How to make Objects de-spawn (disappear).

[Apjjm]

Wow that would be brilliant =D And what do you mean by a secret shelf entity? =) thank you so much for such a swift and informative response =)

Edd,

Edit: Ignore what was here before, easier way:

Give your items and (new) shelf entities to deactivate the following prefix in the editor "shelfDeactivateObjects_" and the ones to activate "shelfActivateObjects_". E.g: "shelfActivateObjects_book_1". Then you can add:

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void iWantToMoveMyShelf() {
SetEntityActive("shelfDeactivateObjects_*",false);
SetEntityActive("shelfActivateObjects_*",true);
}

However, your static shelf won't disappear yet with this approach. So you will need to make a new entity (copy the old shelf's entity file) and change it so it is a 0-mass (or very large mass) object so other objects can't push it. Then go into Settings->UserDefinedVars in the model editor, and make it of type "object" and subtype "static" - make sure the body name (not mesh name!) is entered into the "mainPhysicsBody" field (probably called "Body_1"). Replace your old shelf with this new shelf.

If you are going to all this trouble though, it may be easier to just go and make a proper custom shelf entity with the books and stuff on it (you can make it static then), and use a sticky area to rotate it.