Question: custom btMotionState and serializing objects

dan · **Joined:** Tue Aug 23, 2011 8:56 pm **Posts:** 2

I am currently using a custom btMotionState to get the location and rotation data of an object when it has moved. I was wondering if there is any way to utilize btMotionState to also retrieve other properties such as velocities so I can ultimately serialize the objects to a database once they have been updated. If this is not possible, should I iterate through all of the btDiscreteDynamicsWorld objects and see which active objects have moved?

I am hoping that I can use the btMotionState because it was so easy to setup, but I don't think that is a possiblility....

Thanks so much for your time,
Dan

dan · **Joined:** Tue Aug 23, 2011 8:56 pm **Posts:** 2

I have created a simple loop to iterate over all of the objects in the btDiscreteDynamicsWorld after I step the worl and use the btDefaultMotionState. Here is what I do:

Code:

               dynamicsWorld->stepSimulation(1/60.f,10);
               
               for (int i=dynamicsWorld->getNumCollisionObjects()-1; i>=0 ;i--)
               {
                  btCollisionObject* obj = dynamicsWorld->getCollisionObjectArray()[i];
                  btRigidBody* body = btRigidBody::upcast(obj);
                  if (body && body->isActive() && body->getMotionState())
                  {
                     btTransform trans;
                     body->getMotionState()->getWorldTransform(trans);
                     btVector3 velocity = body->getLinearVelocity();
                     std::cout<<"vy: "<< velocity.getY()<<std::endl;

                  }
               }

Is this the best way to iterate over all of the active objects in the dynamicWorld? Also does this mean that I am ultimately iterating over all of the objects twice to see if they are active because the btMotionState checks for active objects and then I check for them?

Thanks for your time,
Dan

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