Product Chat / Physics Weight and Friction

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lordjulian
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Posted: 5th May 2016 03:18
Could someone please explain what these mean and how to use them.

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Jerry Tremble
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Posted: 5th May 2016 03:44
As far as I know they don't do anything yet, I think they are just placeholders for future properties. I've messed with them a bit and saw no difference in behavior. That was a while back, though (Reloaded) so they may do something now. (?)
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LeeBamber
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Posted: 5th May 2016 13:22
Yes, they do not change the physics properties of objects right now.
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DVader
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Posted: 5th May 2016 17:43
Just to let you know for when they are implemented They are pretty self explanatory really and mean what they say.

Physics weight gives you the option of setting your items mass. A really heavy full barrel would take more to push than a empty one. You could use the physics weight to simulate the difference.

Physics friction is for different surfaces and such. A high friction would simulate as an example, sand and a low friction one would be like ice.

Very useful stuff. I certainly am looking forward to when we can use this sort of thing in our projects.


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lordjulian
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Posted: 5th May 2016 18:05
Thanks. I'll look forward to using them when implemented.
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Posted: 5th May 2016 19:33 Edited at: 5th May 2016 19:35
Unbelievable that you can not change the mass or friction of an object!
You should be able to change the weight of a ragdoll based on the size of your character.
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LeeBamber
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Posted: 6th May 2016 16:26
In the next version (V1.131) the weight and friction has been fixed work for all objects, and the weight value in the character properties will control the mass (weight) of the ragdoll.
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Posted: 6th May 2016 16:35
Excellent. Thanks Lee.
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Posted: 6th May 2016 17:01
thanks Lee, this will be good, wanted to play around with these.
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Posted: 6th May 2016 22:59
I'm actually quite excited about the next update, GG is going to look better, work better and hopefully sound better
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Posted: 7th May 2016 18:35
I'm happy with the way GG is going of late. We're seeing some nice little extra's which make many things possible that weren't before, or at least not easily. These physics options should really add some depth and game-play elements that are sorely missing at the moment.


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