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Trackmakers Challenge 4 - Piece by piece
Here we go right into the 4th month! We're going to do something much easier and simpler this time. Make a lego track. Yup, thats it! No extra rules, just a chill challenge! You can also make a lego extreme, just make sure atleast 80% of the tracks raceline is on lego pieces..
The deadline is March 1st, 12:00 UTC!
To participate either send a link* to your creation in the forum post below or directly to me on discord [Tryxn (Zeino)#7121]. /*any form of download works

Participants:

• Powerate -> Silica Basic
• Luck Nos -> ks Gran Corsa su Lego 1.0

1. Luck Nos - 9
2. Wrew - 3
3. Hajducsekb - 3
4. Zeino - 3
5. Jan Ainnir Mayen - 2

1. Make the track model. I reccommend checking out the basic blender tutorial on re-volt.io, if you don't know how do make models or use the addon.
   Here's my quick model:
   
2. Think about how you want to shade the map. You might have to split the mesh into more pieces to achieve the desired effect.
3. Basics. Ok anyway, to do vertex shading, select your model and go to edit mode. In the left side pannel select Re-Volt. You will see Vertex Shading (see image below)
   
   Select your whole model or just a part of it and then press Create vertex layer. You will see a rgb color picker show up. Now, to see what you're doing you have to be in texture mode so do that.
   
4. Painting. There's few ways to do this. You can use either vertex select, edge select or face select to make up different effects. You can find them here:
   
   Vertex select lets you do some shading in between the colors, see image below. I use this when i want to have a smooth translation between two parts of the mesh or to do said shading.
   
   Edge select works around the edges and also does the shading effect. I don't use this myself.
   
   Face select lets you work around your model like a fill tool. Select a face, and it'll fill the whole face with that color. See image below.
   
5. And last but not least, testing how it works in game!Here's my model in blender and ingame after doing this.
   
   

This track was created for Zeino's Trackmakers Challenge of January. The goal was to create a track using only vertex paint. This track is quite special, I can't really categorize it, since it's both a sprint track and a tag track. Your goal on this track is to finish it before the time expires. You get as many points, as the number shows next to the field you're on (visible in the thumbnail).

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Install the track.
2. When you open the game, go into `Options` -> `Game Settings`, and set `Battle Tag Time` to 1 minute.
3. Go to `Multiplayer`, then `Start Game`. Choose the Battle Tag option, then pick name, car and track like you usually do. For a fun challenge, I can recommend R6 Turbo, but feel free to play around with cars (might want to start with pros to learn the track).
4. Select the track (`VerTAG Paint`). Go into the waiting room. *Make sure no one has entered your lobby *
5. Race and finish the track. You'll see fields with numbers next to them at the end, that's how you know how many points you got. They don't mean much, but it's a nice way to challenge yourself!

Ato wrote: ↑Fri Mar 05, 2021 5:05 am Guys, take RotoR (orsome other Flipped=TRUE car) and go stop at Hot Volt, top of the first loop. You’ll be stuck, ‘cause the motor direction constantly switches between flipped / notflipped. Fun effect, even if frustrating. P.S. Don’t change it, I like crazy stuff
Hot Volt is my fave track at the moment. Only the small corkscrew shouldn’t be virtual (or maybe it’s an intended mindf*ck, then it’s cool).

Edit: Also, I lik attempting the first corkscrew with slower cars, that can’t fully make it up the screw winding and just barely drop into the next winding This track is so much fun.

Greetz,
Ato