Hydros are beams whose length can be varied on demand.
They’re used for many things, including steering racks, hydraulic cylinders, and actuators for doors.
Their length is defined using electrics .
With a factor of 1, sending a command of 1 to a beam will cause it to double in length, while a command of -0.5 will cause the beam to half in length. Smaller factors will result in a smaller length variation.
Required arguments
Optional arguments
A value of 0.5 will result in the hydro halving in length at when the input is -1, and an extension to 1.5 times the hydro’s initial length when the input is 1.
Negative values will cause the hydro to contract instead of expanding with positive input values and vice versa.
Defined as a portion of the initial length, with 2.0 meaning the hydro can become twice it’s initial length, and 1.0 meaning it cannot become longer than it’s initial length.
Gets overwritten by “factor”
Defined as a portion of the initial length, with 0.5 meaning the hydro can become half it’s initial length, and 1.0 meaning it cannot become shorter than it’s initial length.
Gets overwritten by “factor”
Used along with inLimit and outLimit. Gets overwritten by “factor”.
Negative values will cause the hydro to contract instead of expanding with positive input values and vice versa.
This is center to lock angle. Standard steering will be around 450~500, with older cars and trucks having slightly more angle, and racing cars having less angle.
This drives the “steering” electric used for steering wheel props.
As they are for the most part a special type of beam , hydros can use a most of the arguments related to standard beams like beamSpring, beamDamp, beamPrecompression, etc.
Examples
"hydros": [
["id1:","id2:"],
{"beamPrecompression":1.0, "beamType":"|NORMAL", "beamLongBound":1, "beamShortBound":1},
{"beamSpring":8001000,"beamDamp":50,"beamDeform":"FLT_MAX","beamStrength":125000},
["fh6r","fx5l", {"factor": 0.14,"steeringWheelLock":510,"inRate":1.25,"outRate":1.25}],
["fh6l","fx5r", {"factor":-0.14,"steeringWheelLock":510,"inRate":1.25,"outRate":1.25}],
{"beamPrecompression":1.0, "beamType":"|NORMAL", "beamLongBound":1, "beamShortBound":1},
],
"hydros": [
["id1:","id2:"],
{"beamDeform":175000,"beamStrength":"FLT_MAX"},
{"beamSpring":20001000,"beamDamp":5000},
{"beamPrecompression":1.0},
{"breakGroupType":1},
{"breakGroup":"dump_hydros"},
["tfr2r","tfr1r", {"inputSource":"tilt","inLimit":0,"outLimit":1.9,"inRate":0.2,"outRate":0.2,"inputFactor":1.0}],
["tfr2l","tfr1l", {"inputSource":"tilt","inLimit":0,"outLimit":1.9,"inRate":0.2,"outRate":0.2,"inputFactor":1.0}],
{"beamPrecompression":1.0},
{"breakGroupType":0},
{"breakGroup":""},
],
