Moving platforms (again)

[freezer]

we have a dynamic platform with setKinematic to true, but the ball doesn't move with the platform.

so i first tried parenting to the platform using variations on the following

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    local hHitObj2, nHitDist2 = scene.getFirstHitSensorWithID (application.getCurrentUserScene(), x, y, z, 0, -1, 0, 0.6, 3)
   
    ---[[
    if(hHitObj2) then
        this.hParent(hHitObj2)
        object.setParent ( this.hThis(), hHitObj2, true )
    else
        if(this.hParent()) then
            object.setParent ( this.hThis(), nil, true )
           
            this.hParent(nil)
        end
    end


and when that sent our object mad i tried adding the platforms velocity (in various spaces)

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    if(hHitObj2) then
        local pvx, pvy, pvz = dynamics.getLinearVelocity(hHitObj2, object.kLocalSpace)
       
        local vx, vy, vz = dynamics.getLinearVelocity(this.hThis(), object.kGlobalSpace)
       
        --dynamics.setLinearVelocity(this.hThis(), vx+pvx, vy+pvy, vz+pvz, object.kGlobalSpace)
        dynamics.addLinearImpulse(this.hThis(), pvx, pvy, pvz, object.kLocalSpace)
       
    end


so at this moment i'm lost as what to try next...


a tutorial / code snippet / example would be great

[Fraser]

I tried the setkinematic route myself and ran into problems because my heros friction coefficient has to be low becaue I slide him about to move him using dynamics.addForce.

In your case the balls inertia might be causing it to roll off the platform instead of standing on it?

Now for moving platforms I use a normal collider object (not dynamics) and move with object.settranslation.

Of course the hero slides off the platform as it moves horizontally, so I made the platform have walls on it to push the hero left/right like this:

|_______|

This works OK, but if a platform is moving down then the hero will "rattle" constantly falling and landing on the platform top. Going up is fine.

[freezer]

hi and thanks,

we have the friction about 0.25 and the ball isn't rolling (it's sort of a fake ball at the moment, i.e. uses addForce).

really not after using sides (even invisible ones)

up and down is great using the dynamic method

the ball stays put (unless we apply movement) and the platform slides under it as it moves about


parenting either squishes the ball or flings it off somehow (quickly hitting an out of bounds sensor)

[Fraser]

Have you set your platforms friction coefficient to 1?

[freezer]

1 and also tried infinity too

[Fraser]

Your pseudoball is rigged the same as my character, ball that does not rotate, I slide it about to move it with low friction coefficient.

I think I found setting ball to full friction did make it stick to platform, but then I couldn't move it around. I also had to reduce linear damping IIRC.

The only way I found to do horizontal platforms is with normal object colliders with walls.

This is a bit of a hack so I'd also like to know a better way to get it working.

here's what i've got so far:

http://youtu.be/2lGby5MbpzA

[dreamora]

one way to handle it is normally moving stuff on platforms along the platform itself through having it as child in the transform hierarchy so you can move the platform and all its childs get directly moved the same way too. This way all movement of the object on the platform becomes 'local to the platform' no longer global.

Trying to do it physically fails in most engines and technologies including PhysX and Havok actually, at least I've not seen a single case where it was not done through hierarchy so far.

[freezer]

when you say hierarchy, i tried parenting, but it squashed the ball or sent it flying (see above code)

[dreamora]

Squashed -> you need to revert the scale the parent will apply to the child

Flying -> ensure that you apply forces in the right context. if you still apply them as if the object had no parent, you might at worst use the wrong coordinates - orientation and hence cause it to missbehave. you will likely want to ensure that you apply it in world coordinates instead of local coordinates

[freezer]

makes sense, i'll check it out soon
too used to Blender...