Rolling Line AI Update - an introduction

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2 жыл бұрын

I have had many many people request I take Rolling Line for a spin over the years. This is the first time I've ever loaded it up and it coincides with the update to game AI which, even with a superficial glance, makes it look pretty powerful in creating an automated model.
You don't want to watch the video and just want to know what I think? I think it's pretty great. I want to tinker with it a lot more. At least sufficiently that I don't keep pressing the wrong flamin buttons all the time. The learning curve is far from shallow, but it rewards you as they get there.
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@Gahagan2 2 жыл бұрын

I'm leaving a comment to appease the algorithm. Would love to see The Colonel build something monstrous and semi-functional in this.

@KellysTrains 2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love this game and would appreciate more videos on it. A few pieces of advice in the event you continue with this game, you can hold down left click before placing track to get an idea of what it will look like once placed. This will help greatly with curves. Also, I believe you had an AI enable sign which turns the AI on for trains that go over the source track. From what I know, the only way to toggle switches is using signals so trains switch to a free track. The magazine are based on the Model Railroader magazine and the controller is based on the NCE ProCab controller. Anyway, loved the video and hope for many more!

@colonelfailure 2 жыл бұрын

I've definitely got a big learning curve to muddle through, not least of all in remembering the right button to press. Even then I'm really loving the aesthetic.

@KellysTrains 2 жыл бұрын

@@colonelfailure I’m sure the Rolling Line discord community would be happy to answer any other questions you may have

@MikelNaUsaCom 2 жыл бұрын

It just needs to print out / save a 3d model of the setup so you can 3d print it out and have a physical version after you spent all that time with it. Then you 3d print them and wala it's a train set. =D

@flavoredflying1647 2 жыл бұрын

I’ll reiterate what you said “build something big!”

@arjunsatheesh7609 2 жыл бұрын

I shall second that. Build something big please.

@wivout 2 жыл бұрын

Third that. "Build something Big!!"

@chrcel 2 жыл бұрын

build something BIG!

@coolkirk1701 2 жыл бұрын

Build something BIG (6)

@Pjs-ge7gk 2 жыл бұрын

I feel you could have a lot of fun with this. I say make something you love, do a time-lapse of the construction, slow down for the arguments, then finish with a ride around on a few locos.

@jbktiger 2 жыл бұрын

I would love to see a large build with this and have a final episode be a beats and tracks as the AI just toddles all over the place with multiple trains and cheeky tunnels and such....100%

@srenmogensen7965 2 жыл бұрын

I liked it. The best parts was your enthusiasm for this - that joy is gold, as long as that is a part of it, I can watch this a lot.

@fishpop 2 жыл бұрын

Aww i love the updates being magazines! That is so on brand for model railing as that's how actual modelers would get the latest news. Reminds me of how my dad would buy Model Rail magazine before stopping when he couldn't work on his layout anymore.

@jpgaler2010 2 жыл бұрын

I would love to see more of this and see how you build it up.

@papasmurfette007 2 жыл бұрын

Other B words that could be substituted for 'build' include 'blow', 'bugger' and 'balls'...

@peytonmac1131 2 жыл бұрын

I spent hours with this game in VR sitting on top of the trains and riding around the pre-made maps. It's great fun if you ever wanted a model railway, but couldn't afford one or have the space.

@maneyaf 2 жыл бұрын

I was crying when you kept picking up the track while trying to place the engine. Then all the copies...🤣🤣🤣🤣

@binarycodex2738 2 жыл бұрын

I am just starting this video but wanted to stop for a moment to applaud you for always finding new and entertaining ways to call yourself out in the intro tagline. XD

@Jouski 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, more of this please! Seems like another game where one could lose a loooot of hours.

@garrisonsan 2 жыл бұрын

Those graphics are definitely sophisticated, magnificent, and full of adenoids

@slwsnowman4038 2 жыл бұрын

I can't tell if this is a game or a layout tool. Either way, there's been a lot of thought put into this. Drawers that are the menus, and magazines as release notes? That's fantastic.

@12times12_ 2 жыл бұрын

Please play more of this, there's not enough of this on youtube

@toothlesswonder2672 2 жыл бұрын

I'm only 3 mins in, and I already want more

@tajmahalfred 2 жыл бұрын

I am absolutely ready to see a project underway in this one.

@TrainzLuvr 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Colonel, long time viewer first time commenter here. Thanks for finally getting to the Rolling Line, and I hope these first baby steps do not discourage you from making many more episodes about it. Matter a fact, looking forward to seeing more as there's lots of potenial here.

