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fun game if you like vehicule creation, very active dev

[h1] Aight listen up tankers [/h1] This is [b] THE [/b] best tank building game to ever exist. Trust me, I've seen building games, like simple planes and other.. But Sprocket is the real deal Basically, this game is the perfect middle between realistic and complex engineering. On one side, you have to monitor what kind of engine you're using, the transmission you're installing and the cannon you're mounting, but on the other you don't have to connect every wire and pipe perfectly to make it work, and this is perfect for people who just want to model a tank and have it work how they want. [h3] I'd say the game phases can be cut up in three parts [/h3] • First off, you just bought the game, installed it on your computer, open up the game and click play. Well now you're faced with quite the number of buttons, categories and questions. When you open the game in sandbox for the first time, you're faced with a basic gray hull. This will be your best friend for the time you're learning the game. It's a pre-made hull that already works fine the way it is. Now you have multiple choices, either you strap on a turret and a cannon, and your tank is pretty much done. Or, you start messing around with the freeform edit tool. • So now, after a minute or two messing around with the freeform tool, your tank is probably a messy ugly brick. But that's okay, it's our first tank, we can't expect to make a beauty of engineering right? But we still want to clean this up. So first, since it's our first tank, I recommend you get reference images next to you. This will help you understand the logic and aesthetics of tanks, as well as the global cuts and shapes of a hull. But careful, this will also vary depending on the ERA. If you're trying to make an inter-war tank, don't take an Abrams tank as a reference. • By this stage, you already have finished editing and tweaking your tank hull and turret. You're happy enough with the result and want to continue with the next step. This step is probably one of the most important: armoring. Your tank is good looking, but this isn't enough to make it conqueer the battlefield. You need protection. Now, of course, this will depend on what type of tank you made. For a light tank, don't try to make it as armored as a Maus. Let me give you my personal tip: go on War Thunder, take any tank that's remotely close to what you made and analyze the armor it has. For example, let's say you made a WW2 medium tank with a soviet style, but you're wondering wich part you should armor up and how thick the plates have to be. Open up war thunder, check the armor width of a T-34 and tweak your tank based off that. [b] Special note, as this is a beginner quick "tutorial", I will stay in the basics of tank armoring and mechanics. Of you're building a cold war or modern tank, there's special techniques you can use to simulate spaced armor or ERA plates. [/b] Now that all of this is done, you just have to place down your crew members and the cannon, refill the ammo, maybe tweak the engine of needed and voilà ! You now have a working tank, ready to face the immersive battles of Sprocket. HOORAY ! Being serious a little, this game is actually really good. So good that I've wasted 436 hours of my life building funny brick tanks. And let me tell you, when you've spent dozen of hours on one tank to make every little detail PERFECT, the feeling of satisfaction is like flying to heaven, and dit's enough to make your whole day. If you buy this game, you better have a lot of patience, because your tanks will be probably pretty ugly, even after 10 hours of playing. But before you know it, you'll have mastered the secrets of tank building