how to I rotate the player to match gravity | Godot Café | Page 1

elfin mesa Dec 8, 2023, 3:12 AM

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I'm creating a space exportation game. In this game you can run around the ship and do repairs, decorate, etc. however as the ship can rotate in 3D space I want players to stick to the floor as if by artificial gravity, I've decided to use an Area3D (which replaces gravity) for this but i need the player's rotation to match the gravity direction so that its down direction is equal to the gravity direction.

similar to the game "portal" where the player is rotated to match the down direction without changing where the player is looking, except that the gravity's down direction could be any direction.

how do i do this?

deft warren Dec 8, 2023, 2:02 PM

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one way, like most of the games used to do it in the past, is to not move or rotate the ship at all.
instead move everything around it to make it seem like its traveling through space

elfin mesa Dec 9, 2023, 3:10 PM

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Thanks but I dont think that will work for my games specific needs

deft warren Dec 9, 2023, 3:15 PM

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this article was written for godot 3 but it should at least give you a good idea you how to align your players y axis with a rotated surface
https://kidscancode.org/godot_recipes/3.x/3d/3d_align_surface/

KinematicBody: align with surface :: Godot 3 Recipes

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