suspension for the sake of suspension?

[etopsirhc]

i've seen a few pictures floating around of how to make landing gear and legs with suspension and i was wondering if its possible to make a part that is only suspension and have connecting nodes on each end of it. ( so one end stays in place but the other node and its attached parts shift )

havent really started modding yet, but from the stuff i have read/seen it seams easy enough. texturing and balancing seem like the main hard points.

[Justin Kerbice]

No it's impossible right now, and without any plug-in. Putting node on moving part isn't working, Infernal Robotics may help but it's not a magic solution for that AFAIK, also it doesn't allow free move yet.

Texturing is mostly 2D art, but it's not as hard as you may think, you can do good/decent texture without being an artist or using pattern/texture "generator" like mapzone.

[etopsirhc]

well that sucks, but at least theirs hope in the plugin area.

i'm actualy in a class now for texturing. so far its been easy(ish) but all the assignments require a source image, so i've just been using parts of the pic for the textures. they come out decent enough but any time i try a from scratch texture it comes out like a 1st grade art project