I am trying to make my player hover.
This is part of a game I am doing feasibility study on.
I am not getting the player to hover and don’t know why.
My localscript is
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
repeat
wait()
until player.Character:FindFirstChild('UpperTorso')
local pn = player.Name
print(pn)
local activePlayer = workspace:WaitForChild(pn)
local b = Instance.new('BodyForce')
b.Name = "BF"
b.Force = Vector3.new(0,0,0)
b.Parent = activePlayer
local playerMass = 0
for _,obj in pairs(activePlayer:GetDescendants()) do
if obj:IsA('BasePart') then
playerMass = playerMass+obj:GetMass()
end
end
print('playerMass=',playerMass)
local hoverForce = playerMass * 98.2 -- 98.2 is gravity force
activePlayer.BF.Force = Vector3.new(0,hoverForce,0)
activePlayer.PrimaryPart.CFrame = CFrame.new(activePlayer.PrimaryPart.CFrame.X,activePlayer.PrimaryPart.CFrame.Y+1,activePlayer.PrimaryPart.CFrame.Z)
print('hovering?')
There are two ways that you can do this,
one is via animations. All you have to do is create an animation and animate it so that the HumanoidRootPart is moved slightly upwards, it’ll give your character the “not touching the ground” look. Customize it if needed.
Second, you can also use the Humanoid property “HipHeight”.
I tried using HipHeight but it seems to be limited to 100.
I would like to be able to float the character in any direction under the players control as if the player was in space ie zero gravity condition.
My outlined limitation is 900 studs in any direction, apart from below ground
(at this time), starting from the spawn point.
I would suggest BodyVelocity object for a better accessibility. Set MaxForce to math.huge of the direction you want player to stay. Then set Velocity of that axis to 0 to keep player at where it is.
So, let’s say we want player’s position’s Y to stay still, which means hovering.
local BV = Instance.new("BodyVelocity")
BV.MaxForce = Vector3.new(0,math.huge,0)
local YSpeed = 0 --If higher, player will raise. If lower, player will lower.
BV.Velocity = Vector3.new(0,0,0) --Since MaxForce of X and Z is 0, those won't be effected.
BV.Parent = Character.HumanoidRootPart
Please note this code is server-sided. You need to connect this code with a RemoteEvent if you want it client-sided.
If you want hovering to be dependant on a platform, I would still suggest using this method, but with raycasting to the surface and setting velocity accordingly.
Firstly, thank you for your responses so far. They have all helped me understand a bit more about controlling the character.
Secondly here is my current code.
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local pn = player.Name
print(pn)
local activePlayer = workspace:WaitForChild(pn)
repeat
wait()
until activePlayer:FindFirstChild("UpperTorso")
local b = Instance.new("BodyForce")
b.Name = "BF"
b.Force = Vector3.new(0,0,0)
b.Parent = activePlayer.PrimaryPart
local playerMass = 0
for _,obj in pairs(activePlayer:GetDescendants()) do
if obj:IsA("BasePart") then
playerMass = playerMass+obj:GetMass()
end
end
print("playerMass=",playerMass)
local hoverForce = playerMass * game.workspace.Gravity
activePlayer.PrimaryPart.BF.Force = Vector3.new(0,hoverForce,0)
local cf = activePlayer:GetPrimaryPartCFrame() * CFrame.new(0,5,0)
activePlayer:SetPrimaryPartCFrame(cf)
print("hovering at 5 studs?")
wait(5)
local speed = 1
local uis = game:GetService("UserInputService")
print("KeyboardReady",uis.KeyboardEnabled)
local qDebounce = false
uis.InputBegan:Connect(function(inst)
print("key=",inst.KeyCode,"debounce=",qDebounce)
if inst.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.Q then
if qDebounce then
return
else
qDebounce = true
end
print("Q KeyDown")
cf = activePlayer:GetPrimaryPartCFrame() * CFrame.new(0,speed,0)
activePlayer:SetPrimaryPartCFrame(cf)
print("back to hovering")
qDebounce = false
end
end)
local zDebounce = false
uis.InputBegan:Connect(function(inst)
print("key=",inst.KeyCode,"debounce=",zDebounce)
if inst.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.Z then
if zDebounce then
return
else
zDebounce = true
end
print("Z KeyDown")
cf = activePlayer:GetPrimaryPartCFrame() * CFrame.new(0,-speed,0)
activePlayer:SetPrimaryPartCFrame(cf)
print("back to hovering")
zDebounce = false
end
end)
print("press q to go up")
print("press z to go down")
So want to be able to allow the player to move using the normal wasd for horizontal movement as well as introducing qz for vertcial movement q for up, z for down.
