Please make more of these vids. I've been searching for months on some kind of easy to understand vid on making transmissions. This is the first one i've fully understood and have been able to modify with ease. Now to understand better how to control an engines RPS with a throttle and i'll be all set. Thanks for the great content.
Very well explained! Thanks for the tips, I've seen it done other ways but didn't understand quite as well as when you explained it. Thanks so much!!!!
You are very welcome :) I'm sure there are better ways to set it all up but this way seemed to make sense to me, my brain can't cope when it gets so complicated lol. Thanks for watching the video!
Thank you so much, because of you all this logic stuff clicked with me and I finally understand enough to be able to play around with my own microcontrollers!
well done for taking more of a dive into the murky world of micro controllers, start simple and build complexity. the threshold gates with negative numbers might need swapping around (-1 is lower than -0.15 for example) but good job and looking forward to the progression. :D
A few of the problems ive had, 4 small engines and 1 medium prop. It stalls if you dont completely wait for the prop to stop, and when you go to shift from reverse into neutral the engines completely stall for some reason. doesnt happen in forwards > neutral, and i have tried swapping negative threshold values to no avail
Interesting, it's been a while since I made this video so maybe some of the games' systems have changed a bit. I remember the boat being very sensitive to changing numbers. Mostly I just remember my brain telling me it's too much hard work for it lol. Wish I could help but I'm a little rusty on Stormworks at the moment. I hope you are able to get it working :) Thanks so much for watching the video!
Skip the switch boxs and have each positive and negative threshold red lines go to an OR gate then into the clutch up counter. The switch box to turn the On/Off into a binary 1 or 0 then back to On/Off is redundant.
Hey thanks for your question :) I can't remember exactly how to do that as I haven't played Stormworks in a little while. However It is definitely possible to control the throttle with w/s.
Thanks! Hmm, maybe your clutch is engaged a bit. I'm thinking that's why your props are spinning in neutral. It might be the up/down counter or something, in the microcontroller. If I remember correctly, I set it up to be partially engaged just to make it work faster. Although not enough to make the props spin. Some of the game updates may have changed it. Maybe try to lower the clutch value and see if that works :) I hope that helps!
Nice video, but a little bit overcomplicated with the clutch: You have the absolute throttle value calculated (ABS (x)), so just attach there the threshold gate for the clutch, then the numeric switch and the result of the numeric switch directly into the up-down counter. No Add-gate, no second numeric switch, ... The clutch starts at 0.3 and rises exponential, if you want to have a linear clutch (it's smoother) you can use the following formula (gamma correction formula): y=x^(1/3)*.75+.25.
Maybe i can get some of your help? When i start the engine and throttle lever stays at 0, engine just overrevs like crazy. However, when i put the lever on 0.15 or -0.15 th eboat just goes in direcotions it suppused to go. Any suggestions?
I like too complicated things and your clutch system works, but it would be a lot easier if you plugged the abs directly into the clutch. The handling of the boat would be much better. In addition, the engine would not be so stressed. But the reverse gear is perfectly solved and so is the key.
Hey Falk, thanks so much for your comment. I have tried putting the abs directly into the clutch and agree that it is a more simple which is good. This definitely works. However the boat revs too high as the clutch engages at much higher throttle. I get more control from keeping the current setup, in that I can adjust the clutch control in several ways, in relation to the throttle/gears, which gives the boat better performance for me. The numbers will be adjusted further though, so there is more work to be done as it is still a work in progress. Thanks again for your suggestion I really appreciate it :)
Oh yes I also find it very complicated, I spent so many hours failing with gear boxes lol. I feel your pain. This set up would probably work in a car but it may need some adjustment to ensure the engine doesn't stall. It's been along time since I made this so I can't remember much about it. However in terms of getting reverse to work, if I remember correctly, you need at least 1 gear box, and set the second ratio to -1. Then if you link a button to it, you can switch the gearbox between forward and reverse. That would be a very simple way of setting it up. Then of course the problem is to avoid stalling the engine. So you can add in a clutch to disengage the engine from the wheels while switching gears. If you apply the clutch slowly enough, it should prevent the engine from stalling, asuming you have a suitable gear to shift into. It need to be easy enough for the engine to cope with. You can also include a neutral position which is what I did in this video with some sort of automatic system I think. However the settings for this boat were specific to this boat. Due to it's weight and less friction in the water etc. So that's why some adjustment may be necessary. It took a lot of gradual testing over and over to refine it. I would recommend starting super basic, just the first stage. Like 1 gearbox and a toggle button. Check it works and then add to the system one at a time. Even keep it all manual at first just to get it working. 1 gear box will get you going forwards, neutral and reverse. Hopefully then it can be refined and made more automatic through stages. I always started with just 1 gear box because multiple always made my brain melt hehe. More can be added over time once the first is working. To get faster speed or better pulling/climbing gears etc. I always just wanted the devs to add an automatic gearbox into the game with a choice of how many ratios and reverse etc. Then we could have just 1 box linked up to a seat and controlled with key bindings easily. With no microcontrollers needed etc. It would still provide a ton of customization. Maybe one day lol. It would be much better for the majority of people I think, including myself. Currently it's all much to difficult for me haha. My brain hurts just remembering the difficulty with it! Best of luck with your car, I hope you get it working :) Many thanks for watching this video and for your comment. 😎👍👍
Hello Joshua! Happy to hear that this design worked for you. It sounds like your starter needs to be disengaged right after it is used. I can't remember how I set it up in this video as I made it a long time ago. But it can be done in a couple of different ways at least. You could try one of the timer logic gates. So it only activates the starter for say o.2 seconds or something? I might have done something like this in the video, can't remember. Thanks so much for watching🙂👍👍😎
@@MrSticksman I actually figured out the timer logic one! I had used a different controller before that has a starter like that and an RPS stabilizer, and was able to link it straight to your throttle controller, and it works perfectly!! Thank you for the tutorials and the help!
