Questions tagged [polymorphism]
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How to handle collision detection with different 2D shapes while maintaining performance? Is polymorphism appropriate?
If I'm making a small library for handling 2D shapes, should polymorphism generally be avoided? I know that it can worsen performance but it's not like polymorphism is never used in game development ...
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How to replace if/else/switch with polymorphisim
For a long time Robert Martin has been advising against if/else/switch branching logic and instead rely on the polymorphic behavior of different types. ...
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Problem with Parameters for polymorphism class
This is going to be a bit tricky but it is really bothering me so I hope you will have the patience to follow along :)
Here is my very basic architecture:
So in the framework, I am creating I have <...
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is there any different solution for different buildings different behaviours
I'm trying to make different behaviours for workers of different buildings, let's say an agricultural worker would need to sow wheat seed and collect the wheat grain when it's grown. let's call that <...
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Remove nested if statements
I have been learning a new method of programming. I have been programming many years and am recently finding out there is a better method in general via abstract classes.
My question is how to ...
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Interact with inheriting class methods from "casted" base class (collisions, etc)
I want to implement a damage system that works across both living items (Entity) and environment items (Environment). The key ...
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RPG Item Design [duplicate]
I'm currently fiddling around with some RPG mechanics and I'm trying to implement a solid way to handle items that have different on use effects.
Currently, I have a base class called "Item" that ...
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Using polymorphism in an Entity-Component System without sacrificing data-oriented design
I've been planning out an Entity-Component System in C++. My idea of it is most in line with the one described on this page of the entity systems wiki. To summarize, components are just structs of ...
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How to: Duplicating and updating component data in systems
I am new to game development. Coming across the ECS (entity-component system) pattern I generally quite liked the idea. I have implemented the current version of my engine using the OOP style approach....
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Make the components of an ECS polymorphic
I have implemented an entity component sytsem (ECS) in my game engine (SFML and C++ 17). An entity has an array of components. You can get a components by its type e.g.: ...
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Component based Entity System using polymorphism: OpenGL does not render
I want to be able to create Entities from different Component sets. I want to call Entity entity(new StaticObject(modelpath, position));
I have an EntityTypes ...
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Cost of Using Virtual Methods to Query Properties?
Let's say you're making a tile-based roll-playing game, and you're obsessed with OOP.
You have an abstract base class Tile which will be inherited from by many ...
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Inherited property in derived class reference only base class
[Context] I am developing a game in Unity, and wanted to make a Game Manager. Like many examples out there, it uses a Singletron design pattern. But i have several other Managers, all using Singletron ...
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'Ball.rigidbody' hides inherited member 'Component.Rigidbody'
I have some understanding of c# and I am new to unity. I am currently making a 3D project which use the Rigidbody component on the ball object.
When I use following code:
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Unity polymorphism in editor through a list
So I have an ItemDatabase class which basically only has a list of Item
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Unity3D [C#]: How do I use a custom inspector to expose an array of polymorphic objects to edit?
[EDIT: based on some feedback, I pruned the example down to the base functionality of the bug we are trying to solve. The description below remains accurate, but the repro has been shortened to:
Add ...
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Collision Shapes Abstraction Design
Straight to the facts.
I have a base CEntity class for different entities in my game:
Static entities ( those do not move, simply props and items )
Dynamic entities ( these move, jump )
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Interface or Class Inheritance [closed]
I am making an inventory system. Different inventory item will have different uses so i am thinking about making a base class called InventoryItem and derive Wood, Gold, Weapons and so on. This way ...
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Flexible alternatives to many many small polymorphic classes (for use as properties or messages or events) C++
There are two classes in my game that are really useful, but slowly becoming a pain. Message and Property (property is essentially a component).
They both derive from a base class and contain a ...
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Inheritance Hierarchy and Design -- avoiding multiple inheritance
I am working on a 3D game, and need some advice about how to best design and structure my code so that I achieve what I'm going for without using bad practices like multiple inheritance.
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Creating an abstract Animation class
I'm creating a simple 2d game with c++ and SFML, and I've got a simple framework going for animating a sprite using a "SpriteSheet" image (an big image containing all the "frames" of an animation)
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Problem creating levels using inherited classes/polymorphism
I'm trying to write my level classes by having a base class that each level class inherits from...The base class uses pure virtual functions.
My base class is only going to be used as a vector that'...
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How to handle similar actions in derived actors (inheritance)
I have a base class called Attacker that has a update method. The update method moves ...
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Component-based entities without IDs?
I'd like to know if someone has found a way to build a component-based entity system in their game(s) without using IDs. I find that IDs tend to do away with one of the major (possible) advantages of ...
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