How To make something Levitate ?

[Alroc]

Hi I was wondering how to make an object like chair flying slowly in the air like levitating

but the only result I have is making something flying By an impulse
...

[Pandemoneus]

I am actually interested in that too. I only saw Entih being able to levitate the player in his video on YouTube, maybe he sees this thread and will answer.

His thread: http://www.frictionalgames.com/forum/thread-4464.html
His video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPNN2OaX0oQ

[gosseyn]

I want to be able to manipulate position, rotation, and scale of entities via scripting, simple !

[MulleDK19]

Hi I was wondering how to make an object like chair flying slowly in the air like levitating

but the only result I have is making something flying By an impulse
...

Use AddPropForce in a timer (that runs maybe 50-100 times a second) instead... Then just find the amount of force required to just make the chair lift off the ground.

[Alroc]

Isnt't there a less tricky method like a SetPos Or SetRot ?

[MulleDK19]

Isnt't there a less tricky method like a SetPos Or SetRot ?

No.

[Alroc]

So sad ...

[nofsky]

If you edit an object in the ModelEditor you can turn off gravity on it so that it floats in the air. Then you can use scripting to push it a little bit in different directions. That's probably your best bet.

[gosseyn]

that is a good idea nofsky, i am trying that right now and it is the closest i found to what i am trying to achieve, thanks!

edit : i found a semi-solution, i play with gravity, impulses and block boxes that are blocking everything but the player. But i still have problems making a good loop with impusles, i try something like :

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while (1)
     {
          AddTimer("", 1.0f, "LevitateUp");
          AddTimer("", 2.0f, "LevitateDown");
     }

void LevitateUp(string &in asTimer)
     {
          AddPropImpulse("MyChair", 0.0, 1, 0.0, "world");
     }

void LevitateDown(string &in asTimer)
     {
          AddPropImpulse("MyChair", 0.0, -1, 0.0, "world");
     }

I know my while loop is an infinite loop, and it is making the game crash, but i think maybe i don't know where to place it. I want the levitating effect to start as soon as the player enters the level. Any input? Thanks.

[gosseyn]

please anyone can help with creating a loop that will give a levitating effect on an object?
The object is already standing in the air, i just need to give it a nifty effect of vibrating.Thanks!