Space Man Game Question

[sumowrestler]

Scenario:

- Suppose I want to have a space man that floats in space (gravity=0)

- He is movable (Dynamic) 

- When he collides with any walls (Static) in space, he should not bounce but stay touching the wall until he chooses to move away.

Is there any material or method I can use that won't cause him to bounce?

I tried a PreInterceptor that disables his speed on contact, but then he can't move away.

Ideas welcome, thanks in advance.

Sumo

[Noah Rosenfield]

I'd probably choose to do it by checking collisions and setting the body to static until the user input is received (assuming that's how he moves away). Then set him back to dynamic and apply the force.

If you still wanted some kind of "floaty-esque" movement when he hits the wall, put a semi-flexible distance joint on him and disable it. Every time he hits a wall, attach the other side of the joint to the wall he hits (or just a world point that coincides with his current position) and enable the joint. Disable the joint on user input.

[sumowrestler]

Hi Noah!,

Yes ! - you are right the hero moves on user input and this worked perfectly! I didn't realise I could change the body type.

I only needed to make sure that I change the body type after of space.step and space.liveBodies.foreach() otherwise hero would yoyo.

Thanks for your help, much appreciated !.

Sumo