Vehicle Rigger

Thank you for this very simple and handy script. Simple to use but it can be used to do some pretty complex animation with multiple paths. Works great in Max 2024.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC5d0MM4ZKA

Thanks for the plugin! One question, is there a way to animate the tire rotation to stop with the vehicle? When I set a key to bring the wheel rotation to zero, the wheels' rotation reverse instead of coming to a gradual stop.

Dear friends, the syntax error comes from a character at the beginning of the script. Max 2014 and beyond can ignore it in favor of their extended Unicode support. what you will do is this:

1) Open mcr file in MS Word and select MS-DOS coding when asked.
2) Delete the first character of file (non-Unicode character that causes error)
3) Save your file as plain text.

That's it.

am grateful.

Hi base dummy position - wheel rotation

wire parameter connect

how to do ?

Hi Walid; first i must say its an excellent simple and effective script, i enjoy using it and it makes rigging my vehicles quick and effectively easy. i was wondering about a feature i wasn't sure if you were going to implement into the rigger and that is one for Body Roll. since the body does lean or roll when going into a hard turn or accelerating and decelerating, maybe this is something that can be added as a slider so that we can roll the body on the X and Y Axis.

thank you :)

Hi waleed
thx for this nice script... but i have a problem when i use it on 3ds max 2012, it says;

--Syntax error: at bad, expected
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please reply me as soon as possible...

thx again...

hi please help guyes what will do when I am trying to run script it shows the syntax error. --Syntax error: at bad, expected -- In line: 

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hello please help me: i have an error when run script error syntax:

--Synttax errror:at bad,expected
-- In line: 

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HI I love your script...

Do you think it will ever use a terrain to keep the wheels on the ground, just thinking if you have hills etc, buts its great on Flat surfaces.

I like how you can just quickly turn on the wheels to rotate.

I have used a script called 111_Carwheel in the past, I forget who wrote it.
but that script can analyse the speed of movement of body and rotate the wheels based on this movement, so you check the radius button, so it can work out wheel diameter, and voila it turns the wheel based on body movement.
So if the car stops the wheel stops, if it goes fast, it rotates fast. it also steers the wheels.
Have you thought at all about making the wheels turn more intelligently to the motion of the Car.

I am only asking, as I think what you have done so far is fantastic.
thanks

question about file, what language was it written in originally. I believe the character in question might not be converting languages properly and the leftover information for this charater is being left open as excess information

Autodeck 3ds 2009

--Syntax error: at bad, expected <factor>
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PS: awesome MERC vid

hi please help guyes what will do when I am trying to run script it shows the syntax error.

it serves for max 2012

hi please help me: as I am run the script then i have an error when run script error syntax:

hello please help me: i have an error when run script error syntax:

Thank

thanks for your opinion

Hello Walid

In my Max Design 2012 the following error message is displayed!
How do I fix this situation? Do you have a newer vertion of the script for Max Design 2012?

Message:

--Syntax error: at bad, expected
-- In line: 

Thanks for the help ypu may provide.

Antonio Sajara
sajara@sajara.com.pt