This mechanism is a significant part of a number of single player puzzle games I am doing feasibility checks on as well as an enhancement to an existing gaming scenario that I am currently working on.
I am early in my use of roblox and lua but very familiar with coding generally.
i have not thought of code location yet eg client or server.
I am just trying to get an example of a mechanism that works within a local script.
Once that is working I will look into the process of protecting the mechanism so the coding cannot be miss-used.
Ok, so I have a working script which I can use as the basis for what I need in the future but thought I would put a copy here and mark it as a solution to close this discussion and for anyone who wants to do this sort of thing.
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local pn = player.Name
print(pn)
local activePlayer = workspace:WaitForChild(pn)
repeat
wait()
until activePlayer:FindFirstChild("UpperTorso")
local b = Instance.new("BodyForce")
b.Name = "BF"
b.Force = Vector3.new(0,0,0)
b.Parent = activePlayer.PrimaryPart
local playerMass = 0
for _,obj in pairs(activePlayer:GetDescendants()) do
if obj:IsA("BasePart") then
playerMass = playerMass+obj:GetMass()
end
end
print("playerMass=",playerMass)
local hoverForce = playerMass * game.workspace.Gravity * 0.999972 -- adjusted to get near to hover
print("waiting for player to land")
while activePlayer.PrimaryPart.Position.Y > 3 do
wait(1)
end
print("applying zero gravity")
local app = activePlayer.PrimaryPart
app.BF.Force = Vector3.new(0,hoverForce,0)
print("applying CFrame upward movement of 5")
local cf = activePlayer:GetPrimaryPartCFrame() * CFrame.new(0,5,0)
activePlayer:SetPrimaryPartCFrame(cf)
print("hovering at 5 studs?")
local ww = 10
while ww > 0 do
wait(1)
print("hovering height",activePlayer.PrimaryPart.Position.Y)
ww = ww -1
end
app.BF.Force = Vector3.new(0,0,0)
local speed = 1
local speedDirection = 0 -- 0 = no movement, 1 = up, -1 = down
local moveCF = CFrame.new(0,speed*speedDirection,0)
local uis = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local rs = game:GetService("RunService")
print("KeyboardReady",uis.KeyboardEnabled)
uis.InputBegan:Connect(function(inst)
print("key=",inst.KeyCode)
if inst.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.Q then
print("Q KeyDown")
if app.Position.Y <3 then
if app.BF.Force.Y == 0 then
app.BF.Force = Vector3.new(0,hoverForce,0)
end
end
speedDirection = 1
end
if inst.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.Z then
print("Z KeyDown")
if app.Position.Y <5 then
speedDirection = -0.5
else
speedDirection = -1
end
if app.Position.Y <3 then
print("On the ground")
app.BF.Force = Vector3.new(0,0,0)
speedDirection = 0
else
print("back to hovering")
end
end
end)
uis.InputEnded:Connect(function(inst)
print("key=",inst.KeyCode)
if inst.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.Q then
print("Q KeyUp")
speedDirection = 0
end
if inst.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.Z then
print("Z KeyUp")
speedDirection = 0
end
end)
rs.RenderStepped:connect(function()
if player.Character then
if speedDirection ~= 0 then
moveCF = CFrame.new(0,speed*speedDirection,0)
else
moveCF = CFrame.new(0,0,0)
end
cf = activePlayer:GetPrimaryPartCFrame() * moveCF
activePlayer:SetPrimaryPartCFrame(cf)
app.Velocity = Vector3.new(app.Velocity.X,speed*speedDirection,app.Velocity.Z)
end
end)
print("press q to go up")
print("press z to go down")
