#Attach engines and transmissions together outside of a vehicle

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empty monolith
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Would be nice to have the ability to have engines and transmissions attached to each other if you have spare parts laying around, also being able to take them out together would be another neat feature to add seeing as most engine removals its easy to take out the transmissions aswell

warm solar
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wish I think you can do it with i6's tho

valid sentinel
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not possible to do

warm solar
tepid wolf
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Atleast looks like one

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To me

royal sparrow
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Would it be possible to do Gearbox - Engine - car / front suspension And then add a engine hoist, that could then become the parent of the engine?

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then it would be Gearbox - engine - hoist

sinful mica
royal sparrow
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Oh i meant the other way

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Gearbox depends on engine, Engine depends on car / hoist

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I mean i do think having the gearbox removed separately is not a massive deal for most people, and it would make engine swaps have more depth.

valid sentinel
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its fine as it is now

twilit nebula
jagged token
# valid sentinel not possible to do

Developing a game involves changes??? If Minecraft would have been using the same code from 14 years ago it would never become the most sold game in the entire world

valid sentinel
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its the best way it is currently

sinful mica
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The issue here is that you are asking something that is not possible to do.

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Trying to implement this 1) would break all existing cars, probably 2) there isnt a clear way to do this.

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Game uses an attaching system based on the fact that parts are attached as childs of stuff.

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This means, engine & gearbox are children of the car itself.

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This is because you can put engine or gearbox separated here, so no issue

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But now, if lets say engine now depends of gearbox, you cant put your engine in the car without gearbox

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Because the transparent for this is simply not there.

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Same happens backwards, gearbox depnds of engine.

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The only way i belive this would be possible to implement is to implement some sort of "two-stage" transparent that can be overwritten by the presence of other?

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Like still have the transparents on cars, but also engine would have a special transparent for gearbox and gearbox for engine

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Then depending on the state of them it modifies the transparnet to fit the car when attached.

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And when removing if both are removable them remove as one child, or just the part that is being removed if the other is still attached

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But note this is probably BUGGY as fuck.

jagged token
ripe valve
empty monolith
sinful mica
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If engine is part of gearbox

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Then you cant remove engine without removing gearbox...

warm solar
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honestly just leave it slayer it was a good idea until they explained why it would not work no reason trying to make it work

empty monolith
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It just seems like its been made in such a way to just make it more difficult, just have it as an addon to teh engine like all the engine components are?

sinful mica
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You have to understand that parts are attached to other stuff.

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Head / valvecover / etc etc are attached to engine block

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Engine block to car

empty monolith
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i get that, but why not make the transmission do that aswell which would allow you to attach it to the engine outside of the car

sinful mica
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Because then you cant remove the engine without removing gearbox

warm solar
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no use question it at this point

empty monolith
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that wouldnt be the same way that the head/valves etc would be attached

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what im saying is make it apart of the same group as the parts you can remove without removing the entire engine

sinful mica
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you can remove engine block

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without removing head?

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no

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i mean

empty monolith
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no

sinful mica
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head wont stay on car when you remove engine block

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it depends on it.

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if you make gearbox depend on engine, then you cant leave the gearbox in the car

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it will always depend on engine

empty monolith
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your able to remove the head of an engine while the block stays in teh car

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just do that, but with the transmission instead

sinful mica
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but you are not understanding

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these are different stuff.

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yes, what you say is possible to do

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but will cause the thing i say

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you wont be able to remove engine block

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without removing the gearbox from the car

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currently cars are:

  • engine tranny
    • gearbox
    • engine block
      • valve cover
warm solar
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like unbolting the trans?

sinful mica
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your idea is to make it like this

currently cars are:

  • engine tranny
    • engine block
      • valve cover
      • gearbox
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this causes exactly what i say, you cant remove the engine without removing the gearbox