Suggestions and Bugs for Crashtastic
+12
Fixed

Multiple nodes spawning on braces

nuke_hater 11 years ago updated by Mark Smith 10 years ago 3

With this newest update seems to have come a rather bothersome bug, in which some braces spawn multiple "nodes" in the same spot, making for twitching, catastrophically self-destructive machines.  I'd imagine this might be a problem.

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I'm not sure it's only braces, but from what I've seen that seems to be the case.

Answer
Mark Smith 10 years ago
I just fixed this issue, and it will be in the next patch (0.5.2). Thanks for reporting the issue. 
+12

Have more clarity on how a player is judged for passing or failing level (win condition)

Seven7h 12 years ago updated by nuke_hater 11 years ago 4
Right now the win condition of each level is somewhat unclear. There is an objective but I can actually be pretty sloppy and win easily, building almost anything in many cases. I understand the first levels are meant to be easy tutorials but it would be good to have a better understanding of what forces on my dummy result in a pass or fail. I like being challenged and I feel like right now, in the head-ons for example, I can be flying through mid-air and still pass the level (because I didn't touch the ground yet I guess?).

So how long do I need to not touch the ground after the opponent does? There should be some countdown or something making it clear to the user what exactly they need to do because without it it feels somewhat random whether I win or lose, and not particularly challenging enough.
+11

Explosives

Isak Granert 11 years ago 0

You can't disagree to that it would be epic to be able to slap on some dynamite on your car and see it explode on impact with a wall :-P 

+10

some ideas

sebberb 12 years ago 0
Hey Mark
Great Game you designed here. Both entertaining, and intelligent. there is some things coming to my mind when playing the game. 
First: i think the possiblity too fill the empty spaces between the "bricks" would be good. 
Second, a "Free Roam" map would be awesome, where you can create whatever idea of a car you got, and then test the s*** out of it! 
Third: maybe you could have the choice of delaying some of your rockets, which could give the oppertunity to make a vehicle that first hover up in the air, and then second some rockets will launch it away! if you know what i mean?
Fourth: the Replay, i personally think the camera needs more zooming, (mostly out) because you can't go really far out, and sometimes i'm missing something. and also more slowmotion would do the trick, i want to see my vehicle crash into another vehicle, and see everything getting torn apart slowly.
Anyways, i look forward to the Beta and of course the full game.
-Crashtastic fan
+9

There should be an objective window to remind the player what to do for that level.

Seven7h 12 years ago 0
I loaded into a level without seeing what I was supposed to do, so I had no idea what to do. There should be an always on bullet-pointed objective window on the side of the screen, similar to how WoW lists quests you're working on. If not always on, it should at least be present in a box from the escape menu.
+9
Planned

Add ability to cancel or end frame capturin/encoding

Seven7h 12 years ago updated by Mark Smith 12 years ago 0
Sometimes I decide mid-capture/encode of a video that I don't want to continue. It would be nice to have a "Cancel Video Save" button to cancel the video saving/uploading process so I don't have tl alt+f4 out of the app to stop it.

Also, sometimes the capturing goes for quite a while beyond what I'm interested in capturing, and I want to cap off the video early. It would be nice to have a "End Video Save" button available. Maybe there's a better name for that feature though.
Answer
Mark Smith 12 years ago
Agreed.
+9
Fixed

Simulation speed crumbles when using many pieces (>40-50)

Maciej Janowski 12 years ago updated by Mark Smith 11 years ago 3
There's seem to be a problem with simulation speed when exceeding certain amount of pieces. It's weird, because from what I've seen the processor isn't working that much (none of the 4 cores is at 100%).
Answer
Mark Smith 12 years ago
I improved performance in version 0.4.5
+8
Fixed

Ragdoll splits in two while editing

Tuur 12 years ago updated by Mark Smith 12 years ago 1
Sometimes when i'm making a new vehicle the ragdoll splits in two around the waist when turning over the camera.
Then i can't place anything on the place where the upper body of the ragdoll sits, luckily the bottom part stays put.
Answer
Mark Smith 12 years ago
This should be now fixed in version 0.4.3
+8

Motor Joints

Cole Scheffler 12 years ago updated by nuke_hater 12 years ago 1
  • Motor joints, so you can attach rods and everything to this joint, and a key will move it left or right
+8

New Kinds Of Propulsion.

DarwinCole 12 years ago 0
Please add new ways to propel the car or whatever you make like and engine, jet or fan. Thanks  and add comments of your idea about propulsion  :)