5,434 CDRxavier Comments

  • On current events here on SP (about Parzival and build quality) 4.1 years ago

    @APilotOfPlanes
    You are not alone.


    Earlier yesterday I saw a 3.1K part passion build (built with android) and found its 150 upvotes ... impressive, but sad.
    It's a GAME. And you paid for it. Then you work like a horse or something for four month to get that done. It's true that Simpleplanes allow you to export models now, so not all efforts are wasted.


    I too had a passion build. And for me it's ... I don't even think it had more than 10 upvotes.
    So now I no longer care about upvotes. But when I release hard-working builds (months and years, although discontinuous) they had all too often end up with zero upvotes, because one or more parts of them use outdated stuff (or whatever random excuse they come up. Ask any gold guy.)
    Fuselage wings ... yeah, it's cool, but I don't have the time for that. Plus it's draggy and heavy.
    So you then mod it so it's dragless & massless.
    Why not just ... get Autodesk 123D (the free version of the legendary Autocad)? Why not Tinkercad? Librecad?
    You will me making TRUE pieces of art and mechanic. You will say goodbye to the horrendous designer interface available. Plus, you often end up being able to 3D print it.

    For me, the only reason to NOT switch is because I have bought it. Although it's not my money (I got $1.5K from high school scholarship). And time -- I don't have time for big builds or extended CAD sessions.

    Right now there is this same swarm of people "ruining" Simplerockets 2 before it even got itself stabilized.
    It's SIMPLE PLANES, DUDE. Not "artistic planes". Although we all kind of appreciate those sophisticated ones.

    (as a matter of fact, more than one people is actually using outside tool to aid the construction of their crafts. Not mods -- entirely outside tools.)

    What am I looking for here?
    I've always been a mostly vanilla player, though some of the Funky Trees stuff got me interested -- it's what I call "enhanced vanilla".

    Four years and I still didn't see the release of a double-side "block" rotator. I still see pistons with the same wobbly connection that it had years ago. Aerodynamics is nonsense. Car engine acceleration is ridiculous. Air intake still does not take airspeed into count. Still no overheating from friction. They had added useful parts are the small rotators, the gyro, the helicopter stuff, and the cannon, but they never made any part of existing items any better than ... well, 3, 4, or 5 years ago. The only fix I noticed, is from the "new" propeller engines -- 3 years ago it will break if you try to rotate it (by a rotator) while it is spinning. That is fixed.
    The game is broken, dude. They just throw more parts at it and expect it to "become better". It haven't.

    +1
  • XML Help for Car 4.1 years ago

    @PlaneFlightX
    lol nobody replied
    sadness :((
    well, set engine activate group to 7.
    You want a speed limiter I understand.
    So you will evaluate if the current speed (use GS or TAS) is greater than ... say, 100 times the input of VTOL/Trim/Throttle. If it is greater than the value then 0, if not than 1.
    This would be ... well, following:

    ((100 * VTOL) > GS)?1:0

    +1
  • Spirit B-2 4.1 years ago

    @Fedgamer
    lol you just can't do one without vertical stabilizers right?
    Games broken trust me I know
    See that one and this and this one

    +1
  • (OPEN) Decoration challenge 4.1 years ago

    @KSPFSXandSP
    lol.
    Nice try but ehhh I genuinely don't think this is for "flying".
    Maybe you should (or I should, if I had time) take a look at flap- wing aircrafts (that actually fly)
    It behaves like toothless when it can't fly, though. That's the ... emm, good part of it.


    10 minite into it

    +1
  • Going the distance 4.1 years ago

    @Griffon1Crosswind
    lol.
    My mom took my iPad air and replaced it with a iPad 6th gen

    +1
  • T-54 55 4.7 years ago

    @INCREASEDVELOCITY
    Damn these are some real sëxy tracks. Too bad they really never work well ...

    +1
  • SPITFIRE!!! 4.7 years ago

    @NightmareCorporation
    I do not know what a Spitfire have to do with Initial D, but ok.
    And I'm trying very hard to ignore that long poem ...
    AND trying to ignore "spitfir" typos.


    Oof this acceleration. I'm sure it's neither historically accurate or film-accurate, but it handles well.
    And ... at this speed I'm not sure if anyone would need flaps

    +1
  • Michael Jackson (Smooth Criminal) 4.7 years ago

    @QingyuZhou
    Amazing, although the favorite part is, of course, the leg motors.

    +1
  • FH-37A 4.8 years ago

    looks tiny ...

    +1
  • pinball 4.8 years ago

    @zap210
    lol
    about the controls, though, I can't really see any other option beside stacked rotators -- it's the source, the sticks themselves that have a slow transition from input 0 to 1.
    you can use "activate 1" instead, but on mobile this will bring them so many pain.
    so ... maybe the stacked rotators.
    Also, some interesting things about bumpers:
    A person had came up with the idea of modding the input as "sin(time * 2 * Pi)" which gives a repeated vibration (it was for a clock project)
    and so maybe you can use that for the bumpers on the side. just saying.
    the bumper can also be actuated with a "train-like" actuation thing but ....


