I’m trying to make a hovercar using Forces, however it does not have the behavior I want. I want it to be instantly floating a fixed amount above the ground after it lands, instead it gives off this spring/bouncy behavior like this:
If it’s a part, you will have to change the Elasticity. Elasticity is from a 0 to 1 scale where zero means absolutely no bounce and one means as bouncy as possible.
That is not what I meant. The part is floating and it never has contact with the ground. Besides I already have it set to Elasticity 0 and ElasticityWeight 100.
Honestly, in this case, I would say AlignPosition and AlignOrientation is the way to go.
Nope, can’t use that for what I’m trying to do. I will be using AlignOrientation but I already tried AlignPosition and it just does not behave like I would want it to.
Then, I think you’ll need a PID controller. It’s very common in things like drones where they control the speed of the fans. In your case, you can control the force before it passes a certain threshold.
How would I implement that into Roblox though, specifically, how would I use it for what I’m trying to do?
Good question! I haven’t learned it myself yet, but there’s a module on GitHub available and a good series on YouTube explaining how PID controllers work. Sorry, I can’t provide links right now as my Binge is messing up.
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From what I’ve read about it, PID is not good for this kind of thing because it has no dampening built in.
Have you tried raycast suspension yet? There’s tutorials online for it.
I mean, if you’re using VectorForce, I think it’s the only way. I think EgoMoose or somebody said something about that.
That is what I am using. It also does not let me make it stiff enough for my liking.