Collision geometry not moving with character

[burnie5749]

When moving the player using

def movePlayer(self, task): dt = globalClock.getDt() self.player.setPos(self.player, 0,self.playerSpeed*dt,0 ) return task.cont the collision sphere of the character does not follow the player model, how do I stop this from happening?

[fireclawthefox]

Is self.player an instance of the PlayerController? If so, you should better use the self.player.plugin_setPos(newPos) function which was made for external positioning.

[burnie5749]

yes self.player is an instance of PlayerController. Does the function allow for the character to move forward at a slow pace? I have just done a small bit of testing using that function and i can't seem to get it to work, it just puts the player further into the scene

[fireclawthefox]

It doesn't matter how fast your character moves, the position will be set to the new location.

You probably have to pass another object as your relative object for the position calculation since the characterController isn't the actual node that should be used. Here's a small working example for the placement code. You can see the use of the playerController.main_node there for the position calculation. I'll probably change the plugin_setPos function sometime later to accept the same arguments as setPos, but for now you have to do it like this to set the position correctly.

    def moveCharacter(self, task):
        dt = globalClock.getDt()

        oldPos = self.playerController.plugin_getPos()

        np = NodePath("temp")
        np.setPos(oldPos)
        np.setPos(self.playerController.main_node, 0,-2*dt,0)

        self.playerController.plugin_setPos(np.getPos())

        np.removeNode()

        return task.cont

Hope that helps you.

[burnie5749]

That helps a lot! Thank you