Tank treads? How?
I recently left Space Engineers running on the title screen while I afk'd and when I came back, the scene playing out in the background included a tank. Not a wheeled assault vehicle like you play in The First Drop, but an honest-to-goodness, old-school tank... with continuous track, aka "Tank treads."
The only thing I can possibly think of is to use chain-links of hinges, but how would you even keep them on the wheels while turning, let alone avoid the wrathful vengeance of Klang?
I know there's some hidden stuff like train tracks in the vanilla game, but how did they make that tracked-vehicle in the video, and is there a playable method to creating such a thing?
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How do treads work tank?
Caterpillar tracks work on the same principle as a conveyer belt. The tank engine rotates one or more steel sprockets, which move a track made up of hundreds of metal links. The tank's wheels ride along the moving track, just like the wheels in a car run along the road.How are tank treads attached?
Tanks use high power engines to turn a toothed metal wheel called a sprocket. These sprocket teeth connect to corresponding grooves in the tanks' linked metal tracks which the tanks road wheels run along. This system of tracks and wheels offers more traction than standard wheels.How do tank treads turn?
Tank steering systems allow a tank, or other continuous track vehicle, to turn. Because the tracks cannot be angled relative to the hull (in any operational design), steering must be accomplished by speeding one track up, slowing the other down (or reversing it), or a combination of both.Blender Tank Tracks Tutorial | Modeling \u0026 Rigging | Constraints (Arijan)
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