oc3 Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 I'm trying to create a new trap, a large rock that will fall when triggered. I plan to have it held in place by a collision box and then have the collision box disable to allow the rock to fall. Everything works fine, except the rock will not fall ( just hangs in mid air) until it is touched by something. For instance, I can shoot it with an arrow and it falls and rolls around like it should. I thought the physics enabled as soon as the cell was loaded, but it does not seem to be working that way. Is there something I could be doing wrong or is this normal behavior? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanceor Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 It's one of the quirks of Oblivion - objects do not exhibit havok properties until bumped by something. A while back, I tried firing a spell at an object to make it fall but it was too unreliable. I also heard of someone spawning an invisible actor on top the object... actors will exhibit havok immediately and falling on to the object will bump it. Finally, analysing meshes\dungeons\caves\traps\ctrapcavein01.nif, it seems that a small animation is enough for an object to give itself a bump. Maybe that's worth trying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oc3 Posted June 6, 2013 Author Share Posted June 6, 2013 Thanks Lanceor! Some good info. I'm happy to know it wasn't just me. I thought I had a good idea to have a dart trap that would get the rock moving, but I tried it and even though the trap worked, it had no effect on getting the rock to move. Looks like I'm on to your other suggestions. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oc3 Posted June 6, 2013 Author Share Posted June 6, 2013 Solved! Well, at least a practical workaround. Lanceor's suggestion of an invisible actor gave me the idea. Why go to the trouble to make it invisible though? I simply placed a rat on top of the rock and when I reached it, I tripped the trap and the rock fell just as I intended. Thanks Lanceor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanceor Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 You're welcome - glad to hear that the trap is working. :smile: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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