FGear Vehicle Physics (v1.4)

[lazybitgames]

@xetura

I’m using a now abandoned vehicle physics plugin and I’m looking for a new one and just ran across this. So far, most things seem really great. I just had a few questions.

I need the following:

1. Change any transmission value in realtime (changing the number of gears and their ratios). Change from automatic to manual and back again in realtime (looks like this is supported)

2. Change any engine value in realtime.(looks like this is supported)

3. Change any suspension setting in realtime. It looks like this plugin supports most of what I need, but I’m not sure if I can “lift” or “lower” a suspension in realtime since this plugin uses the resting pose of the rig as a reference. I need to be able to swap in a ‘lift kit’ into a vehicle to raise it for use with bigger tires. Then put in ‘stock’ suspension to lower it back down for use with smaller wheels/tires. The plugin I’m using now lets me adjust the suspension length in realtime and that seems to do what I need.

4. Changing the mass of the vehicle depending on what’s equipped to the vehicle in realtime. My game is a car combat rpg, so equipping different armor, engines, weapons, etc. all affect the weight of the vehicle. From what I’m reading, that is not supported.

5. My game can’t have ‘auto-reverse’. When I hit the brake, I need it to just brake. Reverse requires shifting and using the gas pedal to accelerate in reverse (just like a real car).

From what I’m reading here, 1-2 looks like it’s supported and I’m not sure about 3-5. Let me know! Thanks.

hi,

1,2,3 are already possible.

4 will be possible in the next version : mass, center of mass offset and inertia scale will be editable during runtime.

for 5 i assume you need an auto-gearbox without auto-reverse, i will add an option to disable auto-reverse for the next version.

about the next release, we are in the testing phase right now, it will be available in a week or two.