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Question by Art-Mouse · Jan 09, 2021 at 08:40 PM · rotationaxischaracterjoint

How can I clamp a target rotation within the rotation limits of a character joint?

I have an active ragdoll animation system that I am working on and have been running into an issue when the target rotation is set to an angle that can not be achieved because of the joint limits on the ragdoll.
Bellow is my solution to this issue but it doesn't work. The angles are all correct except about half of the values are of the opposite sign.(-x,y,z, but x,-y,z instead) This is consistent from frame to frame, but the swapped values for xyz are different for every single body part.

     targetRotation = target.localRotation; // The target rotation can be replaced with whatever rotation you want to align to
     if (isRoot) targetRotation = target.rotation;
     
     else
     {
         
         Vector3 rotAxis = Mathf.Clamp(GetRelativeAngles(Vector3.Project(targetRotation.eulerAngles, joint.axis)).magnitude, joint.lowTwistLimit.limit, joint.highTwistLimit.limit) * joint.axis;

         Vector3 rotSwing1 = Mathf.Clamp(GetRelativeAngles(Vector3.Project(targetRotation.eulerAngles, joint.swingAxis)).magnitude, -joint.swing1Limit.limit, joint.swing1Limit.limit) * joint.swingAxis;

         Vector3 swing2axis = Vector3.Cross( joint.swingAxis,joint.axis);
         Vector3 rotSwing2 = Mathf.Clamp(GetRelativeAngles(Vector3.Project(targetRotation.eulerAngles, swing2axis)).magnitude, -joint.swing2Limit.limit, joint.swing2Limit.limit) * swing2axis;

         Vector3 clampedRot = rotAxis + rotSwing1 + rotSwing2;

         targetRotation = Quaternion.Euler(clampedRot);
     }
     

The GetRelativeAngles() method is exactly what it sounds like and is working properly for other parts of the program.

 Vector3 GetRelativeAngles(Vector3 angles)
 {
     Vector3 relativeAngles = angles;
     if (relativeAngles.x > 180f)
         relativeAngles.x -= 360f;
     if (relativeAngles.y > 180f)
         relativeAngles.y -= 360f;
     if (relativeAngles.z > 180f)
         relativeAngles.z -= 360f;

     return relativeAngles;
 }

If anybody could give me any insight on what I'm doing wrong it would be greatly appreciated!

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