Ability to use sphereCast

Albertos · May 23, 2020, 9:53pm

I have a few situations where I would like to use sphereCast instead of the normal rayCast. Unity also had that option and I’d love to have it in PlayCanvas too.

yaustar · May 23, 2020, 10:11pm

I agree a sphere cast would be useful. I was briefly looking at how it was done in bullet but for pulled away for other issues. Maybe I can convince Will to look into it as he’s currently looking in that area

I would add it as a feature request to the engine repo.

Albertos · May 23, 2020, 10:27pm

You or I?

yaustar · May 23, 2020, 10:30pm

Added: https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/issues/2094

Albertos · May 23, 2020, 10:35pm

Great. Thank you @yaustar!

will · February 3, 2023, 4:40pm

This is now a PR for this:

github.com/playcanvas/engine

Added shape casts

playcanvas:main ← MushAsterion:shapecasts

opened 03:49PM - 03 Feb 23 UTC

MushAsterion

+246 -2

Added cast for shapes using `shapeCast` and by configuring the shape. It also pr…ovide API for each primitive shapes: - `boxCast(halfExtends, position, rotation)` - `capsuleCast(radius, heigh, axis, position, rotation)` - `coneCast(radius, heigh, axis, position, rotation)` - `cylinderCast(radius, heigh, axis, position, rotation)` - `sphereCast(radius, position, rotation)` There is also a private function `_shapecast(shape, collision, rotation)` if you wish to use your own shape (Ammo.btCollisionShape). Include full comments and docs. Include assertion of `Ammo.ConcreteContactResultCallback` for every public function. No assertion on private function to reduce function calls. Fixes #2094 I confirm I have read the [contributing guidelines](https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) and signed the [Contributor License Agreement](https://docs.google.com/a/playcanvas.com/forms/d/1Ih69zQfJG-QDLIEpHr6CsaAs6fPORNOVnMv5nuo0cjk/viewform).

Can anybody interested please review and submit and comments + feedback, please? Thank you!