Vehicle wheels
by Quentin Headen · in Torque Game Engine · 06/03/2006 (11:49 am) · 4 replies
I just want to know how you mount wheels on a vehicle in the game. Like the buggy in the torque demo has the wheels mounted on, thats what I want to do with my car. In the car.cs script file for the buggy, I see the WheeledVehicleTire data, but I dont see anywhere in that script things like mounting points for the wheels. I need this help because I have the 3D car already modeled, and I also have the tire modeled, but I can't seem to get the tire mounted on the car. Please help me with this. Thank you.
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#2
06/03/2006 (12:41 pm)
I'm sorry, but can you break it down to me? 
#3
"like this"
datablock WheeledVehicleTire(DefaultCarTire)
{
// Tires act as springs and generate lateral and longitudinal
// forces to move the vehicle. These distortion/spring forces
// are what convert wheel angular velocity into forces that
// act on the rigid body.
shapeFile = "~/data/shapes/buggy/wheel.dts"; <-your 3dmodel name gos here just edit the text and path
staticFriction = 5;
kineticFriction = 1.2;
Your tire is mounted with the "onAdd" function its just a matter of renameing the text to what your tire models name is and place it in the right path/folder onAdd for buggy is this.hope it helps
function WheeledVehicleData::onAdd(%this,%obj)
{
// Setup the car with some defaults tires & springs
for (%i = %obj.getWheelCount() - 1; %i >= 0; %i--) {
%obj.setWheelTire(%i,DefaultCarTire);
%obj.setWheelSpring(%i,DefaultCarSpring);
%obj.setWheelPowered(%i,false);
}
06/03/2006 (1:48 pm)
I am a 3dmodeler not much of a scripter but the fist part loads the shape file "3dmesh" "like this"
datablock WheeledVehicleTire(DefaultCarTire)
{
// Tires act as springs and generate lateral and longitudinal
// forces to move the vehicle. These distortion/spring forces
// are what convert wheel angular velocity into forces that
// act on the rigid body.
shapeFile = "~/data/shapes/buggy/wheel.dts"; <-your 3dmodel name gos here just edit the text and path
staticFriction = 5;
kineticFriction = 1.2;
Your tire is mounted with the "onAdd" function its just a matter of renameing the text to what your tire models name is and place it in the right path/folder onAdd for buggy is this.hope it helps
function WheeledVehicleData::onAdd(%this,%obj)
{
// Setup the car with some defaults tires & springs
for (%i = %obj.getWheelCount() - 1; %i >= 0; %i--) {
%obj.setWheelTire(%i,DefaultCarTire);
%obj.setWheelSpring(%i,DefaultCarSpring);
%obj.setWheelPowered(%i,false);
}
#4
06/03/2006 (2:05 pm)
Thanks so much for your help. Thats the type of help I need because I know NOTHING about programming. 
Torque Owner Dave MacIsaac
"example" datablock WheeledVehicleTire(tankTire)
And the onAdd part as well this is for a wheeled tank of mine
function tank::onAdd(%this,%obj)
{
// Setup the car with some defaults tires & springs
for (%i = %obj.getWheelCount() - 1; %i >= 0; %i--) {
%obj.setWheelTire(%i,tankTire);
%obj.setWheelSpring(%i,tankSpring);
%obj.setWheelPowered(%i,false);
}