Mansion - Readme
Version 2025-01-16
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Description
Go back in time and wreak havoc in a Victorian mansion while a thunderstorm is raging outside. Climb the tables, jump on the bed, cover the carpet in oil, everything is fair game. The owner surely won't mind.
This track comes with a practice star. It is recommended that those who intend to find it don't use freecam until they've found it, as it can give it away.
Track too dark? Extract brighter_lights.7z in the mansion folder.
The challenge times are meant for Toyeca. Ghost files which correspond to the challenge times are included with the track, beating the ghosts beats the times. They have to be installed manually, by extracting the contents of 'ghosts.7z' from levels\mansion into your RVGL directory when not using the Launcher, OR your 'save' folder when using the Launcher. Want more of a challenge? Install 'alt_ghosts.7z' instead. Note that this will not change the challenge times, just the ghosts. These will not overwrite any files/times of your own.
Enjoy!
Credits
Made by:
Kipy - AI Nodes, Pos Nodes, Track Zones, Triggers and more
Instant - 3D mesh, VFX/SFX, custom animations and more
With the help of:
The Green J - Camera Nodes, nursery room idea & sound, other ideas
Nickurn - Alternative ghosts
ViSollux - Music
Using:
Blender 2.79b & Marv's RV Add-On, GIMP, Audacity
Tested by:
Naru, Nickurn, URV, Zeino
Track Info
Unique folder: mansion
Date of release: 2024-01-21
Difficulty: Extreme
Length: 653m, 668m (R)
Practice star: Yes
Global stars: 1 for Normal, 1 for (R)
Custom music: Yes
Challenge times/default ghosts: 0:45:002, 0:43:826 (R)
Alternative ghosts: 0:42:118, 0:40:577 (R)
Compatibility: RVGL required, use latest version
Poly count: ~100k, all made with love
Copyright/Contact me
Nothing from the track to be used commercially. Whether reusing parts of the track or sharing it as a whole, proper credit must be given. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Deed
You can contact me on Discord, username is 'instant01'.
Changelog
2025-01-16
- Small changes
2024-12-21
- Track released
The Creation of Mansion
A few words from Instant
Nice to finally get this one out, technically it's a 5-year-old project, began working on it all the way back in 2018. It's been put on the back burner more times than I can count but here we are. I really liked the theme and the looks I produced early on, thought it'd be a shame not to finish it. I probably won't continue to make tracks in this form, it's an incredibly time-consuming process, and I think that time is better spent doing other things, but in the future I'd perhaps be open to collaborating with other creators, on projects where the work I have to do is less.
Huge thanks to Kipy for teaming up with me once again. He was responsible for making the track functional, and he did an amazing job as always.
Thanks to the testers, who were kind enough to provide us with feedback crucial for making the track better overall.
Thanks to Huki, FranklyGD and all who've worked on RVGL. It's crazy what you can do with tracks these days.
Thank you for downloading Mansion. I hope you'll enjoy it.
– Instant
Fun Facts
Some ideas that never made it into the track were: a cellar, a library and a garden. I did make a bathroom, but couldn't incorporate it into the raceline.
The chess set was modelled after the one I have at home. I don't think I ever used a real-life object as reference for my modelling before.
No plans were ever made, everything was improvised.
Layers of Fear was sort of an inspiration for the track, but to get 'inspired' I usually just look at random images on the net.
Progress Pictures
