Physics and python sleeping

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well im making a physics game and it has dominoes in it, but they dont fall asleep when i want them to. so what i want to know is how i could create a simple python script that would put all of the objects to sleep after the last domino fell and hit an object. unfortunately i know almost no python, so i need a lot of help:o

im thinking it should be easy to do: just have a logic brick sense the desired collision, and link to a script that puts to sleep a list of objects i give it.

help would be greatly appreciated!

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Following script pauses all physics. It works in Blender 2.42a.

import PhysicsConstraints
PhysicsConstraints.setNumTimeSubSteps(0)
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thanks, but i was looking for something that only paused the physics (put to sleep) only a list of objects that i would specify. otherwise all of the rest of my game would stop working!

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Run owner.suspendDynamics() on every object you want to stop moving. ‘No sleeping’ has to be unchecked.

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how do i get that to work? i tried this:

import PhysicsConstraints
owner.suspendDynamics(Sphere.008)

im probably way off

what should i do that im not doing or doing incorrectly?

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this is it
just copy this onto the objects you want to stop
though you will need to set something when to activate it

 
owner = GameLogic.getCurrentController().getOwner()
owner.suspendDynamics()
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Thank You!! it works!!

now i can reduce my physics overhead rubs hand in anticipation of higher fps

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on second thought, how would i get something that is sleeping to wakeup during the game? this would enable me to further decrease my overhead by only having the parts of the game that i want be active oh and since i have allready proven i don’t know python could you please write the script as though it was standalone, like littlebob did?

it would be a great help and i would greatly appreciate it!

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Just make a copy of the Littlebob’s script and replace suspendDynamics() with resumeDynamics()

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thanks allot! its a big help, and hopfully this will help with my low fps cause this game has ALOT of physics enabled pieces

i mean its probable pushin atleast 60 lol

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hi, can i stop dynamic like suspend.Dynamics(), but not this object which is doing the script? I mean if i can say in any script the names of objects and they will stop. I want to stop many objects, so if i put logic to each one object, it would slow the game, so I want to give a list of objects and stop them in one script :slight_smile:

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yea now that i think about that id like that to, lukasz2121

could any one write a script to do that?
if it could be done it be awsome

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