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.. _class_VehicleBody:

VehicleBody
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**Inherits:** :ref:`PhysicsBody<class_physicsbody>` **<** :ref:`CollisionObject<class_collisionobject>` **<** :ref:`Spatial<class_spatial>` **<** :ref:`Node<class_node>` **<** :ref:`Object<class_object>`

**Category:** Core

Brief Description
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Member Functions
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| :ref:`float<class_float>`      | :ref:`get_brake<class_VehicleBody_get_brake>`  **(** **)** const                                                 |
+--------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| :ref:`float<class_float>`      | :ref:`get_engine_force<class_VehicleBody_get_engine_force>`  **(** **)** const                                   |
+--------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| :ref:`float<class_float>`      | :ref:`get_friction<class_VehicleBody_get_friction>`  **(** **)** const                                           |
+--------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| :ref:`Vector3<class_vector3>`  | :ref:`get_linear_velocity<class_VehicleBody_get_linear_velocity>`  **(** **)** const                             |
+--------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| :ref:`float<class_float>`      | :ref:`get_mass<class_VehicleBody_get_mass>`  **(** **)** const                                                   |
+--------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| :ref:`float<class_float>`      | :ref:`get_steering<class_VehicleBody_get_steering>`  **(** **)** const                                           |
+--------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| void                           | :ref:`set_brake<class_VehicleBody_set_brake>`  **(** :ref:`float<class_float>` brake  **)**                      |
+--------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| void                           | :ref:`set_engine_force<class_VehicleBody_set_engine_force>`  **(** :ref:`float<class_float>` engine_force  **)** |
+--------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| void                           | :ref:`set_friction<class_VehicleBody_set_friction>`  **(** :ref:`float<class_float>` friction  **)**             |
+--------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| void                           | :ref:`set_mass<class_VehicleBody_set_mass>`  **(** :ref:`float<class_float>` mass  **)**                         |
+--------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| void                           | :ref:`set_steering<class_VehicleBody_set_steering>`  **(** :ref:`float<class_float>` steering  **)**             |
+--------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Member Function Description
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.. _class_VehicleBody_get_brake:

- :ref:`float<class_float>`  **get_brake**  **(** **)** const

.. _class_VehicleBody_get_engine_force:

- :ref:`float<class_float>`  **get_engine_force**  **(** **)** const

.. _class_VehicleBody_get_friction:

- :ref:`float<class_float>`  **get_friction**  **(** **)** const

.. _class_VehicleBody_get_linear_velocity:

- :ref:`Vector3<class_vector3>`  **get_linear_velocity**  **(** **)** const

Returns the VehicleBody's velocity vector. To get the absolute speed in scalar value, get the length of the return vector in pixels/second. Example:

::

    # vehicle is an instance of VehicleBody
    var speed = vehicle.get_linear_velocity().length()

.. _class_VehicleBody_get_mass:

- :ref:`float<class_float>`  **get_mass**  **(** **)** const

.. _class_VehicleBody_get_steering:

- :ref:`float<class_float>`  **get_steering**  **(** **)** const

.. _class_VehicleBody_set_brake:

- void  **set_brake**  **(** :ref:`float<class_float>` brake  **)**

.. _class_VehicleBody_set_engine_force:

- void  **set_engine_force**  **(** :ref:`float<class_float>` engine_force  **)**

.. _class_VehicleBody_set_friction:

- void  **set_friction**  **(** :ref:`float<class_float>` friction  **)**

.. _class_VehicleBody_set_mass:

- void  **set_mass**  **(** :ref:`float<class_float>` mass  **)**

.. _class_VehicleBody_set_steering:

- void  **set_steering**  **(** :ref:`float<class_float>` steering  **)**