Capsule Character Controller and Heightfield sliding issues?

[Butabah]

Currently, I am using a btHeightfield shape to define terrain within my game. It works well, provides the appropriate collision.

However, the characters slide when the slope of the terrain isn't zero. Meaning, when you walk down a gentle hill, gravity still takes place and pulls the character down the gentle hill. I'd like to change this so the slopes don't cause the character to slide, rather just stick to the terrain.

What properties should I look at and try?

I'm using a capsule shape and a btKinematicController and Action for my characters.
I'm using a btHeightfield shape and btRigidBody.

I've attempted to set the Friction of both to one, but it seems to be ineffective.

[SOLVED]

The issue deals with the calculation of the vertical velocity. If you want your character to stick onto slopes and what not (as in, not slide down gradual slopes) then subclass the KinematicController, override the playerStep method, and add the following

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    if (!(m_wasOnGround && m_walkDirection.isZero()))
    {
        m_verticalVelocity -= m_gravity * dt;
        if(m_verticalVelocity > 0.0 && m_verticalVelocity > m_jumpSpeed)
        {
            m_verticalVelocity = m_jumpSpeed;
        }
        if(m_verticalVelocity < 0.0 && btFabs(m_verticalVelocity) > btFabs(m_fallSpeed))
        {
            m_verticalVelocity = -btFabs(m_fallSpeed);
        }
        m_verticalOffset = m_verticalVelocity * dt;
    }

The following code will make the character abide by the normal laws of gravity when the player is moving, but when the player is stationary the player will not move at all.

Note that this code worked for generally every case with my playpen, but it might not be optimal for other solutions. I do not know how this responds to such actions as jumping atop static objects, moving platforms, etc.

[STTrife]

Thanks for posting this, I'm also going to use the same setup, so now I don't have to figure that out anymore thanks