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+# advcarts
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+This is just a bit of code that makes 45 degree tracks for Minetest.
+There aren't any carts ad of now, and I'm not certain if I'll use this code I have started or advtrain's API.
+This is nowhere near complete, but there are quite a few nice tracks in it.