Topic: Why cant my Vehicles drive on my RigidBodies? (Read 1584 times)

Xzeleous · « **on:** September 11, 2009, 07:40:34 PM »

Hi!

First of all, I would like to thank you all for the great help this forum has given me so far.

Secondly, I would like to ask why the car I made cant drive on the RigidBody I have in my game without bouncing and flipping. This doesnt happen with the car on normal terrain.

My RigidBody is very smooth, so I dont think its because its non-even.

Is there something special about the terrain object? If so, how do I make the model from my RigidBody into a terrain object? I have the car and skinmesh linked to the rigidbody already along with a g-force object.

Thanks for reading, I look forward to reading your responses.

darak555 · « **Reply #1 on:** September 11, 2009, 07:46:06 PM »

i made it way to big and it just started to bounce when i started going so i would suggest that you make it smaller or turn the bounce on the car down.

loop · « **Reply #2 on:** September 11, 2009, 07:49:38 PM »

hard to say without know how you rigid body is.
maybe you could post a pic or something else.
Ive had these kind of problems but Ive solved 'em increasing the number of polys in the terrain.

also, take a look at this thread
http://www.3drad.com/forum/index.php?topic=1410.0

Dart · « **Reply #3 on:** September 12, 2009, 12:22:25 PM »

more polies, more detailed, less bumpyness.
also a tip: only link the skinmesh to what you want the skinmesh to follow(it does not have physics at all.
also are you using the car object or a custom car rigidbody?

Xzeleous · « **Reply #4 on:** September 17, 2009, 07:10:41 PM »

Thanks! Ill try adding more polys to it. How would I go about doing this? Should I try subdeviding to smooth it further? Im using Google Sketchup. Im trying the soften edges tool now...

Sorry I didnt post for a while, Ive been a little busy.

Heres a picture of the rigid body Im using as my terrain, its for a demoliton mode in a car game Im making.

Xzeleous · « **Reply #5 on:** September 17, 2009, 07:19:06 PM »

Soften Edges made kind of a difference, but Im still getting bouncing.

Xzeleous · « **Reply #6 on:** September 18, 2009, 09:27:09 PM »

Still cant get things to work properly... but thanks for all the help Ive recieved so far, I think I'm getting closer to figuring it out

Why wont my low-poly terrain work? What does more polys add? Im not trying to be critical, Im just concerned because my game is being made in a style where I make my models with minimalistic polygons to make things crisp and simple. Will this not work in 3DRad?

loop · « **Reply #7 on:** September 18, 2009, 10:13:26 PM »

is your minimalist terrain plain? i mean... your vehicle bounce in a plain terrain or there are diferences between levels. if there are diferences between levels, (an up/down hill) dude... you need to ad polys. that's it, no minimalism today.

also, if you readed this post http://www.3drad.com/forum/index.php?topic=1410.0 you'll find out more polys in corners (even when you may find out the surface is soft enough) can help

trial and error, in the end that's the way.

Xzeleous · « **Reply #8 on:** September 18, 2009, 10:32:24 PM »

Ok, thanks! The car runs on normal terrain, just not my RigidBody models. I will look into adding more polys. Its probably for the best anyways.

Thanks again!

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