common compiles correctly, although there are issues:
* There needs to be support for multiple pagers at once
* There needs to be a way to support multiple generation algorithms
(this message is copied from my blog)
So I took the lazy route and just committed the entire splice between the jam branch and the development branch all at once. It is exactly as terrible as you think it is, but I've been out of coding for 2 weeks, and I want to get some shit done. I'll pick through each piece one by one, by comparing the diffs from the develop branch to the current jam-merge branch.
Those developers I met on Monday said they were impressed by my ability to manage a large codebase, but if they saw this I'd expect they'd probably take that back.
And oh god it's been 3 weeks since I touched the main branch WTF?
The APIs have access to the solid data, and I fixed a bug: Basically, the
template parameter for std::bitset expects an integer representing the
number of bits to hold, but I initially misread it as the number of bytes.
This has been corrected.
I've also added a sandy beach to the generated island. I'm tempted to
start working on some simple generators soon.
region_api.cpp had a bug, where a glue function's name was used twice. It
was an easy catch, but there was an issue in the new script, where I was
counting from 0 instead of 1. As a result, I was chasing a segfault for 5
hours.
There is some missing character creation/unloading code, and there are a
few other issues highlighted by TODO tags, see below.
In general, 'mapIndex' has been renamed to 'roomIndex'. Multiple rooms
have not been fully implemented yet, but I'm working on it.
Other issues:
* FileFormat needs to be changed to MapLoader
* Server's character movement is still slaved to the clients
The client does not build.
I've replaced the BBox class with a pair of inline functions in
check_bounds.hpp. I've also renamed the 'position' variable to 'origin' in
several locations.
These changes are mostly to alleviate ambiguity.
I've also stopped using a separate branch for sharing the CharacterData
structre. This commit won't build, mostly because I need to refactor
InWorld to handle the loss of the PlayerCharacter class.
I should probably rename SQL's tables too.
I've added the handle and avatar fields back into the PlayerInfo section
in the network code, because I need to be able to load a specific file
when a new player is created. This wasn't forseen, but it's fine. i'm
leaving the fields in ClientInfo as well, because LobbyMenu is using them
to login to the server.
PlayerIndex is now a shared parameter.
I've shifted some code around in InWorld, however the overall logic is the
same.
This build (as well as the last) does not compile.
I've added lua hooks for both pager functor classes. Hopefully, I haven't
missed any corner cases, because it took me a while to hunt everything
down. One issue is that the map's save directory needs to be set in the
Format class, but it'll do for now. I'll review this again when I've got
more than one map running at one time.
There should be enough here for a lua-driven map generator to be
implemented, even if it's a bit rough. I think I'll test this out in the
editor eventually, but getting the base branch's network map code going
comes first.
The current process is extremely convulted, so I need to document
everything that I've done so far, including C++ and lua functions.
Kayne Ruse