Module dotrix::components [−][src]
Component usually is just a data structure with or without associated methods. In ECS pattern components represent properties of entities: velocity, weight, model, rigid body, color etc.
Set of components in the entity defines an Archetype. Entities of the same
Archetype are being grouped together in the crate::services::World storage, that
makes search fast and linear.
When planning the architecture of your game, developer should think about components not only
as of properties, but also as of search tags. For example, if you are making physics for your
game, and you have a Car and a SpringBoard, you may want to have the same named components,
so you can easily query all Cars or all SpringBoards. But as soon as you will need to
calculate physics for entities of the both types, you should add some component like
RigidBody to the entities, so you can calculate physics for all entities who have that
component.
Usefull references
- To learn how to spawn and query entities, continue reading with
crate::services::World - To learn how to implement systems
crate::systems
Structs
| AmbientLight | Component to be added to entities |
| Animator | Component to control model animation |
| DirLight | Component to be added to entities |
| Model | 3D model component |
| PointLight | Component to be added to entities |
| SimpleLight | Component to be added to entities |
| SkyBox | SkyBox component |
| SpotLight | Component to be added to entities |
| WireFrame | Component to draw wire frames |