player physics overhaul

Sources/Voxelotl/FloatExtensions.swift

@@ -8,3 +8,16 @@ public extension FloatingPoint {
   @inline(__always) func clamp(_ a: Self, _ b: Self) -> Self { min(max(self, a), b) }
   @inline(__always) var saturated: Self { self.clamp(0, 1) }
 }
+
+extension SIMD3 where Scalar: FloatingPoint {
+  @inline(__always) static var X: Self      { Self(1, 0, 0) }
+  @inline(__always) static var Y: Self      { Self(0, 1, 0) }
+  @inline(__always) static var Z: Self      { Self(0, 0, 1) }
+
+  @inline(__always) static var up: Self      {  Y }
+  @inline(__always) static var down: Self    { -Y }
+  @inline(__always) static var left: Self    { -X }
+  @inline(__always) static var right: Self   {  X }
+  @inline(__always) static var forward: Self { -Z }
+  @inline(__always) static var back: Self    {  Z }
+}

Sources/Voxelotl/Game.swift

@@ -70,8 +70,9 @@ class Game: GameDelegate {
     let deltaTime = min(Float(time.delta.asFloat), 1.0 / 15)
 
     if let pad = GameController.current?.state {
+      // Delete block underneath player
       if pad.pressed(.south) {
-        chunk.setBlockInternally(at: SIMD3(player.position - SIMD3(0, 2, 0)), type: .air)
+        chunk.setBlockInternally(at: SIMD3(player.position + .down * 0.2), type: .air)
       }
       // Player reset
       if pad.pressed(.back) {
@@ -95,9 +96,7 @@ class Game: GameDelegate {
 
     player.update(deltaTime: deltaTime, boxes: boxes)
     camera.position = player.eyePosition
-    camera.rotation =
+    camera.rotation = player.eyeRotation
-      simd_quatf(angle: player.rotation.y, axis: .init(1, 0, 0)) *
-      simd_quatf(angle: player.rotation.x, axis: .init(0, 1, 0))
   }
 
   func draw(_ renderer: Renderer, _ time: GameTime) {

Sources/Voxelotl/Player.swift

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import simd
 
 struct Player {
   static let height: Float = 1.8
-  static let radius: Float = 0.4
+  static let radius: Float = 0.22
   static let bounds = AABB(
     from: .init(-Self.radius, 0, -Self.radius),
     to: .init(Self.radius, Self.height, Self.radius))
@@ -10,9 +10,12 @@ struct Player {
   static let eyeLevel: Float = 1.4
   static let epsilon = Float.ulpOfOne * 10
 
-  static let accelerationCoeff: Float = 7.5
+  static let accelerationCoeff: Float = 75
-  static let gravityCoeff: Float = 12
+  static let airAccelCoeff: Float = 3
-  static let jumpVelocity: Float = 9
+  static let gravityCoeff: Float = 20
+  static let frictionCoeff: Float = 22
+  static let jumpVelocity: Float = 7
+  static let maxVelocity: Float = 160
 
   private var _position = SIMD3<Float>.zero
   private var _velocity = SIMD3<Float>.zero
@@ -24,11 +27,14 @@ struct Player {
   public var velocity: SIMD3<Float> { get { self._velocity } set { self._velocity = newValue } }
   public var rotation: SIMD2<Float> { get { self._rotation } set { self._rotation = newValue } }
 
-  public var eyePosition: SIMD3<Float> { self._position + .init(0, Self.eyeLevel, 0) }
+  public var eyePosition: SIMD3<Float> { self._position + .up * Self.eyeLevel }
+  public var eyeRotation: simd_quatf {
+    .init(angle: self._rotation.y, axis: .right) *
+    .init(angle: self._rotation.x, axis: .up)
+  }
 
   mutating func update(deltaTime: Float, boxes: [Box]) {
     if let pad = GameController.current?.state {
-
       // Turning input
       let turning = pad.rightStick.radialDeadzone(min: 0.1, max: 1)
       _rotation += turning * deltaTime * 3.0
@@ -39,25 +45,21 @@ struct Player {
       }
       self._rotation.y = self._rotation.y.clamp(-.pi * 0.5, .pi * 0.5)
 
