Re: [DM-dev] Selena calling...

[Stephan B. <st...@wa...>]

> In order for the things that Peter wants to do with 
> the DungeonMaker in the future to be possible, Stephan 
> will have to supply interface functions like this:
> DesignParams* GetDesignParams(); //returns a pointer to a 
> struct or class containing the design params; 
> WriteDesignParams( filename );
> GeneticParams* GetGeneticParams( generation );
> WriteGeneticParams( filename );

No problem. We're a ways from doing that, though. I've been off the PC today 
because my RSI is acting up, but I hope to be back to coding tomorrow.


> design and genetic data to two different files. Stephan, 
> when the user works from one of these file structures to 
> update dungeon data, will the DMProperties object be able 
> to update the other file structure also? Or maybe you will 
> need a function
> GenerateDesignAndGeneticParamFiles( fromUnitaryFile )and 
> the other way round?

You're getting way ahead of me. I haven't considering the genetic data just 
yet. I'd rather rewrite once I get to that point - I'm pretty scatterbrained, 
so I don't like to try to go too many directions at once.

> Oh, yes, the naming, DMProperties... how about DungeonDataKeeper? 
> That is very descriptive, and also funny.

That is a GREAT name. I'll do that.

> So do I understand this right, you'll have the main classes: 
> DungeonDesigner - manipulates DesignParams (and possibly 
> GeneticParams), contains all kinds of high level constructs 
> such as Rooms, Palaces, CrawlerPairs, ... hands them to the 
> DungeonMaker as elementary simple data for Walls, Crawlers, etc...

It's something like that. I haven't been concentrating at all on the Designer 
- just a really generic interface into the lower-level components so far. 
Once that API is complete the designer will know what it has to do.

> DungeonMaker - more or less as is, constructs the dungeon 
> from elementary data

Exactly.

> DungeonDataKeeper - keeps all the data, both design data and 
> map data, and can present data to be rendered, and save and 
> load, and change between formats.

Yup.

> Ahh, you're sure working hard. Hope you're having fun,

I wouldn't be doing it if I didn't enjoy it!

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