How to apply force to rigid bodies?

[drifter089]

I can;t figure out how to apply force to rigid bodies

[isaac-mason]

You can apply forces to a rigid body using the ref of a RigidBody component.

e.g.

const ExampleRigidBodyComponent = (props) => {
  const ref = useRef()

  useEffect(() => {
    ref.current.addForce({ x: 0, y: 1, z: 0 }, true)
  }, [])

  return (
    <RigidBody ref={ref}>
      { /* ... */ }
    </RigidBody>
  )
}

Here's a related sandbox that shows how to use a rigid body component's ref (in this example an impulse is applied on clicking a box)

https://codesandbox.io/s/react-three-rapier-applyimpulse-8nuh3m

[drifter089]

thank you very much I was passing it as an array

[Seanmclem]

Where is the documentation about this? I didn't find much.