Sprocket

Sprocket

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Add mortise and tenon structure to your tank's armor
By LideserfeC
Add mortise and tenon structure to your tank's armor to show its thickness more intuitively.
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Modeling part and effect part.
The thickness of armor in the game is not visible, 5mm and 500mm look the same. This tutorial shows a simple way to add mortise and tenon structures.

This is the final effect.

Before start, make sure Edit Option/Mirror is on.
1.Modeling part

This is the default initial hull in the game, first set to free mode.
select this edge and press split button(or J)
Do the same thing in the other side.
Drag the red arrow.
select this edge and split three times.
press A (or actions/select all)to view all edge. It shows this effect.
Split and drag the green arrow.The distance between the uppermost edge and the front determines how thick the armor looks
Select Points. Set these points parallel.
Select Faces. Select these faces and press E.
ESC twice. Doing so does not make the expansion surface move with the mouse.
Drag the red arrow a little bit.
Select front faces. Pay attention to the choice of junction.
Press E just like above,drag the green arrow and the blue arrow a little bit.
Now you have a prototype
Select the top face, and notice that there's still a part here.
Extend
Merge these two rows.Press M.
Select the face as shown and move it down a bit.
Move this point to the right position.
Move this edge to the right position.
Now we're basically where we want to be.

2.Cutting effect

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/2055363874081911476/4819EADB40642335A2A7103257ECD3D8DA4BA6F0/?imw=256&&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false

Put this picture in the Decals folder.
Resize and Orient this decal.
Drag the green arrow until decal is displayed only where it should be.
Put this decal on all the exposed edges.
The job is done!
Similar methods can be used to make different mortise and tenon structures.


13 Comments
KingLavaCreeper Apr 25 @ 7:21pm 
geo internals open alpha is out use that instead dumbos
Wireless Mar 31 @ 11:27am 
This actually sucks- Cant even provide extra details as i try to do what your doing. Go make a better guide so players can actually understand how this works.
G.01/|)0|\|3 Oct 30, 2023 @ 2:27am 
this looks awesome thank you!
Kasetti Faija Jul 29, 2023 @ 6:12pm 
Well yes, but it looks cooler
ZoeyKL Jul 23, 2023 @ 11:17am 
That's a whole lot of effort for a whole lot of nothing
ACXtreme Jun 12, 2023 @ 3:30am 
very nice actually. ty
Oczko24 Jun 2, 2023 @ 5:14am 
lol
Schlau Jun 2, 2023 @ 5:10am 
nvm i found it lmao
Schlau Jun 2, 2023 @ 5:03am 
im stuck at splitting part, the game wont split the edge three times, any solution?
EscargoingOutTheDoor May 22, 2023 @ 6:58pm 
I'm not saying they're equivalent, but you can also go to crew, structural, and place an armor plate without rivets. Then just make it minimum width, maximum thickness and simply turn it sideways to look like weld lines.

Just saying.