Joint

Attach multiple bodies together to interact in unique ways.

Constructors

love.physics.newDistanceJoint	Creates a DistanceJoint between two bodies.
love.physics.newFrictionJoint	A FrictionJoint applies friction to a body.	0.8.0
love.physics.newGearJoint	Create a GearJoint connecting two Joints.
love.physics.newMotorJoint	Creates a joint between two bodies which controls the relative motion between them.	0.9.0
love.physics.newMouseJoint	Create a joint between a body and the mouse.
love.physics.newPrismaticJoint	Creates a PrismaticJoint between two bodies.
love.physics.newPulleyJoint	Creates a PulleyJoint to join two bodies to each other and the ground.
love.physics.newRevoluteJoint	Creates a pivot joint between two bodies.
love.physics.newRopeJoint	Creates a joint between two bodies that enforces a max distance between them.	0.8.0
love.physics.newWeldJoint	A WeldJoint essentially glues two bodies together.	0.8.0
love.physics.newWheelJoint	Creates a wheel joint.	0.8.0

Functions

Joint:destroy	Explicitly destroys the Joint.
Joint:getAnchors	Get the anchor points of the joint.
Joint:getBodies	Gets the bodies that the Joint is attached to.	0.9.2
Joint:getCollideConnected	Gets whether the connected Bodies collide.
Joint:getReactionForce	Returns the reaction force on the second body.
Joint:getReactionTorque	Returns the reaction torque on the second body.
Joint:getType	Gets a string representing the type.
Joint:getUserData	Returns the Lua value associated with this Joint.	0.9.2
Joint:isDestroyed	Gets whether the Joint is destroyed.	0.9.2
Joint:setCollideConnected	Sets whether the connected Bodies should collide with each other.		0.8.0
Joint:setUserData	Associates a Lua value with the Joint.	0.9.2
Object:type	Gets the type of the object as a string.
Object:typeOf	Checks whether an object is of a certain type.

Supertypes

• Object

Subtypes

DistanceJoint	Keeps two bodies at the same distance.
FrictionJoint	A FrictionJoint applies friction to a body.	0.8.0
GearJoint	Keeps bodies together in such a way that they act like gears.
MotorJoint	Controls the relative motion between two Bodies	0.9.0
MouseJoint	For controlling objects with the mouse.
PrismaticJoint	Restricts relative motion between Bodies to one shared axis.
PulleyJoint	Allows you to simulate bodies connected through pulleys.
RevoluteJoint	Allow two Bodies to revolve around a shared point.
RopeJoint	Enforces a maximum distance between two points on two bodies.	0.8.0
WeldJoint	A WeldJoint essentially glues two bodies together.	0.8.0
WheelJoint	Restricts a point on the second body to a line on the first body.

Enums

JointType

Different types of joints.

See Also

• love.physics