Racing & Drifting Physics

[keen wasp]

So over the last couple days I've been working on rewriting my vehicle physics engine, again. And this time with a focus on racing. The system uses the (admittedly still beta) input detection system from the script API, which allows me to better detect player inputs for more precise vehicle control.

I've also added drifting support for taking corners sharper than what would've otherwise been possible.

Check out this short demo video if you'd like to see it in action.

https://youtube.com/shorts/Wb5Pm83d_iw?si=uesf0LvPU2_PZVko

High-key forgot to tag this post

[pulsar moon]

mario kart 9 gameplay leaked

[floral sand]

Hm, I wonder if you could lock the camera and have mouse be responsible only for steering

[keen wasp]

If you can lock the camera to an entity to follow it smoothly (rather than using scripts to change the camera position and interpolating it) then yes, you definitely can do that and maybe I should look into it

[floral sand]

If only we had molang driven client side camera preset 😔

[keen wasp]

Ahhh I wish

So many things I wish for

[thin estuary]

it was going great until it had to go downhill 😭

i was expecting it to just zoom off the hill

[keen wasp]

Yeahhh I'm thinking of adding some extra force when you go down slopes to help it feel fast

Because yes you're right, it slows down drastically hahaha

[radiant trellis]

Will you add drift boosting, or will this be a real life kart sort of thing

[blazing pasture]

Cooking 🔥

Do you plan on playing around with the camera as well?

[tame halo]

Thanks I will steal this

Can you add a banana that spins the car out

[jagged sigil]

Tiny car

[spiral echo]

My guy, this is incredible.

Very nice work.

[sharp vapor]

This is so smooth! :D

Don't mean to part your spotlight.. xD
But I thought you might be interested in checking out a vanilla version using commands: ✨

by @outer sundial
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1312088583393378397/1312088589181386815/Minecraft_2024-11-29_10-10-20.mp4

[worthy forge]

damm

[thin estuary]

this one doesnt seem like it drifts

[sharp vapor]

it doesn't xD
But dunno.. maybe the creator added/wants to add in an update

[mint vector]

I love the countersteering animation when drifting 🙂
I made something similar last year but this drift system feel way more realistic

[delicate remnant]

Looks awesome!

Is the kart being controlled like any other rideable entity or is it being handled slightly differently?

[keen wasp]

Yessir I'm going to add drift boosting next :)

[keen wasp]

I was considering it, and kind of want to, but I don't see a good way to do that without having to lerp the camera which makes it drag behind too far when you're going fast, so I was just going to add particle effects and screen shake and things

[keen wasp]

Wow what a fantastic original idea!

[keen wasp]

The kart is a rideable entity, but it has no control components, the entire movement is script driven by checking what inputs the player is pressing (or by where they're looking for steering)

[delicate remnant]

That’s cool! Would it be possible to only control with WASD then?

[keen wasp]

Yep, it definitely would be!

I wanted smoother turning than buttons would allow though, that's why I opted for camera-based. But I may have a toggle for players to switch between wasd & ws+camera

[vague swift]

try experimenting with offsetting the camera based on velocity? should offset the latency a bit

[keen wasp]

True, but latency can be ping based so in multiplayer "server-side" are a no go

But that's actually a great suggestion for single player projects

[vague swift]

yeah, for sure, but it's better than nothing

[keen wasp]

offset it based on ping

[vague swift]

also, if you're playing this on high ping, you're already screwed with the control system

[keen wasp]

haha shhhh

[vague swift]

if only we had a way to check for it

[keen wasp]

Yeahhh

[vague swift]

give client scripts

[keen wasp]

Yes pls

I want client side kart motion

[vague swift]

that's my #1 feature request

followed by more molang support

[keen wasp]

We're slowly getting more molang support

🥰

[vague swift]

slowly but some things will never come 😔

the removal of get_nearby_entities plagues me, my dream of client-side physics through molang is mostly dead because of it

[keen wasp]

but it was kinda insane for client-side entity tracking

Like a hacked client lol

[vague swift]

and yet that's still been done

that one player tracers showcase

[keen wasp]

Oh yeah lol

[round pasture]

@keen wasp Did you use player.json? or any kind of modification to the player?

or some kind of fake player?

[keen wasp]

No modification to the player, yes it's a fake player. Well done for being the first to pickup on it haha

[round pasture]

I've already tried to make a car. I managed, but I had to use a fake player....

but.... I found a way to not need that