TouhouTorpedo Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 (edited) V0.2 now released!Note : Truss in this image between front and rear axles is from Damned Robotics Mod!DOWNLOADEver wanted to make a cart with a certain shape? Katapillar wheels not what you're looking for?Same here! So after thinking "Why hasnt someone done this yet?" I changed my thinking to "Why haven't I done this yet?" And low and behold, here it is!Included in the pack is-Tosh's Cart plugin (incase you dont have it yet. Put this in the plugins folder)v0.2 added parts:A powered rear steering modular wheelA Truck front suspension and steering module (no headlights)A Truck dual axle powered module (brakelights)Seperate headlight moduleDedicated Radial Truck Cabv0.1 parts:A powered modular wheelA steering powered modular wheelAn unpowered modular wheel with lower rolling resistanceA tailwheelA strut for mounting wheels offset to the vehicle body (and they look neat)A 1m to 2m offset coupler (useful on rockets too!)Advice for building:The Stock Struts are your best friend. Use them wisely!Anyway, let me know what you think and if anything needs fixing. Show me your creations as well, don't forget to do that!Credit to Tosh who made the Cart Plugin and for the models, which I've modified to make this mod.Tosh's cart mod source:http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/showthread.php/7854-PLUGIN-PART-0-16-Carts-v1-34-Cruise-Control-Compatibility-and-More?highlight=cartAlso Credit to Tosh for his tutorial, which If I hadn't seen, I wouldn't have tried this.http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/showthread.php/8072-Cart-Modelling-Guidelines-v1-34-Inter-Plugin-CommunicationVersion historyv0.1 - release of packv0.1.0.1 - release of pack including the plugin file. DERP.v0.2 - "pre-release" update of pack, including modular truck wheels, reverse steering modules, and a truck cab command pod Edited October 3, 2012 by TouhouTorpedo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvanTehFennec Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 I'll be trying this immediately. I've wanted to make my own Duna rover for a while, seeing as that damned DEMV is just far too ugly on my rocket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CloneWarrior85 Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Even tough looks good and i'm going to give it a try, Touhou? I really don't see any magical girls around here :c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Owl Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 I'm going to try this out with the intention of putting together my own damn landing gear of various sizes for aircraft of all sizes. The stock landing gear is good... but even a single airplane works best with two different lengths of landing gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashnBurn Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 I'm working on getting these to work with axles as well as the other connections points. I have it working, just need to do a bit of testing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossman Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Some small structural parts for rover construction would be useful. It's kind of difficult to build rover bodies out of just wings and fuel tanks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TouhouTorpedo Posted September 27, 2012 Author Share Posted September 27, 2012 Updated thread with a new part that was requested.Getting some help from CrashnBurn to improve the first mod.I'm thinking of making some new meshes for the original part to make it more unique, but I do like them as is anyway. What may be a priority is some chassis parts, like mossman said.In the meantime mossman, try damnedrobotics mod, as this contains some useful truss structures.http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/showthread.php/9675-v0-16-Damned-Robotics-Version-1-2-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TouhouTorpedo Posted September 28, 2012 Author Share Posted September 28, 2012 Added 1m to 2m offset adapters and the requested struts for better placement of parts. Now you can build a pretty substantial vehicle using no mods other than those included in the pack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSubstance Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Picture please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TouhouTorpedo Posted September 28, 2012 Author Share Posted September 28, 2012 Picture please.The parts are in the title picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix_ca Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 I see pretty, pretty rovers in my future...Will possibly try this, when I'm done tinkering with a multitude of other mods. O.o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RavingManiac Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 I've been waiting for something like this ^-^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramy Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 sexy wheels.thanx! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zurack Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 This looks great, making rovers out of the ugly reference 4-wheel cart was getting annoying! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SciMan Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Is there a way to make a version of this wheel that has steering, but no motors on it? I took a quick look at the .cfg for the other 3 wheels but they all look identical! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyratel Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Is there a way to make a version of this wheel that has steering, but no motors on it? I took a quick look at the .cfg for the other 3 wheels but they all look identical!it's based in the .dae file, you'd have to change some things in there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TouhouTorpedo Posted September 28, 2012 Author Share Posted September 28, 2012 If its just one axle, you could manaully turn off the motors in the right click menu when you play. I hadn't really expected people to be interested in a steering only version.As Hyratel said, its not in the CFG. The object name in the .DAE file determines it. So if you have blender, (and even practicaly no clue how to use it at all) its quite fixable by changing the name "wheel1_ms" to "wheel1_s"... But yeah, I shouldn't be expecting people to open the files in blender.How come you're looking for that kind of wheel, just curious? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SciMan Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 (edited) I was looking to make a 4 wheeled rear-wheel drive car with a low center of gravity, so that I could do doughnuts. However, while typing out this post I realized that an unpowered steering wheel would be quite useful for airplanes as well. I also seem to remember that people have been requesting "steerable landing gear" on and off since KSP v0.15! That fact alone would make creating a steering-only version of the wheel extremely useful to people that create airplanes and spaceplanes.Edit: how do you get Blender to understand that .dae files are openable?Edit2: nevermind I figured it out Edited September 28, 2012 by SciMan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sbowyer28 Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 I love this mod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSubstance Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Thanks! That mod is freaking awesome! I'm waiting for updates and MORE wheels! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSubstance Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Huh? The little wheels wont work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TouhouTorpedo Posted September 29, 2012 Author Share Posted September 29, 2012 Huh? The little wheels wont work. You mean the tailwheel? Whats wrong with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCardinal Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 (edited) How come you're looking for that kind of wheel, just curious?It is very useful for very large trucks which have countersteering in the last axles. The current motor-steering wheels could be used if the direction of travel of the wheels can be reversed somehow when countersteering.Thank you for a very neat addition to KSP! Some may consider the adding of new planets is the best addition ever, but for me this mod is it! By the way, what an incredible speed those "wheels" can achieve! I just reached a top speed of 157 m/s or about 550 km/h. Edited September 29, 2012 by TheCardinal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSubstance Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 The tailwheel wont Touch the ground! It moves, andEverything, but ist Doesnt Collide with the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanderlebau Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Any chance we could get unpowered steering wheels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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