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Wheel ground contact constraints
The tutorial I am working from uses a geometry constrain to hold the wheels to the ground but the tank I am rigging its track will lift of the ground some times so I don't think that will work, any idears would be welcome or do I have to go fully dynamic witch I was trying to avoid (the chassis will be dynamic to a degree). The example I have given is a little extreme ............dave
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Edit: Can I thank myself if it works...........
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When you get all this worked out I for one would love to see a tutorial on the complete rigging of a tracked vehicle. It was one of the things on my list before maya went south on me.
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I must admit they all seem to leave some thing out Steven Hughes suspension left out the changing the aim constrain to object I think that it was alright for his car setup but not for a tank, lets see how far I get with this then take it from thereNot sure it would be that bad to bring all the individual tuts and tips together into one coherent tut. I am pretty sure I have links to most of the various tuts on the topic but they seem to leave some element out. Antony Ward's tracked vehicle tut seems to be the most complete. But he kind of fudges the suspension part.
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