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Should I use inheritance in components

Discussion in 'Entity Component System' started by muzappar2, Aug 6, 2019.

  1. muzappar2

    muzappar2

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    Like this:

    PComponent : IComponentData
    AComponent : PComponent
    BComponent : PComponent

    then use them in some systems:

    PSystemJob : IJobForEach<PComponent>
    ASystemJob : IJobForEach<AComponent>

    Etc.
     
    muzappar2, Aug 6, 2019
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  2. julian-moschuering

    julian-moschuering

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    You can not use inheritance as IComponentData has to be a struct.
     
    julian-moschuering, Aug 6, 2019
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  3. muzappar2

    muzappar2

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    Oh sorry I forgot that the component is a struct.
    And is there any way to implement that?
     
    muzappar2, Aug 6, 2019
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  4. runner78

    runner78

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    PComponent : IComponentData
    AComponent : IComponentData
    BComponent : IComponentData

    PSystemJob : IJobForEach<PComponent>
    ASystemJob : IJobForEach<PComponent, AComponent>
    BSystemJob : IJobForEach<PComponent, BComponent>
     
    runner78, Aug 6, 2019
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  5. muzappar2

    muzappar2

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    Thanks a lot.
     
    muzappar2, Aug 6, 2019
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