    I'm putting together more stuff for now (because I'm on winter vacation yay), so yeah. Wait for me ...

    +1
  • SantaNK 1-2 4.8 years ago

    @Minecraftpoweer
    How do you know I play Terraria?
    This is amazing. One note however, is that "gift from above" is launched from his back and then bombards the terrain. More like high-angle howitzers. (indirect fire)

    +1
  • Suspension-III 5.2 years ago

    @DPSAircraftManufacturer
    lol, I had not uploaded it yet. I need to give it a paint job.

    +1
  • Engine Failure-Safety Challenge 5.2 years ago

    @DPSAircraftManufacturer
    A plane does not necessarily need 50% of the power to remain in flight.
    For example, the Cessna can remain airborne with roughly 40% to 30% throttle (full mixture)
    In some 3-engine configurations, one of the engine in the center may be stronger than the two others (like how the DC-30's tail engine is much longer)
    I can be talking nonsense, so don't listen.
    but I also come to know that a push-pull that flies around the globe used 46% power (210 horsepower out of 210 + 250) for the majority of the flight that took around 10 days.

    +1
  • Suspension-III 5.2 years ago

    @DPSAircraftManufacturer
    Uh ...
    if you want to.
    You should actually reserve that spotlight for my complete vehicle (which is in my garage but I don't want to spoil it)

    +1
  • 0-6-0D Steam Locomotive Car 5.2 years ago

    @UnionPacific4014
    You basically take my stuff and thrower away the best parts of it.
    I leave no comment.

    +1
  • Screens (Read Description) 5.3 years ago

    @Natedog120705
    I'm saying "It's fine" because it is a good post
    I say stuff in addition because there is other things beside this "fine" post
    My bad if it sounds rude

    +1
  • Mecha Raider 5.3 years ago

    One of the actual decent mechs with infinite rotor (but managing to not go back while legs are going back. waaaa?)
    Yeah.
    Group 1 throttle 100%, then the rotators will follow suit. Disable group 1 and set throttle tp 0. engine off. Open and close group 1 (update input on rotators). Legs go back. Disable group 1, throttle up.

    +1
  • Do 335 Pfeil-Gun 5.3 years ago

    @TheFantasticTyphoon
    All right. Thanks.

    +1
  • Metal Gear ZEKE 5.3 years ago

    @TheSarge @agnanSatrio
    I think he is missing the boosters (acquired easily from Pupa)
    The railgun should be longer, and feature a square end (with upper and lower rail separated)
    The bulge on the cockpit (THINGY) was a tad too big, but it is a overall very good build.

    +1
  • Stalin's balls of Steel (IS-360-M) 5.3 years ago

    @Zandgard
    This is also known as the IS-8 Ball, and is featured in the 2016 April Fool's event hosted on World of Tanks.
    As seen here
    !image

    +1
  • What songs do you listen to while playing SP? 5.3 years ago

    @belugasub
    lol
    If you insist.

    +1
  • Desert Rat 5.3 years ago

    @LiamW
    This is one solid trophy truck.
    Although, supposedly trophy trucks have slightly longer noses and boot, and feature swing arm suspension at the rear.

    +1
  • BT-7 Mod.1937 (Tracks 2) 5.3 years ago

    @INCREASEDVELOCITY
    Yes I am aware of that.
    Should you delete this post? Maybe. But I will leave it to others.
    Should you improve more? Almost sure. I can only tell that you made it run on track mod. I mean, I have them loaded up onto my designer and took good looks. Even if you scrap all the details and call it mobile friendly that's better.
    "thanks for the advice"
    you are welcome.

    +1
  • M4AX-AGDF "Sherman Kai/Emperor" 5.6 years ago

    @NirvashTec
    Sherman emperor ... sure.
    Nice one.
    It works fine on mobile, with medium / high physic settings.
    Only thing is that you need the track mod for there to be track (and not empty space)

    +1
  • Highest Education(lower spec edition) 5.6 years ago

    @Destroyerz11
    I'd give you a upvote just for the joke part
    I still don't understand just how that will be 1,500 parts
    And the rear name plate says "stool bus" ...
    Highest Education. Sure.

    +1
  • Lifted Jeep (Old Version) 5.6 years ago

    @rossisboss12
    Well , I reason that the real wrangler won't be tipping around anywhere closer than what yours do ...

    +1
  • 300000000 Hp car engine 5.6 years ago

    Jesus ...

    +1
  • BV238 5.6 years ago

    @costr So you are adding a tutorial for building this plane?
    Sounds interesting. Reminds me of Lego manuals.

    +1
  • Railway mod 5.6 years ago

    @destroyerP
    I just wanted to make sure this mod works with Railfan Ethan's most models ...

