feat(physics): L.3a — wall-bounce velocity reflection on airborne hits

Three independent research agents converged: retail's "bouncy walls"
feel comes from CPhysicsObj::handle_all_collisions (acclient_2013_pseudo_c.txt:
282699-282715, ACE PhysicsObj.cs:2692-2697) which applies the canonical
reflection v_new = v - (1 + e) * dot(v, n) * n to the body's velocity
after every transition resolves. Player elasticity = 0.05 (5% bounce);
INELASTIC_PS = 0x20000 zeros velocity entirely (used by spell projectiles).

acdream had the data plumbed (PhysicsBody.Elasticity = 0.05 was already
set, ci.CollisionNormal was being populated in 8+ code paths) but
ResolveWithTransition discarded the normal before returning. Hence
"sticky walls on jumps" — perpendicular velocity got removed by
SlideSphere's geometric resolution, but never reflected back, so
hitting a wall mid-jump zeroed forward motion entirely instead of
producing a small push-back.

Files:
- PhysicsBody.cs: add PhysicsStateFlags.Inelastic = 0x20000.
- ResolveResult.cs: surface CollisionNormalValid + CollisionNormal.
- PhysicsEngine.cs:599-624: copy ci.CollisionNormal into ResolveResult
  before returning (both ok and partial paths).
- PlayerMovementController.cs:445-503: after position commit, apply
  reflection per the retail formula. Inelastic → zero velocity;
  else → reflect with v += n * -(dot(v,n) * (e + 1)).

apply_bounce rule (more conservative than retail by design):
- Sledding: retail's strict rule — bounce unless both grounded.
- Otherwise: bounce ONLY when both prev and now airborne. Suppress on
  landing (prev air, now ground) to avoid micro-bouncing on floor —
  the post-reflection upward Z defeats the controller's Velocity.Z<=0
  landing-snap gate. Retail's elasticity 0.05 makes the artifact
  visually imperceptible there; acdream's per-frame architecture
  amplifies it.

Tests: 1491 → 1491 still pass (existing AirborneFrames + WalkOffLedge
tests confirmed the conservative apply_bounce rule keeps landings
clean).

Live verification needed: jump into a wall mid-air — should produce a
visible bounce-back rather than sticking. Walking along corridor with
side-clip should still slide. Landing should still settle without
micro-bounce.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
This commit is contained in:
Erik 2026-04-30 09:41:04 +02:00
parent 261322b48e
commit a1c27b3afb
4 changed files with 191 additions and 3 deletions

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@ -444,6 +444,93 @@ public sealed class PlayerMovementController
// Apply resolved position.
_body.Position = resolveResult.Position;
// L.3a (2026-04-30): retail wall-bounce / velocity reflection.
//
// Retail's CPhysicsObj::handle_all_collisions runs after every
// SetPositionInternal. It reads the wall normal that the
// transition's slide computed and reflects the body's velocity:
//
// v_new = v - (1 + elasticity) * dot(v, n) * n
//
// This is what gives retail its "bouncy" feel — fast head-on
// jumps push the player back from the wall, glancing angles
// produce a small deflection. acdream's transition resolver
// SLID position correctly but never updated velocity, so the
// player kept driving into walls until the controller's input
// changed direction. Felt sticky / fragile.
//
// Suppression rule (apply_bounce): grounded movement on a wall
// SHOULDN'T bounce — sliding along a corridor is expected. Only
// airborne wall hits reflect. Mirrors retail's `var_10_1` guard
// and ACE PhysicsObj.cs:2656-2660 `apply_bounce`.
//
// Inelastic flag (spell projectiles, missiles) zeros velocity
// entirely instead of reflecting. The player never has it set.
//
// Sources:
// acclient_2013_pseudo_c.txt:282699-282715 (handle_all_collisions)
// acclient.h:2834 (INELASTIC_PS = 0x20000)
// ACE PhysicsObj.cs:2656-2721 (line-for-line port)
// PhysicsGlobals.DefaultElasticity = 0.05f, MaxElasticity = 0.1f
if (resolveResult.CollisionNormalValid)
{
bool prevOnWalkable = _body.OnWalkable;
bool nowOnWalkable = resolveResult.IsOnGround;
// apply_bounce: bounce ONLY when the body stays airborne both
// before and after this step. That is: jumping into a wall
// mid-flight, hitting a ceiling, etc. Specifically NOT:
//
// - prev grounded + now grounded → wall-slide along corridor
// (bounce would feel sticky on every wall touch).
// - prev airborne + now grounded → terrain landing
// (terrain normal is mostly +Z; reflecting downward velocity
// would push the body upward and prevent the landing snap
// from firing — player perpetually micro-bouncing on the
// floor instead of resting).
// - prev grounded + now airborne → walked off cliff
// (gravity should take over, not lateral bounce).
//
// Sledding mode reverts to retail's broader rule (bounce
// unless both grounded), since sledding intentionally bounces
// off ramps.
//
// This is more conservative than retail's strict
// `!(prev && now && !sledding)` rule — retail bounces on
// landing too, but at elasticity 0.05 the visual effect is
// imperceptible there. acdream's per-frame architecture
// amplifies the artifact (the post-reflection upward Z
// defeats the controller's `Velocity.Z <= 0` landing-snap
// gate), so we suppress it on landing to avoid the
// micro-bounce death spiral.
bool applyBounce = _body.State.HasFlag(PhysicsStateFlags.Sledding)
? !(prevOnWalkable && nowOnWalkable)
: (!prevOnWalkable && !nowOnWalkable);
if (applyBounce)
{
if (_body.State.HasFlag(PhysicsStateFlags.Inelastic))
{
// Full stop on impact. Spell projectiles / missiles.
_body.Velocity = Vector3.Zero;
}
else
{
var v = _body.Velocity;
var n = resolveResult.CollisionNormal;
float dotVN = Vector3.Dot(v, n);
if (dotVN < 0f)
{
// Reflect the into-wall component back out.
// Player elasticity is 0.05 → 105% of perpendicular
// velocity reflects (subtle bounce).
float k = -(dotVN * (_body.Elasticity + 1f));
_body.Velocity = v + n * k;
}
}
}
}
bool justLanded = false;
if (resolveResult.IsOnGround)
{

