panda3d.bullet.BulletVehicle¶

from panda3d.bullet import BulletVehicle

class BulletVehicle¶

Bases: TypedReferenceCount

Simulates a raycast vehicle which casts a ray per wheel at the ground as a cheap replacement for complex suspension simulation. The suspension can be tuned in various ways. It is possible to add a (probably) arbitrary number of wheels.

Inheritance diagram

__init__(world: BulletWorld, chassis: BulletRigidBodyNode) → None¶: Creates a new BulletVehicle instance in the given world and with a chassis node.

setCoordinateSystem(up: BulletUpAxis) → None¶: Specifies which axis is “up”. Nessecary for the vehicle’s suspension to work properly!

setSteeringValue(steering: float, idx: int) → None¶: Sets the steering value (in degrees) of the wheel with index idx.

setBrake(brake: float, idx: int) → None¶: Applies braking force to the wheel with index idx.

setPitchControl(pitch: float) → None¶

getChassis() → BulletRigidBodyNode¶

Returns the chassis of this vehicle. The chassis is a rigid body node.

Return type: BulletRigidBodyNode

getCurrentSpeedKmHour() → float¶: Returns the current speed in kilometers per hour. Convert to miles using: km/h * 0.62 = mph

getSteeringValue(idx: int) → float¶: Returns the steering angle of the wheel with index idx in degrees.

getForwardVector() → LVector3¶

Returns the forward vector representing the car’s actual direction of movement. The forward vetcor is given in global coordinates.

Return type: LVector3

resetSuspension() → None¶: Resets the vehicle’s suspension.

applyEngineForce(force: float, idx: int) → None¶: Applies force at the wheel with index idx for acceleration.

createWheel() → BulletWheel¶

Factory method for creating wheels for this vehicle instance.

Return type: BulletWheel

getNumWheels() → int¶: Returns the number of wheels this vehicle has.

getWheel(idx: int) → BulletWheel¶

Returns the BulletWheel with index idx. Causes an AssertionError if idx is equal or larger than the number of wheels.

Return type: BulletWheel

getTuning() → BulletVehicleTuning¶

Returns a reference to the BulletVehicleTuning object of this vehicle which offers various vehicle-global tuning options. Make sure to configure this before adding wheels!

Return type: BulletVehicleTuning

static getClassType() → TypeHandle¶

Return type: TypeHandle

getWheels() → list¶

property chassis¶

Returns the chassis of this vehicle. The chassis is a rigid body node.

Return type: BulletRigidBodyNode

property current_speed_km_hour¶

Returns the current speed in kilometers per hour. Convert to miles using: km/h * 0.62 = mph

Return type: float

property forward_vector¶

Returns the forward vector representing the car’s actual direction of movement. The forward vetcor is given in global coordinates.

Return type: LVector3

property wheels¶

Returns the BulletWheel with index idx. Causes an AssertionError if idx is equal or larger than the number of wheels.

Return type: Sequence[BulletWheel]

property tuning¶

Tuning

Returns a reference to the BulletVehicleTuning object of this vehicle which offers various vehicle-global tuning options. Make sure to configure this before adding wheels!

Return type: BulletVehicleTuning