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)¶: Creates a new BulletVehicle instance in the given world and with a chassis node.

applyEngineForce(force: float, idx: int)¶: Applies force at the wheel with index idx for acceleration.

property chassis → BulletRigidBodyNode ¶: Returns the chassis of this vehicle. The chassis is a rigid body node.

createWheel() → BulletWheel ¶: Factory method for creating wheels for this vehicle instance.

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

property forward_vector → LVector3 ¶: Returns the forward vector representing the car’s actual direction of movement. The forward vetcor is given in global coordinates.

getChassis() → BulletRigidBodyNode ¶: Returns the chassis of this vehicle. The chassis is a rigid body node.

static getClassType() → panda3d.core.TypeHandle ¶

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

getForwardVector() → panda3d.core.LVector3 ¶: Returns the forward vector representing the car’s actual direction of movement. The forward vetcor is given in global coordinates.

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

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

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!

getWheel(idx: int) → BulletWheel ¶: Returns the BulletWheel with index idx. Causes an AssertionError if idx is equal or larger than the number of wheels.

getWheels() → list ¶

resetSuspension()¶: Resets the vehicle’s suspension.

setBrake(brake: float, idx: int)¶: Applies braking force to the wheel with index idx.

setCoordinateSystem(up: BulletUpAxis)¶: Specifies which axis is “up”. Nessecary for the vehicle’s suspension to work properly!

setPitchControl(pitch: float)¶

setSteeringValue(steering: float, idx: int)¶: Sets the steering value (in degrees) of the wheel with index idx.

property tuning → BulletVehicleTuning ¶

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!

property wheels → Sequence[BulletWheel]¶: Returns the BulletWheel with index idx. Causes an AssertionError if idx is equal or larger than the number of wheels.