Author Topic: Speedometers and such.  (Read 1020 times)

Has the idea of some kind of speedometer ever been considered for vehicles, along with other devices such as altimeters (although I can see that implementing something like that on a level such as bedroom many be tricky) and artificial horizons on airborne vehicles? Maybe a small instrument panel coming up in the bottom right hand corner or something. Perhaps even some kind of indicator that shows which direction you are facing, as a number of modelers seem to have a tendency of building vehicles that don't let you see what direction you are turning when you are driving them.

Not that I'm suggesting that parts of Blockland should start mimicking flight simulators. I just feel that some kind of information about what you are currently doing may make using vehicles a little easier, and may help reduce the number of plane landings that are 'Aim for an empty space and try not to bounce too much'.

Speedometers are possible, they're in the torque demo. I'd be surprised if someone couldn't do it.

-To all future posters-
Say "Impossible" and I'll send one hundred and forty two hounds to bite your ass of while twenty seven parrots scream "Possible" into your ears.

Speedometers are in the TGE demo for 1.4 and up, I think. I don't think the speedometer control comes in TGE 1.2 which is what Blockland is on.

I'm sure someone could hack up some crappy thing that measures the speed of the control object and writes it to a text box - but it'd be kind of lame.

Well, you could use
Code: [Select]
@getcontrolobjectspeed and put that into a bar, like the jet one with the actual speed just next to it.

You'd have to decide on a good max speed since the bar takes a percentage value. Sure it can work, it just wouldn't be as cool as a normal speedometer.

Yeah, but you'd have to have engine changes to render anything that'd look cool while displaying the information.

No it wouldn't be as cool, but a fair few things in Blockland are limited. Besides, if something goes above the top speed the bar could just go red and the text say "Too fast".


That speedometer sucks to be honest with you.