Firstly, Thank you I have been able to create some really nice and well preforming tanks.
Now, My issue is, Once the wheels are damaged. they do not add back correctly. When I built it not all the wheels spawned in either?

its just a bare chassis, you have to load in whatever script for steering, again this is a old build uploaded a year ago

Very difficult to turn the chasis

yeah, there are ways, or you can speend 5 min and revert back to update.180 and make as many as you want then come back to current game version

i've found a new way to make these "tracks" in the current version:
It only takes 2 mergeblocks, 1 piston with max impulse settings and the suspension blocks


ShipShipShipShipShipShipShipShip
Ship Ship
Piston----->Mergeblock> <Mergeblock
Wheel- Wheel-
suspension suspension
Wheel Wheel

At first, when the piston extends, the wheels push each other away but as soon as the merge blocks lock, the wheels clip into each other.
Just repeat the process untill you have the desired length.

How do you do the wheel bug may I ask

i made a tank with it and it was so cool

you use to be able to in patch .184, but not after that

umm, im not sure you can weld the wheels being so close together

Is it possible to build this in survival?

lul

DUNT LIE TO ME

still works fine ppl :D

Yet there's about a million other problems that remain from 20 updates ago. Oh but here's some new features and bugs with the latest update ... sorry

oh crap they fixed that now!

But that wont place a wheel fam

its been patched, but you can place a suspension block and safty lock it, then place another next to it, lock it and repeat

Man, I might use this now cause they patched the glitch

I uploaded my "Lycan [MBT]" tank from picture above to the workshop :D http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1116192356

tbh i'll probably download a mod for some tank-style of turrets and place them on it. looks good though

best ever...

yeah it works good

This seems much more stable than the old track builds, some epic Klang from those...

i shouldve made a version with 5x5 wheels

Can a bigger version with this glitch be manufactured?

Can I join to you for copy this blueprint? ^^

Dont think anyone else is having any issues with BP

hmm really?

Failed to load the blueprint file ;(

:D

ThANKS! xD

thanks guys, tank in picture above was Inspired by INKY's Isara Tank build, ill be releasing it soon :D

the tank in the picture is bosssss. i want it!

Oh damn i sure like that tank in the picture!

Or you can just use Whips MART script. It works so much better than gyros.

Have fun :D

i'll lhave to try that out, honestly have seen it but never tried it

Okay in summary: If the tank has gun elevation: put the remote and gyoscope on the gun barrel. So when u turn off BOTH rotors (rotor connecting hull and turret, and rotor connecting turret to cannon) and control the remote from the main hull and TA-DA!!! I got an elevated turnable turret! My failed tank suddenly became alive! (Until I was abusing/smashing my hull by elevating the gun up and down like a retard)

Nice glad to here that :D

@Deathlok @Xionph Oh my god turning off the freakin Adv. rotor just works! (Just panning with mouse) Wow, i cannot believe Space Engineers doesn't teach you these tricks and you have to find them yourself. Thanks for all your helpful input! I can probably make a "French" autoloader tank XD or even a tank that is turreted and buildable in survival (I know the blueprint doesnt come with subgrid but im working with the merge block trick)

@ Xionph Your welcome :D

@ Ashley Cinders, i think if you turn rotor torque down or off you can move turrets with gyros and a remote, not totally sure though

The gun elevation is very tricky as you have to get a good balance on the gun for it to work smoothly. It is often easy to make the turret move but much harder to make the gun elevate with rotors and gyros (not to mention it can become very large). It's the main reason why most tanks use just the rotors on their own or scripts.

@Xionph thank you for your explanation. Though it's odd: i have rotors that are turned on and yet I can still rotate them (as in panning with my mouse, but I'll have to check. It could be the cause). I know how the general concept works because I have one or two successful rotor tanks but other tanks I have attempted they just dont work even I have built them in the exact format. Right now I'm just building a turreted tank with no gun elevation.

The ratio of blocks or wheight does not influence your turret. Only gyros do. if you made the mistake with the rotors the turrets which are working, have more gyro power than the rotor has breaking power -> turret behaves like pushing, lugging.

The most probable mistake is to not turn off the rotors

1. You need to control your turret from the gun, not from the chassi. Place a remote control block on thr barrel. Place your gyros on the barrel to. (Remote and gyros only turn all subgrids they are placed on, not the ones placed on them.
2. Make sure your rotors are turned off. If not, they will try to turn to the angle they are set to, not
The angle the mouse controlled remote wants them to.
Sry for my poor capability to explain things, ask again if some things are unclear. Have fun

Hey there! When making a turreted tank, how does one uses the gyroscope and remote control to move/turn the turret with mouse (instead of using scripts)? When I was making turreted tanks I got some working and some not. (Not working ones behaves like pushing/tugging ur tank down as u tries to pan the mouse). My only speculation is that the hull blocks must have more ratio than the rotor/subgrid (aka turreted hull).

Thanks for that awesome chassi :)