Hey. We’ve been working on a procedural ladder system because making/positioning ladders to fit a space can be annoying to do. Who’d like to see this on the marketplace?
It’d come with a few sets of assets w/ PBR materials and stuff, and it’d be easy to mix and match and use your own assets. Works the same at any scale.
You can also check out a bunch of vines of this on my blog.
For the avoidance of confusion: this is not a ladder climbing system, because we figure every game is pretty much going to want to handle that differently. This just makes the physical/visible ladder.
Hi JoeWintergreen. WOW very impressive. I can also see this used for Ramps, Cable Trays, and Door/Window Security Bars. Could probably add auto adjusting Box Component for collision detection (Ladder System Ready).
Nice. Not sure how I’d value something like this. But I would definitely buy it if the price was right (its one of those little time savers that isn’t THAT important but would be nice to have).
Do you mean a rope ladder that actually flexes and acts like a rope ladder, or would you be happy with just a static ladder that had the appearance of rope? If the latter, that’s completely doable with this system - just swap out the strut and rung meshes for rope, maybe tell it to use rope-knots instead of bolts.
I’ve submitted this, although it’s not 100% ready yet, should be by the time it gets voted on (if it does).
Great work there! The only issue I have with them is they don’t conform to AS (Australian Standards)
Would it be possible to make your procedural ladder macro work with something like these -
Being a structural designer, I’m very picky about my steelwork
If you want to give it a shot, let me know and I can send you the model sketchup files.
Yeah the guard hoops (or fully enclosed) ladder are used if a person can fall more then 6m, or if certain angles are applied, fire escapes etc lots of different codes in the AS 1657 (ladders and walkways).
Attached is the model for 3 different types of ladders with hoop cage (sketchup files).
Help yourself