Shock Placement

[LordFrosting]

So I was throwing together a truck and I got everything for the most part in place. But the shocks are sticking out of the body:

 

 

 

Can someone tell me what things I need to change to fix this?

 

Thanks.

[Jack Merkle]

Not use the old body.

[LordFrosting]

Not use the old body.

It was the only body I have. I'm just reusing parts from different trucks and packs. 

[rockgod88]

lower the shock nodes in the .truck file

[LordFrosting]

lower the shock nodes in the .truck file

Thanks! May I ask which nodes are the shock node? I am a little new to some of the things in the .truck file

[Mark Colineri]

You don't need to lower the entire node to move the shocks. Actually, that is the wrong way to do it if you want to maintain the handling of the truck Just go to the prop line and lower the shock models. 

[rockgod88]

That only works very slightly

(Fr0m when i tried at least)

Or u could lowwr it in blender ( the mesh)

[Mark Colineri]

It works quite well actually.

[rockgod88]

Mmm ill try that on my trucks then cuz i usally i place the node correctly whith the chassis then replace the mesh from there.

[Outlawed]

Moving the shock node is great if your going for proper scale suspension, if not your just removing suspension travel. In the shock prop line you this is what it looks like (you will have to move the shock body, coil and shock shaft)

 

 

            30,69,64, -0.025, 0.039, -0.06, -270, 270, 0, SSRSCCshock.mesh

69,30,64, 0.3, 0.039, -0.0, 0, 90, 270, CCshockshaft.mesh

 

First three numbers are the reference nodes the meshes use for movement perimeters. The first decimal number is to move a mesh up and down, second number is to move left and right and the last decimal number is to move front to back. You will have to tinker with the numbers a bit though, use increments of 0.1 or 0.05. The meshes move drastically to small number changes. 

[rockgod88]

ahh ok thax Nick

[LordFrosting]

Thanks for the help!

[Outlawed]

obviously the meshes listed are not going to be the ones you need to move, I just copy pasted the lines from the SMRA Canadian Crippler. Also if need be you can use negative numbers (Obvious but I just wanted to make sure you are aware)