Lilkiki Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 Hi DCS modders, I was wondering if someone knows how to animate the tracks of a tank, I've got the arg list for vehicules, but can't understand how this specific track animation works in Max. Many thanks for your help [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
9.JG27 DavidRed Posted November 10, 2014 Posted November 10, 2014 thats a tiger right???its looking awesome! when do you plan to release it????any ETA? sorry that i have no clue about your question and cant help you.
Lilkiki Posted November 11, 2014 Author Posted November 11, 2014 Hi David, Yes, it's a Tiger ;) Don't know when I will release it (I've got some other WWII german units ready). I can't manage to activate the canon and to animate the tracks :helpsmilie: (MG42 is active & ready) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
9.JG27 DavidRed Posted November 11, 2014 Posted November 11, 2014 (edited) waoh nice mate!!ever tried to get in touch with ED to ask whether they could implement your mods as official patch?? i wish you luck that soon someone can answer your questions! Edited November 11, 2014 by 9./JG27 DavidRed
Silver_Dragon Posted November 11, 2014 Posted November 11, 2014 ED has a tiger on the WW2 develop process (and more AI models incoming to Normandy map) For Work / Gaming: 28" Philips 246E Monitor - Ryzen 7 1800X - 32 GB DDR4 - nVidia RTX1080 - SSD 860 EVO 1 TB / 860 QVO 1 TB / 860 QVO 2 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Warthog / TPR / 2xMDF Missing modules: Mig-29A / C-130J / F4UD-1 / F-5E Remastered / OH-58D / CH-47F / F-16C / F-14 / Mi-24P / JF-17 / Fw-190 A-8 / I-16 / CE-2 / Yak-52 / FC2024 Cold War Germany / Afganistan / Iraq
Lilkiki Posted November 11, 2014 Author Posted November 11, 2014 I can model another tank, but if no ressources are available to animate these treads, I must admit this project is pretty stuck :( [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
golani79 Posted November 11, 2014 Posted November 11, 2014 Wouldn´t you need more geometry to proper animate the tracks? Elsewise I think that you could animate the textures - but not sure how it´s done in max or if this could be done in engine. >> DCS liveries by golani79 <<
Priller Posted November 11, 2014 Posted November 11, 2014 You would need to build the tank track in equal sections. Right now you have 1 very long piece in the middle, if that was to go around the sprockets it wouldn't be right. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Lilkiki Posted November 11, 2014 Author Posted November 11, 2014 I think you are right, Obviously, it is the tread texture which is animate, not the mesh. Here is the default T-55 tank of the sim, we can see that there is only a siingle object/mesh for tracks. ;) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Neon67 Posted November 13, 2014 Posted November 13, 2014 (edited) it is almost never the mesh Only the UV AFAIK Edited November 16, 2014 by Neon67
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