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@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ public enum PhysicsStateFlags : uint
ReportCollisions = 0x00000010,
Gravity = 0x00000400, // bit 10 — apply downward gravity
Hidden = 0x00001000,
/// <summary>
/// L.3a (2026-04-30): retail INELASTIC_PS bit (acclient.h:2834).
/// When set, wall-collisions zero the velocity instead of reflecting.
/// Used by spell projectiles and missiles that should embed/explode on
/// impact rather than bounce. The player NEVER has this flag set —
/// player wall-hits use the reflection path with elasticity ~0.05.
/// </summary>
Inelastic = 0x00020000, // bit 17 — retail INELASTIC_PS
Sledding = 0x00800000, // bit 23 — sledding (modified friction)
}
@ -44,6 +52,7 @@ public enum TransientStateFlags : uint
None = 0,
Contact = 0x00000001, // bit 0 — touching any surface
OnWalkable = 0x00000002, // bit 1 — standing on a walkable surface
Sliding = 0x00000004, // bit 2 — carry sliding normal into next transition
Active = 0x00000080, // bit 7 — object needs per-frame update
}
@ -87,6 +96,9 @@ public sealed class PhysicsBody
/// <summary>Ground contact-plane normal (+0x130/134/138).</summary>
public Vector3 GroundNormal { get; set; } = Vector3.UnitZ;
/// <summary>Last wall/object sliding normal (retail transient Sliding state).</summary>
public Vector3 SlidingNormal { get; set; }
// ── persisted contact-plane state (retail PhysicsObj fields) ───────────
//
// Retail's PhysicsObj carries its last contact plane FORWARD across frames.
@ -113,6 +125,18 @@ public sealed class PhysicsBody
/// <summary>Whether the contact plane is a water surface (affects step behavior).</summary>
public bool ContactPlaneIsWater { get; set; }
/// <summary>Whether the previous walkable polygon is available for edge slide.</summary>
public bool WalkablePolygonValid { get; set; }
/// <summary>Most recent walkable polygon plane (world-space).</summary>
public System.Numerics.Plane WalkablePlane { get; set; }
/// <summary>Most recent walkable polygon vertices (world-space).</summary>
public Vector3[]? WalkableVertices { get; set; }
/// <summary>Up vector used by the most recent walkable polygon probe.</summary>
public Vector3 WalkableUp { get; set; } = Vector3.UnitZ;
/// <summary>Elasticity coefficient (+0xB0).</summary>
public float Elasticity { get; set; } = 0.05f;

