Put a Car on It

Put a Car on It

The road moves and the car is bolted to the origin. That is a screensaver with a shadow on it. The obvious next move — give the box a velocity and point it with the arrow keys — produces a walking character wearing a car's mesh: it goes exactly where you press, stops the instant you let go, and turns on the spot. A car does none of those things, and the reason is one lag.

Add the KeyboardInput entity and CarDrive

Two edits. A bare entity that publishes keystrokes onto the bus, and a drive law on the box you already have:

    "Input": {
      "components": {
        "KeyboardInput": {}
      }
    },

    "Player": {
      "tags": ["player"],
      "components": {
        "MeshPrimitive": { "primitive": "box", "width": 1.8, "height": 1, "depth": 4, "position": [0, 0.5, 0], "visible": false,
          "material": { "diffuseColor": [0.85, 0.25, 0.15], "emissiveColor": [0.16, 0.04, 0.02], "specularColor": [0.2, 0.2, 0.2] } },
        "Mesh": { "src": "/vehiclecombat/interceptor.glb", "follow": true, "faceMode": "proxy",
          "position": [0, 0, 0], "scale": 1, "autoLoad": true },
        "Shadow": { "castShadow": true, "receiveShadow": false },
        "CarDrive": {
          "maxSpeed": 46, "acceleration": 23, "braking": 43, "reverseSpeed": 12,
          "steerRate": 2.6, "steerSpeedFalloff": 0.55,
          "grip": 0.85, "drag": 0.8, "driftThreshold": 3,
          "keyboardControlled": true
        }
      }
    },

Add the KeyboardInput entity and CarDrive

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