Actors

Structures

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Actor is an entity in a game, such as a player, enemy, NPC, or interactive object. And SPActor is a shorthand for std::shared_ptr, managing shared ownership of an Actor.

Public Variables

Variable Name	Type	Description
name	std::string	A string to store the name of the actor
intValues	std::map<std::string, int>	A map to store integer values about the actor with string keys
stringValues	std::map<std::string, std::string>	A map to store string values about the actor with string keys
tag	std::string	A string to store the tag of the actor

Private Variables

Variable Name	Type	Description
objectID	int	An integer representing the unique ID of the object
objectComponents	std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Component>>	A vector to store shared pointers to the components of the object
parent	std::shared_ptr<Actor>	A shared pointer to the parent actor (default is nullptr)
children	std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Actor>>	A vector of shared pointers to the child actors

Functions

Function Name	Description
T* AddComponent()	Adds a new component of type T to the actor. If a component of that type already exists, an error is logged.
T* AddComponent() (overloaded)	Adds an already created shared pointer component to the actor. If a component of that type already exists, an error is logged.
bool RemoveComponent()	Removes a component of type T from the actor. The Transform component cannot be removed. Returns true if successful, false otherwise.
T* GetComponent()	Retrieves a component of type T from the actor. Returns nullptr if the component doesn't exist.
void SetParent()	Sets the parent actor for this actor and automatically adds this actor as a child to the parent.
void AddChild()	Adds a child actor to this actor.
std::shared_ptr<Actor> GetParent()	Retrieves the parent actor of this actor. Returns nullptr if no parent is set.
const std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Actor>>& GetChildren()	Retrieves the list of child actors of this actor.
void AddObject()	Add an object to the Workspace.
void PlaceObject()	Places a copy of the object into the workspace. The pointer is independent.
void PlaceObjectAt()	Places a copy of the object into the workspace, after changing the location of the object. The pointer is independent.
void RemoveObject()	Remove an object from the Workspace.
int GetInstanceID()	Returns the unique object ID for this actor.