Turning on gravity in the middle of an animation?

Noob question - I am animating a title sequence where I need to have some of the letters fall to the ground via gravity. The challenge is that the letters fall away as soon as the animation starts, but I need them to stay put until a few seconds into the animation and then fall.

So, is there a way to activate gravity at a certain point in the animation? As a workaround, I tried placing the letters on a blocking volume, and then moving the blocking volume to let the letters fall, but the letters just move with the blocking volume.

Any suggestions would be very much appreciated! I am a rank amateur; please type your responses slowly so I can keep up… :slight_smile:

Instead of changing the gravity, change the physics state of the objects.

Will do…thanks!