Fixed Cable isn't really fixed

[HoloShaii]

Simple, Fixed cable should ignore weight when transferring momentum etc. Right now, linking two plates with a fixed cable and dropping the 1 ton weight on top bends the cables, which fixed cables shouldn't do, would fix a lot of physics related issues with bigger contraptions too.

[a dead meme]

well i mean what did you expect it's a one ton weight of course its going to bend it

[HoloShaii]

Originally posted by a dead meme:

well i mean what did you expect it's a one ton weight of course its going to bend it

It shouldn't, cause else it wouldn't be a fixed cable, or "Rigid" for that matter.
I expect a game function to do what it describes. Rigid things aren't supposed to stretch, cause that makes them not rigid.

[Shillelagh]

i like it because it allows for things like springs and elevation mechanisms. When it says rigid it means realistically rigid, not virtually rigid. Use leverage to fix this.

[HoloShaii]

I would say rather add a springy version of the cable, and make this one actually resistant, like a weld.

Also "Use leverage to fix this." please do tell me how, cause I cannot find a way to fix this problem, i've tried a lot already.

[Shillelagh]

Originally posted by HallowedFlux:

I would say rather add a springy version of the cable, and make this one actually resistant, like a weld.

Also "Use leverage to fix this." please do tell me how, cause I cannot find a way to fix this problem, i've tried a lot already.

I do like the idea of having a springy cable. I usually just connect another rigid cable or two coming off at a 45 degree angle from the point with the most leverage.

[HoloShaii]

Originally posted by 75th Ashes2007:

Originally posted by HallowedFlux:

I would say rather add a springy version of the cable, and make this one actually resistant, like a weld.

Also "Use leverage to fix this." please do tell me how, cause I cannot find a way to fix this problem, i've tried a lot already.

I do like the idea of having a springy cable. I usually just connect another rigid cable or two coming off at a 45 degree angle from the point with the most leverage.

the problem is that that still doesn't make it fixed, I kinda want a cable to freeze an object like the freeze function, but then connected to another object, so it's still movable, but no longer movable in relation to the other object.

[Shillelagh]

Originally posted by HallowedFlux:

Originally posted by 75th Ashes2007:

I do like the idea of having a springy cable. I usually just connect another rigid cable or two coming off at a 45 degree angle from the point with the most leverage.

the problem is that that still doesn't make it fixed, I kinda want a cable to freeze an object like the freeze function, but then connected to another object, so it's still movable, but no longer movable in relation to the other object.

Yeah

[wpotank]

it is not trying to be realistic it is just base unity physics

[NotaNumber]

Originally posted by wpotank:

it is not trying to be realistic it is just base unity physics

Necro moment

[Shillelagh]

Originally posted by wpotank:

it is not trying to be realistic it is just base unity physics

This was two years ago.
The problem has already since been fixed.
Good job.

[Appromode]

i hate how its not fixed. what other cable am i supposed to use to hold REALLY heavy objects without it moving at all :(

[Shillelagh]

Originally posted by Appromode:

i hate how its not fixed. what other cable am i supposed to use to hold REALLY heavy objects without it moving at all :(

It's a physics limitation.
You can't really do circular parenting so it's pretty much as good as it will get.
It's also much much more rigid than it was two years ago.