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timid smelt Feb 9, 2023, 9:40 PM

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then like a BaristaCharacter : Character or something

spring sphinx Feb 9, 2023, 9:40 PM

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yes, and Character : Entity

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whereas it can be CoffeeSpill : TemporaryEffect TemporaryEffect : Decoration, StaticObject : Entity

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however it might be rendered as a tile

timid smelt Feb 9, 2023, 9:41 PM

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So it would be

Entity

Tile
- GrassTile
Character
- BaristaCharacter

spring sphinx Feb 9, 2023, 9:41 PM

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yeah

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ou sort of have this already!

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i think you are already doing something similar

timid smelt Feb 9, 2023, 9:42 PM

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i just have the EntityBase atm

spring sphinx Feb 9, 2023, 9:42 PM

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maybe you have composed scripts

timid smelt Feb 9, 2023, 9:42 PM

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which is

spring sphinx Feb 9, 2023, 9:42 PM

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it is okay to also do

timid smelt Feb 9, 2023, 9:42 PM

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Variables

        public Sprite EntitySprite;

    public string EntityName;

    public int EntityZIndex;

    public Material defaultMat;

    public TileContainer myContainer;
    public GameObject myContainerGO;

    public Grid myGrid;

    public bool isTerrain = false;

    public Vector2Int EntityPosition;
    public EntityDirections EntityDirection;

spring sphinx Feb 9, 2023, 9:42 PM

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gameobject

entity
tile
grass

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as your grass tile prefab

timid smelt Feb 9, 2023, 9:42 PM

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ok lemme just share you the notion doc

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lol

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😐

spring sphinx Feb 9, 2023, 9:42 PM

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timid smelt ### Variables ```csharp public Sprite EntitySprite; public string ...

i see, this is pretty tricky but usually okay

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maybe they blocked all URLs

timid smelt Feb 9, 2023, 9:43 PM

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i posted it in general by accident

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then deleted it

spring sphinx Feb 9, 2023, 9:43 PM

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just paste it into a ``

timid smelt Feb 9, 2023, 9:43 PM

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https://tarry-salamander-64d.notion.site/EntityBase-Object-04f71006506e41439c0131e3f862a00c

spring sphinx Feb 9, 2023, 9:43 PM

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okay i understand now

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so the essential change you should make is separate the stuff for rendering (like the sprite rules) from the stuff for running the simulation (like the positions)

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some stuff is both useful for rendering and game rules, like the positions

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that should stay

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but if it's exclusively rendering, pull it out

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that might mean you wind up with a component for all the rendering details

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or you can use an interface - interfaces are basically a way to give another view of your entities, like another way your rendering code can "just" iterate through every entity and make a decision on how to show it in the game

timid smelt Feb 9, 2023, 9:45 PM

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so from this it should be

spring sphinx Feb 9, 2023, 9:45 PM

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adding another component to your prefab and doing GetComponent<T> is the same as adding an interface

timid smelt Feb 9, 2023, 9:45 PM

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so it would be rendering vs simulation properties that would need to be delegated and such?

spring sphinx Feb 9, 2023, 9:46 PM

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that seems to make the most sense to me

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and would reduce the pain for you the most

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for example maybe you just want to put something in the simulation and have it log to console for now

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and then you can deal with building a UI around it later

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like TownLaw

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i think this addresses how you are feeling about the burden of adding new functionality

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right now you are making yourself write a lot of code to just say, "no i don't wanna render this right now, i haven't figured that out yet"

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maybe we cracked this nut

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