Physics related questions and problems.

[Alienhead]

I'm workind with a smaller scale than the normal character controller initializes at.  Being so, all my collisions are off, meaning I interact with objects well before I should be due to the fact my character scale is smaller than the normal.  I don't suppose theres a way to adjust character controller bounding box? or perhaps a custom shape ?

[Alienhead]

Next question is, "whats the current state of createhingejoint?".

I'll borrow some code from UAGC to demonstrate.

    self.entity:AddTag("UAGC:Rope")
    self.entity:Move(0,.5,0)
    self.base = self.entity
    self.child = {}
    self.joint = {}
    self.box = {}
    self.knot = {}
    self.tmr = Millisecs() + 100
    table.insert ( uRope, {ent = self.enttiy})
    local last


    for t=1, self.segs do

        self.child[t] = CreateCylinder(world)
        self.box[t] = CreateBoxBrush(world)
        self.box[t]:SetCollisionType(0)
        self.box[t]:SetScale(.1, self.height, .1)

        self.child[t]:SetScale(self.width, self.height, self.width)
        self.child[t]:SetColor(1, 1, 1)
        self.child[t]:SetPosition(self.entity:GetPosition())
        self.child[t]:Move(0,-self.dist*t,0)
        local mass = 2
        self.child[t]:SetMass(mass)
        self.child[t]:SetColor(.5,.5,.5)

        self.knot[t] = CreateSphere(world)
        self.knot[t]:SetScale(self.width*3,self.width*3,self.width*3)
        self.knot[t]:SetScale(.01,.01,.01)
        self.knot[t]:SetCollisionType(0)
        self.knot[t]:SetPosition(self.child[t]:GetPosition(true))
        self.knot[t]:Move(0,-self.height/2, 0 )
        self.knot[t]:SetParent(self.child[t], true)
        self.knot[t]:SetColor(.5,.5,.5)

        self.box[t]:SetPosition(self.child[t]:GetPosition(true))
        self.box[t]:SetParent(self.child[t], true)
        self.box[t]:SetHidden(true)

        if t == 1 then
            --self.joint[t] = CreateHingeJoint(self.base.position, Vec3(1, 1, 1), self.base, self.child[t])
            self.joint[t] = CreateBallAndSocketJoint(self.base.position, self.base, self.child[t])
        else
            --self.joint[t] = CreateHingeJoint(last.position, Vec3(0, 2, 0), last, self.child[t])
            local apos = Vec3(last:GetPosition().x, last:GetPosition().y- (self.height/2), last:GetPosition().z)
            self.joint[t] = CreateBallAndSocketJoint(apos, last, self.child[t])
        end
        --self.joint[t]:SetFriction(111250)
        self.joint[t]:SetLimits(15,360)
        --self.joint[t]:SetLimits(-1000,90)
        self.child[t]:SetPickMode(0)
        self.box[t]:SetPickMode(0)
        self.knot[t]:SetPickMode(0)

        last = self.child[t]

    end

    self.bulb = LoadModel(world,"models/misc/bulb/lightbulb.mdl")
    self.bulb:SetPosition(last.position)
    self.bulb:Move(0,-self.height/2, 0 )
    local apos = Vec3(last:GetPosition().x, last:GetPosition().y- (self.height/2), last:GetPosition().z)
    CreateHingeJoint(apos, Vec3(0, 0, 1), last, self.bulb)


end

This code creates a rope, jointed together. That all works great. When I go to attack an object to the end of the rope it falls immediately off.  Shouldnt CreateHingeJoint() hold the object in place since im attaching it to a parent ?

PS The code above does not add a mass to the bulb, but I've corrected that and still the same results.

 

 

[Alienhead]

Last problem - 

 

1. A bit of a problem, I have this table mesh with a collider attached to it.

    
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   But I get no collisions, my character controller falls to the terrain as well as anything else sitting on the table. Why wont this object pickup collision ?