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Roadwheels 4 tanks + [why auto turret isn't out yet]

46.4k Minecraftpoweer  5.5 years ago

Ok so I have been working as much as I can on the auto turret, the problem being not having a lot of time………..

Meanwhile I thought about an idea, that one failed but changing it ever so slightly actually achieved the same thing. Good roadwheels for tanks.....


Ok so here is a tank I made, the roadwheels here are pretty simple but they do move

Others just have static detailed roadwheels.

Some others have detailed moving ones but either they are on unlimited rotation so when you stop driving forward they start rotating to the other side which is wierd…..

You could have free rotation and engines but then they'll keep rolling for like 1 minute even if you have stopped.

Well I made something that is the best of both worlds.
You can have detailed roadwheels that only roll when you drive forward, if you stop pressing W they also stop.... great..

#Roadwheel video#
Don't worry, it didn't take too much time from the auto turret project to make and isn't really a project of its own.


The auto turret then………… ehhhh This is actually a problem of logic.
So if you want to hit a moving target with a bullet you need to aim infront of the target, giving lead.

So for the missiles in the game it kinda works in the same way. Either it goes in a relativey straight path directly to the target or it follows the target from behind in a curve.

But for the auto turret the missile needs to Point directly at the target, that's a problem.....
I think the game calculates the missiles trajectory with help of the speed, distance and angle from the target.
So if the missile is at low speed it got to give more lead right? Correct…. probably…

But the auto turret is for slightly slower Aircraft, at speeds required for perfect aiming you could just use missiles instead.

I will just have to tinker around with it and see what happens really


#AUTO TURRET VIDEO#
In the video you see that it isn't prefect at all. If you get closer you might have better success? And even better if you point in the direction of the target… yet again a logic problem.

Also from how I guess missiles work this might not work great at shooting down aircraft behind you….. the missile will Think it's going backwards and probably do extra adjustmenst.

Also sorry for random capital letters.... my computer does that and I'm not going back to every Word to fix that


Also n2 the Aircraft isn't done and won't be for a while since I haven't worked on it in a long time and have a que of stuff to work on, also the rear lg are just temporary

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    18.2k exosuit

    It'll be great if Andrew make circular fuselage block have circular hitbox

    5.5 years ago
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    @exosuit Yup, it would be great if we could. Also this suprisingly didn't take up too many parts... but then again you will have like 10? 12? of them….

    5.5 years ago
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    18.2k exosuit

    The reason is you can't attach a part to the resizable wheel and spin when the wheel is turning
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    And making a roadwheel that actually spins is part intensive because lol you gotta make the hitbox of the wheel itself circular enough
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    But then why waste 300 parts on roadwheels when you can add actual detailing on the tank itself lol

    5.5 years ago