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CREATED ISSUE: Add feature to allow parameters in dependencies

shrt — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:43:35 GMT

Components that are specified as dependencies must implement an empty constructor, and thus removing the possibility to pass parameters to a dependency upon construction.

This is currently due to limitations on attributes used on classes; you can't pass most stuff. Primitive datatypes are accepted, but stuff like Vector3.Zero is not.

CLOSED TASK: Add material component

shrt — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:27:00 GMT

The material component should, at its core, just be storing an Effect (shader). This might seem like a waste, but would provide a way of encapsulating certain shader specific code away into a component.

This is just an idea, and might not work/be useful in practice.
Comments: Component available from 1.2.1 and later.

CLOSED TASK: Add factory method to create entity from (xml) template

shrt — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:23:13 GMT

Ability to compose entities from an editable file would ease editing of entities/components without changing any code, and thus make the system even more data-driven.
Comments: Feature will be available from 1.2.1 and later. \o/

COMMENTED TASK: Add factory method to create entity from (xml) template

shrt — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:38:41 GMT

Update: current solution works perfectly fine, as long as no structs are involved - which is not good enough.

CLOSED ISSUE: EntityComponent.Start() is never called in certain scenarios

shrt — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:27:30 GMT

EntityComponent.Start() is never called if component is added to an Entity after entity construction or after game initialization.
Comments: Fixed as of 1.2.1 or later.

CREATED ISSUE: EntityComponent.Start() is never called when component is added

shrt — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 19:10:16 GMT

EntityComponent.Start() is never called if component is added to an Entity after entity construction or after game initialization.

COMMENTED TASK: Add factory method to create entity from (xml) template

shrt — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:30:47 GMT

Damn Field/PropertyInfo.SetValue on value types..

CREATED TASK: Add factory method to create entity from (xml) template

shrt — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 11:28:41 GMT

Ability to compose entities from an editable file would ease editing of entities/components without changing any code, and thus make the system even more data-driven.

CREATED FEATURE: Physics, AI, Networking, etc... support

shrt — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:31:24 GMT

Hi,

You think about integrate a new service, like a rigid body, AI? You will use another framework like a http://www.codeplex.com/xnadevru to physics and http://www.codeplex.com/animationcomponents to animation using shader? Or you don't make anything about this?

why you don't crete a service basic interface inside of core engine like Elephant.Core.Services.IService
Elephant.Core.Services.IInputService
Elephant.Core.Services.IPhysicsService

All interfaces must implements basic IService interface, to allow inicialization like a plugins. You wolud put each service in a separated project.

Sorry my poor english.

CREATED TASK: Add material component

shrt — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 20:55:49 GMT

CREATED TASK: Add camera managing system

shrt — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 20:51:22 GMT

As of now, the Utility namespace provides no help with managing cameras, which is fine to some extent. But, having access to a system that automatically handles/manages cameras would be a great help, especially when a game has multiple cameras. This system would basically just be toggling cameras' enabled/visible states - only one camera can be active at any given time (not taking multiple viewports/rendertargets into account).

CREATED TASK: Clean up removal code

shrt — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 12:20:10 GMT

The removal code in collections/managers are somewhat spaghetti-ish, and could use some proper cleaning to enhance readability and logic.

CREATED TASK: Add ability to distinguish local from absolute position when using parenting

shrt — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 18:53:35 GMT

When parenting entities that contains a Transform component, the Transform.Position property will always represent the position relative to the parent entity, and the only way to get its absolute position is through Transform.World.Translation, which is not as intuitive as it could be.

CREATED TASK: Add serialization

shrt — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 15:33:46 GMT

Implementing serialization would allow for storing scenes in xml, or a binary format thus increasing the frameworks' data-driven capabilities.