make text show a models position

Scripting Issues
1

How do I make it show my models position in text on the screen?

truck = truckcar.getPos()

from direct.gui.OnscreenText import OnscreenText
textObject = OnscreenText(text = 'Firetruck position is ’ + truck, pos = (-0.5, 0.02), scale = 0.07)

That code i tryed did not work.

Any one know how to do this?

2

You need a task,where you update the position. Like:

def update(task):
   pos = truckcar.getPos() 
   textObject.setText('Firetruck position is ' + pos)
   return Task.cont

tskMgr.add(update, "updateTask")

Here you read the position very frame and update the text of the textObject.

You can read more about tasks here: panda3d.org/manual/index.php/Tasks

Hope that helps
blenderkid

3

Sleecin, be more specific, “did not work” is too little information. Post the error messages, describe the problem in as much detail as you can.

As far as I can see, the problem is that you’re trying to add a string object to a Point3 object. You can’t do that, you must take individual values and convert them to string. You can only add strings to other strings.

Try something like this:

OnscreenText(text = 'Firetruck position is ' + str(truck[0])+", "+str(truck[1])+", "+str(truck[2]), pos = (-0.5, 0.02), scale = 0.07)