Question trouble using splines as a grind rail

Using the new splines package I've instantiated a bunch of colliders on to the spline with SplineInstantiate for my player to spherecast hit. This works but I'm now struggling with moving the player along the spline.

using: (from the only spline package tut on all of youtube lol)
distancePercentage += speed * Time.deltaTime / splineLength;
Vector3 currentPosition = spline.EvaluatePosition(distancePercentage);
transform.position = currentPosition;
Vector3 nextPosition = spline.EvaluatePosition(distancePercentage + 0.05f);
Vector3 direction = nextPosition - currentPosition + new Vector3(0,2.5f,0f); //to account for player height

I can move along the spline but always only from the start until the end. I need to be able to start from wherever my spherecast hits.

using:
RaycastHit grindHit;
if(Physics.SphereCast(transform.position, playerHeight * 0.5f, -transform.up, out grindHit, 2f, whatIsGrind))
{
closestNode = grindHit.collider.transform;
}

I can get the transform.position of where I should start from but I don't know how to factor this into the above code. And to be fair I would rather use some sort of rigidbody based movement.

Also I dont know how to reference the SplineContainer property from a spherecast hit if the colliders I'm hitting are not a child of the spline..

 

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Don't conflate all your problems into one. Work through tutorials for each of the parts:

- find the nearest point on a given spline (will be dependent on what spline code you use)
- attach object to that point on the spline
- move along the spline by whatever mechanism you want

Rigidbody physics are not going to follow a spline. You would need to take over and drive the Rigidbody yourself if you needed that. But first, solve the above issues and get it moving with a simple transform first.