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After searching for a while, I am unable to find something on this problem. I created a physics driver named

physics
name 1
linear 0.0 0.0 0.0
angular 0.0 0.0 0.0
slide 0.0
death dont touch
end

and

meshbox
name deathbox
position 0 0 0
rotation 0
size 10 400 500
phydrv 1

When I run bzfs, it says

Couldn't find physics driver: 1 (or whatever I call it)
Any clue why?

Hi,

Try renaming the physics driver to a non-numerical name (like "a"). That will work.

-Tanner

EDIT: never mind, tanner beat me to it

try changing the name to a string without numbers:
by the way, you can omit parameters like rotation, linear, angular and slide if you arent using them.

Also, you don't need all that other stuff, this works fine as a physics death..
I found out that you couldn't name physics with numbers the hard way
I think the same goes for other stuff like textures.

I am using something different (just an example). I'll try the different stuff, then edit when I finish

My last attempt will probably to copy that code exactly and see if it works.

EDIT: A copy and paste worked, I'm trying to figure out why. Does it matter where I put the physics name? It WAS at the bottom, now it's above the deathwall.

Yeah, probably has to be defined before you use it.

If you want to call phydrvs by number, they start at 0, not 1. And you don't need to define that as a name - it just goes in the order of phydrvs in the map file.

If you ask me, it's always way easier to name your phydrvs and textures something descriptive. For example i might use 'electricity-death' for a phydrv, or 'fence-barbs' for a texture.

Yes, I am positive that you have to define all the materials and physics and all that good stuff before you define the object that uses that material. I had that same problem you have until I moved all my physics and materials to the very top of the document, or at least before the object that uses the material/physics.