blender/source/gameengine/PyDoc/KX_Camera.py

# $Id$
# Documentation for Camera game objects.
from KX_GameObject import *

class KX_Camera(KX_GameObject):
	"""
	A Camera object.
	
	@group Constants: INSIDE, INTERSECT, OUTSIDE
	@ivar INSIDE: see sphereInsideFrustum() and boxInsideFrustum()
	@ivar INTERSECT: see sphereInsideFrustum() and boxInsideFrustum()
	@ivar OUTSIDE: see sphereInsideFrustum() and boxInsideFrustum()
	
	@ivar lens: The camera's lens value. 
	@type lens: float
	@ivar near: The camera's near clip distance. 
	@type near: float
	@ivar far: The camera's far clip distance.
	@type far: float
	@ivar frustum_culling: True if this camera is frustum culling. 
	@type frustum_culling: boolean
	@ivar projection_matrix: This camera's 4x4 projection matrix.
	@type projection_matrix: 4x4 Matrix [[float]]
	@ivar modelview_matrix: This camera's 4x4 model view matrix. (read only)
	                        Regenerated every frame from the camera's position and orientation.
	@type modelview_matrix: 4x4 Matrix [[float]] 
	@ivar camera_to_world: This camera's camera to world transform. (read only)
	                       Regenerated every frame from the camera's position and orientation.
	@type camera_to_world: 4x4 Matrix [[float]]
	@ivar world_to_camera: This camera's world to camera transform. (read only)
	                       Regenerated every frame from the camera's position and orientation.
	                       This is camera_to_world inverted.
	@type world_to_camera: 4x4 Matrix [[float]]
	"""
	
	def sphereInsideFrustum(centre, radius):
		"""
		Tests the given sphere against the view frustum.
		
		@param centre: The centre of the sphere (in world coordinates.)
		@type centre: list [x, y, z]
		@param radius: the radius of the sphere
		@type radius: float
		@return: INSIDE, OUTSIDE or INTERSECT
		
		Example::
			import GameLogic
			co = GameLogic.getCurrentController()
			cam = co.GetOwner()
			
			# A sphere of radius 4.0 located at [x, y, z] = [1.0, 1.0, 1.0]
			if (cam.sphereInsideFrustum([1.0, 1.0, 1.0], 4) != cam.OUTSIDE):
				# Sphere is inside frustum !
				# Do something useful !
			else:
				# Sphere is outside frustum
		"""
	def boxInsideFrustum(box):
		"""
		Tests the given box against the view frustum.
		
		Example::
			import GameLogic
			co = GameLogic.getCurrentController()
			cam = co.GetOwner()
			
			# Box to test...
			box = []
			box.append([-1.0, -1.0, -1.0])
			box.append([-1.0, -1.0,  1.0])
			box.append([-1.0,  1.0, -1.0])
			box.append([-1.0,  1.0,  1.0])
			box.append([ 1.0, -1.0, -1.0])
			box.append([ 1.0, -1.0,  1.0])
			box.append([ 1.0,  1.0, -1.0])
			box.append([ 1.0,  1.0,  1.0])
			
			if (cam.boxInsideFrustum(box) != cam.OUTSIDE):
				# Box is inside/intersects frustum !
				# Do something useful !
			else:
				# Box is outside the frustum !
		
		@return: INSIDE, OUTSIDE or INTERSECT
		@type box: list
		@param box: Eight (8) corner points of the box (in world coordinates.)
		"""
	def pointInsideFrustum(point):
		"""
		Tests the given point against the view frustum.
		
		Example::
			import GameLogic
			co = GameLogic.getCurrentController()
			cam = co.GetOwner()
	
			# Test point [0.0, 0.0, 0.0]"
			if (cam.pointInsideFrustum([0.0, 0.0, 0.0])):
				# Point is inside frustum !
				# Do something useful !
			else:
				# Box is outside the frustum !
		
		@rtype: boolean
		@return: True if the given point is inside this camera's viewing frustum.
		@type point: [x, y, z]
		@param point: The point to test (in world coordinates.)
		"""
	def getCameraToWorld():
		"""
		Returns the camera-to-world transform.
		
		@rtype: matrix (4x4 list)
		@return: the camera-to-world transform matrix.
		"""
	def getWorldToCamera():
		"""
		Returns the world-to-camera transform.
		
		This returns the inverse matrix of getCameraToWorld().
		
		@rtype: matrix (4x4 list)
		@return: the world-to-camera transform matrix.
		"""
	def getProjectionMatrix():
		"""
		Returns the camera's projection matrix.
		
		@rtype: matrix (4x4 list)
		@return: the camera's projection matrix.
		"""
	def setProjectionMatrix(matrix):
		"""
		Sets the camera's projection matrix.
		
		You should use normalised device coordinates for the clipping planes:
		left = -1.0, right = 1.0, top = 1.0, bottom = -1.0, near = cam.near, far = cam.far
		
		Example::
			import GameLogic

			def Scale(matrix, size):
				for y in range(4):
					for x in range(4):
						matrix[y][x] = matrix[y][x] * size[y]
				return matrix
			
			# Generate a perspective projection matrix
			def Perspective(cam):
				return [[cam.near, 0.0     ,  0.0                                  ,  0.0                                      ],
					[0.0     , cam.near,  0.0                                  ,  0.0                                      ],
					[0.0     , 0.0     , -(cam.far+cam.near)/(cam.far-cam.near), -2.0*cam.far*cam.near/(cam.far - cam.near)],
					[0.0     , 0.0     , -1.0                                  ,  0.0                                      ]]
			
			# Generate an orthographic projection matrix
			# You will need to scale the camera
			def Orthographic(cam):
				return [[1.0/cam.scaling[0], 0.0               ,  0.0                   ,  0.0                                  ],
					[0.0               , 1.0/cam.scaling[1],  0.0                   ,  0.0                                  ],
					[0.0               , 0.0               , -2.0/(cam.far-cam.near), -(cam.far+cam.near)/(cam.far-cam.near)],
					[0.0               , 0.0               ,  0.0                   ,  1.0                                  ]]
			
			# Generate an isometric projection matrix
			def Isometric(cam):
				return Scale([[0.707, 0.0  , 0.707, 0.0],
					      [0.408, 0.816,-0.408, 0.0],
					      [0.0  , 0.0  , 0.0  , 0.0],
					      [0.0  , 0.0  , 0.0  , 1.0]],
					      [1.0/cam.scaling[0], 1.0/cam.scaling[1], 1.0/cam.scaling[2], 1.0])
			
			co = GameLogic.getCurrentController()
			cam = co.getOwner()
			cam.setProjectionMatrix(Perspective(cam)))
		
		@type matrix: 4x4 matrix.
		@param matrix: The new projection matrix for this camera.
		"""