I'm making a rocket, and I modified it's main thruster. The problem is, whenever I push the up button to activate it, it randomly explodes. Does anyone know what may be causing this?

In the emitter you are using as a thruster, set EmissionsIgnoreThis to 1. That should work.

If you made it too ridiculously powerful, it might be gibbing your rocket.

To solve this, increase your GibImpulseLimit on the rocket.

Thanks, this fixed this, but I've encountered another problem:

I'm trying to make the said rocket float in midair like a dropship, so you can just set the AI to return and the thruster will perfectly counteract the gravity.

So far, it's failed. I've gotten close, I made the main thruster emissions have 7.55 mass, but it seems to fall too fast, but still rise while in the air. Help?

GlobalAccScalar = 0?

Where in the .ini should I put that?

Anywhere at all in the rocket's definition (below addactor = acrocket)

Thanks, that was really useful.

Unfortunately, my problems continue. Whenever I deliver said Rocket, it floats upward and gets automatically returned. Does anyone know how to stop this?

Note: I removed the mass value on all the thrusters for the purpose of the mod.

I hope I'm not asking too much, I just don't want this to be a blunder like the Walking Cover.

Well, you could use some lua, so that if its AIMode is stay, it'll just stay "pinned" in place by removing all velocity.

The thing is, I meant for it to be deployable, as in you buy it, it comes down, and you set it to return to make the thrusters fire, thus you can just leave it alone while you do stuff elsewhere. Also, how would I do that in Lua? I have absolutely no experience in Lua, so...

It goes back up because of these six lines:

The negative Y velocity prevents a normal rocket from crashing instantly upon spawning (the main thruster can't compensate for the weight without a bit of help), so you'll want to make the velocity either Y = 0 or Y positive. Just don't make it too high.
Why the hell is it so hard for most to figure these simple things by themselves? It only takes 5 fraggin' minutes of trail-and-error.

Thanks, that did the trick.

I'm done with the aforementioned rocket, so feel free to lock or delete this topic.