cocos.camera module¶

Camera object

class Camera¶

Bases: object

Camera used in every CocosNode. Useful to look at the object from different views. The OpenGL gluLookAt() function is used to locate the camera.

If the object is transformed by any of the scale, rotation or position attributes, then they will override the camera.

classmethod get_z_eye()¶

Returns the best distance for the camera for the current window size

cocos2d uses a Filed Of View (fov) of 60

locate(force=False)¶

Sets the camera using gluLookAt using its eye, center and up_vector

Parameters

forcebool: whether or not the camera will be located even if it is not dirty

restore()¶

Restore the camera to the initial position and sets it’s dirty attribute in False and once in true.

If you use the camera, for a while and you want to stop using it call this method.

property center¶

Center of the camera in x,y,z coordinates

property eye¶

Eye of the camera in x,y,z coordinates

property up_vector¶

Up vector of the camera in x,y,z coordinates