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Off-Topic Discussion => Arts & Talents => Topic started by: Havock on July 16, 2004, 06:27:25 pm

Title: need help on modelling tank treads.
Post by: Havock on July 16, 2004, 06:27:25 pm

since quite some people use truespace here, i might just have a good chance here :p

how do I model tank treads in truespace?
until i can make decent treads, that tank i made will remain a hovertank instead of a normal tank :p

THIS hovertank (http://members.lycos.nl/durandalarw/Hovertank2_front.JPG)

Title: need help on modelling tank treads.
Post by: Stryke 9 on July 16, 2004, 08:24:59 pm

You can do IK linking, yes? Just make a long line of simple tread links, connect 'em and shape 'em the way you want. Doesn't animate unless you really wanna go in every frame and push the objects into shape, but animating tank treads via geometry is bloody impossible with any software I've seen anyway.

Title: need help on modelling tank treads.
Post by: Nico on July 17, 2004, 04:27:35 am

mmh? It's rather easy with max, you animate them along a spline, and it's the spline you deform to follow the ground shape. I' pretty sure most aniamtion packages can do the same anyway.

Title: need help on modelling tank treads.
Post by: Havock on July 17, 2004, 04:33:54 am

i'll try IK linking
if i can find out how the bloody thing works

Title: need help on modelling tank treads.
Post by: karajorma on July 17, 2004, 07:07:10 am

*Looks at Singh's comic and this thread* Why do I get a sudden feeling I'm not giving out enough work on the MG internal :D

Seriously though. Lets have a look at what you have so far. :)

Title: need help on modelling tank treads.
Post by: Havock on July 17, 2004, 01:16:09 pm

IK linking didn't get me any wiser, i just used collision detecting to fir the tread-pieces in place, a bit tedious, but if you get the hang of it it's just copy-move-repeat, if necessary rotate around wheel.
here are the pics with treads, and it's up to you guys to figure out what vehicle i used for example :p

(http://members.lycos.nl/durandalarw/tank_front.JPG)

(http://members.lycos.nl/durandalarw/tank_back.JPG)

(http://members.lycos.nl/durandalarw/tank_detail.JPG)

it was really rainy here for the past days, and now it's worse.
moddeling kills time.

Title: need help on modelling tank treads.
Post by: Anaz on July 18, 2004, 09:05:07 pm

reminds me of one of the WH40K space marine tanks...

Title: need help on modelling tank treads.
Post by: Taristin on July 18, 2004, 10:49:07 pm

Can someone tell me why a hovertank needs treads?

Title: need help on modelling tank treads.
Post by: Nico on July 19, 2004, 03:30:00 am

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Originally posted by Anaz
reminds me of one of the WH40K space marine tanks...

Without a doubt :p (tho it's IG, not space marines )
that's the dual plasma shadowsword or I don't know my 40k anymore :p
edit: it's called a stormblade, btw ( Ryza shadowsword varient, according to forgeworld ):
(http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/acatalog/stormblade3.jpg)

Title: need help on modelling tank treads.
Post by: Nico on July 19, 2004, 03:33:47 am

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Originally posted by Raa
Can someone tell me why a hovertank needs treads?

I can somehow answer: you didn't read the thread ( bwhahaha, the thread. Herm, whatever ).

Title: need help on modelling tank treads.
Post by: Havock on July 19, 2004, 05:15:45 pm

i used that as an example, yes.