Cart Livery
Tired of standard gray minecarts in Minecraft? Want your vehicles to stand out from the crowd or match your brand new steam locomotive? Cart Livery offers a solution — now you can paint your minecarts in all 16 wool colors and apply colorful stickers to them!
How to Use
Create a livery cutting tool on a regular 3x3 crafting table:
Right-click the tool to open the interface where you can:
- Preview the sticker appearance in the top left corner
- Change primary and secondary colors using dyes
- Select sticker type using arrow buttons
- Place paper in the left slot to get a white sticker
To color the sticker, place it in the center of a 3x3 crafting table, primary dye on top, secondary dye on bottom:
Applying the sticker: Shift + right-click on the minecart. If the minecart already has a sticker, it will be removed and returned to your inventory. Shift + right-click with the livery cutting tool also removes the sticker.
Railcraft Compatibility
With Railcraft installed and the configuration option enabled, you can apply Railcraft emblems to minecarts. Shift + right-click with an emblem on the minecart applies it, and the livery cutting tool removes it.
Automation
For automation, create a livery cutting press:
Place paper in the left slot and a finished sticker in the middle as a template. The press will create a white sticker with the same pattern. By default, the press requires RF (redstone flux) to function, but this can be disabled in settings.
Stickers and Extensibility
Cart Livery is designed with extensibility in mind. The base version includes several stickers, but you can easily add new ones through resource packs. Other mods can also define their own sticker sets.
Available stickers for crafting are determined by the client — the sum of all active resource packs. In multiplayer, other players without the specific resource pack won't see the sticker but can still color and apply them normally.
Creating a Resource Pack
Creating your own sticker set is quite simple. You'll need:
- A pack.mcmeta file with additional metadata for the list of added stickers
- One or more language files in /assets/cartlivery/lang to define sticker names
- The textures themselves in /assets/cartlivery/textures/livery (PNG format)
The mod draws a textured frame around the minecart with a mostly transparent texture. You can start with the test.png texture from the provided pack.
Compatibility and Support
The mod works both with and without Railcraft (tested with RC 9.5.0.1 for MC 1.7.10 and RC 8.3.2.0 for MC 1.6.4). Also compatible with Extra Carts and Steve's Carts.
Built-in support for Waila versions 1.5.0 and higher shows the sticker name on the minecart, resource pack, colors, and emblem. These options can be turned on and off separately.
Sticker coloring recipes currently don't appear in NEI.
Changelog
0.11.1 - More Awesomeness!
- Added configuration options
- Livery cutting press now uses RF (can be disabled)
- Added Redstone Flux API
- Added custom sounds instead of vanilla
- Updated Sphax patches
- Fixed minor bugs
0.10.8 - Textures and Sounds!
- Changed livery cutting press texture
- Added animation and sound when creating stickers
- Added sounds for applying and removing stickers and emblems
0.10.7a
- Fixed multiplayer functionality
0.10.6
- Added shift-click to tool interface
- Tool takes damage when removing customizations
- Removed "MysteryDump" sticker
0.10.4 - Emblems!
- Added ability to place Railcraft emblems on minecarts
0.10.2 - Features!
- Added automatic livery cutting tool
- Updated mcmod.info file
- Added mod logo
0.10.0 - Lots of Changes
- Update to 1.7.10 and new Forge/Waila versions
- New tool texture and recipe
- Changed sticker coloring recipe
0.9.3-beta
- Fixed rendering without Railcraft
0.9.2-beta
- Fixed network handling error
0.9.1-beta
- Mods can define built-in liveries
- Added default livery set
- Added German localization
0.9-beta
- Initial release
Installation
Place the JAR file in the /mods folder — standard procedure.
