Project Vehicle Handling Simulation in Orbiter2016

[fred18]

So....

Anybody up for a little tow around???

 

[jacquesmomo]

Yes ! Me !!
Having dreamed about it... you did it !!!

I am particularly impressed by the animation in reverse gear mode !!!

Really :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

 

[fred18]

I am particularly impressed by the animation in reverse gear mode !!!

I worked on the direction of the attachment to make it working phisically correctly. So once that was done, the rest is coming and working by itself. :thumbup:

 

[BrianJ]

Thanks. I was made a trailer mesh for testing. But I am not sure how this gets set up.So if using the LER an parent attachment is made and then the trailer has a child attachment, right?....But do I need to attach in the scn?

Yes, you need to set it up in the scenario. The LER is parent to the tractor-trailer vessel, which in turn is parent to the trailer. Probably a moot point now Fred has got it figured :thumbup: But PM me if you need more help.

 

[jedidia]

Anybody up for a little tow around???

I'm officially impressed! and delighted! :thumbup:

At this point, the following borders on being rude, but I can't help it...

Any chance of forklifts?

 

[fred18]

I'm officially impressed! and delighted! :thumbup:

At this point, the following borders on being rude, but I can't help it...

Any chance of forklifts?

well, since there is the possibility to attach a child vessel as upper part and drive the vehicle live from there (see posts above), anybody can create even a SC3 forklift "upper" part and attach it to the wheels and use the wheels as GeneralVehicle. I hope I was clear, if not I'll try explain better what I mean

 

[gattispilot]

Does it have to be sc3? Not sure what the forklift would pick up?
I made a mesh at One time I will see if I can modify it.

 

[fred18]

Does it have to be sc3? Not sure what the forklift would pick up?
I made a mesh at One time I will see if I can modify it.

It can be whatever you want

 

[gattispilot]

This is one I made YEARS ago:

The wheel steer from the rear. Not sure if that would be an issue. I can change that. But the fork would raise up and down and tilt. I made a Pallet for it that was UCGO. But UCGO isn't fully working in 2016.

And I guess beside the wheels in a mesh. The steering wheel need to be in that driving mesh

 

[jacquesmomo]

It works !

The mesh upper is my spacecraft car
The mesh under is (hem...will be) the wheels (for the test I took the same meshe, but that is just for the test )...

I can control the wheels and displacement (of the "general_vehicle" car) from the spacecraft car... and so, all animations of my car (doors etc) are working .

Wonderful !!! :tiphat:

 

[gattispilot]

Did I miss something? The part about the Listen to?

But I can do this:

This is the UCGO forklift. I can edit the mesh so the forks can raise/lower/tilt

 

[Donamy]

Thanks very much for this fred18.

Now, I won't have to bother BrianJ as much (with whom I am extremely grateful), because of my lack of coding knowledge.

 

[gattispilot]

Nice forklifts

 

[fred18]

Hi guys,

since we're basically done I'm writing the documentation. I attach here the full inputs list of the cfg file. let me know if it's unclear somewhere

cheers

EDIT: I also attach here the latest version of the module, just the dll, almost ready.

Please note that since gattisplot was right, I changed all the "axel" words into "axle"!!!

 

[gattispilot]

THANKS. You need to explain how to do the sit in a vehicle and drive the wheel part

 

[jacquesmomo]

THANKS. You need to explain how to do the sit in a vehicle and drive the wheel part

Right.

let me know if it's unclear somewhere

Perfect !:thumbup:

May be in the section "Listen_From = abc" :

- Specify that "abc" is the name of a declared vessel in the same scn file
and attached to the GV_vessel (or someting like that) like this :
ATTACHED 0:0,abc
- and a quick explanation about the control keys (8/2, 4/6, and Ctrl + 2)

:tiphat:

 

[Ripley]

Most excellent job, Fred!!

...I changed all the "axel" words into "axle"!!!

Isn't it "axis"?

 

[jedidia]

Isn't it "axis"?

Axes are for coordinates. Axles are for wheels...

Axels are for Rock Bands...

 

[gattispilot]

Well i have in the GV_LERWHEEL cfg :
Listen_from=LERBODY

LERBODY is the cfg for the body. But no movement in the GV_LERWHEELS. I guess the display have not be seen in the vessel sitting in?

 

[Donamy]

Axes are for coordinates. Axles are for wheels...

Axels are for Rock Bands...

Axes are for chopping. :rofl: