Thank you dop2000 for checking it out! :)

As you suggested I tried to change the stepping parameters but I didn't distinguish improvements, so for the time being I'm letting it as is.

Weirdly, I felt that reducing the number of rope parts, making them larger, and increasing their density actually made the rope break more easily... It probably needs more testing though.

However the pole suggestion was super useful and unlocked the situation in a major way!

I reworked a LOT of things, included the way I compute the rope's length, and now I can determine which is the closest pole in contact.

I've also stopped increasing the density of the bot, instead I change the force applied to the bot.

Since we now know which is the closest pole it's possible to apply a handicap (relative to rope's length) or not depending on the angle we move. If the rope is at max length we can still drive in reverse mode for example.

This is coming together, although the controls of the robot are still really bad... I wish I could simple add the "Car" Behavior to it but it doesn't go well with physics.

LINK HERE

I'm still very interested in how I could make this prototype better (be it in its driving or rope mechanic) :D

I must say I eventually ended up taking a C3 licence after someone let me use his licence for a month. This was technically "illegal", but without this real trial period, I'd never have ported my whole game from C2 to C3. Why would I have purchased a product I couldn't get a feel for ?

The free version is really miserable to be honest.

Hello everyone,

For a side project I'm trying to create a little robot that moves while being on a LEASH that starts from a fixed place. However that leash has been a real struggle and although I've made a good headway it's not entirely satisfying yet.

1/ The leash needs to follow the robot in a realistical way

2/ The leash is unbreakable and prevents the robot from moving farther than its max length

3/ The leash must have some form of solidity so that it doesn't go through walls and poles while trying to follow the robot

Basically I need a rope that acts pretty much like that rope in a Super Mario Party game (see 41:15).

I have already produced a base project. LINK HERE

First I tried to go the Pin (Rope Style) route but the movement was not realistic. My current prototype uses Physics Behavior instead.

• I am more or less satisfied with how the rope follows the robot although sometimes it does vibrate / pulsate weirdly.
• It is solid-ish. When you go around poles it does get stuck. But if there is too much tension, the little parts get further and further aparts until the rope actually goes through the pole. The joints are not strong enough.
• It does not at all prevent the robot to go further than rope's length. The little parts just get further and further apart themselves, as if the "tension" increased, but it has zero effect on the robot. I could reduce the force I apply to the robot by a value representative of the rope's tension but I don't know what formula would fit.

As usual I'm suuuuper grateful to anyone trying to help =)

Thank you so much Mikal . I was aware this plugin existed, but for some reason I always shy away from third party plugins, however stable they might be. I don't know why. However, seeing how the official plugin has stagnated for so long I'll definitely go against this stupid unspoken rule of mine and use your plugin from now on :)

As for Electron I didn't know it existed until recently. I've always used NW.js. I definitely need to investigate Electron to know what it can bring me :D

Thanks. It's just that in this case everything seems already... "made". But I'm glad you hear requests and I've voted for related suggestions in the aha-board.