29-02-2024, 12:48 PM
Hi, I am trying to work out how to make a smoothed rope with a sharp change in thickness as shown in the attached image.
Ideally I would like to disable smoothing between 2 control points but this does not appear to be an option. If I just set the thickness of the nodes, it is smoothed over the entire section, centered on the control point rather than starting from it and so I don't get the sharp transition I need.
I have tried adding a total of 4 control points across the area to force it, which looks visibly correct in the editor, but basically explodes at runtime, even with the nodes set to not collide with anything. I suspect it is because it is still trying to stuff 5 sections in between the control points and they are too close together.
Does anyone have any idea how this could be achieved other than having 2 ropes connected to a fixed mesh in the middle?
Ideally I would like to disable smoothing between 2 control points but this does not appear to be an option. If I just set the thickness of the nodes, it is smoothed over the entire section, centered on the control point rather than starting from it and so I don't get the sharp transition I need.
I have tried adding a total of 4 control points across the area to force it, which looks visibly correct in the editor, but basically explodes at runtime, even with the nodes set to not collide with anything. I suspect it is because it is still trying to stuff 5 sections in between the control points and they are too close together.
Does anyone have any idea how this could be achieved other than having 2 ropes connected to a fixed mesh in the middle?