Starbound

Starbound

Enhanced Rails
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Ready? One more time!  [developer] 5 Jul, 2017 @ 8:24am
Features
New Rails
-Slick Rails: Rails with a lower friction and higher max speed for rail riders affected by gravity like the hail hook or mine cart. (slickrail)
-Cosmetic rails: Composite rails with unique appearances for each paint color.(cosmeticrail)

New Rail Objects
-Rail Booster: Increases the speed of rail riders that are affected by gravity.(railbooster)
-Rail Brake: Decreases the speed of rail riders that are affected by gravity.(railbrake)
-Powered Bumper: A standard rail bumper that only functions when powered.(railbumperpowered)
-Rail Gate: Large door with a rail passing through it. (railgate)
-Rail Hatch: Large hatch with a rail passing through it. (railhatch)
-Rail Bridge: A horizontal segment of extendable rails that can be open or closed. (railbridge)
-Vertical Rail Bridge: A vertical segment of extendable rails that can be open or closed. (railbridgevertical)
-Diagonal Rail Tram Stops: Tram stops that have their wiring nodes shifted left or right so they don't over lap with rails above and below them. (railtramstopdiagonal, railtramstopdiagonal2)

New Items
-Mag-Lev Rail Hook: An upgraded railhook that propels itself along any rail, allowing the rider to ascend rails against gravity, and change direction while moving. (maglevrailhook)
-Accelerator Hook: An upgraded mag-lev hook that picks up speed while on a rail. (acceleratorhook)

New Platforms
Utility
-Adjustable Platform: A rail platform that can change speed by interacting. Double tap interaction to pop the platform off. (adjustablerailplatform)
-Hydroponic Platform: A platform that waters crops below it. (hydroponicplatform)
-Storage Platform: A plaform that can transform into a container when interacted with as long as it isn't overlapping another object. Can transform back from the container's UI. (storageplatform)

Weapons
All weapon platforms automatically fire on enemies within range. Most cannot be stood on

-Guard Platform: Equipped with 2 miniguns, deals consistent low damage at medium range. (guardplatform)
-Railgun Platform: Equipped with a railgun that has a short charge up time before firing an explosive high damage shot at long range. (railgunplatform)
-Flame Platform: Fires 2 short range flamethrowers at enemies underneath. Also functions as a standard platform. (flameplatform)
-Rocket Platform: Equipped with 6 homing rockets. Quickly fires, each dealing medium damage in an area. Takes a few seconds to reload. (rocketplatform)
-Ice Platform: Releases ice in all directions when enemies get close dealing low damage and slowing them. (iceplatform)

Vehicles
All new vehicles can be ridden in by interacting with them

-Railcar: Rollercoaster car for rails. Automatically moves slowly but gains speed when going downhill.
-Inverted Railcar: Functionally the same as a Railcar but hangs below the rail.(railcarinverted)
-Rail Pod Car: A fully enclosed car that renders the rider invulnerable, while also healing them. It's speed is controllable with left and right click. (railpodcar)
-Rail Car Train: A set of linked rail cars that share speed, keeping the cars closer together. If they get split up they get destroyed. Only the lead car drops it's item. (railcartrain3, railcartrain5)
-Mine Cart: Am unpowered rail car that can jump by pressing space. Going upside down will cause the cart to fall off the rail. (railminecart)
-Armed Rail Tram: A standard rail tram that has a controllable turret the rider can fire with left click. (railtramarmed)
-Adjustable Rail Tram: A tram that the rider can increase or decrease it's speed with left and right click.

-New Tech:
-Rail Sphere: A distortion sphere tech that latches to rails like a hook. The compact size lets the player fit through narrower tunnels, and it can speed boost with Left click, or reverse its direction with Right click. After being on a rail for a few seconds it becomes electrified damaging nearby enemies. (railsphere)