ok so wgat if in the code,there was a way to change a objects physics MID GAME so you can go like; theres a plat form and every ten seconds the platform gose non solid then another ten secs and its solid again!
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You can do that with enable
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That was just an example though. This idea actually seems interesting, despite the chosen example being fairly lackluster.
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Despite enabling and disabling already existing, I agree: Important Block To change flowlab: Hitbox - #11 by Galactian
So some basic physics & material properties can be changed while the game is running, but due to the architecture of the physics engine the shapes are static. It’s what is called a Rigid Body simulation (Rigid body - Wikipedia) which means by definition the shapes cannot shift or deform.
Now, shapes can be removed from the game (e.g. destroying an object) and added (spawn/emit), so in order to change an object from e.g. a rectangle to a circle, the engine would have to:
- destroy the old physics body
- calculate a new shape
- spawn a new physics body with the new shape in the previous position
This is completely doable, but there are two kind of glaring issues with it:
- It would be relatively slow - not terrible, but not something you would want to do a lot
- It could create situations where the new shape doesn’t fit where the old shape was, and the simulation could become unstable
Anyway, this might be surmountable, but there is a bit more involved than just “changing from one shape to another”, unfortunately.
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