Added helper functions for managing Game Objects

Templates/BaseGame/game/core/helperFunctions.cs

@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ function updateTSShapeLoadProgress(%progress, %msg)
 {
    // Check if the loading GUI is visible and use that instead of the
    // separate import progress GUI if possible
-   if ( isObject(LoadingGui) && LoadingGui.isAwake() )
+  /* if ( isObject(LoadingGui) && LoadingGui.isAwake() )
    {
       // Save/Restore load progress at the start/end of the import process
       if ( %progress == 0 )
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ function updateTSShapeLoadProgress(%progress, %msg)
       %textCtrl.setText(%msg);
    }
 
-   Canvas.repaint(33);
+   Canvas.repaint(33);*/
 }
 
 /// A helper function which will return the ghosted client object
@@ -952,3 +952,207 @@ function TestPManager::testObjectRemove(%doNotSave)
    TestPManager.removeObjectFromFile(AudioSim);
 }
 
+//Game Object management
+function findGameObject(%name)
+{
+   //find all GameObjectAssets
+   %assetQuery = new AssetQuery();
+   if(!AssetDatabase.findAssetType(%assetQuery, "GameObjectAsset"))
+      return 0; //if we didn't find ANY, just exit
+      
+   %count = %assetQuery.getCount();
+      
+	for(%i=0; %i < %count; %i++)
+	{
+	   %assetId = %assetQuery.getAsset(%i);
+	   
+	   %assetName = AssetDatabase.getAssetName(%assetId);
+      
+      if(%assetName $= %name)
+		{
+		   %gameObjectAsset = AssetDatabase.acquireAsset(%assetId);
+
+         %assetQuery.delete();
+         return %gameObjectAsset;
+		}
+	}
+		
+   %assetQuery.delete();
+	return 0;
+}
+
+function spawnGameObject(%name, %addToMissionGroup)
+{
+   if(%addToMissionGroup $= "")
+		%addToMissionGroup = true;
+		
+   //First, check if this already exists in our GameObjectPool
+   if(isObject(GameObjectPool))
+   {
+      %goCount = GameObjectPool.countKey(%name);
+      
+      //if we have some already in the pool, pull it out and use that
+      if(%goCount != 0)
+      {
+         %goIdx = GameObjectPool.getIndexFromKey(%name);
+         %go = GameObjectPool.getValue(%goIdx);
+         
+         %go.setHidden(false);
+         %go.setScopeAlways();
+         
+         if(%addToMissionGroup == true) //save instance when saving level
+            MissionGroup.add(%go);
+         else // clear instance on level exit
+            MissionCleanup.add(%go);
+            
+         //remove from the object pool's list
+         GameObjectPool.erase(%goIdx);
+         
+         return %go;
+      }
+   }
+   
+	//We have no existing pool, or no existing game objects of this type, so spawn a new one
+		
+   %gameObjectAsset = findGameObject(%name);
+   
+   if(isObject(%gameObjectAsset))
+   {
+      %newSGOObject = TamlRead(%gameObjectAsset.TAMLFilePath);
+            
+      if(%addToMissionGroup == true) //save instance when saving level
+         MissionGroup.add(%newSGOObject);
+      else // clear instance on level exit
+         MissionCleanup.add(%newSGOObject);
+         
+      return %newSGOObject;
+   }
+		
+	return 0;
+}
+
+function saveGameObject(%name, %tamlPath, %scriptPath)
+{
+	%gameObjectAsset = findGameObject(%name);
+   
+   //find if it already exists. If it does, we'll update it, if it does not, we'll  make a new asset
+   if(isObject(%gameObjectAsset))
+   {
+      %assetID = %gameObjectAsset.getAssetId();
+      
+      %gameObjectAsset.TAMLFilePath = %tamlPath;
+      %gameObjectAsset.scriptFilePath = %scriptPath;
+      
+      TAMLWrite(%gameObjectAsset, AssetDatabase.getAssetFilePath(%assetID));
+      AssetDatabase.refreshAsset(%assetID);
+   }
+   else
+   {
+      //Doesn't exist, so make a new one
+      %gameObjectAsset = new GameObjectAsset()
+      {
+         assetName = %name @ "Asset";
+         gameObjectName = %name;
+         TAMLFilePath = %tamlPath;
+         scriptFilePath = %scriptPath;
+      };
+      
+      //Save it alongside the taml file
+      %path = filePath(%tamlPath);
+      
+      TAMLWrite(%gameObjectAsset, %path @ "/" @ %name @ ".asset.taml");
+      AssetDatabase.refreshAllAssets(true);
+   }
+}
+
+//Allocates a number of a game object into a pool to be pulled from as needed
+function allocateGameObjects(%name, %amount)
+{
+   //First, we need to make sure our pool exists
+   if(!isObject(GameObjectPool))
+   {
+      new ArrayObject(GameObjectPool);  
+   }
+   
+   //Next, we loop and generate our game objects, and add them to the pool
+   for(%i=0; %i < %amount; %i++)
+   {
+      %go = spawnGameObject(%name, false);
+      
+      //When our object is in the pool, it's not "real", so we need to make sure 
+      //that we don't ghost it to clients untill we actually spawn it.
+      %go.clearScopeAlways();
+      
+      //We also hide it, so that we don't 'exist' in the scene until we spawn
+      %go.hidden = true;
+      
+      //Lastly, add us to the pool, with the key being our game object type
+      GameObjectPool.add(%name, %go);
+   }
+}
+
+function Entity::delete(%this)
+{
+   //we want to intercept the delete call, and add it to our GameObjectPool
+   //if it's a game object
+   if(%this.gameObjectAsset !$= "")
+   {
+      %this.setHidden(true);
+      %this.clearScopeAlways();
+      
+      if(!isObject(GameObjectPool))
+      {
+         new ArrayObject(GameObjectPool);
+      }
+      
+      GameObjectPool.add(%this.gameObjectAsset, %this);
+      
+      %missionSet = %this.getGroup();
+      %missionSet.remove(%this);
+   }
+   else
+   {
+      %this.superClass.delete();
+   }
+}
+
+function clearGameObjectPool()
+{
+   if(isObject(GameObjectPool))
+   {
+      %count = GameObjectPool.count();
+      
+      for(%i=0; %i < %count; %i++)
+      {
+         %go = GameObjectPool.getValue(%i);
+         
+         %go.superClass.delete();
+      }
+      
+      GameObjectPool.empty();
+   }
+}
+
+//
+function switchCamera(%client, %newCamEntity)
+{
+	if(!isObject(%client) || !isObject(%newCamEntity))
+		return error("SwitchCamera: No client or target camera!");
+		
+	%cam = %newCamEntity.getComponent(CameraComponent);
+		
+	if(!isObject(%cam))
+		return error("SwitchCamera: Target camera doesn't have a camera behavior!");
+		
+	//TODO: Cleanup clientOwner for previous camera!
+	if(%cam.clientOwner == 0 || %cam.clientOwner $= "")
+		%cam.clientOwner = 0;
+		
+	%cam.scopeToClient(%client);
+	%cam.setDirty();
+	
+	%client.setCameraObject(%newCamEntity);
+	%client.setControlCameraFov(%cam.FOV);
+	
+	%client.camera = %newCamEntity;
+}