Easy method for making an orb float in mid air

Zombiebrains

Hello folks

I'm making a magic shooter and I need a magic orb to float in mid air. It needs to gently float up and down like its being suspended in mid air like magic.

Is there an easy way of doing this?

Many thanks guys.

tenrdrmer

Change the accelerate direction up and down as fast as needed for the effect you want.

POM

In the orb create an attribute - real - call it "initY"

put these rules in your actor :
change attribute "initY" to self.position.Y

when self.position.Y = initY
interpolate self.position.Y to initY-20 (ease out)

when self.position.Y = initY-20
interpolate self.position.Y to initY (ease out)

This is a great method cause you can make the orb NON movable and it still works!

Roy.

Zombiebrains

Hey,

Thanks P-O-M for that gem of a routine...will try that out.

Tenrdrmer - will look into that too...thanks dude

SlickZero

You can also make it a stand alone animation actor. But it will have a vertical collision size bigger than the actual image, if that will matter, that is.