Trucking In Second Life - Hammer Down...
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Infrared Wind
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07-13-2008 04:54
I usually only post my machinima bits on the Machinima forum, but thought I'd cross post this as the subject about driving vehicles in Second Life does come up in Resident Answers. This old truck is my favorite road machine. From the video you can see that cruising down SL highways is actually possible. =) * * * Trucking in Second Life. As anyone knows who's tried, driving in Second Life is a challenge. Towards a better experience, I heavily modified one of Asylum Arcadia's freebie trucks by rewriting the vehicle parameters. It handles the roads better than any other vehicle I've driven. Let's go trucking...:  http://blip.tv/file/1074463- Infrared |
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Zaphod Kotobide
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07-13-2008 05:03
That was great fun to watch!
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Blot Brickworks
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07-13-2008 05:25
Did I see you jump a red light? That was great stuff.Keep on trucking.
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Skell Dagger
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07-13-2008 05:32
Great stuff! You were certainly hitting some speed toward the end there *g*
I really must check out the Machinima forum more often.
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Sling Trebuchet
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07-13-2008 05:57
The roads and the builds along them must be an eye-opener for those who are used to the newer, messier continents.
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Toy LaFollette
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07-13-2008 07:50
OMG I so want to build a truck now !!! 
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3Ring Binder
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07-13-2008 09:07
From: Infrared Wind I usually only post my machinima bits on the Machinima forum, but thought I'd cross post this as the subject about driving vehicles in Second Life does come up in Resident Answers. This old truck is my favorite road machine. From the video you can see that cruising down SL highways is actually possible. =) * * * Trucking in Second Life. As anyone knows who's tried, driving in Second Life is a challenge. Towards a better experience, I heavily modified one of Asylum Arcadia's freebie trucks by rewriting the vehicle parameters. It handles the roads better than any other vehicle I've driven. Let's go trucking...: http://blip.tv/file/1074463 - Infrared thank you for watching 'Hammer Down'. in the next episode of 'Trucking in Second Life', Infrared will be trying out for a key role with the heavy metal band ZZ Top. Tune in next Sunday at 8 for 'Trucking in Second Life - Lick It Up!'
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Gabriele Graves
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07-13-2008 17:32
Any chance you will be releasing this enhanced script in any way? I also have that truck and would love better handling
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KaiLastOfTheBrunnenG Macdonald
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07-13-2008 18:26
quality stuff! Please tell me this is going to be a series.
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Desmond Shang
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07-13-2008 20:19
This is beyond cool!
I'm having flashbacks to 70's movies though, and my CB radio (still works!)...
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Gabriele Graves
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07-13-2008 21:21
"Breaker, Breaker, I think we have ourselves a convoy..."
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Astrid Schwade
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07-13-2008 22:19
That was outstanding in fact it was so good I'm just going to have to go out and buy myself a truck now. I've got Fraps but I'd love to know what editing prog your using..? Astrid.. |
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Infrared Wind
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07-14-2008 06:38
Wow...great to get some responses. Thx...
Some replies...
@Blot: I run red lights when I see them. =)
@Gabriele Graves: I need to review the script; as I made
changes that might be too specific with what I do with the
truck. I can tell you that the biggest improvement you can
make if you want to drive long distance is dampen the
steering. A lot. Asylum's freebie vehicles are designed
to turn (rotate left/right) very quickly. This makes it difficult
to drive straight. Small adjustments and you're off-road.
These are numbers I use for the truck's steering:
if(level & (CONTROL_RIGHT|CONTROL_ROT_RIGHT))
{
angular_motor.x += 100;
angular_motor.z -= 100;
}
if(level & (CONTROL_LEFT|CONTROL_ROT_LEFT))
{
angular_motor.x -= 100;
angular_motor.z += 100;
}
@KaiLastOfTheBrunnenG Macdonald: Don't know about a series; but I
certainly plan to do more trucking videos. Mostly to inspire people to
try driving. When I first tried driving over a year ago, it was frustrating.
It was no fun at all. It's getting better.
@Astrid Schwade: I capture clips with Fraps. Then I usually open them
one by one in VirtualDub (freeware) to trim them into the pieces I want,
then import to Premiere Pro 2.0.
@Desmond Shang: "got a good copy on that!"
And here's interesting tidbit: I was an 18-wheeler
driver in RL years ago. So the vision-energy behind
the video is largely from recollection of those days.
- Infrared
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Mjolnir Uriza
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07-14-2008 14:09
now i do have to build a scale of my panther expidit truck
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Gabriele Graves
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07-14-2008 14:41
From: Infrared Wind Wow...great to get some responses. Thx...
Some replies...
@Blot: I run red lights when I see them. =)
@Gabriele Graves: I need to review the script; as I made
changes that might be too specific with what I do with the
truck. I can tell you that the biggest improvement you can
make if you want to drive long distance is dampen the
steering. A lot. Asylum's freebie vehicles are designed
to turn (rotate left/right) very quickly. This makes it difficult
to drive straight. Small adjustments and you're off-road.
These are numbers I use for the truck's steering:
if(level & (CONTROL_RIGHT|CONTROL_ROT_RIGHT))
{
angular_motor.x += 100;
angular_motor.z -= 100;
}
if(level & (CONTROL_LEFT|CONTROL_ROT_LEFT))
{
angular_motor.x -= 100;
angular_motor.z += 100;
}
- Infrared Thats awesome, thanks so much Infrared. Fantastic video btw, I only got chance to see it once I got home but I was impressed at how good it was
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Rhonan Morrisey
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07-14-2008 14:55
If only sl had infrastructure, so we needed trucks to move stuff about. that would be great.
Does anyone have a script to make a truck properly artic, as theres no fun in going round a corner by turning in the middle.
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Gabriele Graves
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07-14-2008 14:58
I believe that would need the much asked for Flexible Couplings which would be an extension of the flexi functionality we have today. Flexi's can only be attached on one end today but if they could be attached at both ends then inverse kinematics would be possible and the truck could be made artic.
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Rhonan Morrisey
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07-14-2008 15:02
Hmm oh well, have to stick to rigids then
but still we need to work on the turning, so it turns by the steering axle not the center point, im sure some decent scripter could work that out
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Desmond Shang
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07-14-2008 15:48
I see a *lot* of fun possibilities here... 
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Mjolnir Uriza
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07-16-2008 05:40
eww it's a peterbuilt those are so well......... ugly
what is it with males and the big flat nose on a truck it's not that phallic and it's not shaped like breast where the attration?
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Xerxes Kingstop
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07-16-2008 07:20
That's the only thing you can understand? Sorry. Desmond: I caught the refence. "Duel", Dennis Weaver, 19...70(?) Good memories. I watched the premier.
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3Ring Binder
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07-16-2008 07:23
From: Mjolnir Uriza eww it's a peterbuilt those are so well......... ugly
what is it with males and the big flat nose on a truck it's not that phallic and it's not shaped like breast where the attration? fer shizzle? i think Peterbilts are hot, and even hotter when pulling a transport! 
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Desmond Shang
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07-16-2008 08:01
grins... yeah it was a kind of naughty reference...
Noob: "hey I think that truck is following me, and this is getting dangerous!"
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MoxZ Mokeev
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07-16-2008 08:40
hehe! Awesome job keeping it between the lines! I would have rolled that puppy down one slope or the other. Loved it  ) |
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MoxZ Mokeev
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07-16-2008 08:43
From: Desmond Shang I see a *lot* of fun possibilities here... Eeeks! Is that the Jeepers Creepers truck?! |
