Problem Accessing Rigidbody.maxAngularVelocity

Hi guys, since Unity updated to V5 the maxAngularVelocity option has been removed from the physics menu and the wiki only has this information:

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Description
The maximimum angular velocity of the rigidbody. (Default 7) range { 0, infinity }.

The angular velocity of rigidbodies is clamped to maxAngularVelocity to avoid numerical instability with fast rotating bodies. Because this may prevent intentional fast rotations on objects such as wheels, you can override this value per per rigidbody.
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Is there still an easy way to access this that I missed and cannot find? There is no way to access it from the ridbody in the inspector.

Sorry if this comes off as a noob question, I am still a begginer

 

Yes, it's accessible through code...

Code (CSharp):

1. GetComponent<Rigidbody>().maxAngularVelocity = 7f;

 

Awesome, works perfectly. Thanks!

 

I hope I can ask you a question about rigidbody, I see you helped other about it. Am using unity 5.3.5f1 personal.

This is the old rigidbody code: rigidbody.velocity.y = jumpheight; and I can't use it in 5.3.


script start.

#pragma strict
var rotationSpeed = 50;
var jumpHeight = 8;
private var isFalling = false;

function Update ()
{
// handle ball rotation var rotation : float = Input.GetAxis ("Horizontal") * rotationSpeed;
rotation *= Time.deltaTime;
rigidbody.AddRelativeTorque (Vector3.back * rotation);
if GetKeyDown (KeyCode.W) && isFalling == false);
{
rigidbody.velocity.y = jumpHeight;
}
isFalling = true;
}
function OnCollisionStay ()
{
isFalling = false;
}

script end.


I know this is old but I hope someone can help me out. This is the code I try to work but is failing.
script start.

#pragma strict
var rotationSpeed = 50;
var jumpHeight = 8;
private var isFalling = false;

function Update ()
{
// handle ball rotation var rotation : float = Input.GetAxis ("Horizontal") * rotationSpeed;
rotation *= Time.deltaTime;
GetComponent.<Rigidbody>().AddRelativeTorque (Vector3.back * rotation);
if (Input.GetKeyDown (KeyCode.W) && isFalling == false );
{
GetComponent.<Rigidbody>().velocity.y = jumpHeight;
}
isFalling = true;
}
function OnCollisionStay ()
{
isFalling = false;
}

script end.

Am using 5.3 unity. I guess rigidbody code is different in 5.3 than the old one. Now the ball is jumping without me touching the key.

 

First of all, calling rigidbody like that is deprecated. You shouldn't use it. Instead you should declare your own Rigidbody:

var rb = gameObject.GetComponent<RigidBody>(); // See quote below:

Also, you cannot assign directly to rb.velocity.y. to set this value you'd want to do:

rb.velocity = new Vector3(rb.velocity.x, jumpHeight, rb.velocity.z); [Edit: you can set any value for x and z; I chose these values to preserve whatever was already stored in velocity.]

That should fix your Rigidbody issues.