Vehicle Building Games Pc

[Landerico Benson]

Initially conceived as the Vertical Assembly Building, it was renamed the Vehicle Assembly Building in 1965 during construction. The Max O. Urbahn architectural firm in New York City designed it. The VAB spans 8 acres and is one of the largest buildings in the world by volume. At a width of 518 feet, the building is made of 65,000 cubic yards of concrete and its frame contains 98,590 tons of steel. Completed in 1966, the building includes a low bay, four high bays, a transfer aisle, and several heavy-lift cranes.

Hi, I just need a little advice on how to start a vehicle building physics game something like besiege or scrap mechanic just a game example. the question is how would i get to starting it out with a center block or some other way which way would be the best. Any other advice will be appreciated as i am quite new to unity but not to programming.

I have made an engine like this some time ago which works pretty smooth.
I created the blocks like this:
A collider on each side of the block to check for raycasts of the mouse.
I did this so i could check wether the player is aiming at it.

The thing with these kind of games is the physics, i started out with giving each block a rigidbody.
I did this so i could explode the vehicle and the blocks would be flying everywhere, this is pretty neat for sure but performance wise it was really bad.
For a small vehicle it has no performance issues but people dont want small vehicles they want something with 100+ blocks etc, and if they can multiple of those vehicles.

My fix for this issues was pretty simple, i created a parent and added a rigidbody to it.
No more rigidbodies for each block, but instead i added animaties and particle systems to the blocks so if they got destroyed they would still fly and burst into small particles.

The Vehicle Assembly Building (originally the Vertical Assembly Building), or VAB, is a large building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, designed to assemble large pre-manufactured space vehicle components, such as the massive Saturn V, the Space Shuttle and the Space Launch System, and stack them vertically onto one of three mobile launcher platforms used by NASA. As of March 2022, the first Space Launch System (SLS) rocket was assembled inside in preparation for the Artemis 1 mission,[2] launched on November 16, 2022.

The VAB is the largest single-story building in the world,[4] was the tallest building (526 ft or 160 m) in Florida until 1974,[5] and is the tallest building in the United States outside an urban area.[6]

There are four entries to the bays located inside the building, which are the four largest doors in the world.[12] Each door is 456 feet (139.0 m) high, has seven vertical panels and four horizontal panels, and takes 45 minutes to completely open or close. The north entry that leads to the transfer aisle was widened by 40 feet (12.2 m) to allow entry of the shuttle orbiter. A central slot at the north entry allowed for passage of the orbiter's vertical stabilizer.

The building has air conditioning equipment, including 125 ventilators[3] on the roof supported by four large air handlers (four cylindrical structures west of the building) rated at a total 10,000 tons of refrigeration (120,000,000 BTU/hr, 35 MW) to keep moisture under control. Air in the building can be completely replaced every hour. The large doors can allow fog to roll into the building and become trapped, leading to incorrect rumors that the building has its own weather and can form clouds.[14]

The American flag painted on the building was the largest in the world when added in 1976 as part of United States Bicentennial celebrations, along with the star logo of the anniversary, later replaced by the NASA insignia in 1998. It is 209 feet (63.7 m) high and 110 feet (33.5 m) wide. Each of the stars on the flag is 6 feet (1.83 m) across, the blue field is the size of a regulation basketball court, and each of the stripes is 9 feet (2.74 m) wide.[15]Work began in early 2007 to restore the exterior paint on the immense facility. Special attention was paid to the enormous American flag and NASA "meatball" insignia. The work repaired visible damage from years of storms and weathering. The flag and logo had been previously repainted in 1998 for NASA's 40th anniversary.[16]

The most extensive exterior damage occurred during the storm season of 2004, when Hurricane Frances blew off 850 14-by-6-foot (4.3 m 1.8 m) aluminum panels from the building, resulting in about 40,000 square feet (3,700 m2) of new openings in the sides.[16][17] Twenty-five additional panels were blown off the east side by the winds from Hurricane Jeanne just three weeks later. Earlier in the season, Hurricane Charley caused significant but less serious damage, estimated to cost $700,000 to repair. Damage caused by these hurricanes was still visible in 2007. Some of these panels are "punch-outs", designed to detach from the VAB when a large pressure differential is created on the outside vs. the inside. This allows for equalization, and helps protect the structural integrity of the building during rapid changes in pressure such as in tropical cyclones.

