Hello Gamecrafters!
We’re planning to release a new update to Gamecraft on the 16th of December. This update will feature new blocks and objects for you to place within your games and creations.
Today, we’re springing into action by revealing details on the reworked damped spring. A lot of players use this spring to assist them with suspension for various vehicles. With our transition to the Havok engine, we were able to address several complaints that the community had regarding how strings worked.
In combination with a new block that we’ll be revealing tomorrow, we feel that the new springs will make driving much more satisfying than ever before! We’ll reveal more news on that soon.
The Reworked Damped Spring
Previously, players were only able to adjust the stiffness and damping. However in the next update players can also adjust the max extension too!
If you’re a fan of the toy sets that allow you to launch toy cars over ramps, Springs can now have the power to launch cars across ramps too!
Improved suspension for vehicles
Because the length of the spring can be set, this means that Suspension for vehicles works much more efficiently. A lot of players were putting a lot of springs on their set up or even creating motor based springs to improve the suspension of their vehicles.
Vehicles who already have springs attached will be affected by this change and it should make your vehicles much more stable when going over bumpy roads.
In the gif below, the top image shows the current live version of the Damped spring, whereas the bottom image shows the new springs which will be put into the game on December 16th.
You should notice that the bottom gif’s suspension is raising and lowering to keep the vehicle’s body steady. Whereas the top image, the springs are barely making any sort of movement and instead the whole body of the vehicle is jumping around and making the vehicle incredibly unstable.
Tomorrow we’ll be revealing another block, which combined with the changes above to springs, will make driving feel so much better. So here’s our plans for the next few days!
9th December - Reworked Damped Spring Block reveal
10th December - New Centre Of Mass Block reveal
11th December - New block reveal
12th December - New object reveal
13th December - New object reveal
14th December - New block reveal
15th December - Full patch notes!
16th December - Update goes live
Do make sure to add Gamecraft to your wishlist if you haven’t yet! We’ll be back tomorrow with more details on the Centre of Mass block.
The Gamecraft Team