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Armadillo track editing tutorial
Gateless Start/Finish Line
by DBR_suesman and garagedog
edited by mike_mccue
 
 

Here is a quickie on how to get rid of the startgate. I have only found success when placing a new spline and when placing the gate near the node where you started splining. I suggest you make test track to start with. A big thanks goes to DBR_suesman for figuring this out. -gd

1. Create a Spline for your track.

2. Stop adding nodes near the finish. Stop before Closing the spline. Save your project.
Exit or Alt/Tab out of Armadillo. Look in the project folder to find the .tdf file (this is your spline data). Make a back up copy of the .tdf file to use for reference if you need to restore a corrupt spline. Relanch Armadillo.
Close the spline.

3. Select your first node, then click the Place Gate button.

   
 
image showing relevant spline nodes
   
 


4. Select the next node, click the Place Funnel button and click on your track where you want the back of the funnel to be.
Exit or Alt/Tab out of Armadillo. Make another back up copy of the .tdf file to use for reference if you need to restore a corrupt spline. Relanch Armadillo.

5. Select the green gate, then press the Delete Node button.

6. The spline should look like image below.

   
 
before and after illustration of start funnel
   
 
7.
This is the most tricky part:
Select the first node and then click Place Gate button. Hopefully only the red line shows up. If you see a green line, then choose another node near by and Place Gate again.
Anytime you see the green line, the start gate will show up in the game so you want a redline only. If it doesn't work, start over and try again. You know how dillo is! ;o).

   
image: screenshot close-up of spline
  TwistedDIRT would like to especially thank DBR_Suesman and gargedog for creating the content in this tutorial and allowing us to edit and present it in the tutorials section.    
       
       
       
       
       
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