Good question, it maybe be something to do with negative numbers in the microcontroller? I can't remember off the top of my head but it could be that. Also check that your gearbox has a 1:-1.
Hey thanks so much for watching the video :) It might be that some changes/updates to the game have stopped it working. Not sure but I made this a long time ago. I hope you manage to get it working though, I seem to remember this video frying my brain while I was making it lol. Cheers 🙂👍👍😎
It's ok my brain basically melted working it all out lol. I find all the logic stuff really hard and at one point literally believed I wouldn't ever be able to make even the most basic microcontroller. However over many hours of pain, and months/years playing Stormworks, I was somehow able to make it work :D Thanks so much for watching the video!
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Please make more of these vids. I've been searching for months on some kind of easy to understand vid on making transmissions. This is the first one i've fully understood and have been able to modify with ease. Now to understand better how to control an engines RPS with a throttle and i'll be all set. Thanks for the great content.
Thank you so much :) I will continue making more build series videos with full explanations of everything I do. I'm glad it helped!
Very well explained! Thanks for the tips, I've seen it done other ways but didn't understand quite as well as when you explained it. Thanks so much!!!!
You are very welcome :) I'm sure there are better ways to set it all up but this way seemed to make sense to me, my brain can't cope when it gets so complicated lol. Thanks for watching the video!
Thank you so much, because of you all this logic stuff clicked with me and I finally understand enough to be able to play around with my own microcontrollers!
That's amazing! Happy to hear that you are enjoying the microcontrollers :) Thanks so much for watching the video 🙂👍👍
well done for taking more of a dive into the murky world of micro controllers, start simple and build complexity. the threshold gates with negative numbers might need swapping around (-1 is lower than -0.15 for example) but good job and looking forward to the progression. :D
Thanks L A! Yes I was thinking that after I made the video, I'll try swapping the numbers around and see what happens :D Much appreciated!
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Woah thats really cool, keep up the good work!
Thanks Noodle!
A few of the problems ive had, 4 small engines and 1 medium prop. It stalls if you dont completely wait for the prop to stop, and when you go to shift from reverse into neutral the engines completely stall for some reason. doesnt happen in forwards > neutral, and i have tried swapping negative threshold values to no avail
Interesting, it's been a while since I made this video so maybe some of the games' systems have changed a bit. I remember the boat being very sensitive to changing numbers. Mostly I just remember my brain telling me it's too much hard work for it lol. Wish I could help but I'm a little rusty on Stormworks at the moment. I hope you are able to get it working :) Thanks so much for watching the video!
Skip the switch boxs and have each positive and negative threshold red lines go to an OR gate then into the clutch up counter. The switch box to turn the On/Off into a binary 1 or 0 then back to On/Off is redundant.
Interesting thanks very much :)
Can you make the throttle controlled by the w/s keys through the composite in the seat?
Hey thanks for your question :) I can't remember exactly how to do that as I haven't played Stormworks in a little while. However It is definitely possible to control the throttle with w/s.
Good work. I had to do some fine tuning tho. But my propellers keeps running in neutral ( really slow) what value do I have to change ? cheers
Thanks! Hmm, maybe your clutch is engaged a bit. I'm thinking that's why your props are spinning in neutral. It might be the up/down counter or something, in the microcontroller. If I remember correctly, I set it up to be partially engaged just to make it work faster. Although not enough to make the props spin. Some of the game updates may have changed it. Maybe try to lower the clutch value and see if that works :) I hope that helps!
Nice boat
Thanks! I appreciate it.
Nice video, but a little bit overcomplicated with the clutch: You have the absolute throttle value calculated (ABS (x)), so just attach there the threshold gate for the clutch, then the numeric switch and the result of the numeric switch directly into the up-down counter. No Add-gate, no second numeric switch, ...
The clutch starts at 0.3 and rises exponential, if you want to have a linear clutch (it's smoother) you can use the following formula (gamma correction formula): y=x^(1/3)*.75+.25.
Thank you Sengir, for offering such helpful information! Very interesting, I will have a go and see what happens :) Much appreciated!
