I just thought of how to automatically compute what the train speed should be, and the Python for it would be stupidly simple:
1. Add Empties to the front of the first car and the rear tip of the last car.
2. As the cars move around the track, add the difference of the z value of the front Empty subtracted from the Z value of the rear one to the forward speed along the curve.
(Kind of like a creative abuse of limits from Calc 1 from someone who didn't really understand limits. :) I'll try it out later this evening and see what's what.)
welltheresyerproblem - Very cool idea to teach you about curves. Bezier curves alway gave me grief, but it looks like you're getting a pretty good handle on them!
I just thought of how to automatically compute what the train speed should be, and the Python for it would be stupidly simple:
1. Add Empties to the front of the first car and the rear tip of the last car.
2. As the cars move around the track, add the difference of the z value of the front Empty subtracted from the Z value of the rear one to the forward speed along the curve.
(Kind of like a creative abuse of limits from Calc 1 from someone who didn't really understand limits. :) I'll try it out later this evening and see what's what.)