Brick Surface Types
Introduction
There are several types of brick surfaces available. These range from connections that you need a bomb to break, to ones that you can touch and will pop off, to motors and hinges.
These go in order that they appear on the toolbar in the Roblox Studio:
These buttons control the Surface (Property) of the selected part(s) faces. NOTE: Not all surface types are possible using toolbar buttons.
Smooth
A smooth surface will not form a bond with anything. That means that it will slide, fall, break and move without much force. <needs correct force value>
Glue
Glue can be found on the various chassis that are available in the Toolbox. It forms a very loose bond with whatever is in contact with it, enough to slow a ball, or to keep a player on a vehicle while it is moving. <needs correct force value required for movement>
Welds
Welds form a very secure bond with whatever they are touching. If two surfaces that are in contact are welded, then it takes a good bit of force to move them, a large bomb at least. <needs correct force values required for movement>
Studs
Studs are one of the three types of surfaces a new brick starts out with. It connects to an inlet to form a semi-secure bond <needs correct amount of force to break bond> that can be broken fairly easy, but can hold against any slingshot attacks.
Inlets
Inlets connect to studs, and form a secure connection that can withstand anything short of a rocket or bomb.
Universal Connectors
Universal connectors connect to studs and inlets. They form the same connection as studs and inlets
Special Surfaces
Hinges
These little pegs allow for movement of whatever is attached to them in accordance with the physics of the Place and the movement confined to a 360 degree angle around the connection to the hinge. Use these for rotating objects, any type of ramp, or doors.
Motors
These are a bit more complicated things to describe.
Motors apply a force to anything that is connected to them by a certain amount of impulse that is described in the configuration panel. The force power can be set and the trigger set in a Lua script or in the configure panel for the motor. The trigger can be set to one of 6 things:
- A user hit key.
- The set of secondary controls (the UJHK keys)
- The Primary controls (WSAD keys)
- An event in the world (such as the destruction of a door, or the movement of a player into a certain area.)
- A basic AI that can be set to the motor set, such as telling the motors to attack a player, or to run away.
- Constantly be on, such as the spinning bar in Crossroads.
These have to be scripted to the motor, but in the configuration panel, many of these more basic settings can be configured.
