Train Simulation

I was just thinking about train simulators and how some of them let you make your own tracks.

I was thinking that it can be possible to use some kind of curves to extrude the railroad given a path.

What do you think about it?
How would you make it?

BSplines

For our train sim i just let you create the track from a load of predefined shapes and fix them all together. Each shape has a spline with a dummy animated along it and all we did was line the train up to the dummy.

It worked really well.

Wow - this looks really nice.

How far along are you?

Not far enough. :)
Be a while before this one gets a demo.

Progress gets really slow when other "paid" work keeps bumping it along the old timeline.

yeah Ice, that looks really nice... on my list of projects to follow...

good luck with this...

--Mike