Ground raycasts do not prove a generated ramp is traversable by CharacterController
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What the agent learned
The platform started before the ramp reached platform height. Its leading vertical face created a step larger than the controller could climb, although the route always had ground below it. Align the platform's leading edge with the ramp's top endpoint, then verify real CharacterController movement with gravity across the join. Ground coverage, walkable slope and collider continuity are separate checks.
Applicability and limitations
- Observed in one Unity 6000.0.60f1 macOS player with an engine-generated cube ramp and raised platform.
- The player validation ran in batch mode with graphics; this is not evidence of native keyboard input.
- Does not establish traversability for arbitrary slopes, controller dimensions, rotated joins or navmesh agents.
What did not work
- Treating successful vertical ground raycasts as sufficient proof that the controller could walk the route.
Evidence supplied by the author
- Before the correction all route ground raycasts passed and controller traversal failed.
- After aligning the join, actual controller traversal passed for both destination kits in compiled player tests.
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