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3x3 Wheel Collision Fix

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1 May, 2020 @ 11:33am

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Description

Fixes Keen's unnecessarily large collision zone on the small and large grid 3x3 wheels, allowing blocks to be placed around the wheel suspension as with the other wheels. This mod only modifies the block definitions for four wheel blocks: left and right small and large grid 3x3 suspension wheels. The standalone (sans-suspension) wheel blocks are unaffected. No models are affected.

Suggested Mod: Better Wheels - a more comprehensive overhaul of the vanilla wheels that includes the improvements from 3x3 Wheel Collision Fix.

Quirks:
For some reason this seems to require a slightly higher "strength" setting for the wheel suspensions to achieve the same ride height.
For some reason enabling this mod makes the modified wheels fully mountable on all faces; added a single mount point in the middle of the wheel to restrict it to that location. Spike wheels!

Questions, suggestions and other feedback are very welcome!

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Daniel Lee Howell [author] 29 Oct, 2020 @ 5:46pm

Hey all, check out Better Wheels . I've optimized collision and enhanced suspension travel for all wheels which should allow a lot more flexibility in your builds.

Daniel Lee Howell [author] 2 Sep, 2020 @ 2:53pm

@UNITGX48, Kam Solastor good idea, I'll experiment with it when I have some time. There would definitely be advantages as you both mentioned, only thing that worries me is that the wheels themselves might not be usable if the collision box was set to 1x1x1 units.

Kam Solastor 9 Aug, 2020 @ 10:58am

I second UNITGX48's idea - I can build around wheels decently, but if I try to replace a lost wheel - you gotta remove a ton of blocks if you built them close, build the wheel, THEN replace the blocks. It's a huge pain. Would be awesome to have it where it'd let you build the damn wheel if the surrounding structure was able to be built in the first place.

UNITGX48 2 Jul, 2020 @ 9:43pm

Would it be possible to make a version like this that sets all wheels to a 1x1 build box to make adding wheels significantly easier than having to grind off an entire fender?

[Spitfyre] kjs 4 Jun, 2020 @ 4:47pm

@Daniel Lee Howell Is there any chance of putting in a mod request? And if so could we talk about it on DMs?

Daniel Lee Howell [author] 4 Jun, 2020 @ 3:08pm

@Титан unfortunately the SE engine only allows block volumes to be specified in integer units. This wheel was 2 blocks wide, which I reduced to one. I'm not aware of a way to do what you're asking without access to the game's source code, and even then it would probably be tough to do.

T-TaaN 31 May, 2020 @ 11:27am

Good. Can you make half block collisions for... half blocks in small gird? Is it possible? That would also be great if someone make mod that multiply all block collision size for 0.9. That would solve very much count of problems in SE

[Spitfyre] kjs 13 May, 2020 @ 5:59pm

@Daniel Lee Howell Good luck with that one mate! I'm waiting on some parts to come available with this Covid crap... Stay safe!

Daniel Lee Howell [author] 13 May, 2020 @ 5:19pm

@[SPITFYRE] kjs Glad to hear it! Working on a new PC build myself atm. Well, really just waiting to find a decent x570 mobo for a decent price x(

[Spitfyre] kjs 8 May, 2020 @ 12:17pm

Yep yep. This will be *PERFECT* for my antagonist server coming up :P (after I get a new compy. And find more players lol)

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