Applying Ragdoll physics to a character

Action games often make use of Ragdoll physics to simulate the character's body's reaction to being affected by a hit or explosion. In this recipe, we will learn how to set up and activate Ragdoll physics for our character whenever she touches a spiky object. We will also use the opportunity to reset the character's position and animations a number of seconds after that event has occurred:

Getting ready

For this recipe, we have prepared a Unity Package named Ragdoll, containing a basic scene that features an animated character, and a prefab already placed in the scene named Spawnpoint. The files can be found in the 09_08 folder.

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