Character Controller Properties

[macklebee]

Reviewing the inherent character controller and I do not see the ability to set certain properties.

I do not see commands to adjust:

- the stepheight

- the max slope

- the crouch height

 

All of these seem to be fixed values? Can we get the values that these are set to? Are these hardcoded just due to the recast/detour implementation?

 

And then there are some properties I can adjust via the inherent fps script that don't seem to make any difference:

- the player height

- the two extra parameters in the SetInput command

From the inherent fps player script, the command is shown as:

self.entity:SetInput(self.camRotation.y, playerMovement.z, playerMovement.x, jump , false, 1.0, 0.5, true)

but the documentation for SetInput only shows 6 parameters:

void SetInput(float angle, float move, float strafe=0, float jump=0, bool crouch=false, float maxaccel=1)

What are the two extra parameters? Is the player height also fixed due to recast/detour?

[Rick]

In C++ SetInput() says the last 2 are maxdecel (defaulted to 0.5) and detailed (defaulted to false).

[macklebee]

what is 'detailed'?

[Rick]

I was just about to ask you the same

 

No clue, but if I had to guess I think maybe something to do with making the controller work correctly with the terrain. I remember him talking about making terrain changes that broke the controller in certain situations. Maybe this tries to fix that but requires more processing if set to true?

[macklebee]

so similar to the 'iterations' parameter we had in LE2 that at one point needed to be increased due to issues with the terrain. documentation on this stuff would be nice.