panda3d-pman 0.12

A Python package to help bootstrap and manage Panda3D applications

Panda3D Manager

pman is a Python package to help bootstrap and manage Panda3D applications.

Features

• Project quick-start
• Automatic asset conversion
• Automatically adds export directory to the model path
• Convenient CLI for running and testing applications

Installation

Use pip to install the panda3d-pman package:

pip install panda3d-pman

Usage

Quick start a project with pman create. If you already have a directory for your project:

cd my_awesome_project
pman create .

pman can also create the directory for you:

pman create my_awesome_project

In addition to the create command, pman has the following commands:

• update - re-run project creation logic on the project directory
• help - display usage information
• build - convert all files in the assets directory and place them in the export directory
• run - run the application by calling python with the main file
• test - run tests (shortcut for python setup.py test)
• dist - create distributable forms of Panda3D applications (requires Panda3D 1.10+)
• clean - remove built files

Configuration

Primary configuration for pman is located in a .pman file located at the project root. This configuration uses TOML for markup. The .pman configuration file is project-wide and should be checked in under version control.

Another, per-user configuration file also exists at the project root as .pman.user. This configuration file stores user settings and should not be checked into version control.

Settings in .pman.user take precedence over settings in .pman. Settings defined in neither .pman nor .pman.user will use default values as defined below.

General Options

Section name: general

option	default	description
name	"Game"	The project name. For now this is only used for naming the built application in the default setup.py.
renderer	"none"	A hook to control rendering options. This is useful to share rendering logic (e.g., shaders) between an editor and an application.

Build Options

Section name: build

option	default	description
asset_dir	"assets/"	The directory to look for assets to convert.
export_dir	".built_assets/"	The directory to store built assets.
ignore_patterns	[]	A case-insensitive list of patterns. Files matching any of these patterns will not be ignored during the build step. Pattern matching is done using the fnmatch module
converters	["native2bam"]	A list of hooks to perform conversions. Any files not associated with a converter will simply be copied (assuming they do not match an item in ignore_patterns).

Run Options

Section name: run

option	default	description
main_file	"main.py"	The entry-point to the application.
extra_args	""	A string of extra arugments that are append to the invocation of main_file.
auto_build	true	If true, automatically run builds as part of running the application (via pman.shim.init). This is disabled in deployed applications.

Hooks

To extend functionallity, pman has supports for "hooks." There are currently hooks available for conversion (converters) and controlling rendering (renderers). These hooks are specified in config via Setuptools entry points. Hooks that ship with pman and their configuration options are discribed below.

Converters

native2bam

Entry point: native2bam Support file formats: egg, egg.pz, obj (and mtl), fbx, dae, ply

Loads the file into Panda and saves the result out to BAM. This relies on Panda's builtin file loading capabilities.

Options

None

blend2bam

Entry point: blend2bam Supported file formats: blend

Converts Blender files to BAM files via blend2bam.

Options

Section name: blend2bam

option	default	description
material_mode	"legacy"	Specify whether to use the default Panda materials ("legacy") or Panda's new PBR material attributes ("pbr"). This is only used by the "gltf" pipeline; the "egg" always uses "legacy".
physics_engine	"builtin"	The physics engine that collision solids should be built for. To export for Panda's builtin collision system, use "builtin." For Bullet, use "bullet." This is only used by the "gltf" pipeline; the "egg" pipeline always uses "builtin."
pipeline	"gltf"	The backend that blend2bam uses to convert blend files. Go here for more information.

License

MIT