Conveyer belt best practice?

[echtnice]

Which approach would be the right one to implement a conveyor belt?

If the GameObject is on the default layer, e.g. the running animation did not play properly. With Moving Platform - Layer there are rotation problems.

using Opsive.UltimateCharacterController.Character;
using Opsive.UltimateCharacterController.Utility;
using UnityEngine;

public class ConveyorBelt : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Transform endpoint;
    public float speed = 0.1f;
    public LayerMask m_LayerMask = ~0;

    private void OnTriggerStay(Collider other)
    {
        if (!MathUtility.InLayerMask(other.gameObject.layer, m_LayerMask))
        {
            return;
        }

        var locomotion = other.GetComponentInParent<UltimateCharacterLocomotion>();
        if (locomotion)
        {
            if (Vector3.Distance(locomotion.transform.position, endpoint.position) > 0.2f)
            {
                var position = Vector3.Lerp(locomotion.transform.position, endpoint.position, speed * Time.deltaTime);
                locomotion.SetPosition(position, true);
            }
        }
    }
}

 

[Justin]

I would create a new ability for this which changes the AbilityMotor value within UpdatePosition. Take a look at the Ride or Drive ability for an example. In this case you probably do not need to set the platform since the conveyor belt object isn't moving.

 

[echtnice]

Final solution with AddForce, it works as expected.

Maybe someone can use it ;-)

public class ConveyorBelt : MonoBehaviour
{
    public float m_Speed = 20f;
    public LayerMask m_LayerMask = ~0;

    private void OnTriggerStay(Collider other)
    {
        if (!MathUtility.InLayerMask(other.gameObject.layer, m_LayerMask))
        {
            return;
        }

        var ultimateCharacterLocomotion = other.GetComponentInParent<UltimateCharacterLocomotion>();
        if (ultimateCharacterLocomotion)
        {
            var direction = transform.forward * m_Speed * Time.deltaTime;
            ultimateCharacterLocomotion.AddForce(direction, 1);
        }
    }
}

https://imgur.com/a/N2bI1u9

 

[Amoo]

Great work! I will be using this myself. Cheers