Brick Rigs

Brick Rigs

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Law of Adjacent Actuators [LAA]
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Explains how actuators act when phasing though objects
   
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Most experienced builders should have noticed that sometimes actuators on your craft pass through the craft's bricks with no shaking at all as if there was nothing there, but other times it shakes violently.

First, we need to make a few definitions clear: we will look at crafts by splitting the craft up into "Sections", a "Section" is a connected piece of the craft that is not separated by actuators, wheels, or anything that can move, it is rigid.



This can be explained and taken advantage of, notice the picture, the gun in my vehicle is phasing through the black bricks with no shake at all, this is because:

1. Things attached to an actuator will not glitch when passing through bricks that are attached to the section that the actuator itself is attached to. Eg. the actuator of the gun is attached to the hull "Section" of my craft, therefore the actuator will not glitch when it passes through bricks in the "hull" section.

2. Sections that are not directly connected to the section they are passing through will glitch. In other words, sections that are two or more actuators away from the section they are contacting will glitch, but those that are only separated by 1 actuator will not, the same applies to wheels and heli blades.

Uses
This enables creative armoring where you do not need to leave a gaping hole for the gun to pass through; machine guns could be made to look airtight with this, and on architectural builds, it is what enables doors to work.

It seems to also provide extra stability for the glitched section—very useful for mechs.
16 Comments
vammo 23 Dec, 2023 @ 12:48pm 
this is very interesting. good job!
gekinatracksuit 9 Jul, 2022 @ 2:40pm 
@Period yes the turret will collide with the other turret
boombot 9 Jul, 2022 @ 10:56am 
because i cannot still figure it out.
boombot 9 Jul, 2022 @ 10:56am 
i hope that makes sense.
boombot 9 Jul, 2022 @ 10:56am 
so what im understanding is a turret that is on one rotater actuator will have collision with a gun in it that is also on an actuator?
boombot 9 Jul, 2022 @ 10:42am 
oh thanks, this is gonna be very useful for building turrets n' stuff
gekinatracksuit 8 Jul, 2022 @ 5:43pm 
@Period
TL;DR
Actuator go through brick unless brick is separated by other actuator.
boombot 8 Jul, 2022 @ 3:37pm 
this is confusing, i can't understand anything the guide is saying
76561199014527915 7 Oct, 2020 @ 6:58am 
shoot*