Keep on Truckin - Trailer mod

[[aps]gnat 28]

Thanks guys.

@smelly

Yes, most truck where I live have triple axles.

http://territorypictures.tripod.com/pages/rtrains/scarcellas.html

@Eversmann

@bravo6

Suspect there will be issues in MP but hope to test soon

@BUZZARD

Nar, don't think I'm a Truckin man, I'll leave that to Sigma -6

@StryDa

No, no attach/detach scripts yet, it was just a function test.

@wika_woo

Nar never played it, but I would enjoy a CarWars mod for ArmA

@quiet_man

Yep, I'm sure theres some scripting that could prevent the jumping that happens on rough ground, when the trailer is X meters above ground or on X angle then script it back down onto the truck.

@BraTTy

Yeh, maybe for vehicles but I think the "man walk" animation might look a little odd as you force the player around with an invisible Geo LOD

BTW, only qualified drivers should play with addons like this, it very dangerous

[bravo 6 0]

what about the shadow of the back trailer, you think you can make it work?

[[aps]gnat 28]

I switched the shadow on for the model but it went all funky and odd looking in game .... it is an OFP converted model that appears to have some special errors, it even crash O2 on me a couple of times. It was only a test trailer so I didn't bother trying any harder.

.... similar problems with getting shadows on the FSX ripped models.

[M.Andersson(SWE) 4]

This opens up the possibilitys of TOWED Artillery...

And MOOOORE.....

Nice one Gnat...

[-ZG-BUZZARD 0]

Gnat @ July 02 2007,14:40)]BTW, only qualified drivers should play with addons like this, it very dangerous  

[omg]http://members.iinet.net.au/~nrspence/ArmA/Truck_2.jpg[/omg]

You mean that there are bridge problems with trailers in ArmA too?

[[aps]gnat 28]

BUZZARD @ July 02 2007,22:08)]

Gnat @ July 02 2007,14:40)]BTW, only qualified drivers should play with addons like this, it very dangerous  

[omg]http://members.iinet.net.au/~nrspence/ArmA/Truck_2.jpg[/omg]

You mean that there are bridge problems with trailers in ArmA too?  

no no, just a bad AI driver who bounced his rig off the wall

[wika_woo 182]

Rigs OF rods is completely free..

No spyware, it's safe..

http://rigsofrods.blogspot.com/

It's a truck simulator also comes with 4x4's & monster trucks.. Even boats... PLus some cool Rock crawlers..

Speaking of rock crawlers, i'd love to see some for arma

[M9ACE 0]

Very impressive Gnat!

[Guest]

Wow nice!

Im wondering if the way you got the trailer to work could also apply to a donkey and cart im making. Im not sure how the donkey is suppose to pull the cart along with him and avoid the real physics make the cart move with the donkey.

The model of you 18wheeler is really nice!

[M9ACE 0]

Gnat, do you plan to test towing a tracked vehicle with another tracked vehicle?  I wonder if this solution of yours would work for a vehicle such as the Bv206.

[Sigma-6 29]

Looks awesome, practically flawless, except I don't like the wheels. They don't match, they have a green tint to them, except the back three, which are white. Also, as mentioned, there are three wheels on the very back. I've only seen trucks with two.

That's because they're two totally different models. As he said, Delta Hawk made the trailer, I made the cab. As I've said several times elsewhere, the wheels actually are that colour. The actual R-model this is based on had been sitting in a truck graveyard for years. The wheels were still good, but the tires were green from mould and sun-bleached. It looks a bit odd, but it is authentic. It's an old run-down beater of a truck.

Just as a side-note, an owner-operator does not often own a trailer; they simply pick them up for jobs and drop them off, so it's basically irrelevant that they don't 'match,' anyway.

(takes a breath)

Wow. It looks great, and it's not even scripted. . . I thought for sure it would be a script. . . I was just down in Niagara and there are a lot of old trucks down there. . . I think I'm going to do a trailer model for this, in the same style as the cab. . .

[pathetic_berserker 4]

hmmm, thought of B-Doubles, or Road Trains?

I know it would be meaningless to most people who play arma (except maybe for the aussies) but it would still be kinda cool.

[quiet_man 8]

. . I think I'm going to do a trailer model for this, in the same style as the cab. . .

fitting colors for truck? People watch to much TV shows

would be great if you can get it fully working.

QuietMan

[Sigma-6 29]

fitting colors for truck? People watch to much TV shows

No, not at all. 'in the same style,' meaning old and beat-up.

[[aps]gnat 28]

hehe ... while your at it Sigma-6, you might like to make a Low-Loader for moving tanks ..... seems people in this forum think it might be usable .... for what I don't know

[wex-q 0]

Gnat @ July 02 2007,14:40)]Yes, most truck where I live have triple axles.

http://territorypictures.tripod.com/pages/rtrains/scarcellas.html

That's got to be a bi*** in reverse, but it would be cool to implement it, not just for the use of it, but also to show that there are few limits of this game!

(Just as the link to the pic you posted, same concept)

[pathetic_berserker 4]

That's got to be a bi*** in reverse, but it would be cool to implement it, not just for the use of it, but also to show that there are few limits of this game!

lol. I imagine they avoid it, however

A B-double is basically a prime mover with a 20ft trailer followed by a 40ft trailer. So 1/2 the length of the one in the above pic and 2 articulations not 3.

Years ago as a forky i used watch guys reverse them through the wharehouse doors, lucky to have a meter each side. Out of a neighboors driveway that was opposite, but 10 meters off center!

[Dannyllnl69 0]

Nice . you should make more variety of trucks..like peterbuilt,mack,frightliner,international..etc...keep the good work on 1- 10 (10)

[Tankbuster 1747]

Yes, they could model all the crappy US trucks, or the well built, better peforming European ones.

[Auss 208]

Quote[/b] ]es, they could model all the crappy US trucks, or the well built, better peforming European one

LOL I'd love to see how your "better perforning trucks" go in the outback of Aus.

[moneymikey 0]

Throw halliburton on side of the truck, and make a fat trucker model

[rundll.exe 12]

Wow, this is verry impressive. I was working on a "true" trailer script, but this is way better. I have good hopes for MP, but a stressed server might get problematic (worth testing).

I thought about this solutiuon (after testing some with a "computer" object in the back of the offroad car) But I didnt think it would turn out working

I even thought the geo LOD could never be outside the 0.00 lod, but that is not the case?

For the player near problem, you can use a simple script that keeps the hinge near the correct pos, and make it follow somewhat realistic (to avoid damage in urban areas)

This makes possibilities for double trailers etc and even more complex mechanisms

[HogRoot 0]

Hey Gnat...just wondering if there was any progress on a release yet? Have been wanting to get my hands on the trailer mod for some time now. Any updates for us?

[[aps]gnat 28]

This is a mod with a lower-case "m" (modification of existing addons), not a Mod with a upper-case "M" ...... hence its just a test to prove it can be done.

I don't make Trailers (as in towed items, not as in Videos) and I don't make trucks (as in .... trucks) so i'll leave it to others to make towed stuff

[Casimir 0]

OMG i absalutly love you gnat, your the best addon maker in Arma, sorry to all the others h just is.

any yeh, it would be amazing if you could just release it as it is, i know youve said its not your kind of thing, but i would absalutly love it, i would just love to drive it around sahrani, make missions like deliveries and races, please please please!

anyway nice work, your a legend!