HFFWS - Working with Conveyor Belt

August 29, 2019

Human Fall Flat Workshop

Conveyor Parameters

Conveyor Parameters

Name: DarkGreyMetalMechMediumDebrisMovingConveyorBeltBody

  • Parent
    • Mesh
      • the mesh of the overall body of the conveyor belt; the central element
      • Default: DarkGreyMetalMechMediumDebrisMovingConveyorBeltBody
    • Conveyor (script)
    • Item Prefab: objects that the belt is made up of
    • Segment Count: creates the designated number of segments; spread out accordingly
      • Initialized
    • Length: Changes the overall length of the conveyor
      • Changes during Runtime, but only properly works in setup
    • Radius: this is the radius of the curved ends; controls overall thickness of belt system
      • Initialized
    • Speed: Direction and how fast the belt moves around
      • Runtime
    • Node Graph (script)
    • Signal Math Comparte (script)

  • BeltM_RollEnd
    • Just seems to be model for cylinder at a belt end
  • BeltM_RollStart
    • Just seems to be model for cylinder at a belt end

  • ConveyorSegment.001
    • This just seems to be the default prefab reference for the object that makes up an individual conveyor segment
    • This does not need to be a child of the overall object, so it can be removed
    • Just the reference to this object is needed in Conveyor script's Item Prefab
    • Make sure to have a reference to this if removed to use still
  • LoopingSFXStart
    • Controls starting the audio
  • LoopingSFXStop
    • Controls stopping the audio
  • ConveyorLoop
    • Another audio source for the general audio produced by the conveyor

  • top
    • Instantiated at runtime, holds segments making up the top part of the conveyor
  • bottom
    • Instantiated at runtime, holds segments making up the bottom part of the conveyor
  • start
    • Instantiated at runtime, holds segments making up the curving side of the conveyor
  • end
    • Instantiated at runtime, holds segments making up the other curving side of the conveyor

NEXT STEP

I have worked out a lot of what the parameters do, now I just need to test setting them and instantiating conveyors at run time to make sure that works as I expect.

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