British FV107 Scimitar

[Rangi]

Nice work, loving the progress.

[Perrete]

Nice

 

 

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[SUNTSAG]

Quick Progress Update

 

We are getting there slowly but surely :thumbup:

 

[joey45]

AWESOME!

[Silver_Dragon]

good work SUNTSAG

[fixen]

Really coming together nicely

[Raz_Specter]

Hi All

 

Well I have done all the other animations which are working in game, as you have see from Naked's video, still some textures to work on and the dreaded track animation which i have been trying to do for 5 days now.

 

I am really struggling to animate the tracks, without the tracks being animated it would bug the hell out of me till the end of time.

 

What i have tried so far:

 

1. Path Deformer - works perfectly in 3dsMax but have been told that DCS only supports Skin and bones

 

2. Skin and Bones - managed to bone the track and apply a IKSpline to the bones, Problems are as follows:

 

1. Track appears perfect along the top of the spline (the shape i want the track to be)

2. When it goes round the corders the track for some reason faces outwards.

 

 

Questions:

 

1. I am able to animate the animation using the % along Path on the first bone. But how do i assign an arg based animation to this so that i can animate this value and assign arg 15 for the track. When i try adding this it to say the path percent it wipes the animation out. (see image1)

 

2. When applying the IK Spline Solver to the bones and then choosing Line01 for it to bind to i get the following (see Image2) how can i overcome this?

 

3. How can i stop the track from facing outwards on the edges of the line and the bottom? (see Image3)

 

I would appreciate some help with this as I am struggling with it, now if this way Maya it would have been done 4 days ago :)

 

Hope someone can point me in the right direction

 

Much appreciated

 

Specter

[-Rudel-]

Unfortunately, the only way to animate tracks, is using a UV shift method with Args, as shown below.

 

DCS doesn't support IK Solvers :(

 

You'll need to create a 1 piece object around the wheels and animate the texture. The good news, is that you can use alpha channels to create the same look

 

Edited March 26, 2017 by -Rudel-

[Самсонов]

Unfortunately, the only way to animate tracks, is using a UV shift method with Args, as shown below.

 

DCS doesn't support IK Solvers :(

 

You'll need to create a 1 piece object around the wheels and animate the texture. The good news, is that you can use alpha channels to create the same look

 

по подробней можно ?

[Raz_Specter]

Unfortunately, the only way to animate tracks, is using a UV shift method with Args, as shown below.

 

DCS doesn't support IK Solvers :(

 

You'll need to create a 1 piece object around the wheels and animate the texture. The good news, is that you can use alpha channels to create the same look

 

 

Hi Rudel

 

Any chance of getting some assitsance on how to apply this to my modelled track, would be great to get this into game all finished, I have PM'd you my email address

 

Many thanks

 

Specter

[Cibit]

Great work mates, hope you get the tracks fixed, even without its a cool looking unit. I also have to say the headlights are as good as any I have seen on vehicles in DCSw:thumbup:

[NeilWillis]

Looking excellent now, very good job with the tracks, they look perfect. I know this is very cheeky, but will you be producing the other variants of the CVR(T)?

 

Sultan, Samaritan, Scorpion and Spartan would be great additions to the inventory. I'd love to see a Ferret, Fox, and Saladin too, but I know all of these are wishful thinking.

[Raz_Specter]

thanks for the feedback chaps :)

 

Neil, Yes i do plan on making some more British units and will investigate your suggestions.

 

Virtually everything else has been completed now, just the damn track animation is outstanding:

 

The issue i am having is that i don't understand how to apply an arg based animation to something other than using rotation, position and scale, I can animate the UV to produce the moving texture no issues within max, however applying that to an arg based animation is another matter.

 

 

Cheers Specter

[Dave317]

Remember a Landrover too.

[Raz_Specter]

I have managed to work out how to animate the tracks. EXCELLENT :) :) :) :)

 

So so pleased!!

[Rangi]

Great work. Looking forward to seeing it.

[SUNTSAG]

Update number 3 :thumbup:

 

 

Thank you for all the positive comments they are appreciated.

Edited March 30, 2017 by SUNTSAG

[Rangi]

Looks really well done, looking forward to taking her for a spin.

[Dave317]

Stunning work. A British campaign with your mods sounds amazing too.

[Esac_mirmidon]

Amazing work, keep going....

[UVAF STATIKUS]

Good job !!!

But you did something wrong with smothing group. Difuse (bitmap) hiden this, but they are still in your model. And i behold for this in the game.

 

Look, i drew simple picture for you.

 

Edited June 20, 2017 by =UVAF= STATIKUS

[Raz_Specter]

Good job !!!

But you did something wrong with smothing group. Difuse (bitmap) hiden this, but they are still in your model. And i behold for this in the game.

 

Look, i drew simple picture for you.

 

 

Thanks for the info, although I didn't model it in Max as prefer Maya and have done for 15 years, I will look at this in Maya, maybe something happened with the export into Max, thanks for the info though.

 

Cheers Specter

[JFCshloss]

i had this working in both 1.5 and 2.0 but i cant get it to work or even activate in 2.5 yet my buddy can weve tried everything any thoughts or help welcome

[SUNTSAG]

Hi JFCshloss

 

Can you show me the path where you have this installed and I will see if there is anything obvious. I test all our mods in new releases and it still works as your friend knows already. Happy to help if I can :thumbup:

[JFCshloss]

no worries mate i fixed it by downloading your bfvg map mods the scimitar wit landy etc

so its all good thank you any ideah when the farp pack or bfvg 2 ? is it cos th elink dont work

is out cos i want that bedford truck badly

,,,many years of bone shakinig in the back of one of them as well as c hokin on its exhaust fumes lol

 

also where are the army or vehicle to which country lists held?

want to add paladin to th euk forces so i dont haved to use foreign kit for example so i can us the paladin as we have our own SPG in reality

Edited March 3, 2018 by JFCshloss