Suspension Diagrams - Workings

I'm gonna discuss how my Suspension Diagram program works in this post. Brace yourself for maths!

Suspension diagrams

In my venture to learn more about vehicle dynamics, and apply that knowledge to racing simulators, I found the need for some fairly intimate analysis of the cars. The characteristics of the suspension are affected by a lot of things. For instance, in an Endurance Series DBR9, the default front spring rate of 245n/mm translates to a 'wheel rate' of 133n/mm when measured at the wheel. This is due to various factors in the suspension geometry. I figured this would be helpful to understand on a car-by-car basis, so I'm working on a program to draw diagrams of the suspension geometry on these cars. Read on for more info.

Alien Swarm & Formations

I think I've been playing too much Alien Swarm. Since it's release 2-3 days ago, I've got 22 hours of gameplay, according to Steam. Doing my best to get all the achievements. Note the progress through the campaign on insane difficulty, which has proven to be the most enjoyable thing I've done in the game so far. It certainly isn't easy though, we've had to be really strict with our strategies. Which hopefully will help anyone else who's trying to do the same thing.

Moar smod

So yeah, my obsession with Smod carries on. Lemon remains my on-again-off-again project, as it has for the past year and a half, so I estimate it'll be released some time late '09 lol
That's not all I've been doing though. Got a bunch of other custom weapons working right now. First up, an M4. Four versions of it, one vanilla, one with an acog, one with a suppressor, one with both acog and suppressor. Custom sounds, working world model, no ironsights besides on the acogs because they're meant to fit into HL2.
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Next up, BRII. Two versions, vanilla and scope. Uses that fancy subviewcam stuff. Huge thanks to veteran_gamer for helping me get that working. Most bizarre solution ever, gotta admit, all I had to do to stop it from crashing was add the weapon to override_class.txt, having it replace something else. God knows why, but it worked.
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Next up, one I like to call the pwnzerfaust. It's a lot of fun... Watch this! *BOOMBOOMBOOMBOOMBOOMBOOMBOOMBOOMBOOMBOOMBOOMBOOM* Did you see that? No, of course not, because the instant it started firing, everything was swallowed by a BIG FIREY CLOUD OF DEATH!
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And last, a work in progress... One for any No Country for Old Men fans, the only one without a working world model, casings ejecting, etc. (but that stuff's coming soon)... Shotgun inspired by the one Anton Chigur uses.
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Also, anyone who wants to complain about the ironsights, incorrect mirroring, etc. can shove their suggestions up their butts 'cause I'm not interested. *glares at Smod Tactical forum*