@fishpop 2 жыл бұрын

13:31 This wouldn't be the first time Bumblebee has been a train. Last time he was a cute little tank engine from the colonial age. But then it turned out that Bee was actually another guy named Centuritron who'd been conditioned to think he WAS Bee Comics are weird...

@ryanworthvalley 2 жыл бұрын

Loved this video. Please could you do a stream on this game. It would create many hours of funny banter.

@IanEdmonds 2 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this as a first-look, and the game looks like fun. I'm not sure that a long series on it though would have much longevity. With a goal or objective, perhaps, but as a sandbox I don't see it having a lot of life in its current stage of development.

@lakotathierauf2419 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, looks good. I'll watch more. Then again I'll watch most of what you post.

@RoseAlchemist22 2 жыл бұрын

I play Rolling Line every now and then as a fun little "something to do" time spender. With this new AI update however I feel I could get alot more mileage out of the game now!

@danthranehansen7538 2 жыл бұрын

This looks realy cool... And acturly looks like a game where a magic helmet could be cool for rotating and placing stuff like a real train set

@clockworkgiant9070 2 жыл бұрын

I would very much like to watch you build a massive and wonderful railway

@JonIceInternational 2 жыл бұрын

I have this game and I absolutely LOVE IT. I don't have the space or the money to have a real model train table with all that on it. Playing this in VR is like a dream !

@ChrisComley 2 жыл бұрын

> Picked the track up again I'm flashing back to the UnSatisfactory Staircase...

@ssmith5048 2 жыл бұрын

Oh yes, the Colonel needs to build a rolling disaster in this environment!

@tonystrainsandgames6482 2 жыл бұрын

the tutorial is really helpful and teaches you the basics

@colonelfailure 2 жыл бұрын

Yup, I played it. You then need to apply that knowledge often enough for it to sink in.

@binarycodex2738 2 жыл бұрын

And now that I've finished I can also mention that this is the model railway sim I have been looking for! It's not just stupid blocks like all the others were. Time to grab my magic helmet.

@Bunny_Dubois 2 жыл бұрын

I looked at this game, and thought "this looks nice, but I have a few other railway builders, so I'll pass on it". Apparently, I didn't look at it closely enough to see that it was a science helmet game. I have failed myself.

@retailwarrior1502 2 жыл бұрын

I would like to see more please.

@svx_n_sxvn6244 2 жыл бұрын

had to be made by a kiwi these are all new zealand trains

@dreweboygaming 2 жыл бұрын

Put anything on and I will watch it!! But if your going to start something I want a playlist of comical events 😃🍿

@sparkieT88 2 жыл бұрын

Went full Gomez addams at the end there

@nomad_geek 2 жыл бұрын

I will watch this series.

@timjerrom7173 2 жыл бұрын

Dear Colonel, as soon as you asked "about 3 minutes in the video" got your answer, Build, build, BUILD! Or as an excellent idea, have a Railway competition with Stegs?

@fishpop 2 жыл бұрын

9:37 There's two sets of seemingly identical curve pieces, just with opposing convex/concave bends. Perhaps the lft-hand set you picked up from always curves to the right, while the opposite set would curve left. Granted that this all goes in the toilet is those curve pieces aren't mirrors.

@playerwon5660 2 жыл бұрын

10:00 i think you can put a drawer anywhere you want as well, so you can just have them on hand with no travel

@nialldub 2 жыл бұрын

yes more please thank you

@bluedeath996 2 жыл бұрын

This looks like it should be VR.

@starskyparker6603 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliantly produced fun game. Least it looks that way. I say do more of this Cnl. I’m thinking in a few episodes time (about 10) you’ll be reproducing the Raccoon to Dark City and the helix from the Mainline series. Go on, you know you want to. Do it, do it, do it.

@leagueofrailway101 2 жыл бұрын

This looks fuuunnnn

@sjdesignsetc 2 жыл бұрын

Would definitely like to see more, love what they’ve done with this

@osmo250 2 жыл бұрын

Honestly, if you set out to build a full loop, and work the ai kinks out of it, I'd watch every episode

@marcomelisit 2 жыл бұрын

Oh, wow.

@bob_._. 2 жыл бұрын

This is just the kind of thing I've been wanting for years! Except without the VR and the stupid UI cabinet.

@colonelfailure 2 жыл бұрын

I genuinely like the UI cabinet. Once I stop fumbling with keys it'll become second nature.

