wade

name	wade
description	Wades forward through water with high deliberate knee lifts and arms out for balance, via a translating sequence. Use when a command mentions wade, wade through water, walk through deep water, high-step through, or push through water.
category	locomotion
disable-model-invocation	true
subskills	["move-leg","balance-and-posture"]

wade

Slow forward wading: lift each knee high to clear the water, arms out for balance.

Composes: move-leg + balance-and-posture

How

• Use a sequence with loop:false. Frame root is ABSOLUTE; compute the travel axis from state.position+state.faceDeg (0=+Z, 90=+X). The example assumes origin facing +Z.
• Alternate very high knees (UpLeg~85,Leg~70); keep arms out; little root.y.
• Slow durationMs (~3200).

Example

• "wade through the water" -> {"durationMs":3200,"say":"Wading through.","sequence":{"loop":false,"frames":[{"t":0,"pose":{"LeftUpLeg":[85,0,0],"LeftLeg":[70,0,0],"LeftUpperArm":[0,0,30],"RightUpperArm":[0,0,-30]},"root":{"z":0.4}},{"t":0.5,"pose":{"LeftUpLeg":[0,0,180],"LeftLeg":[0,0,0],"RightUpLeg":[85,0,0],"RightLeg":[70,0,0]},"root":{"z":0.9}},{"t":1,"pose":{"RightUpLeg":[0,0,180],"RightLeg":[0,0,0],"LeftUpperArm":[0,0,90],"RightUpperArm":[0,0,-90]},"root":{"z":1.4}}]}}

Limits & posture

Keep ≥1 foot grounded except at a jump's airborne apex; stay inside human joint ranges and keep weight over the support — see balance-and-posture.