WIP - Beta Released Hot air balloon

[VerkaN]

Don't worry, i came up with another idea (writing materials manually ).

 

[Miner34]

It's not as bad as i thought (didn't plug in the normal map yet tho) and it seems to be working:

 

[Fili86RaceFace]

wow nice

 

[Miner34]

The 3D model i used seems to have a bit of a mess in the materials, but i will fix it. Also, i plan on adding a few extra details myself (like propane tanks and gauges), but i don't know if i will do that before the initial release.
Current release to-do list:

• Adding all materials [done]
• Fix a bug that stutters/crashes RoR when you remove it [done]
• Fix a bug that makes it start as not inflated until you click f1/f2 [done]
• Get some more consistency at different FPS (currently, if you are going any slower than 60 fps it's gonna inflate/deflate slower, even if physics are still running normally) [done]
• Optimize the code (it causes some lag on my pc, and since a lot of players use slower hardware, this is a priority) [done]
• Add license and credits [done]
• Remove old test files [done]
• Balance speed [releasing anyways]

 

[Miner34]

Work on materials is going pretty well:

I realized the rope has inverted normals and i have to manually invert it in Blender. I have to say i gave up on creating .materials manually (it was way too hard without finding where RoR's default ones are, if you know where the flexbody_standard effect is please tell me) and just created a 1 pixel image for each solid color material.

 

[Miner34]

I fixed the rope normals:

It's not as bad as i thought (didn't plug in the normal map yet tho) and it seems to be working:
View attachment 22710

Notice how in the quoted post it was dark in the sun and bright in the shadows.

 

[Ramys3434]

ur doing good progress

 

[Miner34]

All materials are in:

I might add the reflective maps where needed (i only have a dummy one on the engine right now) but not now, i'm definitely going to take a break.
I worked on this for almost 2 and a half hours straight.

 

[Fili86RaceFace]

wow interesting

 

[Miner34]

I fixed the removal stutter/crash bug.
You can always check the to-do list (link to previous post), i edit it every time i get closer to release.

 

[Miner34]

Releasing now!
Download or compile Rigs of Rods from https://github.com/RigsOfRods/rigs-of-rods/pull/3159
to use it.
Link to github repo, if you want to improve something: https://github.com/Miner34dev/RoR-hot-air-balloon
Enjoy the first hot air balloon for Rigs of Rods!

 

[siema]

uhh sir
it does this when spawned

 

[Miner34]

uhh sir
it does this when spawned

**edit: nvm i figured it out*

You forgot to install the required build i guess

 

[Ramys3434]

developer build?

 

[Miner34]

developer build?

https://github.com/RigsOfRods/rigs-of-rods/actions/runs/9784308710?pr=3159
Note that you need a github account for that.
Else, you have to compile the branch yourself:
https://github.com/ohlidalp/rigs-of-rods/tree/freeforces

 

[siema]

oh

will it be usable with the new update (if it ever comes out)

 

[Miner34]

oh

will it be usable with the new update (if it ever comes out)

It will be usable with regular itch.io builds as soon as the PR gets merged.

 

[VerkaN]

Neat will get it when stable build comes out
Also congratulations on first public mod (unless I missed something)
What do you plan on doing next?

 

[Ramys3434]

cool mod but it takes half of my fps sometimes

yeah

 

[Mark]

congratulations on first public mod (unless I missed something)
What do you plan on doing next?

he's gonna go on a tour of all the ror maps with his hot air balloon of course!