Muscle* IESoRWorld::addMuscleJoint(std::string sourceID, std::string targetID, Json::Value props)
{
//we add a standard distance joint
Bone* addedJoint = addDistanceJoint(sourceID, targetID, props);
//But our muscles have phase and amplitude, which adjust length during updates
double phase = 0;
//check if we defined phase value, if so fetch it from json
if(!props["phase"].isNull())
{
phase = props["phase"].asDouble();
}
//amplitude is how much change each muscles exhibits
double amplitude = 1;
//check if it's in our props object
if(!props["amplitude"].isNull())
{
phase = props["amplitude"].asDouble();
}
//muscle is just a container for our
Muscle* ms = new Muscle(toString(this->muscleList.size()), addedJoint->GetJoint(), amplitude, phase);
//track the muscle objects this way, pretty easy
this->muscleList.push_back(ms);
//send back the joint we added to physical world
return ms;
}
