What's the best way of making a car crash through a wall realisticly? - Developers

Like the title says, I'm making a car drive through a (metal) garage door and I was wondering how I should go about doing it. I've considered several func_physbox's, with motion disabled, with an env_explosion, followed by the car and just a func_breakable, but neither look very realistic. How should i do it?

Your best bet would be to make a cinematic model.

You could use a basic HL2 car model, set as prop_dynamic to go through a wall, with the func_physboxes, as you said, but it might look unrealistic or be laggy. Maybe have an animated wall that breaks on a trigger set by the car?

Cinematic physics

[QUOTE=Spartan One;18086759]You could use a basic HL2 car model, set as prop_dynamic to go through a wall, with the func_physboxes, as you said, but it might look unrealistic or be laggy. Maybe have an animated wall that breaks on a trigger set by the car?[/QUOTE] The second one is your best bet. I've tried using phys boxes and it just doesnt work. Either have a cinematic model or have an explosion big enough to cover the hole suddenly appearing.

How would I make a cinematic model then? For now, I'll just have a few physbox's.

[QUOTE=avwos;18093913]How would I make a cinematic model then? For now, I'll just have a few physbox's.[/QUOTE] [url=http://www.interlopers.net/tutorials/29040]Here[/url] is a tutorial about cinematic physics in 3ds Max with Rayfire-tool. Or with XSI, [url=http://www.interlopers.net/tutorials/27503]here[/url].

hey! i got an idea! you make a fake DMM door! take multiple parts and just put em togheter!then it looks like the door brakes!

If I understand what you're saying, wouldn't that lag a lot though?

[QUOTE=Schmaaa;18114455]If I understand what you're saying, wouldn't that lag a lot though?[/QUOTE] Will it blend? Yes it will lag.

[QUOTE=Sgtdawn;18111744]hey! i got an idea! you make a fake DMM door! take multiple parts and just put em togheter!then it looks like the door brakes![/QUOTE] No. And stop watching 2ksphilip or whatever the hell hes called.

[QUOTE=Occlusion;18115452]No. And stop watching 2ksphilip or whatever the hell hes called.[/QUOTE] That kid was obviously trolling. Cinematic models are best

What would the map you're including this on be called? And (more importantly) are you planning on releasing it?

[QUOTE=Jakobi;18116051]That kid was obviously trolling. Cinematic models are best[/QUOTE] That's fine and all, saying to use cinematic models, but what if you're someone like me who doesn't know how to model?

env_explosion doesn't really look to good, I'm sure there are alternatives...

[QUOTE=Psychokitten;18119222]What would the map you're including this on be called? And (more importantly) are you planning on releasing it?[/QUOTE] I guess. Why? [editline]04:59PM[/editline] [QUOTE=nivek;18129440]env_explosion doesn't really look to good, I'm sure there are alternatives...[/QUOTE] I'm actually using env_physexplosion parented to the vehicle for now. [editline]04:59PM[/editline] [QUOTE=lew06;18129360]That's fine and all, saying to use cinematic models, but what if you're someone like me who doesn't know how to model?[/QUOTE] I agree. I've tried modelling, but I've failed every time. Would someone be willing to try make one for me? [editline]05:00PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Schmaaa;18114455]If I understand what you're saying, wouldn't that lag a lot though?[/QUOTE] No. There arn't many physbox's, so it should be fine.

I made this brick wall explosion, there are a lot of physboxes and no lag at all. Excuse that lighting error, I screwed something up in the process. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzLmn3GYisc[/media]

[QUOTE=Sarykos;18139906]I made this brick wall explosion, there are a lot of physboxes and no lag at all. Excuse that lighting error, I screwed something up in the process. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzLmn3GYisc[/media][/QUOTE] That's pretty good, but the wall falls apart before the car even reaches it. Plus, why does your jalopy sound like a jeep?...

[QUOTE=ChaosLord;18140380]That's pretty good, but the wall falls apart before the car even reaches it. Plus, why does your jalopy sound like a jeep?...[/QUOTE] I made that with a trigger at first, which is how I recorded it. So it explodes early. Now, I have the bricks set to explode OnTouch, but I didn't feel like re-recording. Also, idk.