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Well it already happens with body types, seems to work well I think.
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01-27-2015, 11:23 PM
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Electrics have been reimplemented. I still have a little tweaking to do to get the stats for engines as a whole, but they're much better now than when they were in older builds of the game.
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A thought on the electric motors.
I really like the idea of option between an electric motor (typically 1) via transmission, but there should also be a direct drive - wheel mounted (2 or 4 motors) or inboard mounted (typically 1 or 2 motors). Of course wheel mounted have to be limited in size.
Also, while adjusting the length of the motor to change output makes sense, you could also have a slider for number of turns (or winds). Lower winds have more torque while higher winds have more rpm (thus hp). This would allow a trade-off in design. The basic fact of DC motors is: voltage is speed, and current is torque. Double the voltage, double the speed.
Very cool game. I look forward to its further development
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(03-22-2016, 10:18 AM)bryanr73 Wrote: A thought on the electric motors.
I really like the idea of option between an electric motor (typically 1) via transmission, but there should also be a direct drive - wheel mounted (2 or 4 motors) or inboard mounted (typically 1 or 2 motors). Of course wheel mounted have to be limited in size.
Also, while adjusting the length of the motor to change output makes sense, you could also have a slider for number of turns (or winds). Lower winds have more torque while higher winds have more rpm (thus hp). This would allow a trade-off in design. The basic fact of DC motors is: voltage is speed, and current is torque. Double the voltage, double the speed.
Very cool game. I look forward to its further development
Both direct drive and multiple engines could be added to the game easily via the modding system in v1.22.
I still have a little work to do on cylinderless engines, but I probably won't be implementing these.
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