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  1. Ankoku
    I am only trying to to the spiral lift and it is like a demented worm, where the end of it is determined to get as far away from the other end as possible. The tool for manipulating it in any meaningful way seems pathetic.
  2. Ankoku
    @Berthil How did you do the hose in Stud.IO? The hose editing tool seems beyond crap.
  3. Ankoku
    On he ball emptier, why can you see some grey axle between the thick and thin liftarm on the left?
  4. Ankoku
    Nice theming touch!
  5. Ankoku
    Cool. Nice to see an honest competitor! Thanks!
  6. Ankoku
    I like the mechanism at the 1:15 mark. It reminds me of the one used in the Cardan Lift.
  7. Ankoku
    Yeah, if I mod them, I will re-up the modded 3D models. I am guessing with Stud.IO it has element cross mapping issues. e.g. elements in some LDraw etc. files have different IDs for elements and thus you end up with it trying to draw one element as if it was something else. Looking at it, it feels as though if it can't find the correct element, it seems to default to a 2x2 plate and thus things get weird. It should really throw up a prompt or something to let you know it is having issues mapping.
  8. Ankoku
    Will see if that loads any better than the Catch & Release module. I can see me installing the appropriate software instead though.
  9. Ankoku
    Although this isn't LEGO, it looks more like Mechano, it is interesting how the LEGO GBC scene influences it. I am sure you can see the inspiration taken from both Akiyuki and Berthil modules.
  10. Ankoku
    Looks like I won't be editing the MPD files in Stud.IO. Tried both v1 and v2, both appear like this.
  11. Ankoku
    Flywheel Launcher seems to run a lot smoother in this video.
  12. Ankoku
    Originally posted by @djm in the General GBC Discussion thread. Thought I would post it here too. Couple of interesting bits of note. Wheel & Steps has seemingly gained a modification. You now have 2x transparent Panel 1 x 4 x 3 with Side Supports - Hollow Studs. Also trying to work out if there is something amiss in the instructions for the Catch & Release module. I ended up heavily modifying mine, but I feel as though much of that may have been unnecessary, as I suspect that the structure at the back is connected to the base at the wrong height. I think it is 1 plate out, which would explain a lot. In my version, I shortened the grabbers by half an axle length, but it is slightly OTT. Raising it by 1 plate thickness seems far better. Could possibly be quite an easy fix too. I am concluding this, as when you watch this video, you don't hear the tapping you do on the instructions version. The grabbers only just press against the base, rather than pressing quite a bit.
  13. Ankoku
    Thanks!
  14. Ankoku
    If anyone has it or comes across it, let me know.
  15. Ankoku
    Thanks. Is there any of the Ball Factory v2? Basically, I want to edit it and put my fixes in there.
  16. Ankoku
    Any idea where?
  17. Ankoku
    Just linking the Quanix compressor, so people know what it is:
  18. Ankoku
    Bonus points for the Alien screenshot!
  19. Ankoku
    We love posts about GBCs here! Good and original GBCs deserve their own thread. That said, they soon disappear as new posts are added. Which is why a link here to the original is useful.
  20. Ankoku
    Some great photos, love to see the internals!
  21. Ankoku
    It is created. In the process of building it, to make sure everything is correct. It just seems like converting my model into instructions is going to be way more of a ball ache than is actually necessary.
  22. Ankoku
    Yeah, sadly, my whole thing is sat in Step 1. I really don't get why there isn't the auto-generation of steps, it is the easiest thing in the world to do programmatically. Then you just let the use merge and re-arrange said steps into viable instructions. It feels as though no thought has been put into that aspect of it. It also doesn't help that the program forces you to build in a certain order, which is kinda opposite to how you would actually build it in real life. I would be happy if it allowed you to create steps on a 1 piece = 1 step in the order I added them, then let me merge/reorder, but alas no. Surprisingly disappointing in that respect and I am generally afraid to do anything in it as it tends to lock up and crash.
  23. Ankoku
    @Berthil Random question: When you created the instructions in Stud.Io, did it auto generate the steps for you? e.g. I went into Instruction mode with my model and there is just 1 step, which is the whole model. If I click on one of the sub models, it is again 1 step.
  24. Ankoku
    Is the strain down to the pistons pulling? e.g. when I was doing a lot of fiddling trying to work out how that section worked in the original, it was very easy to get the plastic to bend and as it bent, you would have the strain on the motor and the slow down of the period of bending and then it would carry on as normal until the next time where the bending occurred. With Akiyuki v2.1 of the ball factory which doesn't appear in any of the videos, he has added extra bracing to avoid the bend, but it could still cause the strain without bending. That said, it should be easy to spot, as you see a springiness in the chains which power the pistons as the tension releasees. There is basically a bounce.
  25. Ankoku
    You should do a full post on the Technic forum and then link it here. It is a really good GBC and many will love the Mario theming. It deserves it's own thread!
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