So basically, is there a clean way to both use the 2D skinning/skeleton system along with ragdoll elements?
I have a decent understanding of both but I’m no expert. When I’ve attempted this in the past the elements either separate upon movement or go crazy like flying off the screen
Here are some things I’d like to achieve.
Enemy that uses skeletal animation but upon death uses ragdoll physics for randomized/physics based death (collapse)
Player that has either a cape / ponytail / actual tail that trails behind them, but is physics based vs. animation frames.
Ragdoll weapons attached to a 2D skeletal player: whips, mourning stars, prickly vine
Controlling a player / enemy that is ‘mostly ragdoll’ (lets say 80% of child parts) but maybe the arms or legs are linked to a ‘rigid’ animation cycle / system.
Joints and rag dolls don’t like extreme forces applied to them and might become unstable if you directly modify joint position or apply huge amount of force to them.
Take a look at the FixedJoint2D_RagDoll scene:
It contains several rag dolls that resemble 2D characters and each uses Fixed Joint 2D component to bind different body parts together. It also demonstrates how the ‘frequency’ parameter affects rag doll’s behaviour.
The main character in the Lost Crypt demo - Sara - she has a ponytail that’s being controlled by physics. You also might take a look at that project and see how it was attached to the character and how it behaves as she moves.
