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Gravity Volume Reference

Gravity Volume Reference

 

What is the Gravity Volume Entity

This entity modifies the global gravity variable, so that in a definable tube the gravity pushes the player not down but through the tube. 

It can be found in Entity > Misc > GravityVolume 

Benefits

The Gravity volume entity can be used to create tunnels through which the player is getting pushed by an invisible force. 

How to place it

Place a misc/gravityvolume entity in the level and create with left mouse button the sections of the gravity tunnel then double click to finish creation. 


Properties


 

Gravity 
Defines how fast objects are getting pushed through the tube. 
Falloff 
Sets up how the gravity should be decreased at the edge of the tube. 
Damping 
Specifies the damping amount 
StepSize 
Defines how fine the subdivision of the tube geometry segments should be. 
DontDisableInvisible 
Active this property so that invisible ones don’t get disabled 
Enable 
Turns the gravity effect on/off 

Other Gravity Volume Parameters 

Click here for the Miscellaneous Parameters reference guide, here for the Material Layers guide, here for the Miscellaneous Entity Parameters guide, here for the Entity Links guide, here for the Entity Events guide and here for the Shape Parameters guide.

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