/// <summary>
/// Deactivate the buoyancy actor for the physics object this
/// actor acts upon.
/// </summary>
private void DeactivateBuoyancy()
{
// If the buoyancy motor instance is existent, it is active so
// go ahead and remove the pre-step Buoyancy action
// and set the buoyancy motor to null
if (m_buoyancyMotor != null)
{
PhysicsScene.BeforeStep -= Buoyancy;
m_buoyancyMotor = null;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Activate the buoyancy of the physics actor to begin applying force
/// upon the physical object to simulate buoyancy within the physics
/// scene.
/// </summary>
private void ActivateBuoyancy()
{
// If the buoyancy motor is null, initialize an instance
// of the PxFMotor (Float motor)
if (m_buoyancyMotor == null)
{
// Initialize the PxFMotor with the position of the
// physics object, and the infinite motor component
// and a efficiency of 1.0f
m_buoyancyMotor = new PxFMotor(
PhysicsObject.Position.Z, PxMotor.Infinite, 1.0f);
// Set the target as the water height within the physics scene
// and the current value as the height of the physics object
// to that the motor knows the current value and the target
// value that it should be iterating up to
m_buoyancyMotor.SetTarget(PhysicsScene.WaterHeight);
m_buoyancyMotor.SetCurrent(PhysicsObject.Position.Z);
// Add the buoyancy function to the before step within the scene
// to ensure it is called before every simulation step
PhysicsScene.BeforeStep += Buoyancy;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Constructor for the buoyancy actor, includes the physics scene,
/// the physics object, and the name of this physics actor.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="physicsScene"> The physics scene that this actor will
/// act within. </param>
/// <param name="physicsObject"> The physics object that this actor will
/// act upon. </param>
/// <param name="actorName"> The physics actor name to identify
/// the intent. <param>
public PxActorBuoyancy(PxScene physicsScene, PxPhysObject physObject,
string actorName) : base(physicsScene, physObject, actorName)
{
m_buoyancyMotor = null;
}
