Jump to content

Caterpillar Tracks- NOW OPEN SOURCE, ALL FILES OPEN TO PUBLIC

electronicfox

By electronicfox
in KSP1 Mod Development

 Share

Recommended Posts

Justin Kerbice

Justin Kerbice

Posted
Posted
I cant give an ETA, mainly because I dont really know myself. But also, because if I gave one and missed it for any reason, we all know how that kinda stuff goes.

You're right, better to wait a while and get a nice work without deadly and/or annoying issues.

The updated parts looks very promising and I hope tracks will be managed smoothly like real ones.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
JewelShisen

JewelShisen

Posted
Posted
You're right, better to wait a while and get a nice work without deadly and/or annoying issues.

The updated parts looks very promising and I hope tracks will be managed smoothly like real ones.

I agree with you. Better to get a great product after a long wait than to get a poor product after a short wait.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
6.forty

6.forty

Posted
Posted

There are a few small things left to implement, followed by more testing and bugfixes. Procedural tracks will not yet be one of those things.

I can say with 100% certainty that a release date is sometime in the future :P

Much sooner than later though.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
electronicfox

electronicfox

Posted
  • Author
Posted
There are a few small things left to implement, followed by more testing and bugfixes. Procedural tracks will not yet be one of those things.

I can say with 100% certainty that a release date is sometime in the future :P

Much sooner than later though.

Keeping with our policy of only releasing things in the future, to avoid them nasty paradoxes.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
JewelShisen

JewelShisen

Posted
Posted
There are a few small things left to implement, followed by more testing and bugfixes. Procedural tracks will not yet be one of those things.

I can say with 100% certainty that a release date is sometime in the future :P

Much sooner than later though.

*puts hand up* I volunteer to help test!!!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
AntiMatter001

AntiMatter001

Posted
Posted
*puts hand up* I volunteer to help test!!!

DITO! you may need a linux based user to help you debug... you never know... (and also i wanna stick the skillful tank turret onto the big tracks ASAP XD)

one last thing... how did you open the dll? or did you just start from scratch?

Link to comment
Share on other sites
6.forty

6.forty

Posted
Posted

I am the linux based user :P I test-fix-rebuild roughly every 10 minutes as I'm working on it, to catch any bugs as soon as possible. It might not be too easy to have any testers keep up with that. Slows things down some, but it might save it from needing a bunch of bugfix updates later on.

It's entirely new code, which is why a fix for the old parts hasn't been released yet.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
AntiMatter001

AntiMatter001

Posted
Posted
I am the linux based user :P I test-fix-rebuild roughly every 10 minutes as I'm working on it, to catch any bugs as soon as possible. It might not be too easy to have any testers keep up with that. Slows things down some, but it might save it from needing a bunch of bugfix updates later on.

It's entirely new code, which is why a fix for the old parts hasn't been released yet.

WOOHOO! linux FTW XD the OS of people who want to screw around with their OS XD

Link to comment
Share on other sites
electronicfox

electronicfox

Posted
  • Author
Posted
I'm sure you'll find no shortage of testers! And of course i am interested

Its funny that there was no mention of testers for this build :sticktongue: (Unless I missed something).

Will the problem with the tracks moving to the left or right be fixed in the new plugin?

6.forty will have to answer this one.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
6.forty

6.forty

Posted
Posted
Will the problem with the tracks moving to the left or right be fixed in the new plugin?

This should not be a problem for anyone, each track keeps itself in sync with its partner. I haven't tried any unbalanced payloads yet, so that might be a factor. Working on taming the adjustable suspension before I try strapping 100t to one side of it; right now, height adjustment launches it into the air and stiffness seems to be ignored.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Prime flux

Prime flux

Posted
Posted

there were a problem if you were putting several dual track module togather, like your launch platform. Becasue in the old plug-in each dual tracked module wanted to make it own turn resulting in the whole structure ripe itself apart

Link to comment
Share on other sites
6.forty

6.forty

Posted
Posted
there were a problem if you were putting several dual track module togather, like your launch platform. Becasue in the old plug-in each dual tracked module wanted to make it own turn resulting in the whole structure ripe itself apart

There will be a toggle to enable/disable individual sides of dual tracks for such use. As long as the platform is square and the inside tracks are disabled, they should work together as expected.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
DYJ

DYJ

Posted
Posted

Moved this here as it doesn't yet have a release and as such shouldn't be in the addon releases forum. PM me or another mod when you guys are ready for a release and want it moved back.

Brilliant looking stuff as always, looking forward to being able to move it back :P

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Nemesis1-1

Nemesis1-1

Posted
Posted
The previous release of caterpillar tracks are getting a complete overhaul and de-bugging. They will still be available on Spaceport, but they are very prone to bugging out/not working

I'm still using the old ones in 0.23, never bugged out and generally always work. crawler looks interesting though.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
electronicfox

electronicfox

Posted
  • Author
Posted
I'm still using the old ones in 0.23, never bugged out and generally always work. crawler looks interesting though.

Then you are one of the lucky ones.

Or you are also using another plugin that seems to stabilise the tracks somehow? I have no idea if that could actually happen, but hooray, the old versions can still work for now.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
JeffreyCor

JeffreyCor

Posted
Posted
I'm still using the old ones in 0.23, never bugged out and generally always work. crawler looks interesting though.

Dang wish you could figure out how you managed that and release a hotfix. Tried the old ones many many times in different combinations and though all that one time had one try actually move in one direction then never worked again. :(

Link to comment
Share on other sites
This thread is quite old. Please consider starting a new thread rather than reviving this one.

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing
×
×
  • Create New...