Problem with slide constraint

Hi guys,

i have a problem with some physical constraint between two rigid bodies. I have two boxes and one is above the other one. With gravity they fall down so far. Now i want to keep the distance between them in a specific range. In order to do this, i used the constraint entity to define this range between the rigid bodies. But in action, they get total out go control. I tried to change the rotations of the constrains but it does not help.
Do you have some hints ?

Here is my scene:

<?xml version="1.0"?> <scene id="1"> <attribute name="Name" value="" /> <attribute name="Time Scale" value="1" /> <attribute name="Smoothing Constant" value="50" /> <attribute name="Snap Threshold" value="5" /> <attribute name="Elapsed Time" value="391.392" /> <attribute name="Next Replicated Node ID" value="1" /> <attribute name="Next Replicated Component ID" value="7" /> <attribute name="Next Local Node ID" value="16777229" /> <attribute name="Next Local Component ID" value="16777326" /> <attribute name="Variables" /> <attribute name="Variable Names" value="" /> <component type="Octree" id="1" /> <component type="DebugRenderer" id="2" /> <component type="PhysicsWorld" id="3" /> <node id="16777217"> <attribute name="Is Enabled" value="true" /> <attribute name="Name" value="Top" /> <attribute name="Tags" /> <attribute name="Position" value="0 5 0" /> <attribute name="Rotation" value="1 0 0 0" /> <attribute name="Scale" value="1 1 1" /> <attribute name="Variables" /> <component type="StaticModel" id="16777228"> <attribute name="Model" value="Model;Models/Box.mdl" /> <attribute name="Material" value="Material;Materials/Stone.xml" /> </component> <component type="RigidBody" id="16777243"> <attribute name="Physics Position" value="0 5 0" /> <attribute name="Mass" value="1" /> <attribute name="Linear Velocity" value="59.1207 -25.2133 -5.82021" /> <attribute name="Angular Velocity" value="-3.99654 11.7038 53.2007" /> </component> <component type="CollisionShape" id="16777274" /> <component type="Constraint" id="16777277"> <attribute name="Constraint Type" value="Slider" /> <attribute name="Other Body Rotation" value="0.707107 0 0 0.707107" /> <attribute name="Other Body NodeID" value="16777219" /> <attribute name="High Limit" value="2 0" /> <attribute name="Low Limit" value="-1 0" /> </component> </node> <node id="16777219"> <attribute name="Is Enabled" value="true" /> <attribute name="Name" value="Down" /> <attribute name="Tags" /> <attribute name="Position" value="0 2 0" /> <attribute name="Rotation" value="1 0 0 0" /> <attribute name="Scale" value="1 1 1" /> <attribute name="Variables" /> <component type="StaticModel" id="16777229"> <attribute name="Model" value="Model;Models/Box.mdl" /> <attribute name="Material" value="Material;Materials/Stone.xml" /> </component> <component type="RigidBody" id="16777244"> <attribute name="Physics Position" value="0 2 0" /> <attribute name="Mass" value="1" /> </component> <component type="CollisionShape" id="16777275" /> </node> <node id="16777222"> <attribute name="Is Enabled" value="true" /> <attribute name="Name" value="Floor" /> <attribute name="Tags" /> <attribute name="Position" value="0 0 0" /> <attribute name="Rotation" value="1 0 0 0" /> <attribute name="Scale" value="100 1 100" /> <attribute name="Variables" /> <component type="StaticModel" id="16777258"> <attribute name="Model" value="Model;Models/Plane.mdl" /> <attribute name="Material" value="Material;" /> </component> <component type="RigidBody" id="16777259" /> <component type="CollisionShape" id="16777276"> <attribute name="Offset Position" value="0 -0.5 0" /> </component> </node> <node id="16777223"> <attribute name="Is Enabled" value="true" /> <attribute name="Name" value="Light" /> <attribute name="Tags" /> <attribute name="Position" value="4 10 5" /> <attribute name="Rotation" value="1 0 0 0" /> <attribute name="Scale" value="1 1 1" /> <attribute name="Variables" /> <component type="Light" id="16777260"> <attribute name="Light Shape Texture" value="TextureCube;" /> <attribute name="Cast Shadows" value="true" /> </component> </node> </scene>

Best regards

I tested your scene, and after clearing out the linear and angular velocities that were set in your scene and other minor tweaks to just stabilize it, I have a sliding functionality.

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Move the box that’s on the right towards the one on the left and you should see it repel (slide) away from it.
I’ve looked at the Urho3d/Physics/Constraint.cpp and then looked at btSliderConstraint.cpp, and I’d say you’ll need to access the methods defined in btSliderConstraint.h to get a full access to the slider feature.
Good luck.