Slew Command for Tanks

[Simaril]

Originally posted by jon
have you ever driven a wwII era tank, i have  but not as a tank it was just the lower chassis, and it was not able to do that in fact if it could it would have thrown its track immediatly! even caterpilar did not start doing this with there bulldozers until historicly recently:)

No I havent -- I guess I misunderstood how the system worked. My error....

[rabbidrabbit]

Originally posted by jon
have you ever driven a wwII era tank, i have  but not as a tank it was just the lower chassis, and it was not able to do that in fact if it could it would have thrown its track immediatly! even caterpilar did not start doing this with there bulldozers until historicly recently:)

How recently?  tanks could pivot steer from the early 60's on for sure...  Pretty sure they could pivot steer but I may be wrong.  Are you confusing pivoting on a clean surface vs heavy sand or gravel?  In that case just about nothing can pivot in the rough even now without throwing track.

[jon]

Originally posted by rabbidrabbit
How recently?  tanks could pivot steer from the early 60's on for sure...  Pretty sure they could pivot steer but I may be wrong.  Are you confusing pivoting on a clean surface vs heavy sand or gravel?  In that case just about nothing can pivot in the rough even now without throwing track.

pivot yes. locking one track to turn, but WWII tanks could not make one track go forward and the other in reverse.
and i said caterpillar who started doing it with dozers in the 80's

[Midnight]

Probably a whole other topic here, but another thing GVs should get is variable engine noise based on throttle position. It would be nice to be able to hear another vehical at idle verses when they are at full throttle on the move.

Your own engine noise should be reduced while at idle also. Disel is loud for sure, but at low idle you should be able to hear other things going on around you so you don't have to totally shut down the engine every time you want to check the surroundings.

[rabbidrabbit]

Originally posted by jon
pivot yes. locking one track to turn, but WWII tanks could not make one track go forward and the other in reverse.
and i said caterpillar who started doing it with dozers in the 80's

The 113 could do since it was first released in the 60's.  Bradleys could do it when they came out in the early 80's.  Not sure about others but 90% sure the M60 could pivot too.  I don't know for sure about ww2 tracks but they had independent drive trains for each side which means they could do at least what you said about forward on one and stop the other.

[kevykev56]

Would be nice if in any positon you could turn the tank with left and right brakes. Simulating individual track braking. Using the rudders to turn the main gun. It would allow for minimal changes in configuration setups to acomplish this.