A quick QC question

[tron00]

I'm recompiling a couple of models to add extra skins. Some were just dynamic props, even though they had a physics smd. I've got them working as physics models but wanted some tips on adding realism.

I have a skateboard model that moves but doesn't seem realistic enough. I'd like it to glide a bit more. Likewise, I have a few balls that I'd like to bounce. I'm guessing the relevant entries are in here?:

$mass 10
$inertia 1.00
$damping 0.00
$rotdamping 0.00

Any advice is much appreciated. Thanks!

[Lhorkan]

Here are all the possible $collisionmodel entries: http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/$collisionmodel

If you don't understand what a certain value does (I know I didn't), just Google an explanation. The rest is simply playing with values until you get it just right.

[Kosire]

In garrys mod, there's a ball that bounces pretty neat. You could decompile that and use the same settings for your ball..

[Smurftyours]

That uses LUA coding and other properties. The actual model is just a helicopter bomb from hl2.

[tron00]

Okay, thanks everyone.. For the skateboard, I made the mass very light and the inertia very high and that seemed to work pretty well. I don't fully understand damping, yet. It seems to do with friction? I'll keep at it.