In addition to these feature add-ons there seem to be some major deficiencies with the current vehicle scripts, it seems when you select rear wheel drive certain variables are simply ignored like torque and setting gear ratios, the vehicle always feel really slow, and with all wheel drive I have tried 100s of combos of numbers and have not been able to make a vehicle that isn't nearly impossible to control. Need to really improve the functionality of the script as well.

 

All Wheel Drive vehicle > http://nebadon2025.com/sinewave/sinewave.space_021.mp4
Rear wheel drive vehicle (top speed) > http://nebadon2025.com/sinewave/sinewave.space_018.mp4

 

Rear wheel drive vehicle (top speed) http://nebadon2025.com/sinewave/sinewave.space_022.mp4

 

Probably a bit late but I need a seaplane script. Haha I always have to make things complicated.

 

OK a few more vehicle feature requests for aircraft.

I would like throttle controls from 1-0 so 10 different settings.
Also some sort of propeller animation helper other planes I seen in other programs have a real propeller model that moves slowly which switches too a blurred propeller animated texture for when its moving faster.
And last and not so important a button and helper for retractable undercarriage the plane Im making at the mo is a seaplane so all this would be is the undercarriage rotating backwards 90 degrees .They just sit next to the fuselage .

Edit : Also wouldn't mind some thing to animate ailerons rudder and elevator flaps.I already am making those parts of my model separate.

 

Yes for the throttle thats exactly what I mean. After watching your interactivity master class yesterday I should be able to do the wheels bit although that tutorial did not show how to fix that hud too camera everything else needed was there.
Also how do I get the script controlling the propeller and the flaps?.Does the animation controller allow you to assign keys? Could solve the flaps that way if it does.

 

A smoothly working slider would be fine for most situations but might be a bit slow for takeoff when you want to instantly go to full throttle. Now you have said that I think I would like both a smooth slider and fixed key's to throttle. Maybe even some way to customise key options in the script too.

I also just found this thread
https://forum.sine.space/threads/creating-ui.17010/

Which shows how to attach a hud to a scene. Now need to work out how to attach that hud to a single vehicle because if this goes well I might start making vehicles for the store aswell.

 

I just had a thought about the throttle. The mouse scroll is used for zoom but what if there was a button that you could hold down which while held down made the mouse scroll wheel the throttle? (or just switched between camera and throttle on the scroll wheel).

I'm not sure how hard this would be.
This would make flying helicopters much easier too as you have to constantly adjust throttle when flying them.

We put up with just buttons in second life but vehicles were rubbish there but they don't need to be here so even a joystick option in the script would be good.