Source SDK: Infinite train track

[BitCrusader]

I was wondering how I would attempt an infinite (or seemingly infinite) track and ground, like shown here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-waZqvQSA1s Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you,
TrumpetPro

[phillippi2]

Your best bet would be to use a 3d skybox, and perhaps expand it to fill the grid in hammer.

[Wazanator]

It's a visual trick, there's a popular custom TF2 map like that as well. How it works is the train itself is actually static it's everything else that is moving. You can setup a path_track loop such that when a func_tracktrain is set to go to it the func_tracktrain teleports to that position.

I would decompile either the map in the video or the TF2 one and take a look at how it works.

[FuzZFace]

The TF2 Map scrolls the scenery behind, rotates wheels, wind etc etc and the trains are indeed static. It's on tf2 maps i think of FPS Bannana..

I'm sure you can actually make a real train that goes in a circle for single player but multiplayer I'm not sure it would work and probably spaz out for most players.

Here's the old one based onthe unreal one ;)

https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Convoy