a txt file out of it, the file contains 150408 lines (last track version). It should be similar in the BinaryEditor. Currently I can only drive in a small box (the transparent blue area): This is due to my first test track: a simple box. There the collision was easy to calculate. ​I gave it a try. There are still some triangles wrong but it is much better now. I am not sure why, but I had to scale the track again. The following results are scaled by 5. I hope the dummy texture was a better choise this time. That is it for today.
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  2. lol username

    Your Favourite Stories

    ​Small correction: there is no Blacktron in those books. Blacktron wasn't even a thing yet. The bad guys are just generic black-suited spacemen. Yes they aren't, but they're the predecessor. Frank Madisen (if i spelled that right) came up with the idea of Kazak's Army, and my guess is LEGO got on the bandwagon and made a theme for it, Blacktron. This makes sense, because if you look at The Unknown Galaxy the vehicles look just like Blacktron vehicles. (as well as the colorscheme) ​No. Kazak's troops and their design were part of the story Frank Madsen received from LEGO in 1984 (which was also the year black and blue classic spacemen were released; Frank said as far as he knew Kazak's men were just variants of those). Blacktron wasn't released until 1987, and Frank had no knowledge of it until its release (the only time he remembers being given any info on upcoming sets/themes was in 1987, when he was given an early look at the Futuron monorail for use in an unreleased mini-comic).
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  3. Sadie Meowsalot

    Your Favourite Stories

    ​Small correction: there is no Blacktron in those books. Blacktron wasn't even a thing yet. The bad guys are just generic black-suited spacemen. Yes they aren't, but they're the predecessor. Frank Madisen (if i spelled that right) came up with the idea of Kazak's Army, and my guess is LEGO got on the bandwagon and made a theme for it, Blacktron. This makes sense, because if you look at The Unknown Galaxy the vehicles look just like Blacktron vehicles. (as well as the colorscheme) ​Apologies in advance for going off-topic, but I just want to point out that unless an official source confirms the theorized link between Kazak and his troops in Jim Spaceborn: The Unknown Galaxy and the initial series of Blacktron, it remains merely that, a theory.
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  4. Fush

    Your Favourite Stories

    Book series: Discworld. RIP Sir Pterry. Video Game: The Mega Man series. This also counts for favorite comic. Movie: Ooooh... this is a hard one. I have no idea. TV Series: Gravity Falls for animated, Person of Interest for live action. Physical Game: I dunno, Jenga? Rack-o? Sorry? Clue! Gotta like clue. I'll go with Clue. ​Small correction: there is no Blacktron in those books. Blacktron wasn't even a thing yet. The bad guys are just generic black-suited spacemen.
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  5. ​ BTW, I will have my revenge... I will come from the dead and win these games (due to the fact that I am not permanently dead)
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