Hi owl, great project! Im curious at how you handle collision. are you using continuous or discrete collision detection? and how do you keep character attached on ground when going downhill? Thanks

[color=#1C2837][size=2]Hi! Thanks. For collision I'm using the algorithms described in Kasper Fauerby's paper which is easily obtainable through google (in html or pdf form). To avoid the ellipsoid (the character) sliding on slopes I added a boolean variable to the collision packet that is true when the aforementioned algorithm calculates the sliding vector.[/size][/color]

so you change the sliding vector to up(?) when the char is stopping? or what? can you please elaborate more on this? Im doing the same project and I think I could learn from yours. Thanks

No problem.

The collision algorithm, among other values, takes a velocity vector to predict where the ellipsoid will be the next step of the simulation and to calculate the sliding vector. The x value of this vector is used to move the ellipsoid to the left and to the right. The y value is the sum of the force exerted by gravity (negative) and jumping (positive). As falling is an accelerated movement (you add the value of gravity each frame) if you keep adding gravity after you collided with a slope, the algorithm will make the ellipsoid slide downwards.

What you need to do is, after performing the collision, detect which part of the ellipsoid collided. If it collided with it's lower part that means it collided with the floor, then you reset the y velocity to zero. That way, the next frame, the velocity downwards will be small and the sliding vector will not make the ellipsoid slide.

I hope that makes sense.

Hello! Because I'm using the octree also for culling at the time of rendering. Also because I'm not actually sure there won't be displacement on the z-axis someday

okh I got it. Glad to know Im doing the right thing. Oh and by the way, when will you add object-object collision. Do you plan to add monster or any kind of object?

yap, I'm afraid the little ragdoll will feel too lonely if I don't! I'm still pondering whether to shoot them or to slice them.

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Hug them, man, and give them kisses. There's too much violence in this world.

Well done on getting all this working BTW. I know from experience it's a damn sight harder than it looks.