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[Official Statement] Piston and Rotor Offsets

By kennet0508

After posting a support ticket, heres the official answer of what are the exact rotor and piston offsets

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X4: Foundations

Category: Gameplay Basics, Secrets

Languages: English

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Official Keen statement from the art team

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Official Keen statement from the art team

Figured this was important enough that it was worth sharing in the everlasting battles with Clang/Klang

My question:
Hi

Im looking for spesific information that isnt clearly available in the documentations provided.
im asking about the following information:

1. The 1x1 angle slope is 45°, what exact mathematic angle is the 1x2 slope, stair and ramp

2. What is the exact base offset of a piston

3, What are the offsets for rotors to be flush with the grid

Hope to hear from you soon!

Keen's answer:

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Bonus section on angles

13 Comments

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kennet0508 [author] 29 Jan, 2024 @ 4:46pm

My pleasure! :D

pro100tv 29 Jan, 2024 @ 5:26am

Thanks for posting, it's a huge help when playing with rotors and pistons!

kennet0508 [author] 22 Jan, 2024 @ 9:10am

yeah, this has been such a timesaver,
Also there appears to be some flex in pistons, so say your stacking 4x pistons in a cross to make a "stronger link", they should all be facing the same direction to avoid them giving phantom forces trying to push or pull inwards/outwards..
(Example, all 4 facing up instead of 1 up, 1 down, 1 left, 1 right

Mr. Gherkin 22 Jan, 2024 @ 5:52am

Many thanks for providing this :)

This makes me very happy, not only for obvious reasons, but also because it corroborates my empirical measurements (repeatedly adjusting by trial and error then checking alignment by eyeball).

My estimated LG piston min distance: 2.34
actual (2.5m - 0.158463): 2.341537

My estimated LG piston max distance: 9.840
actual (10.0m - 0.158463): 9.841537

so in both cases, I was 1.537mm off...

And I still got Klang XD

kennet0508 [author] 12 Jan, 2024 @ 5:35am

Hahahaha, thank you for your confidence, much appreciated! :D

BIV 12 Jan, 2024 @ 2:20am

Thanks for your reply, no proof needed as I trust you plus I'm sure with the your smarts you could prove to me that the Earth was flat.

kennet0508 [author] 11 Jan, 2024 @ 6:07am

Not a scam, straight the art team in a tech support ticket, reply was recieved 20/04/2023, if i could upload a screenshot of the whole ticket i would, but comments dont allow for uploads :) PM me if you want proof

BIV 10 Jan, 2024 @ 8:19pm

Wow, I'm trying to figure out how to use a script and you guys are going all TBBT.
Or it's a scam, damn I hate being stupid.

kennet0508 [author] 1 Dec, 2023 @ 1:06pm

I know right!

LilEndian 1 Dec, 2023 @ 1:05pm

You would have thought that they would make these values.. standard? Like why not just make the models so 0.1 aligns to grid

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