Originally, after the Space Shuttle was intended to be retired in 2010, the VAB would have been renovated for stacking of the Ares I and Ares V launch vehicles for the Constellation program, however the Constellation program was cancelled in 2010. The Space Shuttle itself was retired in 2011 after which NASA temporarily (as early as 2012) offered public tours of the VAB. These tours were temporarily discontinued in February 2014 to allow for renovations to take place.[18]

The NASA FY2013 budget included US$143.7 million for Construction of Facilities (CoF) requirements in support of what is now known as the Artemis program and its vehicles, including the Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft. NASA began modifying Launch Complex 39 at KSC to support the new SLS in 2014, beginning with major repairs, code upgrades and safety improvements to the Launch Control Center, Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) and the VAB Utility Annex. This initial work is required to support any launch vehicle operated from Launch Complex 39 and will allow NASA to begin modernizing the facilities, while vehicle-specific requirements are being developed.[19]

The VAB could be used to some extent for assembly and processing of any future vehicles using Launch Complex 39, in addition to renovations for SLS capabilities. On June 16, 2015, NASA released an announcement for proposals (AFP) seeking interest in using the VAB High Bay 2 and other complex facilities for commercial use in "assembling, integration, and testing of launch vehicles". This move is in line with the intent to migrate KSC towards acting as a spaceport accessible to both government and commercial ventures.[20]

On April 21, 2016, NASA announced the selection of Orbital ATK (bought by Northrop Grumman as of 2019) to begin negotiations for High Bay 2. The "potential agreement" included an existing mobile launcher platform.[21] NASA subsequently completed the agreement in August 2019 to lease High Bay 2 and Mobile Launcher Platform 3 to Northrop Grumman for use with their OmegA launch vehicle.[22] However, development of OmegA was subsequently cancelled in September 2020. Northrop Grumman had yet to make any modifications to High Bay 2, and were using it for the storage of OmegA hardware. This hardware was scheduled to be removed from the VAB and returned to Northrop Grumman by the end of September 2020.[23]

Building codes, parking ordinances, and zoning ordinances can influence electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure planning by creating design standards, requiring a minimum number of EV-ready spaces for new construction, or allowing EV charger installation as part of zoning ordinances. In addition to considering charging for light-duty EVs, codes and regulations should also be adopted to support infrastructure for neighborhood EVs and e-micromobility options, which typically only require access to a 120V receptacle to charge.

Building codes ensure construction meets fire, electrical, plumbing, and other health and safety requirements. These codes are based on national or international standards, are adopted at the state or local level, and are enforced at the local level through permitting and inspection processes. The International Code Council (ICC) develops model codes and standards, including the International Building Code (IBC), International Residential Code (IRC), and International Energy Conservation Code (IECC). While the IRC and IECC do not currently include references to EV charging, the 2021 version of the IBC has two references in Sections 406.2.7 and 1107. These sections include requirements for EV charging stations to be installed in accordance with NFPA 70 and to be UL listed, as well as a required number of accessible vehicle spaces (not less than 5% of EV charging station spaces but no fewer than one space shall be accessible).

As noted by the ICC in EV and Building Codes: A Strategy for Greenhouse Gas Reductions, EV infrastructure requirements in building codes support the transition towards EV ownership by increasing access to parking spaces with EV charging stations. Current EV charging provisions in some state and local building codes typically require new buildings and major renovations to include a mixture of parking spaces with installed EV charging infrastructure and some with the necessary electrical equipment to support the future installation of EV charging infrastructure as EV use continues to grow. A study by the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project showed that the installation of EV electrical equipment into new buildings can decrease installation costs of charging stations by up to 75% compared to installation during a building retrofit."

Updating building codes can help a jurisdiction become EV friendly in several ways. For example, codes can be established that require all new construction and major renovations to incorporate EV charging infrastructure. Possible requirements include:

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