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Giveaway of the Day Forums » Topic: Week 56 - Free games for the weekdays - Rigs of Rods http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6304 Giveaway of the Day Forums » Topic: Week 56 - Free games for the weekdays - Rigs of Rods en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:53:54 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 midori on "Week 56 - Free games for the weekdays - Rigs of Rods" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6304#post-65494 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:15:23 +0000 midori 65494@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Ditto from me, wizz... I guess I didn't fully read your post. Sorry for the difficult time you're going through, and sending strength vibes to you. Take care, my friend, and get some rest when you can. Whiterabbit-uk on "Week 56 - Free games for the weekdays - Rigs of Rods" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6304#post-65492 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:49:11 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 65492@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Hi Wizz, I hope you get some rest soon, you'll make yourself ill without it. And sympthies for the loss. As for Rigs of Rods, the version I had installed (that i'd forgotten about) was version 3.5. The latest edition is 3.6.2. You only have to ask if you need more time away from posting games. With a full night time job and college during the day ( and whatever home work you get) I'm sure you'll want to spend most of what little time you have enjoying yourself playing games or with your fiancee, and not searching for free games then writing up a short reviews. It takes up a surprising amount of time especially now we have the option to post images. Take care WR midori on "Week 56 - Free games for the weekdays - Rigs of Rods" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6304#post-65488 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:34:28 +0000 midori 65488@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ That's awesome, webmaster! When I was a child I would dream of being an animator for Disney. I did do computer graphics for awhile, but the only animation I did was of a plane going down a runway. (This was before programs did that automatically.) Other than that, it was logos, technical stuff, and boxes. Maybe too many boxes. *@8-| thewebmaster on "Week 56 - Free games for the weekdays - Rigs of Rods" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6304#post-65481 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:53:28 +0000 thewebmaster 65481@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Wow looking nice Rabbit! I thought I saw the free computer animating program "Blender" in one of those pictures. I animate as a pasttime. (When I even have that time lol) wizzard_of_ozz2004 on "Week 56 - Free games for the weekdays - Rigs of Rods" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6304#post-65466 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:09:05 +0000 wizzard_of_ozz2004 65466@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ I tried this many months ago and discarded it as it seemed rather buggy for me. Maybe they have fixed it since then. Previously when I tried it, the camera angles were all screwed up and the controls were finicky. The graphics didn't want to work well for me either. Maybe it was vista that was problem? BTW thanks for taking over for me again this week. I've got a seriously long day ahead of me. I'm off to work on a little homework now and then off to college. From there is to the funeral which will take me another 4-5 hours until I'll get home. I'm lookin at being up for at least another 9 hours before I can hit the sack. Whiterabbit-uk on "Week 56 - Free games for the weekdays - Rigs of Rods" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6304#post-65464 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:28:43 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 65464@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ I don't know where I actually found this one originally. I was clearing up one of my games folders as I'm getting seriously short of space and came across this one. You don't have to create your own vehicles, though that's what the main point of the game is about. you can download from the near 2000 item list and test out the vehicles, play online and race your friends on custom made drag strips, or try to recover a boeing from a serious fault while flying. The game emulates real life physics (okay, as well as you'd expect for something that's free, lol) There's one video (which I didn't link to) where someone manages to land a large passenger plane after half of one wing has been crippled. Chronopie on "Week 56 - Free games for the weekdays - Rigs of Rods" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6304#post-65458 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:46:07 +0000 Chronopie 65458@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Looks complex... Might be worth a try. Nice find Wrabbit. midori on "Week 56 - Free games for the weekdays - Rigs of Rods" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6304#post-65456 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:42:08 +0000 midori 65456@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Whoa, pretty heavy, wrabbit... what a find! Not sure I'd be much good at this, tho I'm sure others will. :) Whiterabbit-uk on "Week 56 - Free games for the weekdays - Rigs of Rods" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6304#post-65453 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:45:45 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 65453@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Rigs of Rods v0.36.2: (140.3Mb) Rigs of Rods is an amazing FREE application for simulating soft body physics. It’s simulator game where you can drive, fly and sail various vehicles using an accurate and unique soft-body physics engine. That means that not only vehicles are able to be created. ANYTHING can be. The only downside currently, is that older hardware will struggle to run RoR smoothly because the simulator eats up your resources however, optimization updates are always being released, along with many more enhancements, so that problem is slowly being sorted. <center><img src="http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab93/whiterabbit03/Freeware%20Games/Rigs%20of%20Rods/2658897439_4e9788e2e7.jpg"></center> The real Rigs of Rods experience happens when you join the forum as a member. Then you can enjoy being at the forefront