Another good video!
Thanks CoolG!
Maybe i can get some of your help? When i start the engine and throttle lever stays at 0, engine just overrevs like crazy. However, when i put the lever on 0.15 or -0.15 th eboat just goes in direcotions it suppused to go. Any suggestions?
Set the clutch constant number to 0.9 = helps protect the gearbox... :)
Cool thanks I appreciate it :) 🙂👍👍
Brilliant :)
Thanks NutsAndy :)
Add another node to the controller that only lets the clutch in at 3 rps or above....
I like too complicated things and your clutch system works, but it would be a lot easier if you plugged the abs directly into the clutch. The handling of the boat would be much better. In addition, the engine would not be so stressed. But the reverse gear is perfectly solved and so is the key.
Hey Falk, thanks so much for your comment. I have tried putting the abs directly into the clutch and agree that it is a more simple which is good. This definitely works. However the boat revs too high as the clutch engages at much higher throttle. I get more control from keeping the current setup, in that I can adjust the clutch control in several ways, in relation to the throttle/gears, which gives the boat better performance for me. The numbers will be adjusted further though, so there is more work to be done as it is still a work in progress. Thanks again for your suggestion I really appreciate it :)
Ok
can this work on a car? im tryna reverse my car it is very complicated
Oh yes I also find it very complicated, I spent so many hours failing with gear boxes lol. I feel your pain.
This set up would probably work in a car but it may need some adjustment to ensure the engine doesn't stall. It's been along time since I made this so I can't remember much about it. However in terms of getting reverse to work, if I remember correctly, you need at least 1 gear box, and set the second ratio to -1. Then if you link a button to it, you can switch the gearbox between forward and reverse. That would be a very simple way of setting it up. Then of course the problem is to avoid stalling the engine. So you can add in a clutch to disengage the engine from the wheels while switching gears. If you apply the clutch slowly enough, it should prevent the engine from stalling, asuming you have a suitable gear to shift into. It need to be easy enough for the engine to cope with. You can also include a neutral position which is what I did in this video with some sort of automatic system I think. However the settings for this boat were specific to this boat. Due to it's weight and less friction in the water etc. So that's why some adjustment may be necessary. It took a lot of gradual testing over and over to refine it.
I would recommend starting super basic, just the first stage. Like 1 gearbox and a toggle button. Check it works and then add to the system one at a time. Even keep it all manual at first just to get it working. 1 gear box will get you going forwards, neutral and reverse. Hopefully then it can be refined and made more automatic through stages. I always started with just 1 gear box because multiple always made my brain melt hehe. More can be added over time once the first is working. To get faster speed or better pulling/climbing gears etc.
I always just wanted the devs to add an automatic gearbox into the game with a choice of how many ratios and reverse etc. Then we could have just 1 box linked up to a seat and controlled with key bindings easily. With no microcontrollers needed etc. It would still provide a ton of customization. Maybe one day lol. It would be much better for the majority of people I think, including myself.
Currently it's all much to difficult for me haha. My brain hurts just remembering the difficulty with it!
Best of luck with your car, I hope you get it working :) Many thanks for watching this video and for your comment. 😎👍👍
@@MrSticksman thanks for the reply dude, i will definitely give it a try
This works as advertised for me, except my starter engages forever even after the engine is running, so I get a constant annoying pinging sound???
Hello Joshua! Happy to hear that this design worked for you. It sounds like your starter needs to be disengaged right after it is used. I can't remember how I set it up in this video as I made it a long time ago. But it can be done in a couple of different ways at least. You could try one of the timer logic gates. So it only activates the starter for say o.2 seconds or something? I might have done something like this in the video, can't remember. Thanks so much for watching🙂👍👍😎
@@MrSticksman I actually figured out the timer logic one! I had used a different controller before that has a starter like that and an RPS stabilizer, and was able to link it straight to your throttle controller, and it works perfectly!! Thank you for the tutorials and the help!
Nice! Good work Joshua :) 🙂👍👍
Hey question when I put it into reverse it keeps on going forward can you help me?
Good question, it maybe be something to do with negative numbers in the microcontroller? I can't remember off the top of my head but it could be that. Also check that your gearbox has a 1:-1.
Oh thank you my gear box was 1:+1
And also thank you you made easy to understand because I just got the game.
Unfortunately when I tried to use this it didint work and I did everything right and I dont get it
Hey thanks so much for watching the video :) It might be that some changes/updates to the game have stopped it working. Not sure but I made this a long time ago. I hope you manage to get it working though, I seem to remember this video frying my brain while I was making it lol. Cheers 🙂👍👍😎
"I hope that makes sense"
My slow brain: Nope.
It's ok my brain basically melted working it all out lol. I find all the logic stuff really hard and at one point literally believed I wouldn't ever be able to make even the most basic microcontroller. However over many hours of pain, and months/years playing Stormworks, I was somehow able to make it work :D Thanks so much for watching the video!
It doesn't work on module engine
and i thought i nknew everything in the game
Hey thanks for watching :)
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