Tag: c++

Commit b430ea76

Add a class that is derived from object which has extra members pertinent to controllable objects. Add names to the dummy objects.

Using the work that was done in the previous commit, we now add some more information to the newly added ControllableObject. For now it primarily just extends the base Object class by a name, hit points (== health) and hunger (== food). The last one being slightly misleading in name.
The two ControllableObjects, now named “Foobert” and “Bart” also get their name rendered in the simulation mode as opposed to just drawing their object id.

Commit 295d0aa6

– Store objects as (unique) pointers internally (so that they can be used in class hierarchy)
– Fix bug that meant that some object types would not rotate properly

In preparation of adding more information to some, but not all, objects the ObjectManager now internally only stores (smart) pointers to objects, not the objects themselves as otherwise we cannot cast them easily to the inherited classes that are going to be introduced, which will add extra attributes to the existing base object class.
The rotation bug was in relation to the refactoring of the ObjectCategory enums and how they were evaluated when calculating an object’s rotation.

Commit a2533447

Make the controllable objects selectable via the UI (by listing them as a default behaviour if nothing is selected)

This brings OLives a lot closer to look something like an actual game, by showing a list of controllable objects (read: “humans”) in the simulation game mode.
Under the bonnet that also forced me to add a convenience function that returns all objects of a certain category, one in the long list of functions that make me scratch my head and wonder “I thought I’d already written something like that”.
Check it out:

Or maybe check it out in motion: