Add sloped rail

mods/ENTITIES/mcl_minecarts/models/sloped_track.obj

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# hand-made Wavefront .OBJ file for sloped rail
+mtllib mcl_minecarts_rail.mtl
+o sloped_rail.001
+v -0.500000 -0.500000 -0.500000
+v -0.500000  0.500000  0.500000
+v  0.500000  0.500000  0.500000
+v  0.500000 -0.500000 -0.500000
+vt 1.000000 0.000000
+vt 1.000000 1.000000
+vt 0.000000 1.000000
+vt 0.000000 0.000000
+vn 0.707106 0.707106 0.000000
+usemtl None
+s off
+f 1/1/1 2/2/1 3/3/1 4/4/1

mods/ENTITIES/mcl_minecarts/rails.lua

@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ local function register_rail_v2(itemstring, def)
 	if def.groups then table_merge(groups, def.groups) end
 	def.groups = groups
 
-
 	-- Build the node definition
 	local ndef = {
 		drawtype = "nodebox",
@@ -106,6 +105,49 @@ local function register_rail_v2(itemstring, def)
 end
 mod.register_rail = register_rail_v2
 
+
+local function register_rail_sloped(itemstring, def)
+	assert(def.tiles)
+
+	-- Build rail groups
+	local groups = table.copy(RAIL_DEFAULT_GROUPS)
+	if def.groups then table_merge(groups, def.groups) end
+	def.groups = groups
+
+	-- Build the node definition
+	local ndef = table.copy(RAIL_DEFAULTS)
+	table_merge(ndef,{
+		drawtype = "mesh",
+		mesh = "sloped_track.obj",
+		collision_box = {
+			type = "fixed",
+			fixed = {
+				{ -0.5, -0.5, -0.5,  0.5,  0.0,  0.5 },
+				{ -0.5,  0.0,  0.0,  0.5,  0.5,  0.5 }
+			}
+		},
+		selection_box = {
+			type = "fixed",
+			fixed = {
+				{ -0.5, -0.5, -0.5,  0.5,  0.0,  0.5 },
+				{ -0.5,  0.0,  0.0,  0.5,  0.5,  0.5 }
+			}
+		}
+	})
+	table_merge(ndef, def)
+
+	-- Add sensible defaults
+	if not ndef.inventory_image then ndef.inventory_image = ndef.tiles[1] end
+	if not ndef.wield_image then ndef.wield_image = ndef.tiles[1] end
+
+	print("registering sloped rail "..itemstring.." with definition: "..dump(ndef))
+
+	-- Make registrations
+	minetest.register_node(itemstring, ndef)
+	if craft then minetest.register_craft(craft) end
+end
+mod.register_rail_sloped = register_rail_sloped
+
 -- Setup shared text
 local railuse = S(
 	"Place them on the ground to build your railway, the rails will automatically connect to each other and will"..

mods/ENTITIES/mcl_minecarts/rails/standard.lua

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ mod.update_rail_connections = update_rail_connections
 -- Now get the translator after we have finished using S for other things
 local S = minetest.get_translator(modname)
 local BASE_DEF = {
-	description = S("Rail"),
+	description = S("New Rail"), -- Temporary name to make debugging easier
 	_tt_help = S("Track for minecarts"),
 	_doc_items_longdesc = S("Rails can be used to build transport tracks for minecarts. Normal rails slightly slow down minecarts due to friction."),
 	_doc_items_usagehelp = mod.text.railuse,
@@ -161,6 +161,10 @@ local function register_curves_rail(base_name, tiles, def)
 			}
 		}
 	}))
+	mod.register_rail_sloped(base_name.."_sloped", table_merge(table.copy(base_def),{
+		description = S("Sloped Rail"), -- Temporary name to make debugging easier
+		tiles = { tiles[1] },
+	}))
 
 	-- Cross variant
 	--[[