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Plant (contact) settings (R1): speed_threshold - \"Bone is considered planted below this speed\" (speed from an FK speed curve or graph root motion); unalignment_speed_threshold - speed at which the foot becomes fully unplanted, the range between the two approximating the foot's roll phase (the docs themselves note this \"feels innaccurate most of the time\"); distance_to_ground - within this distance of the plant plane the bone is planted and fully aligned; unplant_radius and unplant_angle - linear and angular deviation that release the lock; replant_radius_ratio/replant_angle_ratio - below these fractions of the unplant limits the foot replants (hysteresis); min/max_extension_ratio bound how far the leg chain may extend; separating_distance keeps the feet apart; ankle_twist_reduction limits slope alignment twist; adjust_heel_before_planting; reconstruct_world_plant_from_velocity...","status":"active","body":{"text":"Answers \"how do procedural systems keep feet in contact and the body supported?\" from engine documentation. Plant (contact) settings (R1): speed_threshold - \"Bone is considered planted below this speed\" (speed from an FK speed curve or graph root motion); unalignment_speed_threshold - speed at which the foot becomes fully unplanted, the range between the two approximating the foot's roll phase (the docs themselves note this \"feels innaccurate most of the time\"); distance_to_ground - within this distance of the plant plane the bone is planted and fully aligned; unplant_radius and unplant_angle - linear and angular deviation that release the lock; replant_radius_ratio/replant_angle_ratio - below these fractions of the unplant limits the foot replants (hysteresis); min/max_extension_ratio bound how far the leg chain may extend; separating_distance keeps the feet apart; ankle_twist_reduction limits slope alignment twist; adjust_heel_before_planting; reconstruct_world_plant_from_velocity for moving platforms (ignores slopes). Support/balance (pelvis) settings (R2): heel_lift_ratio - \"1 fully favors heel lift first. 0 fully favors pelvis drop first\"; max_offset - \"Max vertical offset from the input pose for the Pelvis. Reaching this limit means the feet may not reach their plant plane\"; max_offset_horizontal - beyond it the system \"will first attempt to roll the planted feet, and then slide\"; horizontal_rebalancing_weight - pelvis shift to rebalance weight; stiffness/damping interpolation and options to disable pelvis offset in air or hold it when the capsule moves vertically. The node is a skeletal-control node whose Python API is marked Experimental (R3). Bounded test idea for AI/mocap clean-up (inference): feed a walk clip over uneven ground, measure foot slide while speed < threshold (should be ~0 within unplant_radius), pelvis offset never exceeding max_offset, and count replant events; the same contact/support concepts (lock with hysteresis, limited pelvis compensation, extension limits) apply when cleaning foot-skate in AI motion-transfer outputs (C3-B341-01, C3-B477-01).\n\nCurator qualifications: All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; no video sources. Unreal Engine 5.6 Python API reference (marked Experimental); no tuning guide read; nothing executed. 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Plant (contact) settings (R1): speed_threshold - \"Bone is considered planted below this speed\" (speed from an FK speed curve or graph root motion); unalignment_speed_threshold - speed at which the foot becomes fully unplanted, the range between the two approximating the foot's roll phase (the docs themselves note this \"feels innaccurate most of the time\"); distance_to_ground - within this distance of the plant plane the bone is planted and fully aligned; unplant_radius and unplant_angle - linear and angular deviation that release the lock; replant_radius_ratio/replant_angle_ratio - below these fractions of the unplant limits the foot replants (hysteresis); min/max_extension_ratio bound how far the leg chain may extend; separating_distance keeps the feet apart; ankle_twist_reduction limits slope alignment twist; adjust_heel_before_planting; reconstruct_world_plant_from_velocity for moving platforms (ignores slopes). Support/balance (pelvis) settings (R2): heel_lift_ratio - \"1 fully favors heel lift first. 0 fully favors pelvis drop first\"; max_offset - \"Max vertical offset from the input pose for the Pelvis. Reaching this limit means the feet may not reach their plant plane\"; max_offset_horizontal - beyond it the system \"will first attempt to roll the planted feet, and then slide\"; horizontal_rebalancing_weight - pelvis shift to rebalance weight; stiffness/damping interpolation and options to disable pelvis offset in air or hold it when the capsule moves vertically. The node is a skeletal-control node whose Python API is marked Experimental (R3). 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