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Author SHA1 Message Date
Benoit Bolsee
9a40f4d2a6 BGE: bookmark option on controller to make them run before all other controllers.
A new bookmark button is available on the controller UI. 
When set, the controller is guaranteed to execute before all
other non-bookmarked controllers, provided it is scheduled 
for execution. 

This is useful for initialization scripts that run once at startup or
scripts that must set some prerequisite for the other controllers at
the start of each logic frame.

This feature is also available at python level with the "bookmark"
attribute. It can be changed during the game.

Note that if several script are bookmarked, their relative order of 
execution is not guaranteed. Make sure they don't depend on each other.
2009-05-17 21:50:31 +00:00
Benoit Bolsee
386122ada6 BGE performance, 4th round: logic
This commit extends the technique of dynamic linked list to the logic
system to eliminate as much as possible temporaries, map lookup or 
full scan. The logic engine is now free of memory allocation, which is
an important stability factor. 

The overhead of the logic system is reduced by a factor between 3 and 6
depending on the logic setup. This is the speed-up you can expect on 
a logic setup using simple bricks. Heavy bricks like python controllers
and ray sensors will still take about the same time to execute so the
speed up will be less important.

The core of the logic engine has been much reworked but the functionality
is still the same except for one thing: the priority system on the 
execution of controllers. The exact same remark applies to actuators but
I'll explain for controllers only:

Previously, it was possible, with the "executePriority" attribute to set
a controller to run before any other controllers in the game. Other than
that, the sequential execution of controllers, as defined in Blender was
guaranteed by default.

With the new system, the sequential execution of controllers is still 
guaranteed but only within the controllers of one object. the user can
no longer set a controller to run before any other controllers in the
game. The "executePriority" attribute controls the execution of controllers
within one object. The priority is a small number starting from 0 for the
first controller and incrementing for each controller.

If this missing feature is a must, a special method can be implemented
to set a controller to run before all other controllers.

Other improvements:
- Systematic use of reference in parameter passing to avoid unnecessary data copy
- Use pre increment in iterator instead of post increment to avoid temporary allocation
- Use const char* instead of STR_String whenever possible to avoid temporary allocation
- Fix reference counting bugs (memory leak)
- Fix a crash in certain cases of state switching and object deletion
- Minor speed up in property sensor
- Removal of objects during the game is a lot faster
2009-05-10 20:53:58 +00:00
Campbell Barton
9e8261a13b Disable importing module python controller scripts at conversion time because it can run BGE functions and crash since the internal state isnt setup yet.
face-select mode wasnt working when used with projection paint.
2009-05-05 05:57:08 +00:00
Campbell Barton
f8656d3510 BGE alternative run mode for python controllers.
Option to run a function in a module rather then a script from a python controller, this has a number of advantages.

- No allocating and freeing the namespace dictionary for every time its triggered
  (hard to measure the overhead here, but in a test with calling 42240 scripts a second each defining 200 vars, using modules was ~25% faster)

- Ability to use external python scripts for game logic.

- Convenient debug option that lets you edit scripts while the game engine runs.
2009-04-29 12:43:09 +00:00
Campbell Barton
394d893e13 compile scripts when converting controllers to give more predictable performance and print syntax errors early on rather then when the script is first executed. 2009-02-24 03:29:31 +00:00
Benoit Bolsee
02132de7aa BGE patch: Add NAND, NOR, XOR, XNOR controllers.
NAND controller is an inverted AND controller: the output is 
     1 if any of the input is 0.
NOR  controller is an inverted OR controller: the output is 0
     if any of the input is 1.
XOR  controller is an exclusive OR: the output is 1 if and only
     if one input is 1 and all the other inputs are 0.
XNOR controller is an inverted XOR: the output is 0 if and only
     if one input is 0 and all the other inputs are 0.
The NAND, NORT and XNOR controllers are very usefull to create
complementary outputs to start and stop actuators synchronously.
MSCV project files updated.
2008-06-23 20:41:18 +00:00
Benoit Bolsee
5372def2b0 BGE patch: add state engine support in the logic bricks.
This patch introduces a simple state engine system with the logic bricks. This system features full
backward compatibility, multiple active states, multiple state transitions, automatic disabling of 
sensor and actuators, full GUI support and selective display of sensors and actuators. 
Note: Python API is available but not documented yet. It will be added asap.

