3D - Collision Detection approaches?
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Today I had some more spare time and decided to have a go at making something in 3D.. After a lot of practice in the 2D world i'm really happy with how it's going..
I'm wanting to move into collision detection only on the Y plane next working with only two objects
- The player object ( the robot )
- The 3D world object ( the racetrack model )
My goal is to have some sort of height mapping check that does something like the following:
- Get the players current Y position
- Capture the height difference between player position and another position within the X,Z range (from the single model only)
- Adjust the player Y position as the landscape height falls and climbs within the desired collision detection test range
What i've been ive thinking so far:
- Accept the fact that i'll need to create lots of collision detection shapes and use them (not sure how i'd do slopes though!)
- Use distance() and compare only on the Yplane between the two objects?
Appreciate any suggestions!
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Fantastic! It's so cool to see more 3D stuff being worked on, though I'm somewhat biased haha! Just wish I had some suggestions for collision :S Looking forward to seeing how this develops :D
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@Tratax said in 3D - Collision Detection approaches?:
What i've been ive thinking so far:
- Accept the fact that i'll need to create lots of collision detection shapes and use them (not sure how i'd do slopes though!)
- Use distance() and compare only on the Yplane between the two objects?
Appreciate any suggestions!
I'm not a hundred percent sure about my idea (I never had anything to do with 3D collisions), but if you need to go up/down slopes you'll need to check the front end and the back end of your model.
You'll be able to calculate the necessary angle for your model. See figure 1 & 2.But of course this leads to your track collisioning with your model when you're driving up/down slopes with one end on the slope and one end off the slope as shown in figure 3. But I guess this is negligible as your model is not that "long"
I hope this helps!
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Hey @Kat ! Thanks for the great work on the assets, the single model file and the included SIN/COS help examples made putting this togther a lot easier so thank you!
I'm working on animations and creating some objects for the robo character to interact with next :)
Are you planning to include any new models into upcoming fuze releases?
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Thanks @Bl4ckM4ch1n3 , Great suggestion - I like the idea of tilting the robot as it moves up and down a plane too!
Working on this today so I'll hopefully have some progress to share :)
