Common 3D Crawler Creation
| Tutorial Information | |
|---|---|
| Author | T-Bone |
| Difficulty | Beginner |
| Version | FS22 |
| Date | March 2, 2024 |
Requirements:
- Basic knowledge of using Blender
- Giants i3d Exporter Plugins from GDN
- Giants Editor from GDN
- Track piece with 1 UVset
Information
On this page, we delve into the essential information for integrating two varieties of crawlers into Farming Simulator: Rigid and Soft crawlers.
Farming Simulator allows the creation of 3D crawlers in these "formats":
- Rigid (usually for steel or metal track pads)
- Soft (usually for rubber or anything that should be one continuous length mesh)
Although both types fall under the category of crawlers, they require slightly different approaches, from creation to integration into the game.
Rigid Crawlers are crafted from separate pieces of metal or steel that are merged into a single mesh upon export. In contrast, Soft Crawlers are designed as a continuous mesh, offering a different method of construction.
Rigid Crawler
There is not really any limit on how much triangles/polys each induvidual piece can have, but approximately somewhere around 350 triangles/poly is a good target. For the LOD somewhere around 70 triangles/polys is a good target
Requirements for motionPath_secondUV_colorMask shader variation is mesh with 2 uv layers, where the first one is used for normal map and UDIM. Second uv layer is used for the specular/vmask texture
Lets begin
After creating multiple track setups manually I found out pretty fast that needed something that would speed up the process a whole lot. Doing it manually took so much time that it wasn't enjoyable anymore. So I decided to make a Blender Addon that will help with this process. I3D Exporter Additionals started as a tiny addon with some simple tools to create a caterpillar track with, but it nows let you automatically do most of the time consuming parts.