reset train?

[shirty]

i was playing this the other day while childminding my little cousin
after building a lot of track we derailed the train (left it running while we built more track and it came off where we were building.
it was imposssible to get it back on the track properly, i managed to sortof get it on the track at one point but it was offset by half the track width and it only went round a corner or two before running straight off at the next corner clearly my derailing knocked it off the track grid enough that i couldnt get it back on, we had spent ages covering the room in track and could now only move in a straight line on the ground. i tried pressing everything and the only solution was to clear all track and start again, he wasnt impressed and i thought it was a massive oversight to not have a train reset button.
oh and while it might be unrealistic why cant i steer on the ground? that would make it fun to be off track and i probably could have got back on track if i wasnt limited to straight forward and back. i kinda feel that as it is right now the train may as well reset if it touches the ground as theres nothing you can really do while on the ground.
i know its early days so good luck with this title i was actually quite fun till it derailed and i wasted 1/2 an hour going forward and back in total frustration.

[Besmarques]

So, did you try to press T to enter the train and then keep pressing so the train would reset?

[Dr. Whoop DSc]

Yep, just hold T when you're driving the train. There's a tutorial in the Clear environment and a controls menu if you get confused again.
The reason it doesn't automatically reset is you might want to run along the floor/furniture.

Also don't forget you can save/load tracks.

[shirty]

hold T? well yh i didnt think to try holding buttons.
when we derailed i did look through the control menu but saw T...... and thought, i know what T does so didnt read the explaination.
as for tutorial, most ppl dont read/play through tutorials properly im one of them, i went straight to the interesting looking enviroment and glanced the controls menu (missed the reset part).

i did think afterwards i probably could have save-loaded but at the time i was determined to wrangle the thing back onto the track but the frustration took over and i basically ragequit in the end, didnt even save our masterpiece.

well its good to know for the future if i end up there again i can only really blame myself but i was really expecting a button on the pause menu or a seperate key like delete or backspace thats out of the way.



i wasnt really suggesting you do a reset on hitting the ground i was suggesting you make the train steerable on the ground as its a little pointless going on the ground at the moment especially if you can quite easily knock the train off the grid alignment.

anyway thanks for the quick responce sign of a good dev is communication, keep it up

[marawan365]

yes i am having the same problem