Fuel tank Location reference - HDV vs PM

Discussion in 'Car Modding' started by albenstein, Feb 9, 2014.

  1. albenstein

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    Does anyone know what reference the physics motors uses to place the fuel tank in game?

    Here is what I did to explain why I am confused:
    • I place the fuel tank HDV location according to the commented HDV file: // location of tank relative to center of rear axle in reference plane. The location of the tank in susp.pm was at (0,0,0)
    • I confirmed the position using SuspEdit2.exe, the tank was where is should be
    • I ran and closed devmode, and opened the <vehiclename> (converted from pm).ini in pTool and found that the tank location was significantly forward of where it should be
    • I relocated the tank in the HDV file, re-ran dev mode, and reopened the <vehiclename> (converted from pm).ini in pTool, the tank was still located forward of where it should be
    • I relocated the tank in the susp.pm file, using the susp.pm origin as reference, re-ran dev mode, and reopened the <vehiclename> (converted from pm).ini in pTool, the tank was located where it should be.


    Should i trust the pTool visualizations and place the tank using the susp.pm file and its origin?
    Or should i trust the HDV file comments and the SuspEdit2.exe? My concern here is that this program was created using the HDV comments.
     
  2. sugarfoot

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    From the ptool tutorial:

    "Note that the final fuel tank location is still taken from the HDV"
     

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