02-26-2015, 12:56 PM
Redesign of the Advance Chassis designer is roughly 75% complete. We've moved the bottom buttons to the left hand side. Removed the "About" text box. This will be replaced by tooltips. We've removed the specs box and moved that information into the bottom box along with the star ratings. This box now takes up the entire width of the screen. smaller screens will have a horizontal scroll, 1080p and larger will not have to scroll...
Two additional features have been implemented. The first being "Does engine fit." While designing a chassis, you can check to see if a selected engine fits. You simply click the button under "Does engine fit?" Then select the engine. The GUI will tell you if it fits in width and length. If it does not fit it will tell you by how much.
The other feature I'm currently working on and fine tuning. It's named "Test Chassis in Vehicle." This feature gives you a drop down box to select vehicle type. Then two buttons to select an engine and gearbox. If you do not select and engine or a gearbox, a generic one will be made for you.
You'll then click a giant button which will produce a generic vehicle using the assisted sliders, selected components, and the current chassis you are designing. The results of this vehicle is displayed, showing you specs and ratings. What I'm working on now is having this window give you advice on the design, such as "This engine is too weak for the vehicle, fuel mileage and performance is harmed as a result."
I should note these are ROUGH ESTIMATIONS. I'm going to have to put that in big bold text because I'm sure some people will get mad that their finished vehicle is not the same as the test results. But hopefully that'll fix some of the issues people have with wrapping their heads around some of the hierarchical effects of the sliders down the line.
Once I finish this last bit of details on the "Test Chassis In Vehicle" code, I'll put in the Question Mark boxes to the sliders windows, add in some big button selections, I'll take a screenie, and then do the same for Engines and Gearboxes.
Two additional features have been implemented. The first being "Does engine fit." While designing a chassis, you can check to see if a selected engine fits. You simply click the button under "Does engine fit?" Then select the engine. The GUI will tell you if it fits in width and length. If it does not fit it will tell you by how much.
The other feature I'm currently working on and fine tuning. It's named "Test Chassis in Vehicle." This feature gives you a drop down box to select vehicle type. Then two buttons to select an engine and gearbox. If you do not select and engine or a gearbox, a generic one will be made for you.
You'll then click a giant button which will produce a generic vehicle using the assisted sliders, selected components, and the current chassis you are designing. The results of this vehicle is displayed, showing you specs and ratings. What I'm working on now is having this window give you advice on the design, such as "This engine is too weak for the vehicle, fuel mileage and performance is harmed as a result."
I should note these are ROUGH ESTIMATIONS. I'm going to have to put that in big bold text because I'm sure some people will get mad that their finished vehicle is not the same as the test results. But hopefully that'll fix some of the issues people have with wrapping their heads around some of the hierarchical effects of the sliders down the line.
Once I finish this last bit of details on the "Test Chassis In Vehicle" code, I'll put in the Question Mark boxes to the sliders windows, add in some big button selections, I'll take a screenie, and then do the same for Engines and Gearboxes.
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good human beings save the world, so that bastards like me can keep creating art, become immortal.
if you read this after I am dead it means I made it." ― Charles Bukowski