Need help choosing the right CollisionPolygon2D shape

cast_to_void

Hello! I have been playing around with the CollisionPolygon2D and it think that don't get the shape of it right. In the platformer demo a triangle was used for the actor and I decided to do the same. For movement on the ground this is working fine, but not if ground is a slope or if the actor lands on the corner of a platform. It seems to get stuck there. If you check out the attached screenshots you will see, that the actor is kinda fat and I would like to have him slide off a ledge if more than 50% are in the air. To check for this condition I use raycasts which seems to work fine. On the left side the actor is stuck on the corner and on the right is the current shape of the CollisionPolygon2D. Can I use the provided physics engine to accomplish what I want to? Thank you very much in advance!

undervoid

You should check out the capsule shape, since the bottom of your character seems to be a capsule, you can also add several collision shapes to a rigid body so you could use a capsule for the bottom and a box for the top, you will have to check your character and game requirements in order to use the most appropriate implementation.

cast_to_void

[quote author=undervoid link=topic=14482.msg14605#msg14605 date=1459895936]You should check out the capsule shape, since the bottom of your character seems to be a capsule, you can also add several collision shapes to a rigid body so you could use a capsule for the bottom and a box for the top, you will have to check your character and game requirements in order to use the most appropriate implementation.[/quote]Thank you for the tip. I was so focused on the collision polygon I didn't consider a collision shape.You mentioned a rigid body. Are those better suited for the playable character? I read somewhere in the docs that a kinematic body should be used.Godot is really easy to use and I am surprised that this is such a pain in the ass. Luckily I don't shy away from a challenge ;-).