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A few technical questions - Adrian_GSO - 12-09-2019
Hi, great asset btw.
Is there a way to programmatically calculate the points of the rope? I wish for the rope to curl around a cylindrical object much like a firehose.
And is there a way to programmatically force the rope to be a fixed length during set up?
Thank you so much.
RE: A few technical questions - Adrian_GSO - 24-09-2019
Hi, bumping up; still need the help!
RE: A few technical questions - BisuDagger - 24-09-2019
This code gets that available points inside the rope
Code:
//ObiRope rope = obiRopeObj.GetComponent<ObiRope>();
//ObiPinConstraintBatch pinConstraints = rope.PinConstraints.GetFirstBatch();
//pinConstraints.AddConstraint(0, startConnectedObj.GetComponent<ObiCollider>(), startConnectedObj.transform.localPosition, Quaternion.identity, 0);
//pinConstraints.AddConstraint(rope.UsedParticles - 1, endConnectedObj.GetComponent<ObiColliderBase>(),
// endConnectedObj.transform.InverseTransformPoint(endConnectedObj.transform.position), Quaternion.identity, 0);All theory here:
You could potentially loop through the batch of pinConstraints (rope.UsedParticles -1 is max size) and lock pins in to place by feeding them a Vector3 location. If you want it spaced evenly then you could take the distance and divide it by the usedparticles - 1. That would space it out equally. If you want, use a lerp function in a coroutine to find your desired points in space at run time. As you lerp to each new point, pin the particle at that location.