Custom Rover Suspension Tutorial

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Жыл бұрын

Hello Everyone and welcome to Space Engineers, In this video I Show you how I built some of the suspension mechanisms from the last video.
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@Captain_Jelly 10 ай бұрын

The trick with attaching the rotor head to a suspension and having blocks phase through each other without Clang is the best thing I have ever seen

@quantumchief 10 ай бұрын

Yea, it’s quite cool, I’m sure there are 100s of uses for it

@Captain_Jelly 10 ай бұрын

@@quantumchief Well my first thought is to use it to make inset thrusters flush with ships, or maybe even hide them altogether if these blocks don't take thrust damage due to their lack of collision.

@kinngrimm 3 ай бұрын

I wonder if one could use this with advanced rotors somehow to create a conveyor system for spaced armor, you know these neat looking angled ship armors on hinges overlaping armors sections below. Only issue i had with those is that you weren't able to funnel conveyos through. Then again, wasn't there an update a while back that made hinges able to be part of the conveyor network. Haven't played for a while .. .

@danny73910 7 ай бұрын

The times you stop to worry about enough clarity for us, im like "you're good man just keep going"

@quantumchief 7 ай бұрын

I appreciate it, I just try to ensure everyone can see what I’m doing

@danny73910 7 ай бұрын

@@quantumchief the process at 8:40-8:50 i cant get the wheels to appear, i made sure they're 1x1

@quantumchief 7 ай бұрын

@@danny73910 try putting the wheel suspension upside down, the reversing the suspension

@danny73910 6 ай бұрын

@@quantumchief ended up redesigning the narrow one with two rotors to be end arms for the wider one one. essentially making a quad forked 8x8

@PDX0621 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to show how you built these! I've watched some of your other videos a dozen times and still couldn't quite figure it out. This was perfect!

@hunnybunnysheavymetalmusic6542 Жыл бұрын

Awesome stuff!!! I plan to use it in the future!

@c.jandrews304 Жыл бұрын

Bro, you explained that perfectly. Could we have more videos like this? I'm adding this vid to my SE tutorials Playlist

@quantumchief Жыл бұрын

I’m glad it made sense, I’ll be happy to make more in the future

@sgt_retiredcharlie4102 2 ай бұрын

Love the way your mind works. As a father of 2 autistic boys (boys that are in their mid-20's), I've learned that everyone's minds work uniquely! Embrace your unique way your mind works! I can't wait to make a killer rover with your awesome suspension in it!

@quantumchief 2 ай бұрын

Thanks I appreciate the complement, I love this game and i love what challenges i can give on myself. I got no plan on stopping. If you make anything out of the suspension you should join my discord. would love to see what you make

@brandonfrye1834 Ай бұрын

For anyone on console there is a workaround of using the overrides in the hot bar but that is the only workaround unless you are on a server that has scripts turned on

@simianmetal3978 10 ай бұрын

Comment for good algorithm vibes! Great vid!

@thecreatorreborn8785 Жыл бұрын

your video really inspired me to use and experiment with custom suspension! so thanks mate! but what I noticed that with the angled suspension is that if you hit a slope at an akward angle and with some speed it flings the creation, kinda funny but would be devastating in a survival game

@quantumchief Жыл бұрын

as long as you are not trying to dive over the worst ground possible, the vehicles rarely hit the ground in a way they damage any blocks

@comensee2461 Ай бұрын

I'm trying to understand the actual benefit of a custom suspensions over a regular one. I've built a couple of different variations of custom suspensions including the ones here. The main issue is when you add more weight to the vehicle it puts more pressure on the hinges, pistons, and rotors which requires more torque to counter which can start clanging issues. Also, you need a script to manage the subgrid wheels, and some of them like DriverAssist require you to put a remote control on each of the wheels.

@quantumchief Ай бұрын

its more or less just for the fun. one its a challenge to build and 2 when done right its satisfying to watch it as it flexes over the dunes

@theubie Жыл бұрын

My biggest issue when trying to replicate your design from the first video before this is that once I put any weight up on the rover, it's difficult to keep it from having issues with lateral roll. The rovers I built on stream tended to roll so hard during turns that it would want to flip and also at speed it would tend to pull left or right. Worked amazing going over rough terrian.

@quantumchief Жыл бұрын

yea, the suspension designs are good for the off-road capabilities however at speed they are questionable, If you saw right at the end of the video i showed a new suspension design. it has almost no issues with rolling whilst still offering good suspension.

