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/*
Bullet Continuous Collision Detection and Physics Library
Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Erwin Coumans  http://bulletphysics.com

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#ifndef KINEMATIC_CHARACTER_CONTROLLER_H
#define KINEMATIC_CHARACTER_CONTROLLER_H

#include "LinearMath/btVector3.h"

#include "btCharacterControllerInterface.h"

class btCollisionShape;
class btRigidBody;
class btCollisionWorld;
class btCollisionDispatcher;
class btPairCachingGhostObject;

///btKinematicCharacterController is an object that supports a sliding motion in a world.
///It uses a ghost object and convex sweep test to test for upcoming collisions. This is combined with discrete collision detection to recover from penetrations.
///Interaction between btKinematicCharacterController and dynamic rigid bodies needs to be explicity implemented by the user.
class btKinematicCharacterController : public btCharacterControllerInterface
{
protected:
        btScalar m_halfHeight;
        
        btPairCachingGhostObject* m_ghostObject;
        btConvexShape*  m_convexShape;//is also in m_ghostObject, but it needs to be convex, so we store it here to avoid upcast
        
        btScalar m_fallSpeed;
        btScalar m_jumpSpeed;
        btScalar m_maxJumpHeight;

        btScalar m_turnAngle;
        
        btScalar m_stepHeight;

        btScalar        m_addedMargin;//@todo: remove this and fix the code

        ///this is the desired walk direction, set by the user
        btVector3       m_walkDirection;

        //some internal variables
        btVector3 m_currentPosition;
        btScalar  m_currentStepOffset;
        btVector3 m_targetPosition;

        ///keep track of the contact manifolds
        btManifoldArray m_manifoldArray;

        bool m_touchingContact;
        btVector3 m_touchingNormal;

        bool    m_useGhostObjectSweepTest;
        
        btVector3 computeReflectionDirection (const btVector3& direction, const btVector3& normal);
        btVector3 parallelComponent (const btVector3& direction, const btVector3& normal);
        btVector3 perpindicularComponent (const btVector3& direction, const btVector3& normal);

        bool recoverFromPenetration (btCollisionWorld* collisionWorld);
        void stepUp (btCollisionWorld* collisionWorld);
        void updateTargetPositionBasedOnCollision (const btVector3& hit_normal, btScalar tangentMag = btScalar(0.0), btScalar normalMag = btScalar(1.0));
        void stepForwardAndStrafe (btCollisionWorld* collisionWorld, const btVector3& walkMove);
        void stepDown (btCollisionWorld* collisionWorld, btScalar dt);
public:
        btKinematicCharacterController (btPairCachingGhostObject* ghostObject,btConvexShape* convexShape,btScalar stepHeight);
        ~btKinematicCharacterController ();
        
        virtual void    setWalkDirection(const btVector3& walkDirection)
        {
                m_walkDirection = walkDirection;
        }

        void reset ();
        void warp (const btVector3& origin);

        void preStep ( btCollisionWorld* collisionWorld);
        void playerStep (btCollisionWorld* collisionWorld, btScalar dt);

        void setFallSpeed (btScalar fallSpeed);
        void setJumpSpeed (btScalar jumpSpeed);
        void setMaxJumpHeight (btScalar maxJumpHeight);
        bool canJump () const;
        void jump ();

        btPairCachingGhostObject* getGhostObject();
        void    setUseGhostSweepTest(bool useGhostObjectSweepTest)
        {
                m_useGhostObjectSweepTest = useGhostObjectSweepTest;
        }

        bool onGround () const;
};

#endif // KINEMATIC_CHARACTER_CONTROLLER_H