Non-wheeled vehicles like the ball

[Demian]

What do I need to worry about when creating one of these? Do I need something special other than the detail32 and shape empties? How to do the collisions?

Edit: On second though I appear to have posted in the wrong forum.

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[Barnabas]

Things should be pretty much the same, I think. Make sure the collision mesh is on a different layer, though.

[Demian]

Why? Tips on how detailed the collision mesh should be? Does the name matter?

[Barnabas]

Possible collision mesh:



The ball has a very primitive sphere as collision mesh, and the Magic Carpet seems to have none, just a node. Names should be like "Col"

[Demian]

Game crashes when spawning. I have the mesh, "Col" collision mesh, detail32 empty parented to Shape empty.

[Barnabas]

May I have a look at the blend file?

[Demian]

Barnabas needs to read his PMs more.

[chilmans]

The collision mesh should be parented to a Col0 empty, which should be parented to Shape.
Don't parent the collision mesh to detail32 or else it will be drawn, which we don't want.

[Demian]

Done all that but it still crashes. Mesh parented to detail32 parented to Shape. In layer 2 col mesh parented to Col0 parented to Shape.

[chilmans]

I had problems with a no-wheels vehicle i tried to create a long time ago.
I didn't find a solution for it, you could try to play with the massbox a bit though.

[Demian]

I had problems with a no-wheels vehicle i tried to create a long time ago.
I didn't find a solution for it, you could try to play with the massbox a bit though.

What's a massbox? I'm just copying the ball vehicle script and replacing the model.

[chilmans]

What's a massbox? I'm just copying the ball vehicle script and replacing the model.

Honestly? I have no idea.
It has something to do with the masspoint, the center of the vehicle's mass.
I have no idea though what the numbers should be.
I would just try some massboxes, such as the Jeep's.