Spinning object.

[Rademanc]

Hi. I have a spinning object that I don't want to spin at all.
How can i keep it from spinning?
When I try and add a rotaionalAxisConstraint it gives me an error.

RotationalAxisConstraint r1 = new RotationalAxisConstraint(anchor, Vector3.UnitX, true);
space.add(r1);

{"Object synchronization method was called from an unsynchronized block of code."}

[Norbo]

Thanks for the bug report, it should be fixed in the next version. It can be worked around by disabling multithreading or forcing a call to the SingleBodyConstraint's sortInvolvedEntities method (which would basically require extending the SingleBodyConstraint in question).

However, to restrict angular motion, you can also just modify the inertia tensor inverse. A simple example can be seen in the CharacterController class:

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body.localSpaceInertiaTensorInverse = Toolbox.zeroMatrix;

This makes the character's body unable to rotate around any axis.

You can also choose particular axes to restrict by setting particular rows of the inverse inertia tensor to zero.

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            Matrix inertiaTensorInverse =body.localSpaceInertiaTensorInverse;
            inertiaTensorInverse.M21 = 0;
            inertiaTensorInverse.M22 = 0;
            inertiaTensorInverse.M23 = 0;
           body.localSpaceInertiaTensorInverse = inertiaTensorInverse;

The above code restricts the body from rotating around the Y axis. The first row (M11, M12, M13) is the X axis, and the third row (M31, M32, M33) is the Z axis.

The idea behind these modifications is that you're scaling the inertia around those axes. So you can think about it like this: if the inverse is zero, the inertia tensor for that row must be something like infinity. An object with infinite mass cannot have its velocity changed by collisions.

[Rademanc]

Thanks. I appreciate the help.