character¶

class Character(obj)¶

Bases: bge.KX_GameObject

A character wrapper

Parameters:	obj – The KX_GameObject to mutate

Warning

You should never use this class’s constructor, always use the spawn() method to create a character.

MAX_HP = 10¶

Maximum HP for the character

MAX_SPEED = 0.1¶

Maximum speed of the character

MAX_AIR_SPEED = 0.07500000000000001¶

Maximum speed while airborne

ACCELERATION = 0.01¶

How much to accelerate the character while moving

DECELERATION = 0.1¶

How much to deccelerate the character while not moving

FRICTION = 0.01¶

Amount of friction applied to the character while moving and stopping

RUN_MULTIPLIER = 2.0¶

How many times faster the character (and their move animations) are while running

GRAVITY = 49.0¶

Starting gravity value for the Bullet character controller

MESH = ''¶

The name of the blendfile and object to use for spawning an instance of the character

ANIMATIONS = {}¶

Mapping of animation names to their actions. Each item is a dictionary of keyword arguments to KX_GameObject.playAction(), and each item is played in its own layer.

The following animation names are currently recognized by the default Character class:

idle

Idle Animation (the character isn’t moving or airborne)

move

The character is moving on the ground (i.e., not airborne)

jump

The character is airborne

dead

The character is dead

class IdleAnimState(character)¶

Bases: scripts.framework.animations.AnimationState

update()¶

class Character.MoveAnimState(character)¶

Bases: scripts.framework.animations.AnimationState

update()¶

class Character.JumpAnimState(character)¶

Bases: scripts.framework.animations.AnimationState

update()¶

class Character.DeadAnimState(character)¶

Bases: scripts.framework.animations.AnimationState

update()¶

Character.is_dead¶

True if the character is dead

Character.gravity¶

The current gravity value used for Bullet’s character controller

Character.airborne¶

True if the character is in the air

Character.armature¶

The object to use for playing animations

classmethod Character.spawn(position=None, orientation=None)¶

Spawns an instance of the character

Parameters:	position – The world position of the new instance orientation – The world orientation of the new instance
Return type:	The new character instance

Character.free()¶

Frees the blendfile used for the character

Character.rotate(rotation)¶

Rotate the character about its z axis

Parameters:	rotation – Amount of rotation in radians

Character.update()¶

Update method which should be called every frame to update this character

Character.move(direction)¶

Moves the player horizontally

Parameters:	direction – A direction vector for the movement

Character.jump()¶

Makes the character jump