@theubie Жыл бұрын

@@quantumchief I did see that. Looks promising. Any luck with dealing with the sway. Back to the complex suspension...I think I'm going to try an idea of putting all the axel rotors on a group and locking them when moving at speed, and unlocking them to deal with terrain. We'll see how that goes on today's stream.

@theubie Жыл бұрын

@@quantumchief So, I decided to put all the rotors for the axels in a group. Locking them when on even ground works perfect for fixing the stability at speed. Unlock them for terrain issues. Now if there was just an easy way to force rotors to 0 out without having to run additional scripts, but as long as you're close to flat it fixes all my pulling and rolling issues. I flirted with the idea of switching the last two blocks on the armature to merge blocks but we're already tempting klang as it is with this design!

@simianmetal3978 10 ай бұрын

For the 3 wide design it looks like the design is very different. I’m not sure how to explain it tho. I tried recreating it and it doesn’t work. My one wide works fine. It almost looks like the original concept of connecting the two rotors isn’t the case with the wider one. It looks like one rotor is connected to the “hinged” arm and the other rotor connects to the wheels. Am I wrong? Edit: I tried Messing around and did just one rotor, put half slabs under the 1x1 wheels, and lowered the 1x1 wheels until the touched the slabs. Seems to work now

@cheesejuice_ Ай бұрын

23:20 solution is you mount it with the back. Classic Half-Truck, no?

@quantumchief Ай бұрын

The problem was the where the rotor heads are on the suspension acts like free rotors, meaning the wheels could slide, side to side. I have since fixed this issue

@Jaxftw 3 ай бұрын

Have you tried this with large grid? when i try to recreate the first suspension on a large grid i cant seem to get enough propulsion to go fast than 3 m/s even after adding some large atmo engines just to test. not sure what im doing wrong.

@quantumchief 3 ай бұрын

I’ve never personally tried it, but it should still work, make sure you use a subgrid control script

@Jaxftw 3 ай бұрын

@@quantumchief Thanks for the reply, I managed to get it working after blueprinting and pasting in a new save, I must have been getting some weird interaction with the terrain all is good now, thanks for the great work!

@quantumchief 3 ай бұрын

@@Jaxftw glad you liked it. i do have a new video coming out some point soon showing off some new designs

@Captain_Jelly 9 ай бұрын

I used this to make a rover for a race, but I forgot that multiplayer games don't like complex things and the wheels used in the suspension just phased through the blocks and locked up the whole thing, so now I had to replace the whole rig with a normal wheel base XD. Great for solo though

@quantumchief 9 ай бұрын

yea, i hope one day (or in SE 2 ) they fix the phasing issue

@brandonfrye1834 Ай бұрын

Try looking on the steam workshop for a blueprint called " Soggy MK5 custom suspension" it uses a very similar suspension design that he has but it's using larger wheels and may not have the clipping issue..

@zacharywilder140 9 ай бұрын

I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong or the game doesn't allow me to do this anymore however, trying to build this in survival mode is a lot more difficult #1 because to move the rotors you have to turn one one way and turn the other in the opposite direction because they are mirrored. #2 when you turn the rotors to place the 1x1 suspension, there still isn't enough clearance for the wheel to spawn. I have maxed the rotors turned all the way to where I can't turn them anymore because it's hitting the 5x5 suspension and it still won't let me place the wheel. Maybe I'm doing something wrong, either way, cool build and thanks. I'm still a beginner as well, still learning.

@quantumchief 9 ай бұрын

In some cases I had to place the wheel suspension first before almost any other blocks after that is done I can refine the design

@kinngrimm 3 ай бұрын

While you explained the how perfectly, the why is a bit elusive to me. I haven't built any suspensions myself sofar and while i get that these usually are to absorb impact, i wonder what the rotors are doing here. Is it to keep the chasis level to the center of gravity?

@quantumchief 3 ай бұрын

Its to keep the wheels in contact with the floor as much as possible, if the wheels are not on the floor they dont aid in the vehicles movement

@kinngrimm 3 ай бұрын

@@quantumchiefgot it, thx for the quick response. Have you seen though these suspensions which would keept the chasis level with the center of gravity? Basicly you could walk forth and back on the rover without ever noticing that you traverse rough terrain. I guess this could be merged with that. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i7GHm5ep37e0k3k.html this was the suspension system i ment

@quantumchief 3 ай бұрын

@@kinngrimm yea, i think they use scrips to keep things level. i like to just mess around with cool mechanisms

@kinngrimm 3 ай бұрын

@@quantumchief can't one get the same effect or a similar effect without scripts? I mean if you have a balanced scale to all axis, wouldn't that then lead to being level to the center of gravity?

