A Little Buyoancy Please

OK, this is a very dumb question, but I am a pretty raw builder (enthusiasm way outstrips talent). If I put a line into a script setting the LLsetbuoyancy for a bathingsuit to .9 or .95 or 1, will my avie float instead of sink like a stone when she wears it to go swimming? I realize if she swims in nonscript water, she'll be sunk, but a lot of area where she hangs out is running dance balls so it will run a floating script. Does buoyancy work with worn objects?

Sure it will work. Buoyancy is used in flight assists to prevent you from falling.

Honestly, since I haven't used any other buoyancy values but 0 (full gravity) or 1 (zero-G), I would say that anything in between 0 and 1 would just let you fall slower.

I'm not 100 percent sure, but you may have to take the mass of the avatar into consideration to make it float.


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With llSetForce() that is true, but not with llSetBuoyancy() (which effectively sets a force of its argument times the mass of the object times the acceleration of gravity). You probably could also use a weak llSetHoverHeight() or llGroundRepel() to constantly be applying a small force to the avatar towards a height just below the surface of the water. I'd think that would be about as close to real-world buoyancy as you can get in SL with a single function call.

http://www.lslwiki.net/lslwiki/wakka.php?wakka=llSetHoverHeight

Thankyou. I make a lot of bathingsuits, and I'll try playing with the script suggestions on them. My avie is a bit overweight and female so she should NOT be sinking like she does. I am not particularly oeverweight and end up floating just below or at the surface when I swim in RL.