[RELEASED] Bob Semple Tank

[Matizo14 83]

As you saw in the video, we need someone who knows something about WT CDK.  Link to discord: https://discord.gg/RBuctrG

 

MISSIONS

 

Any mission is good if is fun to play. And is yours, of course.
Currently, the the most similar tank to Bob in game is the M2 Medium (but Bob only have 120hp).
Each mission will have author's nickname in title. 
You can send me your mission in private message or on Discord.

 

TANK 

Bob is made following the CDK article on the wiki page, has all layers and modules needed in game. But some things still don't work. Why? Maybe you know!

 

Problems to solve: 
- Strange sounds. (fixed)
- Disappearing machine gunner. (fixed)
- Sight for main gun don't have any sight lines, and is completely black when you aim slightly up. And in arcade mode the colored cross for shooting don't appear.
- Currently, Bob is using the cannon from the m60 tank, the one from the CDK. (fixed)
- Machine guns work great, but their shields move only vertically. (fixed)
- After a few shots, all ammo disappears in x-ray mode, but you can still shoot from main gun. (fixed)
- Tracks have poor traction. (fixed)

You have any idea how to fix something? Write here!

Edited December 28, 2020 by Matizo14
fixed

[traeng 146]

Looking forward for the update video!

Amazing work so far. I wish more people would get interested in bringing bob alive but i'm sure the devs will facepalm when we'll show them a somewhat ready variant.

 

If you need to find other vehicle's .BLK files, you can look at the whole game here https://github.com/gszabi99/War-Thunder-Datamine

aces.vromfs.bin_u/gamedata/units/tankmodels/ This is where you want to look

There if you manage to find where the blk files are for vehicles, you can have examples just like the one I modified that didn't work (kinda expected it)

 

Edited August 23, 2020 by traeng

[Matizo14 83]

WOW! Thank you! I just needed something like this! I'll do a research on other vehicles' files and i combine their pieces together!

[traeng 146]

So, Bob is looking better now? Awesome work btw 

[Matizo14 83]

On 07/11/2020 at 21:22, traeng said:

So, Bob is looking better now? Awesome work btw 

Slowly forward.

btw Tank files have a lot of places where a small change (a few more zeros) make a big difference. One of my favorites is "recoilMultiplier:r=". 

 

[GrumpyStranger 723]

'A few' zeroes means a couple orders of magnitude. That's hardly a 'small change', especially with a multiplier.

[Matizo14 83]

Yup. Especially with a multiplier. 

 

 

[Waylon_Nz 487]

Guuuuuud, Very Guuuuud.

[Solarmod 1,199]

My curiosity is piqued if it could easily be remodeled to the Disston, which was an American Bob Semple used in Afghanistan...

[Matizo14 83]

Wow, I didn't know about the existence of this tank! They really don't differ much from each other. It's crazy that the US somehow managed to sell this **** great tank to Afghanistan.

[Solarmod 1,199]

On 09/12/2020 at 15:16, Matizo14 said:

Wow, I didn't know about the existence of this tank! They really don't differ much from each other. It's crazy that the US somehow managed to sell this **** great tank to Afghanistan.

They also tried selling it to the US Marines, China, and several other smaller countries, all of which pretty much said "Go away."

[Matizo14 83]

Currently, Bob still has some issues to fix. But the most important thing is the broken sight. More here: 

 

[traeng 146]

Only thing i know about sights:

Vertical line is a default sight, it will always show up what ever the sight you're using or the tank you're in

The horizontal lines depends on the shell type selected. There may have something to look for about that.

Maybe the game doesn't find the sight linked to the shell used by bob, but i'm not sure how sights are calculated in WT. I'll try to look and understand it if I find it

[Matizo14 83]

+ Little update, Bob has new textures, now looks more "used".

Edited March 27, 2021 by Matizo14

[Guest]

@Matizo14 Nice work on making April Fools 2021!

[Matizo14 83]

After a long time, Bob had his premiere in the "Kiwi Fruit" update!

 

 

Ok, maybe "Kiwi Fruit" update is a lie, but Bob's premiere is a fact. You can download Bob right now from WT Live!

There is even an article about Bob on the WT Wiki!

 

And my low humor trailer:

 

 

 

Even though Bob is now available to everyone, he still has some bugs and they will be fixed. Here are the informations about new fixes:

Spoiler

v1.00 - the version that Ash and patrioticalien (creator of wiki article) used to create their masterpieces.

v1.01 (04/01/2021) - first public version. Increased turret rotation speed for normal Bob, and added swimming for SUPER Bob.

v1.02 (04/01/2021) - mission fix. Landing crafts are now correctly positioned, AI Bobs no longer drives over stones, the mission is easier (enemy accuracy is a bit decreased).

v1.03 (04/06/2021) - mission fix. Added a new marker at the end of the mission (before some players didn't know how to end the mission).

v1.04 (09/11/2021) - fixed ammo load in Super Bob (game update broke something). Added ammo restock button (suggested by @StukaBlyat__), small fixes in test mission.

v1.05 (10/20/2021) - added "briefing" to mission, now you can reset your tank when destroyed

v1.06 (02/02/2022) - fixed problems with sight, added exhaust and dust from tracks effects

v1.07 (09/19/2022) - updatd to the game version 2.19, mission fix, main gun accuracy fixed, new sounds for SUPER Bob, legendary mattress added.

v1.08 (04/23/2023) - renamed file that sometimes caused problems (from "gm_logic.grp" to "bob_semple_tank_37mm_bymatizo14_logic.grp")

I want to thank everyone who contributed to the creation of this tank in any way. Without you, it would be a really hard piece of cake!

Edited April 23 by Matizo14
new version

[Guest]

I wrote the history section on the wiki article. Great job on the model and user mission! 

[Matizo14 83]

On 01/04/2021 at 20:52, CobraKingII said:

I wrote the history section on the wiki article. Great job on the model and user mission! 

Thx. You did a really great job too! The whole article is amazing but the History is my favorite part.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Matizo14 said:

Thx. You did a really great job too! The whole article is amazing but the History is my favorite part.

Thanks! I was hoping people would actually read it and not just skip it if ya know what I mean 

I have to say, the hardest part was getting all the images and figuring out the copyright status of them lol

[Matizo14 83]

I can happily announce that after almost a year I fixed Bob's sight. Now you can see something while shooting. xD

https://live.warthunder.com/post/970901/en/