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object manager class?!?! please help

Started by Neen10do Apr 30, 2003 at 8:28 PM 3 replies 600+ views

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Apr 30, 2003 at 8:28 PM

in my cGame class im thinking of creating an object manager class, or basically a linked list for my objects. the problem is, there will be a lot of different types of objects (probably all derived from the cObject class). i know i can still have a linked list because they are all derived from the base class, but how would i go about collision detection for the objects? for instance, i want to detect for certain collisions but not others. how can i differienciate between the different objects (be they bullets, players, enemies, platforms etc) in an efficient manner with only one list? the way i did it in my last game was have like 5 different linked lists for each type of object... but i know thats not the right way, any suggestions? im stuck and i cant go any further without this, thanks! ---------------------- i code therefore i am. Aero DX - Coming to a bored Monitor near you!

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Neen10do

Apr 30, 2003 at 9:07 PM

anyone?

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Programmer_Prime

Apr 30, 2003 at 10:16 PM

Heh, gamedev poster are so spoiled; MOST forums on the net are not like irc.

Have a member variable that tells you the type of the object.

Roof Top Pew Wee

Apr 30, 2003 at 10:31 PM

Well, here''s how I do it all in my engine. I begin with a class: spriteInfo. Among other members of the class are:

float x, y, sclX, sclY, rotZ, topCollisionAllowance, bottomCollisionAllowance, leftCollisionAllowance, rightCollisionAllowance;
collisionFunction m_collisionFunction;

And collisionFunction is defined as follows:

typedef bool (*collisionFunction) (spriteInfo* sprite1, spriteInfo* sprite2);

Now, onto the problem. I also have an object called a spriteHandler2. This contains a linked list of spriteInfo''s, or more specifically, pointers to this class.

I have an addSprite class that returns the pointer to the just-created sprite.

As you may have figured out, having a function pointer to a collision function which takes two sprites lets you have a lot of customizability to the way collisions are done.

The problem at hand is how to have certain sprites collide with some, and not others. Basically, I have arrays of spriteInfo*. This is not costly, because each object is only 4 bytes (an address). So I could create something like:

spriteInfo* player;
spriteInfo* bullets[256];
spriteInfo* playerBullets[256];
spriteInfo* enemies[64];

Then, assuming I have a variable that keeps track of the number of bullets I have:

  
for(int i = 0; i < numOfBullets; i++)
{
 if( bullets[i]->m_collisionFunction(bullets[i], player) == true)
  // destroy the bullet, lower health, and whatever else

}

This method is nice because you keep all objects in one linked list, and have arrays of pointers to these original objects. It gives you full customizability, let''s you go through all objects to do basic functions like create, draw, move, etc., keeps you from duplicating, and sorts all sprites nicely. If you''re interested in more, you can IM me on AOL Instant Messenger: ArmySarj. Also, if you are looking to make a 2D engine, perhaps you will be interested in mine. It seems a lot of the questions you''ve been asking lately are related to things in my engine.

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