@TonySpike 2 жыл бұрын

Express yourself colonel (pun intended), build the layout you wish was in the bunker

@flyingwolff4774 2 жыл бұрын

yeah, totally would watch you build something and then spend the better part of an hour figuring out why it doesn't work the way you wanted it to!

@crooker2 10 ай бұрын

I'm just trying to learn this game... And I admit, the interface is incredibly cumbersome. Kind of interesting, if pointless. :)

@markparsons2864 2 жыл бұрын

Yes please 😀

@mrmcbaldspot 2 жыл бұрын

Seriously cool stuff. More please!

@Liberty0522 2 жыл бұрын

I would love to see this again Colonel!

@themcbradderz4966 2 жыл бұрын

You just sold me the game.

@fatmike5038 2 жыл бұрын

Sam we need a good tutorial series on this game, everyone always does their builds in fast motion and I cant understand half of them when they talk

@colonelfailure 2 жыл бұрын

Not sure about a tutorial, but I'll definitely show my working.

@diederikwillems6782 2 жыл бұрын

Rolling Line is great! Such a good idea and well implemented. Superb with a magic science helmet, by the way.

@fishpop 2 жыл бұрын

19:0 If you're referring to mountain railways then that's a "rack rail"

@CaptnStone 2 жыл бұрын

I'm curious what you would build.

@thomasstuart2936 2 жыл бұрын

17 minutes in, everything is derailed

@ChrisComley 2 жыл бұрын

> They call it something They call it a rack, but, that's just them, why be constrained?

@captainrocketblast2529 2 жыл бұрын

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@GretchenDawntreader 2 жыл бұрын

11:20 Edit? There's Destroy and Edit. I say at the CF of the past like it will have any effect :)

@GretchenDawntreader 2 жыл бұрын

not much visual cue to the points other than the lever. Doesn't look like the rails shift...

@GretchenDawntreader 2 жыл бұрын

looks like half the challenge of building and decorating a complete layout in this would be getting done without half disassembling it by accident, we can see in this video how easy it is to not do what you want. Are there saves presumably?

@pacomacaw2456 2 жыл бұрын

Ctrl Z would be sooooooooo useful.

@RowanMackenzie 2 жыл бұрын

I haven't thought about this game in years...might be worth coming back to with this update. Still don't like the building system unfortunately

@PaulodeMelo 2 жыл бұрын

Right? The building system seems kinda clunky and difficult to get around with

@SteadyBob 2 жыл бұрын

Live Stream Potential?

@fishpop 2 жыл бұрын

So it's a proper model layout simulator? That's pretty nifty. EDIT: I may be wrong but i think NerdCubed played this or something similar several years ago. EDIT 2: Yes he did. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mrqddpWSmre3d2w.html

@LocallyUnsmart 2 жыл бұрын

as a active rolling line player it hurts me to watch him randomly place track struggling with lining up when all you do is HOLD CLICK THE FUCKING LEFT MOUSE BUTTON

@GPSOMG- 2 жыл бұрын

looks good fun but looks very time-consuming?

@papasmurfette007 2 жыл бұрын

What the Colonel didn't show is loading and playing on pre-built layouts. So you don't always need to build from scratch...

@daevybones5879 2 жыл бұрын

Yup I'll watch more of this.

@Sequentonal 2 жыл бұрын

thats a livestream game if ever i saw one

@2play404 2 жыл бұрын

map?

@colonelfailure 2 жыл бұрын

Empty room.

@connorjohnson7834 2 жыл бұрын

6:13 'It's mostly American' *Angry*

@colonelfailure 2 жыл бұрын

No need for angry. Plenty of international selection on the workshop.

@connorjohnson7834 2 жыл бұрын

@@colonelfailure angry is because most of it is new zealand

@dieter2889 2 жыл бұрын

Ok build something big

@ozmud 2 жыл бұрын

Make something HUGE

@geoffwebber8272 2 жыл бұрын

Can’t believe that someone who has been playing rail road games for almost 10 years still refers to locomotives as ‘trains’…. Come on Cnl!

@colonelfailure 2 жыл бұрын

They're all trains. Some have bits attached to make bigger trains.

@papasmurfette007 2 жыл бұрын

@@colonelfailure There's some that argue with that point. But all non-timetabled movements outside of shunting yards (even loco-only movements) are officially gazetted on 'Train Notices' (where I am anyway), so you're right Colonel...