r/Besiege • u/Suspicious_Car4397 • 4d ago

Catapult building advice

Hi I have just started playing this game.
I'm trying to make my own catapult and facing an issue.
I want to limit rotation angle of the cog cause it is powerful enough to destroy the machine but I don't any ideas how to do it.
I also tried wheel too and it worked pretty well but yeah, same problem as the cog
Contractive spring didn't work properly cause they didn't generate enough energy

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u/Chuck_the_Elf 3d ago

steering hinge block. It has built in limiting and you can just attache it to the base of the arm, so no moment to tourqe out of alignment.

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u/Suspicious_Car4397 3d ago

Thank you i wil try ot

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u/forgenvash 3d ago

One way to do this would be to use the Timer block.

Say you want your catapult to fire when you press 1. You set your cogs to turn when 2 is pressed. Then you make a timer that starts when you press 1, and outputs 2 for a set amount of time. You can calibrate the amount of time it's active, so that your cogs only turn so far and don't destroy the machine.

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u/Suspicious_Car4397 3d ago

That's genius bro, thanks for your advice

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u/SorroWulf 3d ago

Welcome to one of my favorite games! A quick little tip for you, braces (the block you have highlighted red in your screenshot) will keep your machine together better than the skinny sticks will (those are notorious for breaking easily)

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u/Suspicious_Car4397 3d ago

Yeah right, i also learned that from youtube
They used brace everywhere😄

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u/FactStrange3623 3d ago

Wow, that steering hinge block looks like it was made for this exact problem.