RocketPropulsion

Supported Class Other Deprecated in Roblox Deprecated PreferredDescriptorName ThreadSafety

Applies a force so that an assembly follows and faces a target part.

Description

The RocketPropulsion object applies force on an assembly so that it both follows and faces a target. It acts like a hybrid of BodyPosition and BodyGyro. Unlike other BodyMovers, RocketPropulsion must be instructed to begin applying or stopping force via Fire() or Abort() respectively.

You can detect when the assembly reaches its target using the ReachedTarget event which fires once the assembly is within the TargetRadius of the Target part.

Inheritance

Object → Instance → BodyMover → RocketPropulsion

Nova inheritance: Instance → BodyMover → RocketPropulsion

Properties

CartoonFactor Supported Property Determines the tendency of the assembly to face the Target.

CartoonFactor: float

This property determines the tendency of the assembly to face the Target. By default, this property is set to 0.7. If set to 0, the assembly will make no effort to face the target.

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MaxSpeed Supported Property Determines the maximum speed at which the assembly will move toward the Target.

MaxSpeed: float

Determines the maximum speed at which the assembly will move toward the Target.

This property determines the upper limit of the velocity at which the assembly will move toward the Target.

Roblox documentation

MaxThrust Supported Property Determines the maximum amount of thrust that will be exerted to move the assembly.

MaxThrust: float

Determines the maximum amount of thrust that will be exerted to move the assembly.

This property determines the upper limit of the thrust that may be exerted to move the assembly. Assemblies that have high mass will require more thrust in order to remain airborne and thus track the Target.

Roblox documentation

MaxTorque Supported Property Determines the maximum amount of torque that may be exerted to rotate the assembly towards the Target.

MaxTorque: Vector3

Determines the maximum amount of torque that may be exerted to rotate the assembly towards the Target.

This property determines the upper limit on the amount of torque that may be exerted in order to rotate the assembly towards the Target. It functions similarly to BodyGyro.MaxTorque.

Roblox documentation

Target Supported Property Determines the object towards which the assembly should follow/face.

Target: Object

Determines the object towards which the assembly should follow/face.

This property determines the object towards which the RocketPropulsion will exert force/torque. If set to nil, the TargetOffset will be used instead.

Roblox reference signature

Target: BasePart

Roblox documentation

TargetOffset Supported Property Determines the world offset from the Target toward which the force/torque is exerted.

TargetOffset: Vector3

Determines the world offset from the Target toward which the force/torque is exerted.

This property determines the world offset from the Target. It is especially useful when Target is set to nil, since this property then acts as the target position.

Roblox documentation

TargetRadius Supported Property Determines the maximum distance from the Target at which the assembly must be in order for ReachedTarget to be fired.

TargetRadius: float

This property determines the maximum distance from the Target at which the assembly must be in order for ReachedTarget to be fired. It does not affect the exerted forces in any way.

Roblox documentation

ThrustD Supported Property Determines the dampening applied to the assembly in order to prevent it from overshooting the Target.

ThrustD: float

Determines the dampening applied to the assembly in order to prevent it from overshooting the Target.

This property is used to dampen the velocity of the assembly in order to prevent it from overshooting the Target and causing a "rubber‑banding" effect. It behaves similarly to BodyPosition.D.

Roblox documentation

ThrustP Supported Property Determines how aggressive of a force is applied in reaching the Target.

ThrustP: float

Determines how aggressive of a force is applied in reaching the Target.

This property determines how much power is used while applying force in order to reach the Target position. The higher this value, the more power will be used and the faster it will be used. This property works similarly to BodyPosition.P.

Roblox documentation

TurnD Supported Property Determines the amount of dampening that to use in reaching the Target.

TurnD: float

Determines the amount of dampening that to use in reaching the Target.

This property specifies how much dampening will be applied to the torque used to face the Target. When the assembly approaches the goal orientation, it needs to decelerate, otherwise it will rotate past the goal and have to stop and re-accelerate back toward the goal. This often creates an undesirable "rubber‑banding" effect, avoided by applying dampening. The higher this value is set, the greater the dampening curve becomes, or the slower the part will approach the goal orientation.

Roblox documentation

TurnP Supported Property Determines how aggressive of a torque is applied in facing the Target.

TurnP: float

Determines how aggressive of a torque is applied in facing the Target.

This property determines how much power is used while applying torque in order to face the Target. The higher this value, the more power will be used and the faster it will be used.

Roblox documentation

Methods

Abort Supported Function Causes the assembly to stop moving toward its Target.

RocketPropulsion:Abort()

Causes the assembly to stop moving toward its Target.

Roblox reference signature

RocketPropulsion:Abort(): null

Roblox documentation

Fire Supported Function Causes the assembly to start moving toward its Target.

RocketPropulsion:Fire()

Causes the assembly to start moving toward its Target.

Roblox reference signature

RocketPropulsion:Fire(): null

Roblox documentation

fire Supported Function Deprecated

RocketPropulsion:fire()

No description available.

Roblox reference signature

RocketPropulsion:fire(): null

Nova behaviour: Nova keeps this legacy member for compatibility. Roblox's modern deprecation wording may describe later Roblox behaviour; verify it against Nova before relying on the copied text.

Roblox documentation

Events

ReachedTarget Supported Event Fires when the assembly comes within TargetRadius of the Target.

ReachedTarget()

Fires when the assembly comes within TargetRadius of the Target.

Roblox documentation

Inherited members

Inherited from BodyMover: 8 properties, 36 methods, 7 events. They are documented on the base class page.

Roblox reference: RocketPropulsion

Generated from Nova's API dump and Roblox creator-docs. Nova-only members come from the engine's reflection metadata.