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Realistic suspension

Hello everyone!

Added new function. Now you can store presets for suspensions and switch between them.

This script controls Suspension parameters for your car, making suspension behavior more realistic (close to real air-suspension). Also, it tries to prevent suspension destruction after ground impact in long jumps.
Original concept has been proposed by [MGE]LeonserGT.

-Remember initial parameters for suspension strength, damping, wheel's position.
-Reads wheel position on suspension.
-Adjusts strength parameter of the suspension, according to car's vertical speed.
-Adjusts damping parameter of the suspension, according to car's vertical speed.
-Checks wheel's lift-off, coorects suspension parameters to impact-safe.
-Change propulsion parameter of the suspension, for smooth turning.
-Decrease calculation rate, on low speed.
-Remember presets for suspension parameters.
-Switch between presets.

In discussion section...

Minimal setup (vital):
-Programmable block (for script).
-Timer (should runs programmable block and (optionally) starts itself for full-auto reboot after world reloading)
-Suspension

Add suffiixes, determinated in the script:
Timer block - "_Susp_Clock"
Suspension - "_Susp"

Optimal setup(not so vital, but useful)
-full list above
-Text panel (store presets, remember current preset)

Add suffiixes, determinated in the script:
Timer block - "_Susp_Clock"
Suspension - "_Susp"
Text Panel - "_Preset"

You can find this paramerers in the begiinning of the script. They could be changed to your own needs.

Name suffixes (for searching blocks on a grid):
strClock - suffix for the Timer block, which runs this script
strSuspSuff - suffix for the Suspension block
strTPSuff - suffix for the Text Panel

Variables for fine tuning:
dForce - Strength, put to the suspension, if script calculates wheel's lift-off
dSafeSpeed - vertical speed limit, on higher speed script adjusts suspension parameters

Script keeps initial parameters for suspensions in Suspension block name. If you want to change this parameters, you should reset script, change parameters in each suspension and start script again.

You can type commands directly to the argument box in programmable block, but i recommend you to use Button Panels. No typing mistakes and good look!

"start" - starts script to runs itself. Initial boot.
"stop" - typed once, stops script. Typed twice, resets parameters (including remebered parameters for suspensions).
"g:up" - switch preset from current to higher.
"g:down" - switch preset from current to lower.

This function accessible only if you install Text Panel!
Every new preset must be written in a new row in Text panel. Row starts with the preset ID (number). After ID you can place abbreviation for parameter and it's value for this preset. You can change multiple parameters in one preset. Division sign between every parameter and value is ":"
Example of such row: "1:P:100:F:100:S:90:H:0".
Above ou can see screenshot with working example.

Abbreviations for the text panel and according suspension parameters, controlled by script:
-SA - Steering Angle.
-SS - Steering Speed.
-SR - Steer Return Speed.
-P - Power.
-F - Friction.
-D - Damping.
-S - Strength.
-H - Height Offset.
-T - Suspension Travel.
-L - Speed limit.

Link to changelog

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