obj:getBeamLength(beam_id) and obj:getBeamStress(beam_id) work, although for gauging purposes the beam length isn't very useful when trying to hook it up to let's say a needle gauge. But I can't seem to find a call for beam pressure as I actually would like to gauge beam pressure, pressurePSI in particular. obj:getBeamPressure(beam_id) doesn't seems to be a valid call, neither is obj:getBeamPress(beam_id) or obj:getBeamPressurePSI(beam_id). Does anyone knows if it is possible to get this value ?
Isn't obj:getBeamStress(beam_id) what you're looking for since stress is equal to pressure? If you want it in PSI (assuming its in pascals) then just multiply it by 0.000145038
Theoretically you are right However, I think that obj:getBeamStress(beam_id) is giving us these kinds of values ↓ Wikipedia : Stress in thin beams The analysis of stress can be considerably simplified also for thin bars, beams or wires of uniform (or smoothly varying) composition and cross-section that are subjected to moderate bending and twisting. For those bodies, one may consider only cross-sections that are perpendicular to the bar's axis, and redefine a "particle" as being a piece of wire with infinitesimal length between two such cross sections. The ordinary stress is then reduced to a scalar (tension or compression of the bar), but one must take into account also a bending stress (that tries to change the bar's curvature, in some direction perpendicular to the axis) and a torsional stress (that tries to twist or un-twist it about its axis). While with BeamNG we have a beam type called 'pressured', as you most likely know This kind of beam expands along the axis to serve as a shock absorber or a spring. These pressure values are different and way more constant compared perpendicular or torsional differences in value if I'm correct.(?) I want to measure and adjust the pressure of the vehicle's airbags in a customized fashion, such as gauging, stepped height presets and a default height preset, which I can easily by changing its core file (controller/pneumatics.lua) but I haven't found a solution with custom code so far. --- Post updated --- Oh heheh.. finally figured it out It's all about jbeamData and a custom pneumatics controller, silly me again ! I couldn't find my way into pneumatics.lua without using the core file but I took too little jbeam code into account.
