B2.Fixture:setFilterData

Available since: Gideros 2011.6
Class: b2.Fixture

Description

Sets the contact filtering data. This will not update contacts until the next time step
when either parent body is active and awake. The filter data definition is given
as a ordinary table. The fields of the filter data table are:

• categoryBits: (number) The collision category bits. Normally you would just set one bit.


• maskBits: (number) The collision mask bits. This states the categories that this shape would accept for collision.


• groupIndex: (number) Collision groups allow a certain group of objects to never collide (negative) or always collide (positive). Zero means no collision group. Non-zero group filtering always wins against the mask bits.

 b2.Fixture:setFilterData(filterData)

Parameters

filterData: (table)

Examples

Example of fixtures collision filtering

local BALL_MASK = 1
local CRATE_MASK = 2
local WALL_MASK = 4
 
-- ball
local body = world:createBody{type = b2.DYNAMIC_BODY}
local circle = b2.CircleShape.new(0, 0, radius)
local fixture = body:createFixture{shape = circle, density = 1.0, 
friction = 0.1, restitution = 0.2}
-- ball will collide with other ball and wall
fixture:setFilterData({categoryBits = BALL_MASK, maskBits = BALL_MASK + WALL_MASK, groupIndex = 0})

local body = world:createBody{type = b2.DYNAMIC_BODY}
local poly = b2.PolygonShape.new()
poly:setAsBox(width, height)
local fixture = body:createFixture{shape = poly, density = 1.0, 
friction = 0.1, restitution = 0.2}
-- crate will collide with other crate and wall
fixture:setFilterData({categoryBits = CRATE_MASK, maskBits = CRATE_MASK + WALL_MASK, groupIndex = 0})

local body = world:createBody{type = b2.STATIC_BODY}
local chain = b2.ChainShape.new()
chain:createLoop(
	0,0,
	application:getContentWidth(), 0,
	application:getContentWidth(), application:getContentHeight(),
	0, application:getContentHeight()
)
local fixture = body:createFixture{shape = chain, density = 1.0, 
friction = 1, restitution = 0.3}
-- walls will collide with both balls and crates
fixture:setFilterData({categoryBits = WALL_MASK, maskBits = CRATE_MASK + BALL_MASK, groupIndex = 0})