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rquinn
05-15-2003, 06:06 AM
I made this war buggy kinda like a mix between a dune buggy and a hummer with millitary mods of course

now I want to make it roll around
now how do I do that? like make the whole thing move with the wheels rolling properly and the front wheels turning and the suspension damping and all anyone can tell me?
thx in advance
TimWoods
05-15-2003, 07:41 AM
if you have max 5 then use reactor, as this has a buggy dynamic set up already. it can be modified to suit.
check your help files. if you are running max 4 things become a lot more difficult.
:D
Aearon
05-15-2003, 07:57 AM
as there have been very long threads devoted to car animation, i think your question is a little too general ;)

search for car stuff on this forum, you should find a lot of useful information.. some time ago a script was developed in here that should help you a lot. BUT don't make the mistake to think that this can be done somehow automatically, what you wrote in your post sounded a little like you did. the builtin reactor stuff might help, but i heard it's not all that sophisticated / useful.

so there will be a lot of by-hand-animation involved. :shrug:
victor throe
05-15-2003, 08:22 AM
maybe i never used the car reactor things properly....but i found it very limited

trying to get it to go in a striaght line or a specific curve is well tough

its more of a wind up toy car on a slippery floor simulator
rquinn
05-15-2003, 04:41 PM
um yeah of cousre hand animation is gonna be involved where would the fun be in animating if it would only be parameters changes so where would that reactor thingy be?
I have max 5.1
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