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[alway]

Ah, okay. I had never heard of the site before; and game design doesn't neccesarily imply game development. Hence the large variety of threads on just about every game forum on the internet consisting of someone declaring they have an awesome game idea that a programmer should do if they are bored.

[gennaartist765]

Electric sheep is awsome!

[Aklyon]

Electric sheep is awsome!

I thout that was already obvious.

[Sean Mirrsen]

Since we've already got a number of fun physics simulators in here, I think I'll go ahead and mention RigidChips. It's about... well, rigid chips. Using a special program, or a text editor, you can create models out of linked "chips" - flat square (or round) pieces that try to behave according to the parameters you set them to. The simulator is notable for two things - script support in the form of LUA, allowing some ridiculous stuff to be made (I saw an F-22 replica once. With autopilot and a GUI drawn entirely with LUA.), and air/water resistance simulation for whole chips, meaning planes fly because they have wings, not because they are planes. My attempts at a helicopter were horrible though.

The site is here, the Wiki page for the thing is here with some useful links, such as a link to the model designer: rcd022.lzh.

Mini picture from the site to show what it's about:

[ILikePie]

That sounds really cool.

[Sean Mirrsen]

Possibly cooler than you think. This is my current project:

Spoiler: Largish images (click to show/hide)

From this buggy:

To this submarine:

To this helicopter:


They're all the same model. Only the helicopter part isn't fully workable yet, it only flies up and can sort of turn, the rest are fully controllable and even perform reasonably well. The buggy goes 50kph! A marvel with those prop thingies on its rear.

[ILikePie]

Possibly cooler than you think. This is my current project:

It is indeed cooler than I think. Transformers? God that's awesome.

[eerr]

so the helicopter is balanced with counter-rotating blades?

[Sean Mirrsen]

"Balanced" is an overstatement, but yeah. Since chips can only form a tree structure, and don't collide with each other, I can't implement the model helicopter approach. You know, those cheap models with 3-channel controls. They have a counterbalancing weight connected to the upper blades, which makes the whole thing seek to level out by gyroscopic effect. Plus a tail rotor to control pitch. That way won't work here, and I can't add another prop, since the smallest possible one is still rather big. I don't want to cheat by using the "jet" parts, either. So that leaves me only one option - implement proper cyclic controls with script, and make a routine for automatic balancing. Last time I tried that, my helicopter model exploded into pieces from overstress, despite the enabled "unbreakable" mode. I should probably try a less direct approach this time.

[Sean Mirrsen]

Minor alteration to the design... now it actually looks like a car of some sort when folded, if you don't pay too much attention to what goes under the covers in the back. It can also finally drive without skidding all over the place! I fixed the front wheels, and made everything steer with the rear ones. Thanks to that, the helicopter can also properly taxi, without falling over even on reasonably sharp turns.





I also broke the submarine mode. It can't dive. And it never was too good with steering on the surface. I guess I'll only be able to handle this sort of thing with script.

If you want a test drive, copy this into a text file and load it with RigidChips.

