Gears and levers, mechanical logic

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#1

Hello dear people,
im trying to make game based on real life mechainics of gears, but i have some problems…

I have no idea how to make gears spin each other with no bugs.

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On left side is power gear, its spining on its own, i tried to make other 2 spin but i get them to oscilate or spin in same direction.

Old script:

script.Parent.GearBody.Touched:Connect(function(obj)
if obj.Name=="GearBody" then
speed=obj.Parent.Speed.Value
if speed >0 then
	script.Parent.Speed.Value=speed-speed-speed
	script.Parent.Holder.Attachment.HingeConstraint.AngularVelocity=speed-speed-speed
elseif speed<0 then
		script.Parent.Speed.Value=speed-speed-speed
	script.Parent.Holder.Attachment.HingeConstraint.AngularVelocity=speed-speed-speed
end	end
end)

this script is 2 years old it may not work anymore…

Now i dont want you to make whole suistem for me, just give me idea (or if you want bit of code) how should gear logic work.

Cheers form Serbia.

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#2

One gear should have let’s say speed 1, Then the gear next to that one should have -1, And the one next to that should have 1 again, This would make them rotate like gears should.

#3

True but, i have to find bether way to connect them.
Should i use RayCasting or other logic?

#4

Why exactly would you use RayCast to “Connect” them, How does it work?

You could just make the gear check for the XYZ next to it, And detect if a gear is there?

#5

please give me some time to draw it.

#6

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red arrows are rotation direction, green dots are joint spots, and gray arrow is power direction (form power gear). If i use toc heck for the XYZ , i can make 2 gears bug and spin each other with no source of energy (motor).

My idea is to use RayCasting to make gears like wire.

#7

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see? they are spining in same direction and each other with no source or energy

i removed power gear when gears started

#8

I’m sorry if this will be weird to read, I’m not sure how to word it.

You could do it like this:

  1. When someone places a source gear, Create a model with the source gear in it.
  2. When someone connects another non-source gear to the existing source gear, Add it to the model.
  3. Have a script detect what gears are connected to a source gear, And make them rotate.

Would this work, The script could detect the source gear is removed and make the gears stop spinning

#9

Good idea! I will use it, thank you!

#10

No problem, Let me know if it works!

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#11

please wait 1-2 hours

(30 c h a r s blyt)

#12

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i changed plan a bit… but it works!

#14

I’m glad it worked, Can’t wait to see what your game becomes. :slight_smile:

#15

ouf… nearest stuff is minecraft create mod

#16

Ooh, That mod is neat tho, So i hope it goes well.

#17

this was hardest part, anything else is simple.
i tried 2 years before to make this but failed, now when im big brain i can do it easly

#18

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hah, its WORKING

#19

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yep it works like real stuff

#20

Wow looks good, Will there be a test place where i could see how this system works ingame?

#21

Yes of course, but wait please.
and i acidentaly made electric signal system, so double the fun?
Edit: would you like to help? I nead someone to upload some sounds. I only have 2 robux so i cant do it…