[release] Primitive Mechanics .4



Robot arms and Gears of varying sizes

elementry math

http://www.garrysmod.org/downloads/?a=view&id=34979

Primitive Mechanics has merged with PHX3 .svn. To have access to the latest update of Tiled Building Blocks, PHX and Primitive Mechanics create a folder called "PHX3" in your addons folder and use this link https://phoenix-storms.svn.sourcefor...phoenix-storms to download using tortoise svn.

100 Robot arms joints and accessories

Now 64 Gears, Gear bevels, racks and vertical gears.

Hmm, they look awesome, but for some reason they're invisible here.

Same here, I only see errors.

Yeah that too, invisible errors to be exact.

I have same thing

Same here.

OK i believe I have fixed the problem here new link http://garrysmod.org/downloads/?a=view&id=33344

sorry about wasting your bandwidth...:(

Wonder how long it is before someone makes a programmable robotic arm, Or an entire assembly line

That's pretty much awesome!

This will be a on my server :)

Finally someone is making useful robot parts and gears.
Nice Work.

-=BUILD or DIE=-

Fantastically useful, thank you very much!

This is made off pure win, mixed with a pinch of epic. Downloading!

Hey, now that's an idea...

Might make a cooler-looking auto-loader for the breach cannon than the one I made before. And if people ask for the adv. dupe, I don't have it, I didn't save it, it was just a tiny experiment.

Hmmm...some kind of Canada arm would be nice, maybe I'll make one.

Sorry about being half-retarded and making three threads, one i can explain, I thought I was posting in the parent thread to my model pack asking for help on some thing.

I've still been working on this pack, toying with new ideas and suggestions I've gotten.

Possible changes with next beta update

-Addition of smaller diameter robotic parts, but with same length as
the larger diameter pieces
-more types of joints and attachments
-more logical dimensions to to be more precise if not perfect with
smart-snaps

Well, I'll be tossing this onto my server.

Says it is reported dangerous on the garrysmod.org website.Can anyone scan this with a good AV just to make sure?This pack is great too,don't know why it got reported though.

Scanned with AVG nothing found.

I guess some body really just didn't like it, PHX2 has been reported too, maybe to knock us off the popular on the home page.

Pretty cool, downloading it now.

This is the reason why to sign up for garrysmod.org there should be an age limit or something. I hate it when little 6 year olds report your file for no damn reason. Screw them, I'm downloading this.

This is quite useful. Great job.

If there was an age limit,people will still fake their age.Lets prevent a flamewar :D

about to release next beta, should I stick with the cool industrial orange or switch to gun-metal?

i like the high visibility orange myself
awesome models btw

orange it is, new release is out beta #3

http://garrysmod.org/downloads/?a=view&id=33815

They reported it agean :(

Maybe he/she/it(probably) reported it if it's doesn't show as a valid archive?

I just tried downloading it. "View Contents" doesn't show any files in the package and downloading it will make winzip complain about "non valid archive". :(

Winrar works just fine.

I re-uploaded after I used windows zip file not win-rar to zip the file, lets see if it still happens.

Yay! Now winzip opened it with no problems! :D
Thankyouthankyouthank... (you get the idea) :krad:

Hah yea, but it was reported to have cancer and aids again.

:D
Well, even so I'll go and try it out now.

I'll report back here if/when I have caught either of those.

Well, anyone who misuses it will never download anything again on that site, so it doesn't benefit them. The pack looks nice though. Nice work.

If I refer to post dates, it could be the author of this pack who reported your files : http://garrysmod.org/downloads/?a=view&id=33827

It contains primitive mechanics, tiled buildings blocks and builders pack v2; it has been posted 16 hours ago, and I think your file have been reported 16 hours ago too (post date). Tiled buildings blocks have been reported too.


The builders pack v2 didn't get reported.






Edit: almost forgot, great work!

Awesome pack, keep up the good work.

Very interesting, but thank you very much.

Also interesting how it says "owns:" before the list of folders in that pack.

Very nice. This may just cure me of my minge stupor.

Gonna make some bots?=P

I like the parts. Very mechanics-like. :)

What bugs me thought is how hydraulics are more like rubber bands than hydraulic cylinders and the joints (axis) allow movement in the wrong directions. Makes stable (and strong enough) 'leg' setups near impossible to create. :(

I feel ya brotha, I have contemplated for a long time for a solution that could be accomplished with a model change. It can be done, but it would be very bulky as well as half-retarded in appearance. Not to mention a pain in the ass to work with in-game.

It is all about leverage, which is revolutionary for gaming physics, but when this cool idea of a hydraulic tool resembles more of a pneumatic whoopee cushion, many great contraption ideas are left behind.

Hey I downloaded this and I was wondering could you add the stuff from beta into the 4th beta (if there is going to be) because I have an advance duplicate of my robot (i made it walk!) and there are just errors where the robot was.

Sorry about that, you mean stuff from the previous release?

yes i do, sorry.

Thanks a bunch man, I have been waiting for some new gear models to make a better gear box than using the 3 different sets that phx made.

The hydraulics are a bit weak really. Making Mechs and stuff is almost impossibe because the hydraulics just aren't powerful enough to push anything anywhere.

