Update Speculation thread

Yea it's good to see the progress. The mod author has tried to change some values to make it less sticky, but maybe the main game's own limitations just can't be surpassed, until the progress with those will improve. Anyway, this creates a lot of frustration, since most of the rounds end up into pileups with the AI cars, because they just simply stick together and can't get rid of it. The AI is still WIP, so that's not helping either, since they don't have the skills to try to ''twist'' their cars away from those situations. I myself can get away from those sometimes, but not always.

 

Could be that the solution lies somewhere on that, good point.

 

Ah, that video also highlights some graphical changes from 0.4.0.6 to 0.6.

 

@MRcrash about sticking, observe how differently haybale and metal box are made:


Metal box is not sticking much, because way it is made had more nodes at edges like estama hints.

This same principle goes for any object that is supposed to touch something.

So for example fork attachment and pallet, you would need to put slidenodes in rails to make dense node netting with bit easier work. Darren9 explained this technique well in mod support section:
https://beamng.com/threads/rock-slider-concept.51970/

So when observing that metal box you can see how it has kind of web structure, all intesections of beams contain nodes so that it is not so easy to pass things trough it.

Still it is lot of work to add so many nodes, but that is way to get nice gameplay at the moment, both pallet and fork would need to have this dense netting.

Also sometimes it might work better to have shape of nodes and beams bit simpler than real object shape, for example I remember one mod had kind of mad max themed bumper that was sticking a lot, it might of worked better with simple straight, but dense node net.

Kinda would be handy if there would be program that would add nodes and beams for low density structure making it high density structure with single click, but one can always dream.

NBEditor without bugs would be nice too

 

You would need to add more nodes to sides I guess, but then again weight would go up or node weight down, creating new trouble.

Maybe weightless contacting nodes could help, but I guess then some other deforming type of issues would happen.

Besides, figuring out how to have particles without a mass, would probably be sure way to get Nobel prize or something and in BeamNG world nodes are particles, beams are nothing, but energy holding particles at place

 

Agreed. The Moonhawk is roughly based off of the GM Midsizers from 73-77 (Malibu/Monte Carlo, Cutlass etc...) It's considered a midsize even though the IRL cars were known to be noticeably bigger/heavier than the typical US midsize (think Ford Granada). So the confusion is perfectly understandable.

I actually used to think it was based off of the Aspen/Volare, until I realized those are Unibody (and smaller), the Moonhawk and the GM A bodies are BOF.


I also can't wait until the cutting is implemented. Homemade convertibles!

 

Hey, what about GPU physics? Any progress on that?

 

I'm more curious about what actual new content we'll get in the next update. Will the Bluebuck be ready by then? And what are the chances they we'll get new props and parts/other options for the vehicles already in game? I rule out maps since WCA should keep us satisfied for a while, and Italy is evidently a long way from completion, unless there's something else that has yet to be revealed.

 

The 1974–76 Cadillac Coupe Deville was longer at 5,860 mm.

I want something like this in BeamNG.

 

Yaaaas. Even a Burnside based on that would do.

 

There's always the (admittedly slim) possibility of the Albatross...

 

Maybe make it Longitudinal FWD just like the Eldorado.

 

I'm honestly surprised we didn't get the Bluebuck in one of the latest updates, but I've heard that the person whos most involved with vehicle development is recovering from some kind of Illness.

Hopefully wagon and convertible versions of the bluebuck are available. I'd expect powertrain options to be pretty similar to the barstow.

 

that person is Gabester and he is recovering from RSI.

 

Ah, that is indeed longer.

You could fit three Covets into space two of those big ones occupy.


My GPU is already working very hard in BeamNG, CPU has cores and threads that are not doing much though.

Somehow BeamNG is now in 0.11 version GPU heavy, rF2 has more CPU usage than BeamNG with single car, which I find bit amusing.