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reference to another entity

Discussion in 'Project Tiny' started by marval, Mar 16, 2020.

  1. marval

    marval

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    hi,
    before I could have a reference to another object that could be controlled in the same script:

    public class enemy : MonoBehaviour {
    public GameObject currentTarget;

    how to do the same with entities?
     
    marval, Mar 16, 2020
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  2. Maras

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    You can for example:
    - make an entity query via GetEntityQuery
    - or get it from singleton via GetSingletonEntity
    - or directly link it from authoring component (Create monobehaviour with IConvertGameObjectToEntity, get the primary entity from the currentTarget and put it into Component on the main entity)
     
    Maras, Mar 16, 2020
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  3. marval

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    hi,
    i don't have a minimum idea of how to do this.
    do any of the TinySamples demonstrate how to do this?
     
    marval, Mar 16, 2020
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  4. AbdulAlgharbi

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    the easiest fix is to create a component that is called Enemy with currentTarget as an entity

    Code (CSharp):
    1.  
    2. using Unity.Entities;
    3.  
    4. [GenerateAuthoringComponent]
    5. public struct Enemy : IComponentData
    6. {
    7.     public Entity currentTarget;
    8. }
    from the editor, attach that component to your game object
    and add the target game object to the currentTarget field from the inspector
     
    AbdulAlgharbi, Mar 17, 2020
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  5. marval

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    I had already tried that
    the problem is that when i try to access this entity from the system i can't do anything with it.
    I don't know if I'm doing it right:

    Entities.ForEach((ref Enemy enemy) =>
    {
    Entity ent = enemy.currentTarget;
    ent.???
    });
     
    marval, Mar 17, 2020
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  6. Ted_Wikman

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    @marval could you share a bit more code on how your structure looks like currently?
     
    Ted_Wikman, Mar 17, 2020
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  7. SINePrime

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    At that point you'd want to use the EntityManager class to perform some operations on the entity's components. Eg, GetComponentData.
     
    SINePrime, Mar 17, 2020
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  8. marval

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    Code (CSharp):
    1. using UnityEngine;
    2. using Unity.Entities;
    3.  
    4. namespace Tiny3D
    5. {
    6.     [GenerateAuthoringComponent]
    7.     public struct Enemy : IComponentData
    8.     {
    9.       public Entity curretTarget;
    10.     }
    11. }
    Code (CSharp):
    1. using System;//Unity.Physics
    2. //using Unity.Burst;
    3. //using Unity.Jobs
    4. using Unity.Entities;
    5. using Unity.Mathematics;
    6. using Unity.Transforms;
    7. using Unity.Tiny;
    8. using UnityEngine;
    9.  
    10. namespace Tiny3D
    11. {
    12.     public class EnemySystem : ComponentSystem
    13.     {
    14.         protected override void OnUpdate()
    15.         {
    16.             Entities.ForEach((ref Enemy enemy) =>
    17.             {
    18.                 Entity ent = enemy.currentTarget;
    19.                 //ent.???
    20.             });
    21.         }
    22.     }
    23. }
     
    marval, Mar 18, 2020
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  9. AbdulAlgharbi

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    So your target entity should have a Target component with something like (Just an example)

    Code (CSharp):
    1. using Unity.Entities;
    2.  
    3. [GenerateAuthoringComponent]
    4. public struct Target: IComponentData
    5. {
    6.     public float health;
    7.     public float speed;
    8. }
    in the editor, attach Target component to the target game object
    and from the inspector, you can change the health and speed values

    and in your EnemySystem, you can do something like

    Code (CSharp):
    1. public class EnemySystem : ComponentSystem
    2. {
    3.     protected override void OnUpdate()
    4.     {
    5.         Entities.ForEach((ref Enemy enemy) =>
    6.         {
    7.             Entity ent = enemy.currentTarget;
    8.             var targetComponent = EntityManager.GetComponentData<Target>(ent);
    9.             targetComponent.health -=0.1f;
    10.             speed = 0.0f;
    11.             EntityManager.SetComponentData(ent, targetComponent);
    12.         });
    13.     }
    14. }
     
    AbdulAlgharbi, Mar 18, 2020
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  10. marval

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    hi,
    I need to change the position of the entity,
    how to access the Transform Component and change the value?
    and
    using ( targetComponent.health -=0.1f; ) the component value does not change in the inspector ( DOTS Subscene -> edit )
     
    marval, Mar 19, 2020
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  11. Maras

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    Checkout this tutorial:


    It goes through some ECS basics including Translation component
     
    Maras, Mar 19, 2020
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  12. marval

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    this tutorial does not cover EntityManager.GetComponentData
    I need to access the Transform component of another entity to change the position.
     
    marval, Mar 19, 2020
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  13. AbdulAlgharbi

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    you can use Entities.ForEach as @Maras mentioned or you can do

    Code (CSharp):
    1.  
    2.  var pos = EntityManager.GetComponentData<Translation>(entity);
    3. pos.Value.x = <do whatever you want  here>
    4. EntityManager.SetComponenetData(entity, pos);
    5.  
    Check how we are moving the camera in Tiny Racing here
     
    AbdulAlgharbi, Mar 19, 2020
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  14. lclemens

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    This works great, but unfortunately, if there is a custom converter, the strategy falls apart.

    Code (CSharp):
    1. [System.Serialize]
    2. public struct Enemy : IComponentData {
    3.     public float health;
    4.     public Entity someEntity;
    5. }
    If you do that, and then look at the inspector, the "health" field will show up fine, but the "someEntity" field will not appear. I know it can be done using a game-object and some extra IDeclareReferencedPrefabs voodoo, but I wish it was as simple as the [GenerateAuthoringComponent] scenario.
     
    lclemens, Aug 2, 2021
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