Floating Help Please!

I just can't get this right!! lol,

Just wondering if anyone could help me, i just need a script that will make an object float very smoothly, kind of like a balloon. (on rez). please!!!!!!

1. Floats up and down randomly
2.Smooth
3. Average speed

I would be soooo appreciative.

please if anyone can help just Instant message me in the game or drop me a notecard, or if you are just awsome, send me the script! Wooot!

THANK-YOU!!

Hi, False.

I'm not going to write you a script. One thing I think you'll find if you work with physical objects is that it's more of an art then a science, and you can spend a lot of time tweaking things to fit your particular needs.

However, here are some basics tips:

To make the object physical, ie. capable of floating: llSetStatus(STATUS_PHYSICS, TRUE);

To make the object float: llSetBuoyancy(1.0);
Float up gently: llSetBuoyancy(1.01);
Float down gently: llSetBuoyancy(0.99);
Drop like a stone: llSetBuoyancy(0.0);

Nudge it gently: llApplyImpulse(<0.1, 0.0, 0.0>, TRUE);

Warning: It is very easy to lose control of physical objects. So, experiment with small values and work in a contained area. Resist creating lots of physical objects until you're very confident you have things under control. It can, and does, get messy.

Good luck!

Thanx pale,

ya, i knew most of that, the big help was the llApplyImpulse(<0.1, 0.0, 0.0>, TRUE);

Thanx Alot that should do it!

You probably want to use the llGetMass also... this help to set the proportion for the apply impulse. The mroe mass.. the more impulse needed..

to add to what hawk said something like
float vFltMass = llGetMass() * .1;
llApplyImpulse( vFltMass * llVecNorm( <.0, .0, 1.0> ), TRUE );

vecnorm is not neccessary if you have a total of 1 for all fields in the vector, I included it in case you wanted to do more than move in one axis