Blind carting

Blind carting is "la crème de la crème" when it's time to pull a cart. It's the result of a perfect symbiosis between the pony and the driver. The driver is the pony's eyes and the pony has to follow every command given by the driver, without any hesitation and within the shortest possible reaction time. We expect the pony fully focused on the task! The driver does not have an easy task either because he has to take into account the general lag, the reaction time of the pony, and the topology of the road. If neither of the pony or driver is able to build a link this won't be fun for both parties, we recommend this practice only to experienced ponies and trainers

1. Requested gears

To make blind carting possible you need several things:
- A blindfold for the pony(ies)
- A slave HUD for the pony(ies) to receive the driver orders
- A master HUD for the driver to give orders to the pony(ies)
- A vehicle
- One or more pony to pull the vehicle
- One driver to drive the vehicle

1.1 Select the right blindfold

the choice of the blindfold is an important step because there is 2 ways to blind someone in SL:
- A simple dark prim over your view to make everything dark and opaque (typically what Firestoam with RLVa does)
- A black and opaque sphere around your head where your camera is locked (typically what Marine's or Kokua's viewers with RLV does)

With the sphere view (RLV) you can easily see yourself when blinded

With the prim overlay (RLVa) you see nothing, some blindfolds like RR allows a tiny hole in the middle, where you can click in world too

Select the right blindfold and the right viewer depending on the feeling you want to give to your pony. Neither way is better than the other, some may be excited by the view of their own body encased or by the simple fact of not able to see anything

Be aware this must remain fun, for the pony and the driver. Be sure the pony can handle it before sending her deep in the black hole! In case the pony is ringing the SAFEWORD alarm, don't ignore it the pony may be in high stress!

PFS recommends the use of RR blindfolds:
- RR Scarf blindfold (160L$)
- RR Deluxe Blindfold (comes with the Deluxe gag). (450L$)
- RR RemVision (500L$)
All are available from PFS shop

Alternate location and update Chorazin's store

1.2 Riding reins HUD

This HUD is mandatory for both ponies and driver, it's the only tool available to transmit the orders to the pony(ies)

You can find it at the PFS shop or Chorazin's store, see the section "Marine's goodies, Riding reins HUD (475L$)"

1.3 HUD's buttons

The Riding reins HUD has several functions, in this document we will only explore the RACE mode useful for the blind carting, the HUD's buttons have the follow meanings:

File:Reins hud.png

the "drift" buttons have no use in race mode with cart

Some buttons have two functions, the upper one shows the meaning when the key is pressed and the lower when the key is released

All keys