How to Make Turnable Car Wheels in Blender Game Engine

This tutorial will show you how to create turnable car wheels in Blender Game Engine. This technique can be used to create realistic car wheels that can be animated to rotate.

Step 1: Create a new Blender project

1. Open Blender and click on the “New” button.
2. In the “New” dialog box, select the “Game” engine template.
3. Click on the “OK” button to create a new Blender project.

Step 2: Create the car wheel

1. In the 3D Viewport, press the “Tab” key to enter Edit Mode.
2. Select the “Cylinder” primitive from the “Add” menu.
3. In the “Cylinder” properties panel, set the “Radius” to 0.5 and the “Height” to 1.
4. Click on the “OK” button to create the car wheel.

Step 3: Create the car wheel’s axle

1. In the 3D Viewport, press the “Shift” + “A” keys to open the “Add” menu.
2. Select the “Cube” primitive from the “Add” menu.
3. In the “Cube” properties panel, set the “Scale” to 0.2, 0.2, and 1.
4. Click on the “OK” button to create the car wheel’s axle.

Step 4: Parent the car wheel to the axle

1. Select the car wheel and the axle.
2. Press the “Ctrl” + “P” keys to open the “Parent” menu.
3. Select the “Object” option from the “Parent” menu.
4. Click on the “OK” button to parent the car wheel to the axle.

Step 5: Create the car wheel’s rotation constraint

1. Select the car wheel.
2. In the “Constraints” panel, click on the “Add” button.
3. Select the “Rotation” constraint type from the “Add” menu.
4. In the “Rotation” constraint properties panel, set the “Target” to the axle.
5. Click on the “OK” button to create the car wheel’s rotation constraint.

Step 6: Create the car wheel’s animation

1. Select the car wheel.
2. In the “Animation” panel, click on the “Add” button.
3. Select the “Rotation” animation type from the “Add” menu.
4. In the “Rotation” animation properties panel, set the “Start” value to 0 and the “End” value to 360.
5. Click on the “OK” button to create the car wheel’s animation.

Step 7: Test the car wheel

1. Click on the “Play” button in the Game Engine toolbar.
2. The car wheel will now rotate around the axle.

Conclusion

This tutorial showed you how to create turnable car wheels in Blender Game Engine. This technique can be used to create realistic car wheels that can be animated to rotate.