[ODE] Character capsule movement?

[Patrick McColgan]

If you do a search of the archives for things like character controller 
avatar, you should find a few helpful posts.

I think the general consensus is to use a capped cylinder, attach an 
amotor to keep it upright and levitate it from the ground.  Levitating 
it using a ray cast to find the ground and apply forces to keep it up, 
this helps with friction issues (applying forces will move it) and also 
helps it move over uneven ground.

I've done all this and as far as I can see my character controller is 
very stable (can't think of any problems), anyway have a search.

Guru2012 wrote:
> I've been experimenting with ways to move a character around by 
> motors, but I'm not meeting much success.
>  
> What I need is some way for a character box to interact with floors as 
> if friction were infinite, but also to slide when an arrow key is 
> pressed, i.e. walking. I have the character capsule set up as just a 
> rectangle, so I was wondering if there are better solutions to using 
> large friction and larger motor forces.
>  
> Thanks,
> Andrew Gu
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