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====== PhysicMaterial ======

===== Friction values =====
Physic Material (note the incorrect spelling!) is a small data object that can be attached to Colliders to provide parameters for their collision behavior.

If NVidia PhysX is being used (currently default physics system), static and dynamic friction values operate according to the Coulomb model of friction. For a Rigidbody sliding (horizontally) across another collider, the "friction force" points in the opposite direction of the Rigidbody's momentum and its magnitude is:

''N * µ''

where: 
  * N is the normal force, i.e. mass * gravity
  * µ is (dynamic or static) friction coefficient (see section "Friction Combine")
	
Loosely put: "friction" counteracts a Rigidbody's momentum with a minimum magnitude of 0 and a maximum of m*g. The friction values are clamped 0-1 because values > 1 would "create" energy.

===== Friction combine =====

The value µ from the friction calculation above is calculated from both colliding materials. The "friction combine" field determines what calculation is used. If two colliding Physic Materials have different "friction combine" values, the Unity documentation //correctly// states that the order of priority goes Maximum > Multiply > Minimum > Average. //However//, this does not respect the underlying int values of the PhysicMaterialCombine:

* 0	Average
  * 1	Multiply
  * 2	Minimum
  * 3	Maximum

This will trip you up if you (reasonably) expect these to match.

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