For testing with the suspension, and getting all my internal camera controls in there… I will just add the steering of the T26.
With the gearbox etc I really need your help later.
Your modular drive train setup is already a step in the right direction control wise.
I know that the tiger has multiple gearboxes.
When you start the engine… you rev it up to 2000 rpm, and it stays there. Then you just work your way through the gears with the clutch from 1 to 8 foreward… and you 4 reverse gears.
So all you need is what you already have in the modular drive train demo… a clutch, an up and down shift button, the engine start button and a button to rev the engine up and down (arrow keys up and down for example when you are the driver)
I’m not 100% sure yet how the steering works… what I do know is that when you turn the steering wheel between 0 -30 degree it does a shallow turn, and when you turn the wheel over 30 degrees it does a tight turn.
When you put the tiger in neutral gear and turn the wheel it does a neutral turn (on the spot turn). It has these large disc brakes left and right in the gearboxes at the sprockets… I assume when you turn the steering wheel it will apply a brake force to the gearbox of the sprocket you are steering towards.
I have all the technical manuals… I’m sure it’s all described in there.
Then I have the idea of having a simple control scheme when you are the commander or gunner… where you just say foreward , stop or backward and turn left / right. And the turns should be in let’s say 22 degree intervals. So when you tap left… it turns 22 degrees left and continues to go forward. You need this as commander because you have no time to micromanage the driver… you need to keep your eye on the surroundings. Same as in steel beasts… works like a charm.
But as the driver I like the more realistic controls.