Joe M.!!!! New wheeled vehicle question

#1 There should be no reason why the exporter would require a change, the engine just doesnt look for ground nodes in the dts anymore. But there is something odd going on with max vehicle exports and the new code. I'll let you know if I figure out anything.

#2 odd thing, when I used your model, Bruce, it was on the ground (wheels slightly underr terrain) and mine is a foot above can idea why?

#3 Let me know if you have more vehicles to test :)

#4 until I get a max file working I'll just take your box and subdivide it until I get a cool shape. . . .any requests?

#5 You ever see the original T2 quad scout bike? That looked pretty sweet :)

#6 That quad bike was one of the coolest things to play with. I am sad that it didn't make it into the final release.

On this problem, check your dump file. Make sure that the nodes are getting exporter. The exporter will discard nodes without meshes unless they are on the always export list. Also, if you have collapse transofrms "on" it might collapse out the nodes.

If it does this, the pivot of your bounds (or the pivot of your mesh) might become the base transform. The shape should drop to the ground pivot, and if this is below the bottom of the wheels, it might not hit the ground.

I haven't played with the new vehicles yet, but if you can't figure it out, I can take a look and see if there is anything obvious that would affect the export.

#7 I've had a little bit of success building another test model, I'm not sure why but the switching names of nodes doesnt work for me on old vehicles.
I'm hung up on the steering of my new test vehicle the animations work fine when first spawning it and sitting still. But when I start moving it, It seems the hub animations turn straight forward no matter what, the car steers and the turn sequences try to turn them left and right but the hubs dont stay aligned with the wheels and rotate all over the place.
I guess I'll rebuild the animations yet again. I've tried setting the pivot points on all objects involved to various places but the result always seems exactly the same. It seems so simple in concept but the max exporter and the engine don't agree with me.
Maybe by the time I get it all figured out I'll write a tutorial on how to avoid all the little snags I've come across. Or maybe I'll be learning more milkshape.

#8 Oh and about why your model is off the ground, try lowering the tire radius in the script. Just an Idea.