NewtonCharacterController

[pHySiQuE]

As a thank you to Julio and the community here, I am making my Newton character controller open-source.

Features:

• Instant stair-stepping with no loss of speed.
• Stand still on sloped ground, with a maximum slope angle.
• Crouch (with collision check when standing up).
• Push and be pushed by physics bodies.
• Be carried by objects you're standing on.
• Movement is fast and responsive!

I converted my code to C++ and Newton 3, and it's almost ready to use. Here are the commands:

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NewtonCharacterController* NewtonCharacterControllerCreate(NewtonCharacterController* charactercontroller, float height=1.8, float radius=0.5, float stepheight=0.5, float crouchheight=1.2)
void NewtonCharacterControllerSetInput(NewtonCharacterController* charactercontroller, float angle, float move, float strafe, float jump, bool crouch)
bool NewtonCharacterControllerGetAirborne(NewtonCharacterController* charactercontroller)
bool NewtonCharacterControllerGetCrouched(NewtonCharacterController* charactercontroller)
void NewtonCharacterControllerUpdate(NewtonCharacterController* charactercontroller)

There is a problem with NewtonWorldConvexCast() in Newton 3. Below is a debuggable demo showing the problem. "RayCast.debug.exe" uses five raycasts to detect the ground. "ConvexCast.debug.exe" uses a convex cast, which is better, but it produces a crash:
http://www.leadwerks.com/post/playertest.zip

Controls:

• Arrow keys - move
• Space - jump
• C - crouch
• WASD - move camera

[belfegor]

Can you provide release builds? It fails to start for me.
What about src?

Thank you in advance.

[Julio Jerez]

do I have to do something special to play it? when I run both ext I get a black screen, and if I click I get some asserts.

I like to see hwo it behaves, if it good, an I am sure it is, I can integrated as one option in teh joint library. but I can not play it.
I can also use to fi xthe bug in teh convex cast routine.
I convex cast is more expensive that a ray cast but it is not more expensive tha 5 raycast, and also should be more reliable

[pHySiQuE]

You have to extract all files to run the program. RayCast.Debug.exe will run, the other will not.

You need a real video card, not an integrated Intel thing.

I convex cast is more expensive that a ray cast but it is not more expensive tha 5 raycast, and also should be more reliable

My old character controller using Newton 2 could switch between convex and ray casting methods, too. Convex casting is much better.

I like to see hwo it behaves, if it good, an I am sure it is, I can integrated as one option in teh joint library. but I can not play it.

I think that will actually work. The shape does not have to be a cylinder, and with the new collision scaling commands, even crouching can work with an arbitrary collision shape.

What about src?

I will release the source once the convex casting is working and I fix a few small things.

[Julio Jerez]

extract the file form where? ther are not oteh archive file on that package?

[pHySiQuE]

I mean extract the whole RAR file. Don't just open it in WinRar and double-click the EXE. But you probably know that.

What graphics card do you have?