Author Topic: Tow Truck (Read 1576 times)

[Lion/Seiber] · April 10, 2011, 02:30:41 PM

For a While now, i've had an Idea: A Towtruck.
Something that You can Drive (Durhh), AND when you back up, Press a Button (Light Key?), and lift a Vehicle on to the Hook. But, if not, Just make it a Vehicle. :DD Just a Thought..

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SWAT One · April 11, 2011, 01:37:37 AM

City Rps with this would be amazing lol.

rusanton99 · April 11, 2011, 07:02:54 PM

I support

Greek2me · April 12, 2011, 01:51:38 AM

Quote from: [Lion/Seiber] on April 10, 2011, 02:30:41 PM

when you back up, Press a Button (Light Key?), and lift a Vehicle on to the Hook.

I wonder if you could mount another vehicle to the hook. I'll bet that's what the skycrane does.

Pah1023 · April 12, 2011, 03:35:43 PM

Quote from: Greek2me on April 12, 2011, 01:51:38 AM

I wonder if you could mount another vehicle to the hook. I'll bet that's what the skycrane does.

Yes, by having a mount point, and mounting a vehicle to another, I might try this, I am trying to model things, and this would be a perfect test
But i believe the sky crane just looped the vehicle use setTransform.

Pah1023 · April 12, 2011, 03:51:29 PM

Sorry for double posting, but it turns out it wont work, only players can mount and move with the vehicle, but it says the vehicle is mounted.

King Leo · April 12, 2011, 04:32:16 PM

Can't you just do the same script as the skycrane?

slydude71 · April 12, 2011, 07:52:26 PM

i want so i can make an RP and... my dad owns a towing buisness so /support

dungc647 · April 12, 2011, 08:58:41 PM

I could just see myself driving through an RP with a trail of about fifteen Towtrucks behind me. I could see alot of other idiots trying it as well. Might want to make sure nothing like that could happen. Depending on the RP you could use Towable Trucks and trucks that can't be towed. like if you're on a Super Towing RP and everybody has towtrucks, people could still get mounted. If towing is possible, I don't see why a cargo train isn't.

Treynolds416 · April 12, 2011, 10:02:05 PM

To everyone:

A system like the skycrane is possible and useful, but is very limited in what it can do.
If the two vehicles collide, there will be untold destruction as two objects moving at high speeds collide. Then, the way the second vehicle is suspended is quite choppy and looks a little hacky. This is fine for the skycrane, but the effect of towing is disrupted by the other vehicle moving back and forth.

ShadowZero · April 12, 2011, 11:29:56 PM

Quote from: rusanton99 on April 11, 2011, 07:02:54 PM

I support

I want to make a tow truck train.

Uxie · April 13, 2011, 07:54:56 AM

I support this.

[Lion/Seiber] · April 18, 2011, 04:55:37 PM

The Skycrane is EXACTLY what made me think of this.

heedicalking · April 18, 2011, 07:55:47 PM

The only reason the skycrane is somewhat stable is because the vehicle is positioned a bit far from the collision box. A tow truck would cause the vehicle to be right on top, or near, the tow truck's collision box. The loop on laggy, or any, server will just cause it to flip and fly into the air where it will spaz and cause the game to crash due to the dance between the two collision boxes inside eachother.

It doesn't matter how many people support this, if it's a bad idea it shouldn't be made. This is a bad idea, it shouldn't be made.

Aeschylus · April 19, 2011, 08:23:36 AM

Quote from: heedicalking on April 18, 2011, 07:55:47 PM

It doesn't matter how many people support this, if it's a bad idea it shouldn't be made. This is a bad idea, it shouldn't be made.

Thank you for being so enthusiastic, and not looking at the fact that this could be made without the damn 'hook' script. Phydeoux can make a good one, I'm sure.