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// [RCD]
Val
{
ALT(default=0, min=-30, max=30, step=3)
BLADE(default=0, min=-30, max=30)
BRAKE(default=0, min=-4000, max=4000, step=500)
DRIVE(default=0, min=-10000, max=16000, step=1500)
FIRE(default=0, max=16000, step=5000)
FLAP(default=10, min=-30, max=50, step=6)
FORM1(default=10, min=10, max=30, disp=0)
FORM10(default=179, min=10, max=179, disp=0)
FORM11(default=70, min=20, max=70, disp=0)
FORM12(default=179, min=150, max=179, disp=0)
FORM13(default=179, min=20, max=179, disp=0)
FORM14(default=179, min=20, max=179, disp=0)
FORM15(default=90, min=-180, max=90, disp=0)
FORM16(default=180, min=90, max=180, disp=0)
FORM17(default=40, max=40, disp=0)
FORM18(default=40, max=40, disp=0)
FORM19(default=145, min=90, max=145, disp=0)
FORM2(default=-160, min=-160, max=-100, disp=0)
FORM20(default=20, min=20, max=90, disp=0)
FORM21(default=180, min=30, max=180, disp=0)
FORM22(default=175, min=-175, max=175, disp=0)
FORM3(default=15, max=15, disp=0)
FORM4(default=0, max=20, disp=0)
FORM5(default=140, min=10, max=140, disp=0)
FORM6(default=20, min=20, max=90, disp=0)
FORM7(default=90, max=90, disp=0)
FORM8(default=120, min=120, max=175, disp=0)
FORM9(default=40, max=40, disp=0)
PITCH(default=180, min=160, max=200, step=1)
PROPSTEER(default=0, min=-20, max=20, step=1)
STEER(default=0, min=-40, max=40, step=2)
THRUST(default=0, min=-200000, max=200000, step=1000)
}
Key
{
0:DRIVE(step=2000), ALT(step=3), FLAP(step=-6), PITCH(step=-3)
1:DRIVE(step=-2000), ALT(step=-3), FLAP(step=6), PITCH(step=3)
2:STEER(step=3), PROPSTEER(step=3)
3:STEER(step=-3), PROPSTEER(step=-3)
4:FORM1(step=-1), FORM2(step=2), FORM3(step=-2), FORM4(step=-2), FORM5(step=-5), FORM6(step=7), FORM7(step=-6), FORM8(step=5), FORM9(step=-5), FORM10(step=12), FORM11(step=6), FORM12(step=5), FORM13(step=5), BLADE(step=5), FORM14(step=-5), FORM16(step=-5), FORM15(step=-12), FORM18(step=-2), FORM17(step=5), FORM20(step=5), FORM19(step=-5), FORM21(step=8), FORM22(step=10)
5:FORM3(step=2), FORM2(step=-3), FORM1(step=-2), FORM4(step=-2), FORM5(step=6), FORM6(step=-3), FORM7(step=5), FORM8(step=-5), FORM9(step=5), FORM10(step=12), FORM11(step=6), FORM12(step=3), FORM13(step=6), FORM14(step=6), FORM16(step=5), FORM15(step=6), FORM17(step=5), FORM18(step=10), FORM19(step=2), FORM20(step=-5), FORM21(step=8), FORM22(step=8)
6:THRUST(step=-2000)
7:BRAKE(step=100)
8:BRAKE(step=-100)
9:THRUST(step=2000)
10:FORM9(step=5), FORM1(step=-2), FORM10(step=-5), FORM2(step=3), FORM3(step=2), FORM4(step=2), FORM5(step=-5), FORM6(step=2), FORM7(step=5), FORM8(step=5), FORM11(step=-6), FORM12(step=-3), FORM13(step=-5), BLADE(step=-3), FORM14(step=-5), FORM15(step=-12), FORM16(step=-5), FORM17(step=5), FORM18(step=-1), FORM19(step=-5), FORM20(step=5), FORM21(step=-4), FORM22(step=-13)
11:FIRE(step=6000)
12:FORM10(step=10)
13:FORM10(step=-10)
}
Body
{
Core() {
N:Chip(angle=FORM3) {
W:Chip(angle=-30) {
W:Chip(angle=-150) {
S:Chip(angle=FORM18) {
S:Chip(angle=-FORM7) { }
}
}
}
E:Chip(angle=-30) {
E:Chip(angle=-150) {
S:Chip(angle=FORM18) {
S:Chip(angle=-FORM7) { }
}
}
}
N:TrimF(angle=90) {
N:Chip(angle=FORM8) {
N:Frame(angle=-FORM8) {
N:Wheel(angle=0, power=DRIVE, effect=2, spring=0.6, damper=0.6) { }
N:Chip(angle=160) { }
}
}
N:Chip(angle=-FORM8) {
N:Frame(angle=FORM8) {
N:Wheel(angle=0, power=DRIVE, effect=2, spring=0.6, damper=0.6) { }
N:Chip(angle=-160) { }
}
}
}
E:Chip(angle=FORM1) {
E:Chip(angle=-FORM7) {
E:Chip(angle=-90) { }
}
N:Chip(angle=-FORM7) { }
}
W:Chip(angle=FORM1) {
W:Chip(angle=-FORM7) {