    +1
  • 0 GPX-Sprintstar AWD 5.8 years ago

    @mikethemark
    I don't know, should I upvote this one?
    There is a bit too much copying from the predecessor than I'd like there to be.
    I have NOT watched the movie, sorry, and so I don't know whether this will be considered a good build or not.
    BUT IT LOOK GOOD, SO IT PROBABLY IS GOOD.

    +1
  • Lego 42009 Mobile Crane MK II C-II 5.9 years ago

    @Tully2001
    The complete build is almost 2,000 parts (1924) parts.
    Customization and ... usage of them as separate parts are a possibility ...
    And, respecting the original packaging of the LEGO crane. itself.

    It would make more sense to have a top part (the crane part) and the bottom vehicle part because these two can stand on their own independently.
    But on the side of LEGO, it would totally make sense for there to be three independent packages (I think so, I never owned one though) for each of the three biggest parts.

    It's not for farming upvotes. Perhaps I can do unlisted uploads in the future.

    AND it have the tag "parts" to lessen confusion ...

    These were quite large in size, after all.

    +1
  • Lego 42009 Mobile Crane MK II C-II 5.9 years ago

    Complete build will be released tomorrow!

    +1
  • Audi Quattro S1 WRC (final) 6.0 years ago

    @marcox43
    EXCEPT CASTROL....
    Seriously?
    Being a fan of Castrol I feel like **
    Just kidding. You did a GREAT job.

    +1
  • Piston Powered Car 3.0 6.0 years ago

    @Rub3n213
    Nope, it don't. Trust me on this one.
    It's limited by THE GAME, not by single rotators. I think it was that if you spin quicker the game will decrease the value down so the second rotator will never spin up.
    Unless you have some ingenious contraption to spin the second one too...

    +1
  • Piston Powered Car 3.0 6.0 years ago

    It wasn't a car!
    Good try though.
    @sarnox @8bitgamer
    Well, it is because the fact that the piston engine, when having no engine starter, will spin in random directions (especially from the beginning).

    I would've thought you tried some weaker engines (a 4-piston engine would do) like mine have.

    +1
  • Chaparral 2J 6.0 years ago

    @Ian1231100
    Well, one of the thing I have learned over the year, was this:
    Built-in suspension from the wheels SUCK.

    +1
  • My Pinball Machine Deluxe 6.0 years ago

    @zap210
    This was proven to be better a game to work with ...
    interesting bumpers that ACTULALY WORK!!!
    As far as exploding, I never had a single issue.
    Pad was VERY slow ...

    +1
  • Mad Max Peacemaker REMAKE 6.0 years ago

    Except when the wheeled carriages part does not look very realistic...

    +1
  • GRM - Anchor Winch AW1.4 6.1 years ago

    Anyway, I had made my own vehicle winch, as of now.
    Note the square collision on the round fuslage!

    +1
  • GRM - Anchor Winch AW1.4 6.1 years ago

    So it was NOT supposed to retract all the way up...
    All right then.

    +1
  • GRM - Anchor Winch AW1.4 6.1 years ago

    But me testing on dry land showed it didn't work...
    I meant, I tried to have it retract the line, but it can't do it.

    +1
  • OV-11 Stampeder 6.2 years ago

    Such menace.

    So you decided to scrap a OV-10 Bronco, put 100mm armor plates on it, and hang oversized rockets and bombs onto its side.
    Expecting a 88mm high-velocity cannon (for blasting at tanks) on it? Not really.
    But this thing is cool enough.

    +1
  • Pusher-1 6.2 years ago

    @MEERKAT978 Well in this case, you can simply have the propeller be the nose of the plane.
    Erm...yeah.

    +1
  • Bad news :( 6.4 years ago

    @JohnnyBoythePilot
    See, World of Tanks had this new graphics engine made, and it still can run on my 6 year(turning 7 years old!) laptop (although somehow my device is having difficult cooling)
    But the minimum graphics had improved, with only a tad more heat generation.

    I guess you are free now...

    +1
  • B-17G "Arf & Arf" 6.5 years ago

    @Strikefighter04
    Quite a decent build...until I realized that the size (wing versus height) wasn't as good, and that the tail was.........
    Still, a good build.

    +1
  • ZSU-40-2 Khatanga 6.5 years ago

    @JakeTheDogg
    Make a turret, then set the rotators to free spin. Then add a gyroscope and configure it.
    This is damn clever...

    +1
  • ZSU-40-2 Khatanga 6.5 years ago

    @leehopard
    Damn this thing is awesome!
    Gyroscopic sight! Mmmm...
    I loooove the track you put up. Fantastic.
    I guess the engine is for...the gas turbine?

    +1
  • Rotator Powered Car Challenge 6.5 years ago

    @FriskySans922
    I guess those are fine, too, if you managed to pull a track one off without any wheels
    Ooo..walker!

    +1
  • Waco Standard VKS-7 6.6 years ago

    A little over 100 parts....good job!

    +1
  • 1969 Dodge Charger 6.7 years ago

    @SkipperBing
    Murphy? Where is that?
    And I assume the green object on a stick in the front of the car is...a christmas tree? ?.?.?????

    +1