of this incredible application. Multiplayer is about to be upgraded, allowing many more possibilities within RoR. Finally, it is OPEN SOURCE, meaning that anyone can help develop RoR into the future. The simulator is available for windows, Linux and Mac operating systems. The game is quite complex, and will probably not appeal to those who jut want to pick up a game and play it for a few minutes here and there. I highly recommend you follow the links to the Wiki and the beginners guide as you’ll find valuable information to get you started. IMO, this is a beautifully constructed game project, with the potential for more to come in the future. You require 173.2Mb spare to install this game. It comes with a full installer, though you’ll have to manually create and place a shortcut on the desktop if you want one. <center><img src="http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab93/whiterabbit03/Freeware%20Games/Rigs%20of%20Rods/3240202110_99cd4b52a5.jpg"></center> <center><img src="http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab93/whiterabbit03/Freeware%20Games/Rigs%20of%20Rods/3240202056_f24ae31510.jpg"></center> Rigs of Rods was initially created as an off-road truck simulator, but has developed into a versatile physics sandbox. Prior to version 0.28, the game was limited to typical land vehicles with wheels, but plane and boat engines have been added since. All engines allow for a wide range of customization, leaving virtually no boundaries. Vehicles are built using vertices connected by beams. Vertices (or "nodes") are influenced by the stress on the beams that connect them. If a beam is too stressed, it will deform, thus altering the associated nodes position which ultimately alters the appearance and/or handling of a vehicle. Vehicle configurations are stored in plain text. Simple 2D skins can be made to wrap the vehicle, and can be supplemented with static mesh objects. Recent development has allowed for static meshes to be deformed according to a nodes/beam skeleton, much like the system in the game 1nsane. This system is known as Flexbody, was available in a patch for version .35 of the game but is now included in version .36. <center><img src="http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab93/whiterabbit03/Freeware%20Games/Rigs%20of%20Rods/415f6297b87efc4127994c709bf2d930_o.jpg"></center> <center><img src="http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab93/whiterabbit03/Freeware%20Games/Rigs%20of%20Rods/800px-Rigs_of_Rods_Beam.png"></center> <center><img src="http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab93/whiterabbit03/Freeware%20Games/Rigs%20of%20Rods/BA2.png"></center> Vehicles ride along terrains that are defined in a raw image file, such as the data found in digital elevation model which can be used to form a realistic surface. Terrains can be made using any other program that can generate a black and White RAW image format. This also means that maps can be made from any image. As a sandbox, Rigs of Rods has no fundamental game play goal but newly added Lua support contributes to missions and game play interaction like the timing of checkpoints along a road or dragstrips. Recent multiplayer support has allowed up to 16 simultaneous users to interact on a playing field. Common activities include off-roading, racing, and casual playing. Many activities can be had on land, sea, or sky. Reference found <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigs_of_Rods">HERE</a> <center><img src="http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab93/whiterabbit03/Freeware%20Games/Rigs%20of%20Rods/f7067698ea53e59be4ef234b23a61742_o.jpg"></center> <center><img src="http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab93/whiterabbit03/Freeware%20Games/Rigs%20of%20Rods/rigs_of_rods_01.jpg"></center> Videos: There are loads of videos of the game which you can find you can watch multiplayer game play <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKzXCqDkeE0">HERE</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JhDjLxJp40">HERE</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR9jqGv05H4">HERE</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTdR-mEQtzM">HERE</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NUf5PXeRzE">HERE</a> and finally a whole bunch more video’s <a href="http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=rigs+of+rods&search_type=&aq=f">HERE</a> You can read (and join if you want to contribute) forum threads <a href="http://forum.rigsofrods.com/">HERE</a>. You’ll find details of bugs, general chat about the sim, screenshots and even a online chat box. You can access the Rigs of Rods own Wiki <a href="http://wiki.rigsofrods.com/pages/Main_Page">HERE</a> and the official Wiki entry <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigs_of_Rods">HERE</a>. You’ll also find a beginners guide <a href="http://wiki.rigsofrods.com/pages/Beginner%27s_Guide">HERE</a> <center><img src="http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab93/whiterabbit03/Freeware%20Games/Rigs%20of%20Rods/paintmick.jpg"></center> <center><img src="http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab93/whiterabbit03/Freeware%20Games/Rigs%20of%20Rods/Rigs_of_Rods_TurboTwin.jpg"></center> <center><img src="http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab93/whiterabbit03/Freeware%20Games/Rigs%20of%20Rods/screenshot_5edit1.png"></center> You can download the latest version of Rigs of Rods <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/rigsofrods/files/rigsofrods/0.36.2/RoR-0.36.2-Setup.exe/download">HERE</a> and <a href="http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/download/61055">HERE</a>. You can also download loads of vehicles of all shapes and sizes, as well as terrain , drag strips race tracks, aeroplanes, boats etc, from the Rigs of Rods Repository <a href="http://repository.rigsofrods.com/">HERE</a>. These can be added to your game if you don't want to make your own (there is a learning curve here, lol). To get an idea as to how much there is to download, you’ll find 187 pages with an average of 10 items per page making a total of nearly 1900 items you can download. :) <center><img src="http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab93/whiterabbit03/Freeware%20Games/Rigs%20of%20Rods/9268ac945c45acb3edf9fd013af4a51d_o.jpg"></center> <center><img src="http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab93/whiterabbit03/Freeware%20Games/Rigs%20of%20Rods/rigs_of_rods_04.jpg"></center> <center><img src="http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab93/whiterabbit03/Freeware%20Games/Rigs%20of%20Rods/RoR.jpg"></center>