btKinematicCharacterController.h

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#ifndef BT_KINEMATIC_CHARACTER_CONTROLLER_H
#define BT_KINEMATIC_CHARACTER_CONTROLLER_H

#include "LinearMath/btVector3.h"

#include "btCharacterControllerInterface.h"

#include "BulletCollision/BroadphaseCollision/btCollisionAlgorithm.h"


class btCollisionShape;
class btRigidBody;
class btCollisionWorld;
class btCollisionDispatcher;
class btPairCachingGhostObject;

class btKinematicCharacterController : public btCharacterControllerInterface
{
protected:

        btScalar m_halfHeight;
        
        btPairCachingGhostObject* m_ghostObject;
        btConvexShape*  m_convexShape;//is also in m_ghostObject, but it needs to be convex, so we store it here to avoid upcast
        
        btScalar m_verticalVelocity;
        btScalar m_verticalOffset;
        btScalar m_fallSpeed;
        btScalar m_jumpSpeed;
        btScalar m_maxJumpHeight;
        btScalar m_maxSlopeRadians; // Slope angle that is set (used for returning the exact value)
        btScalar m_maxSlopeCosine;  // Cosine equivalent of m_maxSlopeRadians (calculated once when set, for optimization)
        btScalar m_gravity;

        btScalar m_turnAngle;
        
        btScalar m_stepHeight;

        btScalar        m_addedMargin;//@todo: remove this and fix the code

        btVector3       m_walkDirection;
        btVector3       m_normalizedDirection;

        //some internal variables
        btVector3 m_currentPosition;
        btScalar  m_currentStepOffset;
        btVector3 m_targetPosition;

        btManifoldArray m_manifoldArray;

        bool m_touchingContact;
        btVector3 m_touchingNormal;

        bool  m_wasOnGround;
        bool  m_wasJumping;
        bool    m_useGhostObjectSweepTest;
        bool    m_useWalkDirection;
        btScalar        m_velocityTimeInterval;
        int m_upAxis;

        static btVector3* getUpAxisDirections();

        btVector3 computeReflectionDirection (const btVector3& direction, const btVector3& normal);
        btVector3 parallelComponent (const btVector3& direction, const btVector3& normal);
        btVector3 perpindicularComponent (const btVector3& direction, const btVector3& normal);

        bool recoverFromPenetration ( btCollisionWorld* collisionWorld);
        void stepUp (btCollisionWorld* collisionWorld);
        void updateTargetPositionBasedOnCollision (const btVector3& hit_normal, btScalar tangentMag = btScalar(0.0), btScalar normalMag = btScalar(1.0));
        void stepForwardAndStrafe (btCollisionWorld* collisionWorld, const btVector3& walkMove);
        void stepDown (btCollisionWorld* collisionWorld, btScalar dt);
public:
        btKinematicCharacterController (btPairCachingGhostObject* ghostObject,btConvexShape* convexShape,btScalar stepHeight, int upAxis = 1);
        ~btKinematicCharacterController ();
        

        virtual void updateAction( btCollisionWorld* collisionWorld,btScalar deltaTime)
        {
                preStep ( collisionWorld);
                playerStep (collisionWorld, deltaTime);
        }
        
        void    debugDraw(btIDebugDraw* debugDrawer);

        void setUpAxis (int axis)
        {
                if (axis < 0)
                        axis = 0;
                if (axis > 2)
                        axis = 2;
                m_upAxis = axis;
        }

        virtual void    setWalkDirection(const btVector3& walkDirection);

        virtual void setVelocityForTimeInterval(const btVector3& velocity,
                                btScalar timeInterval);

        void reset ();
        void warp (const btVector3& origin);

        void preStep (  btCollisionWorld* collisionWorld);
        void playerStep ( btCollisionWorld* collisionWorld, btScalar dt);

        void setFallSpeed (btScalar fallSpeed);
        void setJumpSpeed (btScalar jumpSpeed);
        void setMaxJumpHeight (btScalar maxJumpHeight);
        bool canJump () const;

        void jump ();

        void setGravity(btScalar gravity);
        btScalar getGravity() const;

        void setMaxSlope(btScalar slopeRadians);
        btScalar getMaxSlope() const;

        btPairCachingGhostObject* getGhostObject();
        void    setUseGhostSweepTest(bool useGhostObjectSweepTest)
        {
                m_useGhostObjectSweepTest = useGhostObjectSweepTest;
        }

        bool onGround () const;
};

#endif // BT_KINEMATIC_CHARACTER_CONTROLLER_H