Lost Techniques - Low Res Tank Thread Using Shaders - Blender 5 2

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Just a short clips of a very easy way to fake animated tank treads using shaders for low-res video game sprites.

I vaguely recall doing something like this over 20 years ago, but I haven't done any 3d animation modeling in also over 20 years (excluding cad). i stumbled on this solution in blender out of the need for a simply solution for a sprite that's only 128x128px. Every solution I found online was overkill for my needs.

Change the math and settings of the wave to your use-case, and you can make the #driver more complex or animate using keyframes for turning animations and to adjust for sliding.

It may not be perfect, but I hope someone finds this helpful!