GameMaker How to make crates with physics

[Jscoombs]

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to make a puzzle platformer similar to games like Limbo and Inside. I have crates that can be pushed and are affected by gravity, but how would I go about allowing these crates to rotate when they move? As in, if you push a crate off a ledge, it'll rotate a bit until it hits the floor. I'm not sure how to implement this, any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!

 

[Jezla]

They should do this on their own, so long as you have not set phy_fixed_rotation to false. Angular damping and density will have an effect as well. If you need a more pronounced effect, you could apply an angular impulse at the moment it falls, or an angular force while it is falling.

 

[Luke Norton]

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to make a puzzle platformer similar to games like Limbo and Inside. I have crates that can be pushed and are affected by gravity, but how would I go about allowing these crates to rotate when they move? As in, if you push a crate off a ledge, it'll rotate a bit until it hits the floor. I'm not sure how to implement this, any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!

Any chance I could get the code for that crate mate?