Editor

Topics
	Editable Entities
	Editable entities.
	Containers
	Editor containers.
	Core
	Editor core configuration.
	Entities
	Editor entities manage functionality of the editor.
	UI
	Editor GUI.

Detailed Description

Editor is a tool for run-time world observation and manipulation.

It's designed to provide a platform for many specialized features.

Elements

Managers

• It's created for each player by editor core (SCR_EditorManagerCore).
• Locally it's controlled by editor manager (SCR_EditorManagerEntity).
• Various modes handle specialized functionality (SCR_EditorModeEntity).
• Editor components are responsible for individual features (SCR_BaseEditorComponent).

Editable Entities

• Entities like vehicles or props can be registered for use in the editor.
• Core of editable entities (SCR_EditableEntityCore) holds a list of all entities.
• Individual entities are identified by a component (SCR_EditableEntityComponent) or its inherited versions.

Technical Implementation

• A lot of communication is done through script invokers.
  • e.g., editor components listen to events on editor mode or manager entity, instead of the entities iterating through their components and calling functions there.
  • Outside systems can hook into these systems too, as they already exist for editor purposes.
  • Disadvantage is that from where an event is invoked, it's not clear who everyone is listening.
• Awareness between various parts of editor is always top-down, never the other way around. Exmaples:
  • Editor mode is aware of the editor manager it belongs to and can access its functions, but the editor manager does not really touch the editor mode (apart from initialization).
  • Editor component knows what editor mode is attached to, but the mode does not care what components it carries.
  • Widget component on editor GUI reads and writes to editor component, but the component is unaware of the GUI.
• GUI functionality is strictly separated from system functionality.
  • e.g., SCR_ToolbarActionsEditorComponent holds the list of toolbar actions, but does not control GUI; instead, it provides API to which SCR_ActionsToolbarEditorUIComponent connects.