I'm trying to apply basic physics to simple objects such as barrels and things you can tip over/slide around.

Curently when using a barrel object I can make the object slide around tip over, but when it tips over it doesn't stop (even with friction) and continues to flip over and act in a very strange manner.

This is the code I am using:

action movearound
{
var earthgravity[3] = 0,0, -2000;
ph_setgravity( earthgravity );
phent_settype (my,ph_rigid,0);
phent_setfriction(my,300); phent_setmass (my,9000,PH_POLY);
}

Can anyone make any suggestions on how to get something that behaves normally? thanks

because you don't specify a type to it, try this: phent_settype (my,ph_rigid,ph_cylinder);

Hi,
for me the type isn't a problem, because PH_box means 0.
The problem could be the gravity... -2000 is very high and i noticed that the engine has more errors the higher is the gravity. On the manual they say that -368 is Earth gravity, see if this value works.
Another problem could be the the friction, that is infinite if over 100... try a value like 70, and mass, that is very high: a very heavy object like a car has a mass around 1500, and PH_poly itself is a very unstable collision detection, you could use ph_box or PH_sphere...

Thanks, the object is behaving quite normally now.