State internals
===============
The state system is object based. The current state mask is stored in the object as a 32 bit value; 
each bit set in the mask is an active state. The controllers have a state mask too but only one bit
can be set: a controller belongs to a single state. The game engine will only execute controllers 
that belong to active states. Sensors and actuators don't have a state mask but are effectively 
attached to states via their links to the controllers. Sensors and actuators can be connected to more
than one state. When a controller becomes inactive because of a state change, its links to sensors 
and actuators are temporarily broken (until the state becomes active again). If an actuator gets isolated, 
i.e all the links to controllers are broken, it is automatically disabled. If a sensor gets isolated, 
the game engine will stop calling it to save CPU. It will also reset the sensor internal state so that
it can react as if the game just started when it gets reconnected to an active controller. For example,
an Always sensor in no pulse mode that is connected to a single state (i.e connected to one or more 
controllers of a single state) will generate a pulse each time the state becomes active. This feature is 
not available on all sensors, see the notes below.

GUI
===
This system system is fully configurable through the GUI: the object state mask is visible under the
object bar in the controller's colum as an array of buttons just like the 3D view layer mask.
Click on a state bit to only display the controllers of that state. You can select more than one state
with SHIFT-click. The All button sets all the bits so that you can see all the controllers of the object. 
The Ini button sets the state mask back to the object default state. You can change the default state 
of object by first selecting the desired state mask and storing using the menu under the State button. 
If you define a default state mask, it will be loaded into the object state make when you load the blend
file or when you run the game under the blenderplayer. However, when you run the game under Blender, 
the current selected state mask will be used as the startup state for the object. This allows you to test
specific state during the game design.

The controller display the state they belong to with a new button in the controller header. When you add
a new controller, it is added by default in the lowest enabled state. You can change the controller state 
by clicking on the button and selecting another state. If more than one state is enabled in the object
state mask, controllers are grouped by state for more readibility. 

The new Sta button in the sensor and actuator column header allows you to display only the sensors and 
actuators that are linked to visible controllers.

A new state actuator is available to modify the state during the game. It defines a bit mask and 
the operation to apply on the current object state mask:

Cpy: the bit mask is copied to the object state mask.
Add: the bits that set in the bit mask will be turned on in the object state mask.
Sub: the bits that set in the bit mask will be turned off in the object state mask.
Inv: the bits that set in the bit mask will be inverted in the objecyy state mask.

Notes
=====
- Although states have no name, a simply convention consists in using the name of the first controller 
  of the state as the state name. The GUI will support that convention by displaying as a hint the name
  of the first controller of the state when you move the mouse over a state bit of the object state mask
  or of the state actuator bit mask.
- Each object has a state mask and each object can have a state engine but if several objects are 
  part of a logical group, it is recommended to put the state engine only in the main object and to
  link the controllers of that object to the sensors and actuators of the different objects.
- When loading an old blend file, the state mask of all objects and controllers are initialized to 1 
  so that all the controllers belong to this single state. This ensures backward compatibility with 
  existing game.
- When the state actuator is activated at the same time as other actuators, these actuators are 
  guaranteed to execute before being eventually disabled due to the state change. This is useful for
  example to send a message or update a property at the time of changing the state.
- Sensors that depend on underlying resource won't reset fully when they are isolated. By the time they
  are acticated again, they will behave as follow:
  * keyboard sensor: keys already pressed won't be detected. The keyboard sensor is only sensitive 
    to new key press.
  * collision sensor: objects already colliding won't be detected. Only new collisions are 
    detected.
  * near and radar sensor: same as collision sensor.
2008-06-22 14:23:57 +00:00
Chris Want
5d0a207ecb Patch from GSR that a) fixes a whole bunch of GPL/BL license
blocks that were previously missed; and b) greatly increase my
ohloh stats!
2008-04-16 22:40:48 +00:00
Benoit Bolsee
0db0f5734d Various mem leaks related to CValue reference count fixed 2008-03-01 19:46:50 +00:00
Kent Mein
209a2ede2c Last of the config.h mods...
#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
#include <config.h>
#endif

added to these files.

Kent
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mein@cs.umn.edu
2002-11-25 15:29:57 +00:00
Hans Lambermont
12315f4d0e Initial revision 2002-10-12 11:37:38 +00:00