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That's really cool. Great job! :yikes:

-q

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I can dig it, I can dig it - and so quickly too! Nice job!

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Great job! This is such a cool simulation. Do you think you'll make updated versions with AI robots or possible multi player?

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Blender3D, huh?

Not bad! Has potential for a whole lot more, if the programmer is into it. :)

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This is very cool! Thank you very much for sharing this. Great work on your part.

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Good job! ;)

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(I'm the creator)

I'm not sure if I'll expand it really far, I just meant it to help teams get a basic feel for the field. AI is tough, Blender uses a Logic Brick visual programming system, but for more complex logic, you can use the Python programming language, which I don't know (yet...).
However, I made some adjustments in this update, like resizing the bumps (they were about 2x as large as they really would be) and giving the game more accurate physics (by that I mean instead of -9.81 gravity, it's now -19.62, but it is more realistic.)
I also changed the "time" so that it does not end the game, but simply goes into negative time.
And the car is now controlled by the arrow keys instead of WASD.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/numw2ky4yjh/Breakaway Rev 1-11-10.zip

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The simulator has been updated!

New features:

Flappers (pinball style)
Unlimited time
New control scheme

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Blender? open source for the win!

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So much win and love for this. Great job!

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Chris,

Thanks so much for the kind mention of 5th Gear in your simulator's documentation file!

Looks like we might have to light a fire under ourselves if we want to keep up with Team 1986 :)

Are you able to export your field model as an FBX or Collada file?

Blake (one of the 5th Gear guys)

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Incredible!

Nicely done.

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Wow, that's awesome. Nice Job! :)

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Thanks for creating this, and doing it so quickly!