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Vehicle - terrain collision design
I am starting to play with vehicle design. I want to have vehicles that characters can get into and then operate (not a vehicle-only situation like the car tutorial). I am starting with a simple rowboat (it is not using gravity, but has a rigidbody to apply throttle and steering).
Because mesh colliders do not collide, the vehicle does not collide with the terrain and moves right through slopes. I cannot make the mesh collider on the vehicle convex, because then the vehicle would be "solid" and my character cannot get into it.
So I am wondering if this is a level design problem (e.g. I need to design my scenes so there are always simple colliders wherever a vehicle may collide with the terrain) or a vehicle design problem (e.g. I need to add a bunch of simple collider "bumpers" around the vehicle)? How have others solved this problem?
Try using wheel colliders on the wheels of the vehicle
The vehicle I am currently working on is a boat, so it doesn't have wheels, thanks. Even if it did, the vehicle should probably collide in other places than just where the wheels meet the ground.
Sorry, didn't intend to answer my own question, but after further consideration, I realize other vehicle design issues will decide this one. Once I create better-quality vehicle assets, I won't be able to use a mesh collider for performance reasons, so I will need to add primitive colliders to allow the characters to interact with the vehicle. Those colliders will also provide collision with the terrain.
