Thank you very much, Philippe Roubal!

As littleneo said, I have had big troubles with my internet connexion and mails.

The e-mails redirections should work again on my website now, but if you don’t have responses from me, please send me a PM on Blenderartists.org

Best regards,

Philippe.

.. and post a private or public message !

@sfsfsfg : You can create tracks for all kinds of wheels, simply by editing the print sample.
The Tracks Creator is available alone. In its blend file, you can find several examples of prints :

http://3d-synthesis.com/tutorials/Tracks-Creator-v3.blend

http://3d-synthesis.com/tutorials/TracksCreator-v2-Manual.pdf

I am already working on a tank system, and I have found a very simple way of making caterpillars (tracks). I will release it later. It runs very well on a flat terrain, but creating a suspension for a tank is very difficult. We need many sensors, and it is very hard to manage with the tension of the caterpillars. Add to that, using particles to create caterpillars tracks requires different kind of prints sample, due to the fact that caterpillars prints are very different in straight line an in narrow curves !

@Cheerios : Softbody on the tires is a thing that I have not yet tried. I have made several attemps with lattices like in my old Autodrive version for flat terrains, but it is very hard to avoid very weird deformations looking like melting chewing gum…
Softbody is an interesting idea (I’ll make a trial), but I thinkthat it will require a lot of computer ressources. You will notice that increasing the subdivision of the ground mesh leads already to a big slow down, and softbody will require to use deflection on the ground !

Edit : It hasn’t a suspension yet, but if you want to play with the current version of my Tank & Caterpillars system, you can download the Blend file here :

http://3d-synthesis.com/tutorials/Tank&Caterpillars-v1.2-Compressed.blend

Have fun !

Philippe.