PhysX Best Practices

See the following best practices when working with PhysX.

• Colliders intersecting with terrain can result in unexpected behavior. For example, the object might rocket into space, jitter, or slow down performance. Avoid intersecting colliders with terrain. If you need to intersect a collider with terrain, use a small value for the collider size. These scenarios can be mitigated by clearing the Persistent Contact Manifold check box in the Global Configuration tab in the PhysX Configuration tool.
• The PhysX Character Controller component must be on the same entity as the Actor component in order to work with the Animation Editor.
• When adding the PhysX Static Rigid Body component to entities, check the Static option in the Transform component. This allows other systems to apply optimizations to static entities that will never move at run time.
• Avoid checking the Static option when there is a PhysX Dynamic Rigid Body component. The rigid body will behave statically and a warning will appear about the incompatibility of the PhysX Dynamic Rigid Body component and the Static transform option.
• When adding a PhysX collider to the entities, prefer a PhysX Primitive Collider component. It offers better performance and should be used when possible.