1.1.x and wheels problems... Continued

[Jaeleth]

to keep it short... Why can't I climb a relatively shallow hill on Eve with a rover with ruggedized wheels? The rover weights around 19t (more like a truck) and the engine seems not to have the power to climb a miserably small slope...

any ideas to go around this or rovers are simply dead from 1.1.x?

 

Note: in a game version prior to 1.0.2 this rover truck climbs it without a problem

Edited July 8, 2016 by Jaeleth

[Rocket In My Pocket]

Do you have the motors turned on for all the wheels? Ie. 2 wheel drive vs. 4 wheel drive.

I'd try tweaking the friction on the wheels, auto doesn't always work the best.

Best of luck!

[Jaeleth]

3 minutes ago, Rocket In My Pocket said:

Do you have the motors turned on for all the wheels? Ie. 2 wheel drive vs. 4 wheel drive.

I'd try tweaking the friction on the wheels, auto doesn't always work the best.

Best of luck!

Yep... I never let friction on auto and always max it out since rovers aren't suppose to skid. And engine is on in all wheels, I even replaced the original 8 wheels on that design by 16 wheels... The whole bottom of the rover is filled with wheels and... It simply doesn't climbs the rolling hills of eve

[Rocket In My Pocket]

A lower center of gravity may help. (Same thing as center of mass.)

Try taking some jet engines and turning them upside down, and clipping them into the body of the rover, this'll push the COM way down, possibly even below the ground itself.

This may give your wheels more torque effectively but I can't be sure how it'll work on Eve without testing.

[Red Iron Crown]

19 tons in 1.7G uphill with electric wheels...yeah, they're not powerful enough for that. More wheels is the solution, I suspect.

Wheels in 1.1.x are not really comparable to 1.0.x wheels, they now have much more realistic mass and power limitations.

Also: Moved over to Gameplay Questions.

[bewing]

Are you certain that you have Traction Control turned off on all the wheels? (** I don't mean friction! I mean traction control!)

Edited July 8, 2016 by bewing