Hey
I have received some information back from the developers. It’s been suggested that the best way to approach this is to set up a new collision channel in the project settings for ‘stairs/ladders’, and have that default to overlap with the player, but not to block it.
Here is a [tutorial][1] that was provided to help you achieve the goal you have in mind.
Thank you!
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