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Everyone's been asking for some sort of thing like this but noone's specifying how it would work, so here's my 1337 idea.
There would be a new tool given to you in Build Mode. You click it.
A little GUI comes up asking how wide, in studs, you want the belt to be.
You type in the box using whole #s and decimals as accurate as to 0.1.
There would be a second box asking how thick you want it.
Type using #s and decimals as accurate as 0.01.
There would be a little Tread Type button under that. Click it and a list pops up.
Click Smooth, Street, Knobby, Metal Studs or Metal Spikes. (Maybe more)
Click and drag over normal Wheels, and drag to each one in turn.
Drag over the first wheel once again after you connect all other wheels together.
Release the mouse button.
A belt thing 'snaps' around the selected wheels (Maybe with a real Snap sound.)
Repeat with other side.
Viola! You've made a vehicle with actual Caterpillar Tacks/Tank treads!
Depending on which Tread Type you choose it would affect how well it can grip certain surfaces. For instance, Spikes would work really well on Ice but would simply fail on Stone or Metal, whereas Smooth would be great for Stone or Metal while it would lose almost all traction on Ice or Sand.
This could also be used as a belt to connect Cylinders so you can make actual conveyor belts, rather than a single brick that moves things along it.
If I confused you just ask me to explain. I'm just trying to make it so if the ROBLOX Staff actually see this they know what I'm talking about. On the other hand if you understand and like this idea, just post a comment or suggestion to improve this idea (If you wish) followed by support. If you don't like this idea, please explain why and follow up with a simple No support.
Me somehow classifying as a noob or being NBC are not legitimate reasons to not support this idea.
And if some sort of Flame War starts up over this then I don't understand why. All I wanted to do was suggest something tht could really give the ROBLOX Staff something to work with and base their idea off of instead of just playing it by ear. |
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Imagine how much you could do with this... this would open up the possibilities to many more complex machines. And imagine how cool this would be combined with Cogs when they come out? You could make a belt that drives a gear that turns a giant millstone that grinds Wheat into Flour or something. Tanks, Escavators, Factories with actual conveyor belts. All this would be immediately possible. |
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Derper77Join Date: 2012-06-29
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A bit confusing...
~Ibesailin'tehforums~ |
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Basically you get a tool that you can 'draw' a belt around the current ROBLOX Wheels and Cylinders with. You could click an option to change what kind of Tread it had and there would B 2 boxes, one that says "Width" above it, the other saying "Thickness" and in those two you could type how wide/thick you wanted. Or the belt could automatically adjust to the Wheel's Width, and if linking two wheels/cylinders of varying width it'd stick with the Narrower one. (A feature I thought of shortly after posting this and thought "Should've posted that instead...") You could choose Thickness tho still. Something else this could B used for: Snowmobiles. If you understand and like this, PLZ comment and if you wish post a few other practical uses for it. |
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Thanks Pokemon. First supporter. I SUPPORT YOUR SUPPORT. X3 Now let's try and get this to the Top 10 in the Forums... maybe if we do that something like this will actually be released. |
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I support, someone did make something like to a while ago back in 2007, but it eventualy became too laggy. |
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Nice. The more support the better. And hopefully with this there wouldn't be any lag since ROBLOX would register the treads as one part but it would act like it has many segments or like it's just a rubber band streched around the wheels.
Another thing this could be used for: Some sort of Part/Character launcher. |
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tommyfunJoin Date: 2011-01-04
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why not just make a plugin for it. Support |
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Honestly Tommy IDK how to use plugins... and I'm talking about InGame not just ROBLOX Studio only. Still thanx for the support. |
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Bump cmon don't more peeps waht this? |
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60 views 11 replies? Srsly? Wow. Guess I worded it wrong. :/ |
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jacob726Join Date: 2008-07-24
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That tends to happen quite often.
An idea having way more views than replies.
Anyways; support, maybe.
Would it actually DO anything, other than be for aesthetic(look) value?
If not, then it's easy enough to build it with what... 4 bricks per side, and then with 4 textures, 1 per brick.
~>Count Zero<~ |
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jacob726Join Date: 2008-07-24
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Failure on my part, I just finished reading the little outlying sentences.
Support.
~>Count Zero<~ |
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@2 above yes it would do something. the different kinds of treads would have different amounts of traction depending on what kind it was, and lose more traction on some surfaces than others. Sides it would allow the vehicle to climb over objects and navigate rough terrain WAY better since nothing can get caught between the induvidual wheels. Plus think of all that would be possible with this... to me it's a beautiful dream. A few of my cars would DEFINATELY be updated... And think of how much we'll B able to do with this if Cogs come out? But that's a different forum, and may come at a different time than this. I see a bright future for ROBLOX. I've already seen it evolve much since I joined in 2011. Wiring, Terrain, a few other things were all added in this short year, and I don't/didn't even have my Veteran's Badge [at the time of this post].
Anyway, whoever supports this is epic in my book. And people who dislike this, it's not like it's not optional. Just don't use the tool er whatever when it comes out. |
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If it comes out. I hope the ROBLOX Developers see this and decide it's a good idea to base off of. And IDRC if they give me credit for this idea (Although it'd B sweet) when/if it comes out. I'd just B happy being able to put Treads on things. |
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What would the upper limit be on the size? |
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The maximum size wouldn't really HAVE a limit as I don't see why anyone would make some giant thing that takes up the whole game with Tank Treads on it. |
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Well there's a ceiling height and width and stuff for everything else. |
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1204Join Date: 2008-04-21
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Nice idea, could also make conveyor belts more realistic than a brick with a "current"
~I am not a Mythbuster. I am a LogicBuster.~ |
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I still don't C why there'd have to B a limit. Sides limits... well... limit you. What if you want to make a really long conveyor to transport parts across the map? Limits would make you have to use more than one conveyor and while this would B kinda cool it'd also B an annoyance cuz parts would get stuck between the belts if not lined up right. Plus the only limits I know of in ROBLOX are the (0, 0, 0) position and the parts more than so many studs away from that disappearing. |
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1204 Thanx for the support. Peeps like you are helpin' to keep this forum on the first page. Let's try to get this through to the Devs. Maybe they'll actually do something like this.
~Who else kinda misses the Stamper, ya kno, B4 they broke it into 5 seperate tools? :/~ |
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iornfenceJoin Date: 2010-02-23
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Support. Any vehicle with REAL treads these days takes painstaking work. |
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