Rubber Band Inc: Caterpillar tracks.

[ahappydude]

Hmmm... Might you try them out with hooligans squid system? Had an idea that could use that system to pull the set downards at lower gravity places , therefore making it easier to drive+ you could applly this force against mountain and in idea drive vertical with the combo of threads+ squid system;) cheers

[Devo]

nice work man, looking forward to finally being able to use these, so many projects that rely on tank treads.

[EndlessWaves]

Well, other then the fact that the b9 tank turns way to fast for its size. SWEET!

10 seconds to do a 180° turn? I'm not familiar with the weight and size of the B9 parts but it doesn't seem beyond the realm of possibility.

In real life a lot of those sort of things are slow to prevent accidents or increase efficiency rather than being due to physical limitations. Different track parts will have different turn rates though, so you can pick the one that suits the task.

[Galacticruler]

Are there plans for a tank like chassis or body?

[TheCardinal]

Are there plans for a tank like chassis or body?

Why don't you design it yourself? There a quite a large number of parts available which allows to do just that. F.i. the um3kcorp multifunction utility panels.

[Ariellus]

here is a vid with an m113 how fast tracked vehicle can turn (ok the m113 isnt really heavy)

[Itsdavyjones]

But the m113 is also very small compared to the b9 tank. When you get a vehicle that size, it doesn't turn fast at all. Now a small tank similar in size should beable to turn that fast.

[electronicfox]

It should be noted that there were 8 sets of tracks on the tank, and the cargo-pieces are pretty light for their size. I'll do another test with some heavier parts later.

[electronicfox]

New set incoming (Ignore the current texture funkiness).

[Warshawski]

That.... is distilled, purified AWESOME.

[Mekan1k]

That.... is distilled, purified AWESOME.

What ^ said.

[EndlessWaves]

Bob wondered why Jebediah was so keen to find some CO2:

[Mekan1k]

New set incoming (Ignore the current texture funkiness).

I personally LIKE the texture... It looks like it's mil-spec.

[mushroomman]

New set incoming (Ignore the current texture funkiness).

Wouldn't that big, solid chunk on the back limit the suspension travel a bit much?

[Galacticruler]

shroom, i don't think its supposed to move much.

[brobel]

It would be interesting to have a pair of tracks that run on some sort of fuel (liquid fuel) almost like real life not just electricity but thats just an idea and it would be cool to have track shaped like just another idea

[electronicfox]

Wouldn't that big, solid chunk on the back limit the suspension travel a bit much?

This set is designed to be pretty solid, with the added bonus of working upside-down for 2-way vehicles.

[electronicfox]

I gave the new set a quick test run this morning...Bob got some grazes on his head as a result.

[pantheis]

Okay, this is seriously one of the coolest things I've seen on here! I cannot wait to play with these! Awesome job!!!

[The Darkness]

Not sure if there are any big fans of World Of Tanks around here, but there is a load of tanks with awesome track designs on there. Reading this thread made me think of it.

You also might be able to extract some models from that game for reference too or totally import them into this game. I don't have a modeling program, but I did manage to open the folders containing the DDS and Model Files.

C:\Games\World_of_Tanks\res\packages

any of the vehicle packages in this folder can be opened with WinZip, not sure with WinRar.

If anybody wanted to tinker around with it I'm sure they could then extract the necessary files to import to a modeling program.

Anyway enough of my ramblings, looking forward to seeing some major track addons in the future.

[electronicfox]

I've never been a fan of re-using someone elses models in my own projects, and (excluding the first design, which was a bit experimental) the designs I have planned for release are all inspired by existing designs. The tracks in the latest video were heavily inspired by warhammer tracks and smaller rubber tracks.

[Galacticruler]

You could do modular tracks possibly, not sure how but its an idea at least.

[electronicfox]

By modular tracks would you mean a set of modular structural pieces to go with the tracks? I'm not sure how the tracks themselves could work in the same fashion.

[Galacticruler]

By modular tracks would you mean a set of modular structural pieces to go with the tracks? I'm not sure how the tracks themselves could work in the same fashion.

Good point.

Perhaps some dual tracks, like on the Obyekt 279 ( Object 279)

WALL-E tracks?

[brobel]

Yea WALL-E tracks that would be so cool to make rovers that looked like WALL-E