Getting boats to float on water surface

[Down Under 29]

If I were to import a modded vehicle (boat) into another map. How would I change the water surface so that the boat actually drives on top of water vs sinking to bottom? Or is there a setting on modded boat that allows it to glide over the water?

 

Thanks

[Takka 13569]

I'm pretty sure you need a collision plane just below the surface, so I'd suggest making a scenery object for that.

[Down Under 29]

wow pretty big area lots of water!  means lots of scenery objects!

[giraffe 803]

Or just one giant scenery if all of your bodies of water reach the same level.

[Down Under 29]

Do you know of any large scenery objects that you could use? Largest I have seen have been doors? Just looking to add this to a map and not design the entire bsp.

[Sunstriker7 739]

Designing a scenery object is not designing the entire bsp. What you would do is model a scenery object with a collision model that approximates the shape of your water plane. Then you would place it probably just beneath the water in your scenario editor. The scenery object would not need to be visible, it just needs a collision model.

 

Modeling it would be very simple. If a flat plane doesn't work well, a box with a small height would do the trick.

[Down Under 29]

got it to work! Thanks for your help! A friend of mine supplied with some of his scenery objects and I was able to successfully place within the map.

[Lambdacomplex 13]

IIRC the shark on hydrolosis actually just uses a modified origin point to "float" on the water. it's one of the cheapest options honestly. No idea what whoever made the boathog did, but every map I've seen it in it was a buggy mess