-      // Movement (slower in air than on ground)
+      // Jumping
-      let movement = pad.leftStick.cardinalDeadzone(min: 0.1, max: 1)
-      let rotc = cos(self._rotation.x), rots = sin(self._rotation.x)
-      let movementScale: Float = self._onGround ? 1.0 : 0.4
-      self._velocity.x = (
-        movement.x * rotc - movement.y * rots
-      ) * Self.accelerationCoeff * movementScale
-      self._velocity.z = (
-        movement.y * rotc + movement.x * rots
-      ) * Self.accelerationCoeff * movementScale
-
       if self._onGround {
-        // Jumping
         if pad.pressed(.east) {
           self._velocity.y = Self.jumpVelocity
           self._onGround = false
         }
       }
 
+      // Movement (slower in air than on ground)
+      let movement = pad.leftStick.cardinalDeadzone(min: 0.1, max: 1)
+      let rotc = cos(self._rotation.x), rots = sin(self._rotation.x)
+      let coeff = self._onGround ? Self.accelerationCoeff : Self.airAccelCoeff
+      self._velocity.x += (movement.x * rotc - movement.y * rots) * coeff * deltaTime
+      self._velocity.z += (movement.y * rotc + movement.x * rots) * coeff * deltaTime
+
       // Flying and unflying
       self._velocity.y += (pad.rightTrigger - pad.leftTrigger) * 36 * deltaTime
     }
@@ -75,27 +77,27 @@ struct Player {
       }
       return nil
     }
-    self._position.x += _velocity.x * deltaTime
+    self._position.x += self._velocity.x * deltaTime
     if let aabb = checkCollision(self._position) {
-      if _velocity.x < 0 {
+      if self._velocity.x < 0 {
         self._position.x = aabb.right + Self.radius + Self.epsilon
       } else {
         self._position.x = aabb.left - Self.radius - Self.epsilon
       }
       self._velocity.x = 0
     }
-    self._position.z += _velocity.z * deltaTime
+    self._position.z += self._velocity.z * deltaTime
     if let aabb = checkCollision(self._position) {
-      if _velocity.z < 0 {
+      if self._velocity.z < 0 {
         self._position.z = aabb.near + Self.radius + Self.epsilon
       } else {
         self._position.z = aabb.far - Self.radius - Self.epsilon
       }
       self._velocity.z = 0
     }
-    self._position.y += _velocity.y * deltaTime
+    self._position.y += self._velocity.y * deltaTime
-    if let aabb = checkCollision(self._position) {
+    if let aabb = checkCollision(self._velocity.y > 0 ? self._position + .down * Self.epsilon : self.position) {
-      if _velocity.y < 0 {
+      if self._velocity.y < 0 {
         self._position.y = aabb.top + Self.epsilon
         self._onGround = true
       } else {
@@ -109,20 +111,14 @@ struct Player {
 
     // Ground friction
     if self._onGround {
-      self._velocity.x = 0
+      self._velocity.x /= 1.0 + Self.frictionCoeff * deltaTime
-      self._velocity.z = 0
+      self._velocity.z /= 1.0 + Self.frictionCoeff * deltaTime
     }
 
-    if self._velocity.x > 10 {
+    // Limit maximum velocity
-      self._velocity.x = 10
+    let velocityLen = simd_length(self._velocity)
-    }
+    if velocityLen > Self.maxVelocity {
-
+      self._velocity = self._velocity / velocityLen * Self.maxVelocity
-    if self._velocity.y > 10 {
-      self._velocity.y = 10
-    }
-
-    if abs(self._velocity.y) > 40 {
-      self._velocity.y = Float(signOf: self._velocity.y, magnitudeOf: 40.0)
     }
   }
 }