Another function that some may find useful. This utility function will let you easily make an object float from its groundPos(). Might be handy if you need an easier way to set the height of an model or brushmodel from the ground for something your scripting.

Function:

objectFloat(height)
{
	if(!isDefined(self) || !isDefined(height))
		return undefined;

	self moveTo(self groundPos(self.origin) + (0,0,height), .001);
}

Example usage:

self objectFloat(45); // gun model floats 45 units in the air

Edit, if you want you can also change the other coordinate values as well by adding more function arguments.

like powerups spawning in the floor for example?

like powerups spawning in the floor for example?

Maybe. Its possible a powerup might spawn under the floor if the zombie dies fast enough in which case this would be no good.

Edit: on second thought, if you do self.origin + (0,0,60) or something like that then it might work since its returns the origin of the powerup as if it was 60 units higher. Untested though, just an idea.

Maybe. Its possible a powerup might spawn under the floor if the zombie dies fast enough in which case this would be no good.

can they not set it quite a bit up on the Z axis, then use your function to bring it back down to the ground and level out at a decent height?

EDIT - looks like we both just had the same thought

can they not set it quite a bit up on the Z axis, then use your function to bring it back down to the ground and level out at a decent height?

EDIT - looks like we both just had the same thought

Yeah 

I don't really think that the height of the powerup from the ground matters too much in most cases, but if you do something like kill a zombie as he falls from a ledge and he drops a powerup this could stop that from happening.

Yeah 

I don't really think that the height of the powerup from the ground matters too much in most cases, but if you do something like kill a zombie as he falls from a ledge and he drops a powerup this could stop that from happening.

Could have been useful for my shields placement, but i ended up using a bullet trace for that in the end, ah well, next time

in shadows of evil I saw that powerups float down if the zombie is killed high above ground. (maybe ill use that for my ziplines)