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 perspective: True if this camera has a perspective transform. 
	
		If perspective is False, this camera has an orthographic transform.
		
		Note that the orthographic transform is faked by multiplying the lens attribute
		by 100.0 and translating the camera 100.0 along the z axis.
		
		This is the same as Blender.  If you want a true orthographic transform, see L{setProjectionMatrix}.
	@type perspective: boolean
	@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.
		"""