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Development Forum How to Make an Object Float    Air Guitarist kezune        12/9/2013 Hello again! New problem. I'm making a toy this time and I've got an OK understanding of how to make it work but I want it to be able to float on water. Is there a way to do this? Also, are there any resources online that detail all the CAOS codes, like values for bhvr and attr? Updated Rehosting Policy[/title]   Mad Scientist clohse     12/9/2013 How about something like doif rtype eq 8 or rtype eq 9 *fresh or salt water accg 0 *no gravity else accg 1 *regular gravity endi CLohse's Norns at the Creatures Repository   Air Guitarist kezune     12/9/2013 I like that, but I don't know how to get the room type that the agent's in. :C Updated Rehosting Policy[/title]   Sanely Insane RisenAngel Manager     12/9/2013 Do you have Amai's Magic Words Room Edits? If you have that installed, you can type "rtype" and it'll give you the room type and corresponding number of the room the hand's in. You can then plug in the number into this command: doif rtyp room ownr = # And have your agent know what room it's in. In your case, you want room numbers 8 and 9 (fresh water and salt water, respectively). Floating is a property that's rather tricky to get looking right, however. If you use something like the code clohse just posted, you're likely to have agents that look like they're jumping out of the water rather than floating. It's not something I'd recommend for a beginner. To answer your second question, the CAOs Tool has a list of codes if you click on "Help" and then on either "Alphabetical Guide" or "Categorical Guide." Assuming you're using the CAOs Tool, anyway - if not, there's a CAOS command that'll give you the same documentation, but I don't remember it off the top of my head. ~ The Realm ~ Risen Angel's Creatures Blog   Peppery One Papriko   12/9/2013  1 In order to get the docs, Malkin made a resource article about it. For the floating part... You could do the same I do when I want to find out how to achieve certain effects or actions: look for an agent which does something similar and tear the code into pieces. I would recommend you to look at any fishy animal or the junk in the garbage dump. You can decompile agents using Monk. But yeah, floating basically involves checking the room type and either drop like a stone or softly go up. When you also check for positons slightly above your current one, you could even prevent bobbing up and down. When in air, drop like a rock. When in water with water above you, float up. When in water with air above, stay at the current height. Lets play plants! Photosynthesis... Photosynthesis... Photosynthesis...   Malkin Manager     12/9/2013 There's an article about attr and bhvr in this resource somewhere. My TCR Norns   Malkin Manager     12/9/2013 The beachball from Oasis looks like this: ******************************** * Beachball ******************** ******************************** new: simp 2 21 24200 "moe_Oasis_beachball" 27 0 rand 1000 5000 attr 199 bhvr 1 elas 65 accg 2 aero 5 fric 15 perm 51 mvsf 780 46900 setv ov00 1 ******************************** * Beachball ******************** ******************************** scrp 2 21 24200 9 inst setv va01 posb subv va01 10 setv va00 rtyp grap posx va01 doif va00 eq 9 or va00 eq 8 accg -.15 elif va00 ne 9 and va00 ne 8 accg .75 setv va00 grid ownr down doif rtyp va00 ne 9 and rtyp va00 ne 8 accg 2 tick 0 endi endi endm scrp 2 21 24200 4 tick ov00 endm scrp 2 21 24200 5 tick ov00 doif velx gt 0 mira 0 anim [0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 255] elif velx lt 0 mira 1 anim [0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 255] endi endm scrp 2 21 24200 1 *stim writ from NORN stim writ from 97 2 setv va00 posx targ from doif posl lt va00 targ ownr mira 0 velo rand 20 25 rand -20 -30 elif posl gt va00 targ ownr mira 1 velo rand -20 -25 rand -20 -30 endi targ ownr anim [0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 255] tick ov00 endm scrp 2 21 24200 6 sndc "bou3" tick ov00 anim [ 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 ] over endm scrp 2 21 24200 1001 endm For comparison's sake, here's the styrofoam cup from the Garbage Dump: **Cup install reps 5 inst new: simp 3 8 4162 "toxic_foamcup" 2 0 rand 500 2000 attr 199 accg 4 bhvr 41 elas 5 aero 5 fric 100 mvsf rand 110 1150 7360 tick 1 repe reps 2 inst new: simp 3 8 4162 "toxic_foamcup" 2 0 rand 500 2000 attr 199 bhvr 41 accg 4 aero 5 elas 5 fric 100 mvsf rand 730 1150 7080 tick 1 repe **Styro cup scrp 3 8 4162 1 stim writ from 90 1 doif rtyp grap posx posb ne 9 and rtyp grap posx posb ne 8 setv vely -5 else setv velx rand -10 10 endi endm scrp 3 8 4162 3 stim writ from 92 1 velo rand 5 -5 -10 endm scrp 3 8 4162 4 stim writ from 91 1 endm scrp 3 8 4162 6 setv va00 rand 0 2 endm scrp 3 8 4162 9 doif carr ne null pose 1 else pose 0 endi doif rtyp room ownr eq 8 or rtyp room ownr eq 9 accg 0 loop wait 1 setv vely -1 doif carr ne null stop pose 1 else pose 0 endi setv va03 post subv va03 -8 untl rtyp grap posx va03 ne 8 and rtyp grap posx va03 ne 9 loop doif carr ne null stop pose 1 else pose 0 endi setv vely 0 wait 1 untl rtyp grap posx posb ne 8 and rtyp grap posx posb ne 9 else accg 4 endi endm It gets easier interpreting code once you've read through the CAOS documents. You can see that the timer script is used for most of the floating magic (though I'd imagine the physics properties also has a great deal to do with it). Commands which look at the boundaries of your object, check if they're in the appropriate room type, then alter the gravity accordingly seems to be the way to go, as well as having a fairly fast tick (these examples have a timer which runs as often as is CAOTICALLY possible!) to restart the timer quickly. I might be missing some of the finer details here, I've never made a floating agent. Best of luck working it out! My TCR Norns   Air Guitarist kezune     12/9/2013 Thank you so much for the help, everyone. I've successfully made a floating toy using the Styrofoam cup as a guide. It could use some tweaking but it works fine. Updated Rehosting Policy[/title]   Moe     12/11/2013  1 The good thing about the beach ball is it doesn't always have a fast tick. If you take it out of the water it goes back down to tick 0 to save professing power. The good thing about the cup is its use of loops. Finding a way to integrate the two is the best solution. There may be something like this coming in C2toDS soon....

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