Practice-Research : paper rails test

I tried the following to solve the issue.

placed a large central cylinder for the full height of the spiral however this didn’t work effectively as it closed off entrances to the cross tunnels.
tried separating the central cylinder but it still created gaps in which the player could fall off the ladder.
tried using simple white rectangular panels which worked but didn’t look great.
I considered using a 3D transparent object with collision collider https://answers.unity.com/questions/391634/make-transparent-3d-object-with-collision-detectio.html
Because I needed to experiment with material treatments as part of the experimental process, I applied a paper grass material.png and used transparency. This still needs a little work but it’s getting there.

The player will no longer fall off the staircase… result 🙂

The material is much more pleasing ‘papery’ effect which fits the aesthetic more closely.

Next steps…

I tried the following to solve the issue.

placed a large central cylinder for the full height of the spiral however this didn’t work effectively as it closed off entrances to the cross tunnels.
tried separating the central cylinder but it still created gaps in which the player could fall off the ladder.
tried using simple white rectangular panels which worked but didn’t look great.
I considered using a 3D transparent object with collision collider https://answers.unity.com/questions/391634/make-transparent-3d-object-with-collision-detectio.html
Because I needed to experiment with material treatments as part of the experimental process, I applied a paper grass material.png and used transparency. This still needs a little work but it’s getting there.

The player will no longer fall off the staircase… result 🙂

The material is much more pleasing ‘papery’ effect which fits the aesthetic more closely.

Next steps…