Gas project

Hello Everyone (i'am french, sorry for my english)


i want to create an object for the game, a gas tank.. (I have a nice project idea for it)


1) I have created it in 3dsmax and export it to a *.DAE file
2) I have created a *.OBJ file of it with 3dsmax too
=> The OBJ file is for the editor and the DAE for the game? right?


3) I have created a new vehicule in "real-time vehicule editor"
4) I have created the node/beam/triangle and configured the vehicule with the same node/beam/triangle configuration as the barrel


In the game :
- I see the node/beam/triangle in debug mode and it's seams to works (contact and de formation with a car works) but i can't see the mesh of the object..
=> Do you know what is the problem? is the DAE ? (like the object size of something?)


Thanks you for your help


NB : I put my vehicule file in *.zip format and some pictures.

 

1. The flexbody referenced in your jbeam should have the same name you gave the mesh in your modelling software, which is "Object002" in your case.

2. You have no material assigned to the mesh.

3. Your normals weren't uniform; some were facing in, some were facing out.

Here's a link to a fixed version of your gastank.


(imported from here)

 

1. Thank you a lot!

2. yes, there is no material yet , i try to build it step by step to make sure i understand the logic

3. your normals? what is that ? triangles?

4. For triangle : In the editor i think i don't understand the right way ton create a triangle :
- i click one the first node, the second and the thirt : sometime that's works, a triangle a triangle appears, sometime not.. i saw too some "inverted-face" triangles

thank you again for your help

 

The nodes for a collision triangle should be listed counter clockwise from the outside.

So if you had

nodeB
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|
|
|
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nodeC-------------nodeA ,

you'd want the nodes to be listed like so:

Code:

[noparse]
"triangles": [
       ["id1:","id2:","id3:"],
       ["nodeB","nodeC","nodeA"]
       ],[/noparse]

 

Ok, thx. I'll recreate the triangles tonight with you tips
There is another triangle type than "collision"?

If i understand :
Collision = Outsite = counter clockwise
[Other] = inside = clockwise?

NB : i can't imagine create a car in a text editor like notepad++

- - - Updated - - -

I tested the triangle method you gave me, it works perfectly, thx


1) can anyone tell me why i can't see in the editor all new vehicules i put in the vehicule directory ?
=> The objective is to understand how thrusters works by looking at vehicules with trusters.


2) is there an explaination about engine and how the force is transmitted to the wheel ? Does anyone have a scheme / tutorial or a simple vehicle to explain the principle ?
=> I really don't understand how the engine's energy arrive to the wheel with the editor; I only see node/beam and settings.

3) Is it absolutely necessary to make an engine to control a thruster?

Thank you for your time

 

there's a thread that says how to make thrusters

http://www.beamng.com/threads/5250-...-to-cars-via-LUA-Scripting?highlight=thruster