Angles lock to EVEN numbers

[NextFrontieeR]

(in the title i meant ODD) An advanced feature that we ask is to be able to choose the number of points division in the rotating circle :

I EXPLAIN : when rotating an object using gimball we can currently choose the option "lock to 15°" or so, and the gimball is seprated in fixed section.

It would be as interesting if we could DIVIDE the rotating circle in TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, and we can stop there but we can go up to THIRTEEN or an arbitrary large integer number. It would be especially interesting to have the ODD divisions of the circle such as FIVE, or NINE, that is impossible to do currently in planet coaster 1 and 2.

Thank you for considering this more PROFESIONNAL yet simple option to add to the gameplay.

 

[Leaf Productions]

I am fairly certain that you can edit these on your client end, I’ll try and find the resource for you on how we did it for zoo.

But the tool for angle snap was made specifically for being segments of 360 degrees resulting in a perfect sphere. That’s why it goes 90, 45, 15, etc.

edit: i think i found it. Not at home rn so I can’t check but it should be the game_remote.config.xml file!

 

[NextFrontieeR]

I am fairly certain that you can edit these on your client end, I’ll try and find the resource for you on how we did it for zoo.

But the tool for angle snap was made specifically for being segments of 360 degrees resulting in a perfect sphere. That’s why it goes 90, 45, 15, etc.

edit: i think i found it. Not at home rn so I can’t check but it should be the game_remote.config.xml file!

Sorry, i think you get it but as a non- english speaker i inverted EVEN when i mean ODD. Because the things we can't do in the option of the game right now is to rotate things every FIFTH of a circle, such as to make a pentagon, the same for 7, 9, etc...

 

[Leaf Productions]

Sorry, i think you get it but as a non- english speaker i inverted EVEN when i mean ODD. Because the things we can't do in the option of the game right now is to rotate things every FIFTH of a circle, such as to make a pentagon, the same for 7, 9, etc...

Yeah if you play with the config file and do a bit of math (geometry was so many years ago for me lol) im sure you can get those shapes.

 

[NextFrontieeR]

Great ! yeah, i guess it's just about dividing 360 by 5 for exemple wich is 72° for the pentagon.

You think i can enter these values in the game_remote.config.xml file , and it will appear as an option in the game ?(!)

 

[Leaf Productions]

Great ! yeah, i guess it's just about dividing 360 by 5 for exemple wich is 72° for the pentagon.

You think i can enter these values in the game_remote.config.xml file , and it will appear as an option in the game ?(!)

Ideally it should

 

[Ramm]

I have not been able to get it to save the values other than anything between 11.25 and 45.0 by changing <RotationSnapSize>22.500000</RotationSnapSize>

I tried 72 (pentagon) and also 36 (10 sides) but it doesnt save it for some reason. You can only change some things (like changing path size to 2m instead of 4m) but when changing the rotationsnap the game overwrites the config and its not saved.

The best solution would obviously be by letting us manually input values in the UI, which I and many others have been suggesting from the start.

Like this:

 

[Ramm]

Found a workaround: Changing <TrackEditAngleSnapValue>36.000000</TrackEditAngleSnapValue> does work.

However it is a bit fiddly, because you need to build track, then build station, then build on station grid, then remove station, build 36 degree bend, build station again.

But it can work to make 10 sides (double the pentagon)

 

[Ramm]

I made a tutorial explaining it in more detail: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/tutorial-making-custom-angled-buildings.630214/