@brandonfrye1834 Ай бұрын

@@kinngrimmScripps are required because the wheels are on a subgrid not part of the main grid meaning if you get in the cockpit and try to turn the wheels left or right or even hit forward or backwards nothing will happen. If you want to do this without scripts you need to set up the wheels on the subgrid to a group and then use the group overrides

@lordzerks2813 8 ай бұрын

my merge blocks wont let me do this and blink yellow and red. no matter how many times i headbutt it. xD iv resorted to building a utility ship with a magnetic plate on the front to help attach things now. how are u able to attach grids like this with merge blocks?

@quantumchief 8 ай бұрын

Make sure you have some kind of block you can have ownership of, that way both grids should belong to someone allowing merge blocks to work properly

@official_efie 7 ай бұрын

Putting the 1x1 wheel on top of the main wheels' suspension is not working. Is it because of the latest update?

@quantumchief 7 ай бұрын

maybe, try putting the suspension block upside down, then change the suspension height

@einfachleos2355 8 ай бұрын

Hey amazing build! I build it in mi survival world and I struggle whit the strength Settings ant it looks not so smoothly when I drive over things

@quantumchief 8 ай бұрын

it takes a bit to get the exact settings, also low down weight is key

@TheMeatballMan420 Ай бұрын

Most of the guide is great, but the 3x3 extension part is very poorly explained. I can't figure out what you did with it. Rest of the guide is great though. I build a really nice looking rover base with your smaller design, and it absolutely slaps. Def gave you a like and sub, ty.

@quantumchief Ай бұрын

Understandable, it wasn’t easy to explain

@dustin0676 2 ай бұрын

could you show how to attach two suspension's together in survival.

@quantumchief 2 ай бұрын

The best way i would recommend you try build it is first in creative where you have no resource requirements. the other thing i will say is build it down from the hinge and rotors, you can use them to angle the suspension when building to fit blocks better

@MaxNStax Жыл бұрын

2:35 what are those suspension blocks called? I cannot find them in the game

@quantumchief Жыл бұрын

there the 5x5 wheels but the they are the DLC Version

@smcfadden1992 7 ай бұрын

there was a time when have your wheels at an angle like that made your vehicle not drive like only the bottom of the wheel moves the vehicle and the bottom of the wheels not touching the ground so it wouldnt go very well

@quantumchief 7 ай бұрын

There not 100% perfect but it’s allot better then just vanilla wheel suspension

@smcfadden1992 7 ай бұрын

@quantumchief i believe they fixed what i mentioned, it was like the bottom plane of your wheel was the only part of the wheel that would move you so if you put your suspension on an angle it would put the front or back of the tread on the ground instead of the bottom and it wouldnt move

@Code_DarkWolf Жыл бұрын

Couldn't you use automaton AI blocks to control the wheels? Even if it is not perfect you no longer need scripts for those

@quantumchief Жыл бұрын

from my knowledge the automation blocks cant control wheels only gyros and thrusters

@Da_Storm_420 Күн бұрын

sadly i cant seem to place the armor plates over the rotors, thing an update broke this

@quantumchief Күн бұрын

if that is the case that is a shame, ill have to look and see if i can get it to work

@BohanOv-oe8dg 6 ай бұрын

Очень сильно благодарю за этот урок, мужик, ты гений💪

@quantumchief 6 ай бұрын

No problem

@mugsy8 9 ай бұрын

Keen please. for goodness sakes. some of this should have been in the base game with the planets update. edit: what i mean here is sub grid control should not require a script.

@quantumchief 9 ай бұрын

Yep, I totally agree, and there should just be a suspension block, where you can attach blocks on each side

@k5hi59 7 ай бұрын

When the hell did they make the subscribe button light up when he says subscribe? 😮

@brandonfrye1834 Ай бұрын

For about 2 years now that's been a thing

@leadhail Жыл бұрын

since you are already using one script, why not add one more? there is a script called Rotor Torsion Spring that turns rotors and hinges into suspension like objects based on the settings you give it.

@quantumchief Жыл бұрын

For the most part I try and be as vanilla as possible, the one script it mandatory where other ones are extra