So after spending wayyyyyy to much time trying to find the perfect suspension system with constraints I finally called it quits and started doing research on how other games on different platforms handle car suspension/Physics. Eventually I came across the Ray Cast and apply thrust upwards on the car. I can’t seem to figure out how to balance the forces properly. Even after looking at the standard Roblox Jeep I have no idea how to actually make this work nicely.
local Thrusters = {}
local Mass = 0;
local Height = 5;
local Up = Vector3.new(0,1,0)
for _,v in ipairs(script.Parent:GetDescendants()) do
if v:IsA("BasePart") then
Mass = Mass + (v:GetMass() * game.Workspace.Gravity);
end
end
for _,v in ipairs(script.Parent:GetChildren()) do
if v.Name == "Thruster" then
table.insert(Thrusters,v)
end
end
--table.insert(Thrusters,script.Parent.Thruster)
game:GetService("RunService").Stepped:Connect(function()
for _,v in ipairs(Thrusters) do
local BodyThrust = v:FindFirstChild("BodyThrust")
if not BodyThrust then
BodyThrust = Instance.new("BodyThrust", v)
end
local Cast = Ray.new(v.Position,(Vector3.new(0,-1,0).unit) * Height)
local Part,Position = game.Workspace:FindPartOnRayWithIgnoreList(Cast,{v})
if Part and Position then
local Previous = BodyThrust.Force
local CompressionRatio = ((v.Position - Position).magnitude / Height)
BodyThrust.Force = Vector3.new(0, CompressionRatio * Height * (Mass)/4,0)
v.BillboardGui.TextLabel.Text = math.ceil(CompressionRatio * 100)/100
else
BodyThrust.Force = Vector3.new()
end
end
end)
I should probably make a tutorial for this at some point, this question has come up alot recently. For some reason I cannot find the thread I normally link to using the search function, so tl;dr, the default Roblox jeep has a good suspension for you to use as a starting point.
You could essentially apply Hooke’s law with some derivative term in order to create a force that restores your position, in this case, height only, back to a desired value that you wish to hover at.
Like some are saying, simple PID Control on ROBLOX is sufficient in order to stabilize and converge, and is already relatively advanced in this context.
(if you really want to have fun, you could derive a state-space model and use pole-placement for a nice and optimal control scheme way too overkill though)
Would it help to change the force of X and Z to something other than 0? Check to see if the model in action changes these values at all too and if so, maybe setting x to the bodythrust.force.x and same for z instead of zero could be something that makes things different better or worse.
Thinking of doing something similar but using VectorForce my goal is to align a plank with terrain, the plank is welded to the character which causes it to always have an orientation of v3.new(0,~,0)
way too overkill though)