Boats on mesh deformation ocean

[spacegamer179 (Cheng)]

I am working on a game based around water and boats. I already have a mesh deformation ocean using gerstner waves and I have no idea where to start with the boats.

[azqjanna]

Your gerstner wave function gives you height for a given point on the ocean at a given time, you can use that as part of a buoyancy model, or just glue your boat to that height.

[PR_0B (十 盛大)]

You could have the boat’s Y-position constantly updated to the closest Gerstner wave point under the boat.

while true do
   local range = 1 --should set this to the size of the model plus a few studs
   local boatYPos

   for i,point in ipairs(wavePoints:GetChildren()) do
      local distance = (boat.PrimaryPart.Position - wavePoint.Position).Magnitude
      if distance < range then
         range = distance
         boatYPos = point.Position.Y
   end

   boat.PrimaryPart.Position = Vector3.new(boat.PrimaryPart.Position.X,boatYPos,boat.PrimaryPart.Position.Z)
   task.wait()
end

[spacegamer179 (Cheng)]

I’ve tried it but the boatYPos is always the same, it doesn’t change.

[Scottifly]

Please post your script so others can see how you are trying to control the boat and if there are issues with your script.