Support: Taxiing doesn't work

[imagitama]

Thanks for the tool. I want to create an airliner and I've followed the instructions:

• I re-used the SF-1 prefab
• disabled the original mesh and inserted my own mesh
• moved the ground effect to behind the wheels approx 20cm above where the ground should be

But I cannot taxi at all. I think the ground detection is failing so it doesn't let it taxi.

When throttle is applied and the plane is moving I can apply yaw, pitch, etc. and it behaves as expected.

Position of GroundDetector:

GroundDetectorEmpty:

Ground detection settings:

Taxi settings:

When in play mode it does look a bit wonky but I'm not sure if it's related:

Can you please help me with my setup? Is there a Discord I can ask support questions?

Also is there a "debug panel" for aircraft? I want to see the raw values in play mode to verify I am on the ground, my speed, rotation, etc.

[Sacchan-VRC]

You can adjust the position of the ground detector during play to check if it's in the right position. With such a large plane you may also what to put it a bit higher and increase 'Ground Detector Ray Distance'

From that screenshot, it's very possible that the ground detector has gone underground because one side is lower

[imagitama]

I put the ground detector near the wheels and the "empty" one in the tail like the prefabs do. The word "empty" just confused me.

Now it taxies but it stutters a lot. The joystick twists visually and the plane turns in little jumps not smoothly like a real plane.

Btw do you have a discord or email I can use for this kind of support? I have a bunch more questions about using your scripts and I'm not sure github issues are the way to go

[Sacchan-VRC]

You can reduce the taxi turn speed, and tick Disallow Taxi Rotation While Still to make it a bit more realistic, if it's suddenly stopping, the ground detector might be intermittently not detecting the ground due to the movement.

Check Instructions.txt.