Calculate collisions without rendering objects

Scripting Issues
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Hello there,

I’m working on a project where I have a server that keeps all the information about the models in my 3D environment and a client who shows a view of the world and sends commands to modify the models’ state.

This works just fine, but the server also renders everything in the scene when I make a call to base.run() and I don’t really need this.

I was wondering, is there a way I could disable rendering and use the server just to run my tasks and check for collisions?

Thanks!

2

put this code on the very top of your code

from pandac.PandaModules import loadPrcFileData
loadPrcFileData("", "window-type none")

or change the config.prc file accordingly.

3

Take a look at direct/showbase/ShowBase.py.
That file explains a big part of Panda’s magic, window creation included.

As for the server, I’d also disable audio as well :slight_smile: