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3D Physics Engine

GDevelop provides a powerful 3D Physics Engine, allowing to create any kind of 3D games.

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The 3D physics engine is powered by Jolt Physics a modern, performant, battle-tested, fully featured 3D physics engine used in AAA games, like Horizon: Forbidden West. It's perfect for making FPS, TPS, 3D platformers and in the future 3D racing games or any 3D game.

The 3D Physics Engine is available through:

  • A behavior "3D physics" to apply 3D objects. For example, add the behavior to platforms, with the type set to "Static" in the behavior property so they don't move. You can choose the collider shape: box, sphere, cylinder or capsule and modify physics properties of the objects having this behavior - much like the 2D physics engine.
  • A behavior for 3D characters: a dedicated "3D Physics Character" behavior is available.
  • For the player character, pair the 3D Physics Character behavior with one or more additional behaviors to get controls working out of the box: "3D Shooter keyboard mapper", "3D Platformer keyboard mapper", etc... Behaviors with support for touch screens, gamepads and keyboard/mouse have all been made and tested.

How to set up 3D Physics for obstacles in a new game

This section is being written and will be available soon.

How to set up a 3D character with controls

This section is being written and will be available soon.

Concepts used in Physics

This section is being written and will be available soon. In the meantime, you can refer to the descriptions for the 2D Physics Engine as most concepts are the same.

Reference

All actions, conditions and expressions are listed in the 3D Physics reference page.