C#•4mo ago

Slope Physics not working when trying to make Sonic face movement direction

I'm working on a 3D sonic framework in Unity, and I'm starting to implement animations and player rotation. I ran into a bit of a problem where animations are all working as intended which is good, and the rotation works well on flat ground, but it messes up the slope physics completely, and when braking sonic turns at a slight angle for some reason. It should be in the video but it's kinda hard to pick out because I haven't added the braking animations yet. (turning off the rotation script makes everything work normally again so it's definitely the rotation script that's the problem). I've been trying to figure out a solution for a bit now but with no luck, so some help in figuring this out would be greatly appreciated. Here are the relevant scripts for this: RotationHandler (attached to capsule): https://pastecode.io/s/rv1418xi MoveAction: https://pastecode.io/s/8092tzsm PlayerPhysics: https://pastecode.io/s/p2qb2q81

Player Rotation Handler in Unity (rv1418xi) - PasteCode.io

This C# script for Unity manages the rotation of a player character based on movement input. If the player is braking, the rotation is ignored. Otherwise, it calculates the target rotation from the movement vector and smoothly applies it to the player transform, enhancing the gameplay experience.

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Shazanman•4mo ago

i'd advice to read on how sonic slope physics work https://info.sonicretro.org/SPG:Slope_Physics

SPG:Slope Physics

Shazanman•4mo ago

also i'd advice against rotating the player directly looking at your code

HeRoX1010!OP•4mo ago

This is the basis of what I've been working with, but it doesn't translate that well into 3D in some parts. Slope detection works, it's just that I'm trying to implement a rotation script for sonic the face in the direction he's moving like face left when going left etc and that new script is what's messing up the slope physics

Shazanman•4mo ago

yeah you shouldn't directly rotate the model you should ideally applying a tangential force based on the angle you are on the ramp it's a bit tricky tbh i haven't done this for 3d i have done this for 2d

Shazanman•4mo ago

i found this roblox thread https://devforum.roblox.com/t/sonic-slope-tilt-momentum/1994364

Developer Forum | Roblox

Sonic Slope Tilt & Momentum

I’ve spent the past few months working on creating a Sonic game with a friend of mine and my movement system is practically complete. It involves multiple stages of speed with increases to WalkSpeed over time and ties into several other systems I’ve completed (Many of which use AlignPosition and do not alter WalkSpeed). The last thing that I was...

Shazanman•4mo ago

maybe you can get ideas from this ideally you want to emulate SA/2 physics i suppose?

HeRoX1010!OP•4mo ago

Yeah that's the goal I even pseudocoded a basic momentum system:

float currentSpeed;         // Player's current speed
float currentRotation;      // Player's current X-Rotation (Positive means going downhill so increase speed, negative means going uphill, so decrease speed)
float slopeDrag;           // Deceleration rate going uphill
float slopeAssistance;     // Acceleration rate going downhill

if (isGrounded)
{
    if (currentRotation < 0)
    {
        currentSpeed += currentRotation * slopeDrag;
    }
    else if (currentRotation > 0)
    {
        currentSpeed += currentRotation * slopeAssistance;
    }
}

float currentSpeed;         // Player's current speed
float currentRotation;      // Player's current X-Rotation (Positive means going downhill so increase speed, negative means going uphill, so decrease speed)
float slopeDrag;           // Deceleration rate going uphill
float slopeAssistance;     // Acceleration rate going downhill

if (isGrounded)
{
    if (currentRotation < 0)
    {
        currentSpeed += currentRotation * slopeDrag;
    }
    else if (currentRotation > 0)
    {
        currentSpeed += currentRotation * slopeAssistance;
    }
}

Shazanman•4mo ago

tbh even sonic frontiers doesnt have slope physics because it has boost think like a high speed car going on a ramp

HeRoX1010!OP•4mo ago

Yh i think i get what you mean

Shazanman•4mo ago

yeah experiment but you dont rotate the sonic model when you are upward the slope

HeRoX1010!OP•4mo ago

This is how things look without the rotation handler script. Rotation handler only handles his y-axis rotation so looking left and right

Shazanman•4mo ago

that what is causing the issue yeah that is buggy but i wonder can you reduce the cylinders size?

HeRoX1010!OP•4mo ago

it's cause of the snap function. It's supposed make it so that uneven ground isn't that much of an issue

Shazanman•4mo ago

this return doesnt look correct

Shazanman•4mo ago

i think you should do something instead then return

HeRoX1010!OP•4mo ago

sorry but wdym? This is my first time implementing physics like this i only know the basics

Shazanman•4mo ago

yeah im also not sure about this until i debug in unity maybe you can try debugging in unity sadly i dont want to download unity again

HeRoX1010!OP•4mo ago

ohhh alright i was literally about to say that my current project is public on github and if you wanted you could have a look urself lol I've tried a bit before but I'll try again Debug.Log about to work overtime

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