Space Engineers 2024 How Big Can A Spider Walker Be? Stage 1 Testing

This is stage 1 - small by the standard we'll be using but so far the obvious breaks are piston heads... so if we go up by a factor of maybe 10, will we need to bundle pistons in each leg I wonder?

[@jamessmith8727]

It look great straight away. Wow. There is something captivating about it, isnt there? I thought the spider was going to slide down the hill into the water, i forgot you had thrusters. I was like 2 seconds away from being like Loki when Thor got slammed into the ground by the Hulk. "Ha, thats what that feels like" 😂

[@BrianTaylor-AlwaysInTao]

It's an interesting process for sure. I will have to devote more time to it than I have at the moment - I have rage deleted like 3 spiders over rotor clang issues already... lol

[@jamessmith8727]

@BrianTaylor-AlwaysInTao oh i know the feeling. Patience young Skywalker. May the force be with you.

[@BrianTaylor-AlwaysInTao]

@@jamessmith8727 It's just that kind of day lol - the legs got tangled and I was like... "Nope"

[@jamessmith8727]

@@BrianTaylor-AlwaysInTao oh they got tangled lol. There could be a lot of funny short videos in this creation, Brian. The mechs take a long time but also are the most satisfying in my very limited experience. To annoy you i was thinking. imagine if every leg on the spider moved independently from the others. If this mech gets the right amount of time and love it could look freaky and genuinely scary 😰.

[@BrianTaylor-AlwaysInTao]

@@jamessmith8727 I agree - I also think maybe the rotors aren't needed... hinges might be the way to go. Hinges and pistons and maybe... parachutes... lol

[@Eidako]

The walk cycle is self-defeating; the front set of legs are cancelling out what the back set of legs are doing. Starting from the front of the spider, the left and right legs should be working opposite of each other. Left leg forward, right leg back. Going back from that, each leg should be doing the opposite of what the leg in front of it is doing. Front left leg forward, second left leg back, third left leg forward, fourth leg back. The legs going forward should be up in the air and the legs going back should be on the ground. Ergo the net force is forward from the back-moving legs pushing back against the ground, with the forward-moving legs exerting no force. Articulating the legs so they can lift up above the body will help keep them clear of the ground.

[@Eidako]

Also I strongly suggest putting tires on anything that touches the ground. They are much more tolerant to repeated collisions.

[@BrianTaylor-AlwaysInTao]

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[@Eidako]

@@BrianTaylor-AlwaysInTao Yeah, that's a little better. Rather than a two-step cycle of forward/up and back/down, might want to use a four-step cycle of up, forward, down, back. The floaty Space Engineers physics are probably not helping much. Hard to get traction when there isn't much in the way of normal force.

[@BrianTaylor-AlwaysInTao]

@Eidako We try various things and that was going to be a pounce type thing. It didn't really work as intended but now it is available and everyone who wants too can modify those movements and is free/welcome to do so. #Cheers

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@@Eidako (The tires with no suspension rip through my runway so I went with suspensions and 1x wheels.)