Anyway, a very nice pack. I'm gonna go away and try make a working mech out of these!

I think the main reason why the hydraulics do not work well with the props is because the weight of the props is too heavy for it. Just lower the weight down to a acceptable level.


Also, in the Alpha #3, I cannot seem to find most of the parts in the pack. The round platform (call it what you want, it is still round), the raised platform (the one with the 4 legs), and some other parts.

Are they under construction?

Enough about that, this is a great pack. I love how you can build a large number of machines, arms, turrets.

New update for the gears section coming up soon. Still working out few bugs with bevels, they're a pain.

Will be adding:

-More tooth sizes.
8,12,18,24,36,48
-Bevels
in 12,18,24,36,48

Those gears are Ah-mazing!
Thanks for this great addon. :D

I don't know why kids report it... it's awsome I build a mech but i must reinstall all my computer cause some one fuck it up(i don't know who)and gmod goes down all with all my cars....


Well I have 12 years ,13 in April, and my friend(he haves 19) dosn't know how to install an addon....

Could be that, a kid that dosn't know install it and says it's dangerous.
LOL




THIS PACK IS AWESOME!!!!

cool. maybe i might download

I'm having trouble getting it off of garrysmod.org. I tried yesterday and today, and it doesn't go past 4%. It's just the site, right?

I suggest you try it at a different time of day. At some times (mostly at night time here GMT+2) it's almost impossible to get anything from gmod.org. Or _very_ slowly.

This is a great idea. I could make robots out of this and use as a skeleton and put armor around it and such.

Very useful.

Sweet, I was about to ask about more gears (I seem to have a gearbox fetish of late).

Lovely model pack. Well done indeed.

Very VERY nice! I've been waiting for something along the line of robot parts! Bravo, keep up the good work!

THANK YOU ALL

I have been working on new gears everyday since last release and I'd like to think I have come a long way, working around source/orange box model restrictions consumes a lot of time, especially in regards to a complex collision model such as a gear.

I would love to release the new model update tonight, once I get my worm gear working a little more smoothly.

Sweet! Can't wait. :D

Tried the beta 3, looks lovely. I'll try making a robotic arm later today. If I get it working, I might post some pictures.

And about the hydraulic being too sloppy, just use multiple hydraulics on the same spot, it gives more power and precision to the joint(tried and proven).

http://garrysmod.org/downloads/?a=view&id=33815
^i just download that and installed material in materials folder
models in models settings in settings i didnt own any previo8s versions so itsfresh install

all i see are errors when i go to view parts and creating them does nothing, game doesnt even register as when u press z theres nothing to undo .i saw a earlier post on 1st release that stated same errors ,why is this still happening , in the materials folder is another folder that said mechanics i copied it over to materials with the vmt vtf files ,if this is incorrect could you please pack it properly before uploading to the public every other addon ive used works using same install method this doesnt

do u not think this is why your getting reported as a lot of people are going to have the same problem why would they want to host content that no one can get to work

any advice on how to get this running would be appreciated thanks

Try putting the whole file in the addons folder that can help.

done still no images in selection screen

I don't know then, sorry.

Hello

It still won't work for me. I installed it correctly but... It keeps crashing my game and saying something bout NULL in it, i'll take a screenshot later! Somebody knows how to fix this problem?

Regardz,
K

Edit here it is!

Sounds odd, did you unpack the file correctly (with folders)?
The folder in gmod/addons should look like this:


If you examine the Properties of that Primitive Mechanics folder there should be 774 files amounting to a size of 8.17 megabytes(MB). If not, then you may have gotten a corrupted download or something.

Why not build hydraulic cylinders?

Could you make some racks with your gears, like those in phx?

Have checked, 774 files and 8.17 Mb. So all looks correct. But still ahve the error!

yes I could, I can only make a rack with less than 20 teeth though. I cannot figure out how PHX could make more than 20 becuase there is a limit of 20 convex hulls for any collision model in the source engine.

there's an option in your qc file to do this. From the valve developer wiki:

$maxconvexpieces [Episode Two Update]
Manually set the maximum number of collision model pieces to allow costly collisions. This replaces -fullcollide from previous studiomdl builds.


If you're using the older compiler, and not the episode 2 compiler, when you compile, send studiomdl the option -fullcollide.

wow man, that is the greatest thing I've heard all day.

I THink IT Is BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORR RRRRRRRRRRRRING!

That might be because you are a 12 year-old who doesn't have the patience to build anything nice.

This pack is amazing, and you've got my download.

New update

check it out

http://www.garrysmod.org/downloads/?a=view&id=34979

I love you.

The game crashes because the spawnlists. Againg just click the folder button in the spawnmenu and search for Mechanics.

Oh, them gears look fine toothed to me.

Torque + fine teeth gear = bad things. Although I have yet to try the package out.

TO GMOD!

The gears are amazing, but it needs wheels.

I totally agree, but That would be ALOT of wheels to look through.

Thanks alot for these they rock!

You should make a real robot head.

<3

then I may as well make entire robot anatomy, fingers, teeth, Phallus...ect Hmmm not such a bad idea...