Teleport
Implementing teleport
If positional tracking is available the player can physically move through the world but is always constrained by the available physical space.
Teleport is one solution to this problem and allows the player to point to a location they want to move to and then teleport to that new location.
Many experience this as a more pleasant way of moving around larger 3D worlds but the player instantly moving to a new location can cause some game play issues.
The teleporter is implemented as a function scene. These are scenes that can be added to the controller node that they should work with.
So if we want to implement the teleport feature on the left hand controller we need to add the scene to the left hand:
note Ignore the warning, the node type is a kinematic body only to get access to the physics layer.
The teleporter will interact with the physics objects in your scene and will allow the player to teleport to any flat surface that provides enough space for the player to stand.
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| Enabled | When ticked the teleport function is enabled |
| Teleport Button | Hold this button to start the teleport function, release to teleport, by default this is our trigger |
| Can Teleport Color | This color is used to draw the teleport ribbon when we can teleport to the location |
| Cant Teleport Color | This color is used when we can't reach the location |
| No Collision Color | This color is used when the teleport isn't colliding with any surface |
| Player Height | The height of the player, used for our collision shape |
| Player Radius | The radius of the player, used for our collisions shape |
| Strength | Determines how far we can cast our teleporter |
| Max Slope | Maximum angle from flat our surface can be for us to teleport onto it |
| Camera | Assign our ARVRCamera node |