Jump to content

Wheel modding tutorial Twitch feed 7/8/14

lo-fi

By lo-fi
in KSP1 Mod Development

 Share

Recommended Posts

lo-fi

lo-fi

Posted
  • Author
Posted

You're most welcome, I'm glad you found it useful :D

Spanner and I have been on a bit of a mission to get as much info out as possible, and we seem to be having some success at de-mystifying the whole thing.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
lo-fi

lo-fi

Posted
  • Author
Posted

No, not at all! Maybe a Tuesday next time?

I went for Thursday because I don't normally ride on Thursday (even horses need a day off), but its no major bother to switch that around.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
JeffersonFlight

JeffersonFlight

Posted
Posted

I forgot to add this before but I have noticed on other Twitch streams that past broadcast get deleted automatically. You can download the past broadcast from Twitch with a tool they have on there site, http://www.twitchtools.com/video-download.php you enter this url in the Twitch video link http://www.twitch.tv/kerbalfoundries/b/555573038

I'm posting this because it would be a shame to lose such a nice informative video to something silly like that. Thanks again lo-fi for this awesome tutorial!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
lo-fi

lo-fi

Posted
  • Author
Posted

That's another thing I missed in the tutorial: Wheel rotation axis. You've obviously figured it out, though.

Don't worry, my first model didn't even look as good as that and I made all those mistakes myself :D

That's the right way to go about it IMHO: start small and work your way through. Browsing round, I think there are a fair few people who launch in, make something really cool, then get frustrated when they can't rig it into something workable in-game.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
lo-fi

lo-fi

Posted
  • Author
Posted (edited)

Because the wheelcollider starts out at the top of its travel and moves down from there. The SuspensionTraverse GameObject gets moved downwards by ModuleWheel as the collider travel extends up to its limit, and in the classic setup, all your movable stuff is hung off that GO. The 'neutral' position is ill defined by the spring strength, the weight upon it and the length of the suspension travel, so this would be rather hard to model for.

Edited by lo-fi
Link to comment
Share on other sites
nli2work

nli2work

Posted
Posted (edited)

downloaded the twitch session, didn't realize it was in 3 parts. watched it a few times. Very helpful. Thanks for doing it!

I'm taking a stab at landing gear that deploys laterally. I think I've worked around the Left/Right mirror thing without any special plugins. KSP doesn't mirror in the X/-X; but it does mirror in the Z/-Z direction. so I just rotated the lateral gear by 90 degrees so it's aligned to Z/-Z axis. in SPH, rotating it to proper lateral position, the opposite side will attach correctly mirrored, animation as well. Looks wise just have to model forward/backward agnostic for suspension linkages and such. only catch is LandingLight, they are direction dependent and will look flipped.

edit1 well, I spoke too early looks like. trying to cheat the wheelcollider is bad idea.

edit2, success! lateral deploy landing gears! now I just need to sort out wheelcollider suspension. :D Note: WheelCollider operates in World space, not local.

Zsk34w3.gif

Edited by nli2work
Link to comment
Share on other sites
ATG

ATG

Posted
Posted (edited)

Shucks....the stream is no longer available for downloading. Any chance to still view it?

Edit: Can't find this video anywhere. I don't get it...why take the trouble to document something like this only to have it vanish?

Edited by ATG
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...