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Need opinions on my component based design [on hold]
I have an Entity class and a Component class. The Entity class has a list of attached components, and each component also has a member variable that is a reference to the entity that it is attached to ...
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Advices on Linking Between Entity Component System in C++
After reading a few documentation about entity-component system, i decided to implement mine. So far, I have a World class which contains the entities and the system manager(systems), Entity class ...
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Grouping entities of the same component template to linear containers
EDIT: Looks like people are actually doing this!
http://www.randygaul.net/2013/05/20/component-based-engine-design/
Another example of using this data accesing pattern.
I've done a lot of research ...
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Box2D Joints in entity components system
I search a way to have Box2D joints in an entity component system, here is what i found :
1) Having the joints in Box2D/Body component as parameters, we have a joint array with an ID by joint and ...
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Singletons & Entity Component Model, Global Engine Class
I am in the process of writing an entity component model game engine and I wanted to ask you a bit about the best way to lay out the code. I have run into an issue that I know will quickly cause me to ...
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Entity Component Systems with C++ - Accessing components
(What I'm describing is based on this design: What is an entity system framework?, scroll down and you'll find it)
I'm having some problems creating an entity-component system in C++. I have my ...
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Different kinds of movement in component based entity system
I am writing a pong clone with a component based entity system.
But I am having trouble with the different kinds of movement in the game.
The problem is the following: My paddles will just move up ...
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Techniques for incorporating physics engines like Box2D into a Component-based Entity System
Currently i'm working with my own physics engine, however given the fact that the emscripten ports have gotten incredibly good, i wanted to try and incorporate Box2D into my entity system for the next ...
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Handling movement using an Entity Component-based System Architecture
I have seen various descriptions of how to handle movement in a component-based entity framework. The most common I've stumbled across is the idea of using components called Controller, Physics, ...
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How to handle materials in an Entity/Component system
My E/C implementation is the basic one where Entities are just ID's, Components are data and Systems act on the Data. Right now I'm having trouble with object materials and rendering in general. For ...
