The camera actuator only allows to look the object from its front face.
Given that Blender takes -Y as the default forward orientation, the current
functionality doesn't let a camera to track an actor from behind.
This patch allows for -X and -Y axis tracking. This way a camera over the
shoulders of a character is possible (without resorting to rotate the
mesh/armature original orientation.
- patch reviewed by Campbell Barton, thanks
[I don't think anyone has ever reported those, what makes me slightly sad but carry on ;)]
Those fixes introduce a more generic function to load a font before calling BLF_load.
I think it should move to be part of Blender util routines or BLF itself.
For the time being here will make it. Once we get <builtin> font working we go for this.
Thanks Diego Borghetti for the usual assistance with blf.
Interface:
http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=23785
Simple test file:
http://www.pasteall.org/blend/10616
(I'll commit this to the text suite later)
Code Explanation:
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(1) it adds a toggle to add/remove a "Text" gameproperty.
- internally this property is just another game property (so we can find it within the game.properties lookup).
- the property itself has no 'value', the interface shows the content of ob.data.body instead (why? because gameproperties are per object, while the text is per data).
(2) at BGE converter time it sets the current value of the object.data.body to the ["Text"] property.
(3) if you change object.text (bge text property) it automatically convert ["Text"] to a CStringValue.
*** that means if the original property was a CIntegerValue, it will be converted to CStringValue forever ***
* the only to do I can think of is to add a warning at doversion time if user has ["Text"] property for a Font object *
* when that happens we print a warning in console/popup.*
revisions: 38384,38387,38403,38404,38407,42997,42998
#42998 by dfelinto
BGE Font Object - fix for offset
(scaling also has to be taken into account here)
#42997 by dfelinto
Font Object Multiline fix.
The offset was totally wrong when object had scale[1] != 1
#38407 by kupoman
Changing the "text" property of a KX_FontObject now changes the text. This allows for control of a FontObject through logic bricks.
#38404 by kupoman
KX_FontObject now supports the x and y offset options.
#38403 by kupoman
KX_FontObject now makes use of the font's line spacing option, and correctly accounts for rotation and font size when applying the spacing.
#38387 by kupoman
The KX_FontObject text attribute is working again.
#38384 by kupoman
Primitive support for the new line character added to KX_FontObjects. The line spacing is fixed, and does not work when the FontObject is rotated. Also, the text attribute has been temporarily disabled, as it needs some updating to support the multiline changes.
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This was a test drive to see how painful the merge will be.
Next batches are:
- use desktop option for fullscreen
- multisampling option
- bullet collision mask
- python
- storage (vbo, dl, ...)
- lighting
[lighting still needs review]
[python could use review, although it should be straightforward]
[storage should be tested more I think]
Merged /branches/soc-2011-cucumber:r
36991,37059,37157,37416,37497-37499,37501,37522,39036,40593
36991:
==UI==
* Made some options available in Blender Game that were only available in Blender Render (camera resolution, animation fps)
* Created a panel for the embedded player
* Renamed the FPS option for the standalone player to Refresh Rate
* Moved framing options to display
* Made a button to launch the blender player from within blender (only tested on windows for now)
37059:
==UI==
* Added the option to change the exit key for the BGE. The UI currently just sets a number, and this feature most likely does not work for blenderplayer yet. More work on this to come.
* Removed the physics settings from the scene panel for the BGE.
* Added an Add menu in the logic brick header.
37157:
Making the bake options available in Blender Game
37416:
Making the exit key UI element accept key presses instead of numbers. It still does not work for the Blenderplayer, and it does not limit the input to key presses (other events don't work for exiting)
37497:
Some more work on getting the exit key to work in the Blenderplayer.
Input is now restricted to keyboard events only for the exit key UI.
37498:
Some clean up from the last commit.
The exit key setting affects the Blenderplayer now.
37499:
Cleaning up some duplicate code. Now the reverseTranslateTable for converting blender key codes to ketsji key codes is only defined in BL_BlenderDataConverter.
37501:
Centralizing the exit key methods to the keyboard devices. This should make it easier to get exit key control to the python API.
[37517: committed previously]
37522:
Moved control of the exit key away from the keyboard devices, and moved it to ketsjiengine.
Added setExitKey and getExitKey to the python API
39036:
A couple of the doversions were in the wrong spot. This should fix some issues with the exit key not being set.
[not committed entirely, see below]]
40552: space_logic.py (* fixed an error in space_logic.py *)
40593:
launch blenderplayer from ui not working in OSX fix - by Daniel Stokes and me
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code left behind (to be included in next commit):
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{
/* Initialize default values for collision masks */
Object *ob;
for(ob=main->object.first; ob; ob=ob->id.next)
ob->col_group = ob->col_mask = 1;
}
"The Blender Foundation also sells licenses for use in proprietary software under the Blender Licens"
also remove NaN references from files that have been added since blender went opensource.
- Added support of variable size sensor width and height.
- Added presets for most common cameras, also new presets can be defined by user.
- Added option to control which dimension (vertical or horizontal) of sensor
size defines FOV. Old behavior of automatic FOV calculation is also kept.
- Renderer, viewport, game engine and collada importer/exporter should
deal fine with this changes. Other exporters would be updated soon.
- currently X11 only, depends on Xinput (but should not break other os's).
- ghost stores utf8 buffer, copies to wmEvent's
- UI text input is currently the only area that uses this - not console or text editor.
- no rna access yet.
- rename define DISABLE_SDL --> WITH_SDL (which was already used in some places)
- blenders interation preset was using orbit rather then turntable 3d view preference (different from factory defaults).
- tagged some unused rna args.
