Panda3D Manual: Using Intervals to move the Panda
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The next step is to cause the panda to actually move back and forth. Add the following lines of code:
import direct.directbase.DirectStart from pandac.PandaModules import * from direct.task import Task from direct.actor import Actor from direct.interval.IntervalGlobal import * import math #Load the first environment model environ = loader.loadModel("models/environment") environ.reparentTo(render) environ.setScale(0.25,0.25,0.25) environ.setPos(-8,42,0) #Task to move the camera def SpinCameraTask(task): angledegrees = task.time * 6.0 angleradians = angledegrees * (math.pi / 180.0) base.camera.setPos(20*math.sin(angleradians),-20.0*math.cos(angleradians),3) base.camera.setHpr(angledegrees, 0, 0) return Task.cont taskMgr.add(SpinCameraTask, "SpinCameraTask") #Load the panda actor, and loop its animation pandaActor = Actor.Actor("models/panda-model",{"walk":"models/panda-walk4"}) pandaActor.setScale(0.005,0.005,0.005) pandaActor.reparentTo(render) pandaActor.loop("walk") #Create the four lerp intervals needed to walk back and forth pandaPosInterval1= pandaActor.posInterval(13,Point3(0,-10,0), startPos=Point3(0,10,0)) pandaPosInterval2= pandaActor.posInterval(13,Point3(0,10,0), startPos=Point3(0,-10,0)) pandaHprInterval1= pandaActor.hprInterval(3,Point3(180,0,0), startHpr=Point3(0,0,0)) pandaHprInterval2= pandaActor.hprInterval(3,Point3(0,0,0), startHpr=Point3(180,0,0)) #Create and play the sequence that coordinates the intervals pandaPace = Sequence(pandaPosInterval1, pandaHprInterval1, pandaPosInterval2, pandaHprInterval2, name = "pandaPace") pandaPace.loop() run()
Intervals are tasks that change a property from one value to another over a specified period of time. Starting an interval effectively starts a background process that modifies the property over the specified period of time. For example, consider the `pandaPosInterval1` above. When that interval is started, it will gradually adjust the position of the panda from (0,10,0) to (0,-10,0) over a period of 13 seconds. Similarly, when the `pandaHprInterval1` is started, the orientation of the panda will rotate 180 degrees over a period of 3 seconds. Sequences are tasks that execute one interval after another. The `pandaPace` sequence above causes the panda to move in a straight line, then turn, then in the opposite straight line, then to turn again. The code `pandaPace.loop()` causes the Sequence to be started in looping mode. The result of all this is to cause the panda to pace back and forth from one tree to the other.
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