Ledge hanging using dynamic characters.

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I want to make a control scheme similar in control to the tomb raider legend series and I was wondering if someone could explain to me how to create ledges that you jump and grab.

I know that you need to create a state for hanging from the edge and that you use a volume with a material to activate the state. all I really need to know is how I can dynamically turn of and on gravity depending on state. the set up could be as so:

state 1, in air, gravity = -9.8. If touch [GrabLedge] then state 2

state 2, hanging, gravity = 0. if pressed space then state 1

I know there will be tweaking (such as making sure when you choose to drop that you don’t just grab the ledge again straight away) but all i really need to know is how to turn on and off gravity at will.

Thanks for the help or if anyone knows another way of doing it I would love to hear it.

Rory

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I don’t know the solution to your problem, but I do know that Yo Frankie! has ledge grabbing, so you could check how they do it and do likewise.

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Use the edit object actuator to suspend and restore an objects dynamics while
in-game.

Example:

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Thank you! That looks like it will do the trick! I’ll throw together a test when I get home and see if it works.

I always forget about the edit object actuator

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…or you could just use a motion actuator set to Force: 0, 0, 9.8 (not local)

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Suspend Dynamics? Awesome! (Guess who’s been too busy to follow recent GE developments?) :slight_smile: