run with tank tracks

pibraclab · Postby **pibraclab** » Sat Sep 05, 2015 8:58 pm

Hi all,

I want to make a tank for MM2 but i somebody know if it's possible to move tracks during the run ? It seems to me it's possible to do moving object when the car run and i ask to me how i can do it to move wheels and tracks.

KingAndy · Postby **KingAndy** » Sat Sep 05, 2015 9:21 pm

I really don't think so. However, you may try to convert a tank which instead of tracks, has multiple wheels like the GTA San Andreas one. It won't be that cool but unfortunately the MM2 limitations don't allow so.

Postby **Franch88** » Sat Sep 05, 2015 10:44 pm

It's something obviously not possible to do. The closest thing possible with tank tracks is have a short animation of the track texture that emulates the its turning, which is going to be independent from the wheels rotating, of course.

BUGATTIMAN253MPH · Postby **BUGATTIMAN253MPH** » Sat Sep 05, 2015 11:58 pm

Hasn't this been discussed before?

e-cobra · Postby **e-cobra** » Sun Sep 06, 2015 7:28 am

Even if you apply animated texture to the tracks that will make them moving even if the tank has stopped, the maximum number of bogie (road) wheels will be restricted to 6 only.
And it isn't possible to turn a tank like real tanks turn, in MM2, because the front wheels must steer to make a the vehicle turn.

Seahawk · Postby **Seahawk** » Wed Sep 23, 2015 8:11 am

And it isn't possible to turn a tank like real tanks turn, in MM2, because the front wheels must steer to make a the vehicle turn.

But it is possible, by making two invisible wheels in the front which will turn.

KingAndy · Postby **KingAndy** » Wed Sep 23, 2015 8:17 am

This is the kind of thing with a lot of tricks and exploring tons of the possibilities of the game engine is possible to do, but in the end it will move in such a unrealistic way, with the tracks always moving and making rubber tire skidmarks and noise on the turns.

Yes, a tank would be awesome on MM2, but we should recognize when something isn't possible to make. This is just like the planes, they kind of work in-game but in an awful way.