W:Chip(angle=-90) { }
}
N:Chip(angle=-FORM7) { }
}
N:Chip(angle=-32) {
N:Chip(angle=-148) { }
}
N:Chip(angle=-FLAP) { }
}
S:Chip(angle=-120) {
S:Chip(angle=-60, color=#80FFFF) {
S:Chip(angle=-23, color=#80FFFF) {
W:Chip(angle=-90) { }
E:Chip(angle=-90) { }
}
E:Chip(angle=-70) {
E:Wheel(angle=-FORM11, power=-DRIVE, effect=2) { }
}
W:Chip(angle=-70) {
W:Wheel(angle=-FORM11, power=DRIVE, effect=2) { }
}
N:Chip(angle=-30) { }
}
}
S:Frame(angle=-10) {
S:Frame(angle=-FORM12) {
S:Chip(angle=FORM13) {
S:Frame(angle=FORM9) {
S:Wheel(angle=-FORM2, power=THRUST, brake=-BRAKE, effect=2) {
E:TrimF(angle=BLADE) {
E:Chip(angle=-FORM10) {
E:Chip(angle=FORM10) { }
}
}
S:TrimF(angle=BLADE) {
S:Chip(angle=-FORM10) {
S:Chip(angle=FORM10) { }
}
}
W:TrimF(angle=BLADE) {
W:Chip(angle=-FORM10) {
W:Chip(angle=FORM10) { }
}
}
N:TrimF(angle=BLADE) {
N:Chip(angle=-FORM10) {
N:Chip(angle=FORM10) { }
}
}
}
S:Frame(angle=FORM5) {
S:Wheel(angle=FORM6, power=-THRUST, brake=BRAKE, effect=2) {
S:TrimF(angle=-BLADE) {
S:Chip(angle=-FORM10) {
S:Chip(angle=FORM10) { }
}
}
E:TrimF(angle=-BLADE) {
E:Chip(angle=-FORM10) {
E:Chip(angle=FORM10) { }
}
}
N:TrimF(angle=-BLADE) {
N:Chip(angle=-FORM10) {
N:Chip(angle=FORM10) { }
}
}
W:TrimF(angle=-BLADE) {
W:Chip(angle=-FORM10) {
W:Chip(angle=FORM10) { }
}
}
}
}
}
S:Chip(angle=157) { }
}
}
}
W:Chip(angle=-FORM4) {
W:Trim(angle=-FORM3) {
W:Chip(angle=-FORM19) {
W:Chip(angle=-FORM20) {
W:Chip(angle=-FORM17) { }
S:Chip(angle=-FORM4) {
S:Chip(angle=FLAP) { }
}
W:Frame(angle=-90) {
N:Wheel(angle=-FORM16, effect=4) { }
}
N:Chip(angle=-FORM15) { }
}
}
S:TrimF(angle=FORM7) {
S:Frame(angle=-FORM14) {
S:Weight(angle=FORM14, option=2) {
S:Wheel(angle=-STEER, power=-DRIVE, effect=3) { }
}
}
}
}
}
E:Chip(angle=-FORM4) {
E:Trim(angle=FORM3) {
E:Chip(angle=-FORM19) {
E:Chip(angle=-FORM20) {
E:Chip(angle=-FORM17) { }
S:Chip(angle=-FORM4) {
S:Chip(angle=FLAP) { }
}
E:Frame(angle=-90) {
N:Wheel(angle=-FORM16, effect=4) { }
}
N:Chip(angle=-FORM15) { }
}
}
S:TrimF(angle=-FORM7) {
S:Frame(angle=-FORM14) {
S:Weight(angle=FORM14, option=2) {
S:Wheel(angle=STEER, power=DRIVE, effect=3) { }
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
Script
{
print 0,"Omnicraft, test model. Hold mode change keys until model stops transforming."
print 1,"X: Car mode."
print 2," In car mode: Arrow keys: Throttle and steering."
print 3,"Z: Submarine mode."
print 4," In submarine mode: D: Accelerate, C: Reverse, Arrow keys: Pitch and yaw, A/S: Roll"
print 5,"V: Helicopter mode."
print 6," In helicopter mode: Arrow keys to taxi, D/C: Throttle, A/S: Yaw."
}
Also, maybe I should make a separate thread for this thing?

[EagleV]

You should. I scripted a segway that can keep itself upright with only two wheels, and can actually be controlled if the terrain is flat enough, and a six-footed animal, both with lua. Rigidchips = awesome.

[Jervous]

HE HE HE

Bumptop is fun. I made a picture of a ball and now I'm throwing it around my desktop! Weeeeee

[Outcast Orange]

Wouldn't a hockey puck make more sense?

[Aklyon]

mediafire seemes to be having some problems, alternate Bumptop link here if anyone still wants it.
(sorry if this wasn't a good reason to bump this)

[Jack_Bread]

It doesn't appear any had mentioned this.
RPG Manager is a nice little topographer that let's you place cities and such and make maps for such cities. It can also help handle campaigns, random encounters, characters, and weather. I'm not too sure how good these features are since I haven't used the thing since it was version 1.X (it's currently version 2.X)