Hi, I just downloaded it and tried it, but I don't know if it's like that with other people, but when I drive it, the camera goes crazy and doesn't focus on the BKL Cat Grader. Since I can't drive it, because of the camera going crazy, I can't give an opinion about it. But it's still a nice job ! Kindly,
The camera is also crazy for me, but kinda playable. The back of the Grader is missing (Where the engine should be) which may be part of the problem.
oh god, the camera, please fix it, it is making me sick to my stomach because of how shaky it is, not only that, but it doesn't focus on the vehicle either
For a semi decent temp camera fix, open the Cat Grader.jbeam and change the reference nodes from ["CameraNod", "Body1", "Body3", "Cockpit96"]], to ["Arm43", "Min83", "Min76", "Cockpit96"]], And change distance under cameraexternal to 9 or something. I honestly find the whole thing to be way too wobbly, so under beams, I have changed the properties from {"beamSpring":6000000, "beamDamp":800, "beamDeform":999999999, "beamStrength":"FLT_MAX"}, to {"beamSpring":2950000, "beamDamp":4000, "beamDeform":6000000, "beamStrength":"FLT_MAX"}, I have fiddled with the wheels, but that isn't really necessary to make it playable. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This vehicle has a lot of potential, but to reach that potential, I think it needs a lot more work put into it. Taking half an hour to fine tune it would make it a hundred times better IMO. See where it wobbles unrealistically and maybe give them beams different properties or add support beams to them to re-enforce the structure. Jbeam is all about finetuning something until it behaves realistically and not like jelly or explosions, so the more you work on it, the better it will get and the easier you will be able to figure out what the best values are for each property in certain scenarios.
Thanks a lot for your for your help It's just still beta and the camera issue appeared when I accidentally messed up my files and went back to my latest save of the Jbeam [changed the refnode and the cameraexternal] ... I will spend all the weekend on all the bugs . For the beams I'll make separate parts and different properties to make it more realistic Download link removed due to bugs will upload as soon as possible
Okay thanks. Edit: Just realized I said "where the crane" in my last post...I'm now slightly concerned for my sanity.
About the center pivot and front steering. many actually have both. the idea is so the grader can "dog walk" having the front end steered one way with the back going the other way so they can put the blade out of line with the rear wheels:
