making parent with python

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Hello, I want to make an object a child of my player object, when I bump into it.
I’ve seen code which uses the makeParent method of oython objects but I can’t make it work.
I also can’t figure out how to know with which abject I’m colliding and assign it to a variable.
¿how do I do this?

2

Show me that code.

I also can’t figure out how to know with which abject I’m colliding and assign it to a variable.
Let’s say your object is named “crate” (no quotes) the following code will return the name of the object, which you can then assign to a variable:


if collision.isPositive():
    hitobj = collision.getHitObject().name

#returns "OBcrate" (no quotes)
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now I cant find it, I saw it in another computer, but the structure was like this:
someObject.makeParent(anotherObject)
but I think the problem with my version was the way I was capturing the colliding object.

I lost the experiment file in the other computer, I’ll try to make it again and if it doesn’t work I’ll come back here.

4

umm, makeParent() does not exist
just tested it

5

maybe is from an old api

6

Ashid had a dynamic parent tutorial, if only I could remember the URL, you may want to google it. It had something to do with matrices, out of my league at this point.

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import GameLogic as g
from Blender import Object
import Blender
Blender.Scene.getCurrent().update()

ob=Object.get(“Camera”)
actobj=Object.getSelected()[0]
ob.makeParent([actobj])

Parent realtime. And how make “unparent” in game ?!

8

you cant make a parent or unparent it in the ge.

only in regular blender

9

thats a shame, thanks

10

Here’s ash’s website (mentioned earlier). Click “dynamic parenting” in the sidebar. I don’t know if it’s what you’re looking for.

http://ash.webpark.sk/Default_eng.htm

11

You could cheat by replacing the static object with the parented one upon collision

12

Thanks, the dynamic parenting tutorial will help