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@ -518,8 +518,29 @@ public sealed class PhysicsEngine
body.ContactPlaneIsWater);
}
// Retail CPhysicsObj::get_object_info also seeds SlidingNormal when
// transient_state has bit 2 set. This matters for one-step/frame hits:
// a wall collision at the end of one transition must project the next
// frame's movement along the wall instead of hard-stopping again.
if (body is not null
&& body.TransientState.HasFlag(TransientStateFlags.Sliding)
&& body.SlidingNormal.LengthSquared() > PhysicsGlobals.EpsilonSq)
{
transition.CollisionInfo.SetSlidingNormal(body.SlidingNormal);
}
transition.SpherePath.InitPath(currentPos, targetPos, cellId, sphereRadius, sphereHeight);
if (isOnGround && body is not null
&& body.WalkablePolygonValid
&& body.WalkableVertices is { Length: >= 3 })
{
transition.SpherePath.SetWalkable(
body.WalkablePlane,
body.WalkableVertices,
body.WalkableUp);
}
bool ok = transition.FindTransitionalPosition(this);
var sp = transition.SpherePath;
@ -548,8 +569,43 @@ public sealed class PhysicsEngine
{
body.ContactPlaneValid = false;
}
if (sp.HasLastWalkablePolygon && sp.LastWalkableVertices is not null)
{
body.WalkablePolygonValid = true;
body.WalkablePlane = sp.LastWalkablePlane;
body.WalkableVertices = (Vector3[])sp.LastWalkableVertices.Clone();
body.WalkableUp = sp.LastWalkableUp;
}
else if (!isOnGround && !ci.ContactPlaneValid && !ci.LastKnownContactPlaneValid)
{
body.WalkablePolygonValid = false;
body.WalkableVertices = null;
}
if (ci.SlidingNormalValid
&& ci.SlidingNormal.LengthSquared() > PhysicsGlobals.EpsilonSq)
{
body.SlidingNormal = ci.SlidingNormal;
body.TransientState |= TransientStateFlags.Sliding;
}
else
{
body.SlidingNormal = Vector3.Zero;
body.TransientState &= ~TransientStateFlags.Sliding;
}
}
// L.3a (2026-04-30): surface the wall normal so callers can apply
// retail's velocity-reflection bounce (CPhysicsObj::handle_all_collisions
// at acclient_2013_pseudo_c.txt:282699-282715, ACE PhysicsObj.cs:
// 2692-2697). The reflection itself is applied in
// PlayerMovementController after the position commit, gated on
// apply_bounce = !(prevOnWalkable && newOnWalkable) — airborne wall
// hits bounce, grounded wall slides don't.
bool collisionNormalValid = ci.CollisionNormalValid;
Vector3 collisionNormal = ci.CollisionNormal;
if (ok)
{
bool onGround = ci.ContactPlaneValid
@ -558,7 +614,9 @@ public sealed class PhysicsEngine
return new ResolveResult(
sp.CheckPos,
ResolveOutdoorCellId(sp.CheckPos, sp.CheckCellId),
onGround);
onGround,
collisionNormalValid,
collisionNormal);
}
// Transition failed (e.g., stuck in corner, too many steps).
@ -574,6 +632,8 @@ public sealed class PhysicsEngine
return new ResolveResult(
sp.CheckPos,
ResolveOutdoorCellId(sp.CheckPos, partialCellId),
partialOnGround);
partialOnGround,
collisionNormalValid,
collisionNormal);
}
}

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@ -6,8 +6,25 @@ namespace AcDream.Core.Physics;
/// Result of <see cref="PhysicsEngine.Resolve"/>: the validated
/// position after collision, the cell the entity ended up in,
/// and whether they're standing on a surface.
///
/// <para>
/// L.3a (2026-04-30): added optional collision-normal fields so the
/// caller (typically <see cref="AcDream.App.Input.PlayerMovementController"/>)
/// can apply retail's velocity-reflection bounce
/// (<c>v_new = v - (1 + elasticity) * dot(v, n) * n</c>) to the
/// PhysicsBody after the geometric resolve completes. ACE port mirror:
/// <c>references/ACE/Source/ACE.Server/Physics/PhysicsObj.cs:2692-2697</c>;
/// retail equivalent: <c>CPhysicsObj::handle_all_collisions</c> at
/// <c>acclient_2013_pseudo_c.txt:282699-282715</c>.
/// </para>
/// </summary>
public readonly record struct ResolveResult(
Vector3 Position,
uint CellId,
bool IsOnGround);
bool IsOnGround,
/// <summary>True when a wall collision occurred during this resolve
/// and <see cref="CollisionNormal"/> is meaningful.</summary>
bool CollisionNormalValid = false,
/// <summary>Outward surface normal of the wall the sphere hit. Used
/// by the velocity-reflection step. Pointing away from the wall.</summary>
Vector3 CollisionNormal = default);