Hi guys!
I am quite new here , so let me quickly introduce myself. I am if anything a hobby programmer, actually a 2d designer, actually an engineering student. Although i never got better than programming Snake in Java, i am astonished by the possibilities Unity gives me. So long story short, i started programming my own little game.
Like almost every overly ambitious beginner, i plan on making a GTA-like openworld sandbox which will lean more on the simulator side rather than the gangster lifestyle. Currently i have a healthsystem running (obviously like “Health = 100” but also in the sense of illnesses), a day/night cycle with time and a calendar. Mountable cars are running with the demo scripts as well. Terrain is being created by a friend. The idea is to implement an rpg-like job-system that will display job specific events in the calendar.
All right, now i have some questions, some i could answer myself, given enough time for trial and error, for some i must rely on your superior theoretical knowledge, because let’s face it, there is nowhere enough time for me to learn that in a suitable amount of time. So here we go:
-Let’s assume there is water in my game and i want objects to float. The solutions google gave me rely without exception on the fact that there is a global water level which is simply stored in a variable. But what if i have, say, a bath as well, or ice cubes in a glass? My solution is to give all water bodies a cube trigger and executing the buoyancy script while in it. Why have i never found that? Is there a better approach?
-If i wanted to publish my game with all sources here for beginners to download, where would i create the thread? Its not only scripts, but its not a showcase either?
-Let’s assume a radioactive game designer bites me and turns me into coderman, magically giving me the ability to program without my current knowledge limits, will i run into problems with unity? Meaning, is there something it can’t do even if you know how to ask for it? Like the restrictions a FPS game creator would put on you.
-I am still deciding on the vehicle physics. I want something at least semi realistic (->pacejka MF would be great), that’s for sure. There are great solutions already available, but there are some using wheel colliders, and some using raycasts, and both sides have their fans, saying it is better. Can someone specify the pro and contras of both?
I think that’s all for now, thanks in advance!
