I have to get out and take some fresh air. I been working in character controllers in Godot since Godot 3.x and i can say that every single problem i had then is still there now, plus a bunch more.
I don't see the core problems being addressed or even talked about and is really sad.
There is a lot of good people in Godot, but the biggest problem since the first version with 3D has been physics, lightmaps and lightprobes. Those were the problems in the very first Godot version with 3D and those are the biggest problems now.
@supernovafiles@SirLich Thank you! but i think that just having a project lead with a clear vision of what is needed to provide a good developer experience would be enough!
There is no need to hire me, i tried really hard to help improve the sliding algorithm and other issues but seems like the only way would be to go and launch myself to various months of porting all of this myself with the high chance of being ignored or rejected.
Right now the velocity does not even represent the velocity.
@supernovafiles@SirLich Lets say you want to do anything more than the most simple possible movement.
You will soon notice than velocity does not get updated vertically at all. If you move against a ramp and now your velocity is almost vertical, all the vertical motion is lost because is actually never computed in first place.
So you are expected to use get real velocity. Get real velocity is as i said a particle approach that will cause all kind of problems.
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Ah! and stop on slopes, etc will no longer work because they were thought with you manipulating the horizontal velocity, and vertical velocity always represents a jump.
Is a combination of clearly identified design issues.
@supernovafiles@SirLich It is not a bug or something not working, is something not being implemented at all.
About how this affects the behavior and why is problematic, i been actively commenting and participating in discussions since godot 3, so there is no specific issue for this.
I had mention this issues since for years ago. I deleted my reddit account because of mental health issues, but this was 4 years ago, it lead to removing bullet but nothing more.
@YoSoyFreeman@SirLich Godot is getting traction, maybe some companies will start to invest their effort using Godot, what can push changes in this aspect, like better physics
@supernovafiles@SirLich We are going to have yet another GI solution. Which is cool, but again, not high priority stuff.
Again, the problem with godot adoption is not the renderer, never was. If you give people a solid piece of software they will use it. There is gigantic niche for retro indie games. Is a direction problem.
@YoSoyFreeman@SirLich possibly rendering stuff got priority due to visibility. I mean, people are always commenting "when will Godot be able to render AAA graphics?" and so on. Of course, this means a direction must be taken, and maybe it wasn't the best choice. Let's see what the future brings about this physics discussion
@supernovafiles@SirLich i understand wanting to be positive and i don't want to look like i'm complaining because yest, but try to understand how i feel when almost half a decade later not a single step was made. It feel extremely discouraging.
The only big change is Godot jolt and is not even done by godot team.
@YoSoyFreeman@supernovafiles Just wanted to say "you are heard". Working with Godot can definitely sometimes feel like you're stuck in a time loop, and not in a good way.
My personal little ray of optimism is the fact that the 4.x "server" architecture is seemingly providing dividends . I'm not even positive I WANT to see e.g., Jolt merged in. I think having somebody else in charge of those add-ons can be a good change.
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