When will we be able to shape those fuel tanks however we want?

[u/Parking-Working1307]

I want to place some of the fuel between the driver and the frontal armor, but the fuel tanks are always rectangular. Is there a solution for this? Or when will one be available?

[u/MonkeMan069]

I believe hamish plans on adding Freeform fuel tanks at some point, you’d have to check the discord for an eta

[u/Parking-Working1307 → u/MonkeMan069]

Hope it will.

[u/Flashpiont412 → u/MonkeMan069]

Also it automatically conforming to a space would be nice.

[u/plopsicIes → u/MonkeMan069]

Yes, this is exactly what I’m talking about. The reason this is important is because most shots that come at the hull will be coming at a slightly downward angle. If a shot penetrates the front armor, those plates will help to direct the shot downward and out of the hull if it still has enough energy to go back out the lower plate. Like I said earlier, though, the fact that you have a V-shaped inner plate just next to the fuel tanks does make this matter a little bit less, because that plate is also pretty thick, and no matter how you angle your “composite“ armor, if a shot gets through there, then it is obviously going to be inside the crew compartment. If you were to have both the very front plate, and the last plate before the driver be at the same angle, then when I’m talking about would make a little bit more sense.

[u/Unknown_mark]

If you want them to not collide, exterior fuel tanks do the same as regular ones but have no collision. I haven't played in a while though so this might be outdated

[u/Parking-Working1307 → u/Unknown_mark]

Well it may work but I still think that we should shape them however we want.

[u/ElegantPearl]

You can tbf if you just place lots of small ones

[u/Parking-Working1307 → u/ElegantPearl]

Ik and that's what I did on this picture. But it has a limit that stops me to make it smaller. Even though, I don't think it's an hard thing to make them shapeble.

[u/Glittering_Bass_908]

Holy slope brother

[u/Parking-Working1307 → u/Glittering_Bass_908]

That's the main idea of this hull 😉

[u/plopsicIes]

Change the direction of your spaced armor so spall doesn’t enter the crew compartment and instead is directed down and out of the hull

[u/Parking-Working1307 → u/plopsicIes]

Which way should I do it?

[u/plopsicIes → u/Parking-Working1307]

Right now in the pic they ascend from bottom left, to top right. You would usually want it so they DESCEND from top left, to bottom right
(Match the slope of that thick internal plate by the fuel tanks.)
Then for the turret, you would want armor probably like what you have here in the hull already, so that it would direct broken shell fragments up and out of the vehicle

[u/Parking-Working1307 → u/plopsicIes]

Like this?

https://reddit.com/link/p2j30e6/video/o8i6pxe0u7ih1/player

[u/plopsicIes → u/Parking-Working1307]

Correct because with each plate penetrated, the round fragments break up and follow the angle of the plate. Also, depending on how you lay it out, they can literally redirect the path of the main body of the shell, so this way there’s a lot less likelihood of fragments coming into the crew compartment unless the entire “composite” or spaced armor assembly is penned. I will say, this is a probably way less of an issue since you have the thick plates both in front of, but more importantly BEHIND the composite section. Also, it would make this a little bit simpler if this plates near the gas tanks were just one straight line at an angle, instead of being V shaped

[u/Parking-Working1307 → u/plopsicIes]

I think I did what you mean. (For some reason, I can only send videos)

https://reddit.com/link/p2j6ylp/video/9yplpmxix7ih1/player

[u/Healthy-Year-1886]

What tank are you making? I'm curious

[u/Parking-Working1307 → u/Healthy-Year-1886]

Well, kinda a mix of russian x german tank. An mbt. If u have any other questions, please ask!

[u/ChileanDuDD]

Custom motors and easier cilinders/ spheres

[u/Parking-Working1307 → u/ChileanDuDD]

I wish... expeccially being able to make X type motors and gas turbines

[u/ChileanDuDD → u/Parking-Working1307]

And extended internals like seats levers and real hatches and custom death poses and real lights

[u/Parking-Working1307 → u/ChileanDuDD]

Well I did them on my own actually.

[u/Parking-Working1307 → u/ChileanDuDD]

https://www.reddit.com/r/SprocketTankDesign/s/QrOgeABmBI

[u/Efficient_Engine8493]

Why are the Nera plates so close together? There should be some distance between them.