Physical object is weightless?

So, I've made a bird cage on a rope, made it physical and roped it to a non-phyical object with a rope script.

Thing is, the cage always shifts, which is intended since it's physical, but it gets stuck floating in a sideways position. I've tried using llSetBuoyancy in the bottom most prim of the object with a buoyancy to make it sink, but it doesn't seem to make a difference (Well, it does- but the object stays sideways, it doesn't fall back to a verticle position). Does anyone know if there's a way to make this work?

Objects aren't simulated to the prim level, any bouyancy or force on an object applies to the whole object.

What you need to do is limit the rotation around X and Y:

llSetStatus(STATUS_ROTATE_X|STATUS_ROTATE_Y, FALSE);

So there's really no way to make the bottom of the cage "heavier" than the top, to pull it into that vertical position again?

You could write a script to calculate the torque needed to do the job and periodically apply it.

Or simply avoid letting it tip over in the first place.

Ah, I was hoping there was an easy way. The rotate status script works, though. Thanks.

You could try seeing if the vehicle code works for you. I don't think you have to have someone sitting on a vehicle to use it.

Making the bottom, "heavier," so it falls when rotationally perturbed would probably best be done with careful use of llRotLookAt() or a similar function. On the whole, disabling rotation as suggested is likely to be a lot easier and more gratifying.

You do not; I use it for unmanned robots and missiles.