Defines a location that the player may start from. More...

#include <PlayerStartPointComponent.h>

Inheritance diagram for ezPlayerStartPointComponent:

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Public Member Functions
virtual void	SerializeComponent (ezWorldWriter &inout_stream) const override
	Override this to save the current state of the component to the given stream.

virtual void	DeserializeComponent (ezWorldReader &inout_stream) override
	Override this to load the current state of the component from the given stream. More...

void	SetPlayerPrefab (const ezPrefabResourceHandle &hPrefab)

const ezPrefabResourceHandle &	GetPlayerPrefab () const

const ezRangeView< const char *, ezUInt32 >	GetParameters () const

void	SetParameter (const char *szKey, const ezVariant &value)

void	RemoveParameter (const char *szKey)

bool	GetParameter (const char *szKey, ezVariant &out_value) const

Public Member Functions inherited from ezComponent
void	SetActiveFlag (bool bEnabled)
	Sets the active flag of the component, which affects its active state. More...

bool	GetActiveFlag () const
	Checks whether the 'active flag' is set on this component. Note that this does not mean that the component is also 'active'. More...

bool	IsActive () const
	Checks whether this component is in an active state. More...

bool	IsActiveAndInitialized () const
	Returns whether this component is active and initialized. More...

bool	IsActiveAndSimulating () const
	Whether the component is currently active and simulation has been started as well. More...

ezComponentManagerBase *	GetOwningManager ()
	Returns the corresponding manager for this component.

const ezComponentManagerBase *	GetOwningManager () const
	Returns the corresponding manager for this component.

ezGameObject *	GetOwner ()
	Returns the owner game object if the component is attached to one or nullptr.

const ezGameObject *	GetOwner () const
	Returns the owner game object if the component is attached to one or nullptr.

ezWorld *	GetWorld ()
	Returns the corresponding world for this component.

const ezWorld *	GetWorld () const
	Returns the corresponding world for this component.

ezComponentHandle	GetHandle () const
	Returns a handle to this component.

ezUInt32	GetUniqueID () const
	Returns the unique id for this component.

void	SetUniqueID (ezUInt32 uiUniqueID)
	Sets the unique id for this component.

void	EnsureInitialized ()
	Ensures that the component is initialized. Must only be called from another component's Initialize callback.

void	EnsureSimulationStarted ()
	Ensures that the OnSimulationStarted method has been called. Must only be called from another component's OnSimulationStarted callback.

EZ_ALWAYS_INLINE bool	SendMessage (ezMessage &ref_msg)
	Sends a message to this component.

EZ_ALWAYS_INLINE bool	SendMessage (ezMessage &ref_msg) const

void	PostMessage (const ezMessage &msg, ezTime delay=ezTime::MakeZero(), ezObjectMsgQueueType::Enum queueType=ezObjectMsgQueueType::NextFrame) const
	Queues the message for the given phase. The message is processed after the given delay in the corresponding phase.

virtual bool	HandlesMessage (const ezMessage &msg) const
	Returns whether the given Message is handled by this component.

void	SetUserFlag (ezUInt8 uiFlagIndex, bool bSet)
	Be careful to check which flags may already be in use by base classes.

bool	GetUserFlag (ezUInt8 uiFlagIndex) const
	Retrieves a custom flag. Index must be between 0 and 7.

void	SetCreatedByPrefab ()
	Adds ezObjectFlags::CreatedByPrefab to the component. See the flag for details.

bool	WasCreatedByPrefab () const
	Checks whether the ezObjectFlags::CreatedByPrefab flag is set on this component.

Public Member Functions inherited from ezReflectedClass
virtual const ezRTTI *	GetDynamicRTTI () const

bool	IsInstanceOf (const ezRTTI *pType) const
	Returns whether the type of this instance is of the given type or derived from it.

template<typename T >
EZ_ALWAYS_INLINE bool	IsInstanceOf () const
	Returns whether the type of this instance is of the given type or derived from it.

Public Attributes
ezArrayMap< ezHashedString, ezVariant >	m_Parameters

Protected Attributes
ezPrefabResourceHandle	m_hPlayerPrefab

Protected Attributes inherited from ezComponent
const ezRTTI *	m_pMessageDispatchType = nullptr
	Messages will be dispatched to this type. Default is what GetDynamicRTTI() returns, can be redirected if necessary.

Additional Inherited Members
Static Public Member Functions inherited from ezNoBase
static const ezRTTI *	GetStaticRTTI ()

Protected Member Functions inherited from ezComponent
	ezComponent ()
	Keep the constructor private or protected in derived classes, so it cannot be called manually.

bool	IsDynamic () const
	Returns whether this component is dynamic and thus can only be attached to dynamic game objects.

virtual ezWorldModuleTypeId	GetTypeId () const =0

virtual ezComponentMode::Enum	GetMode () const =0

virtual void	Initialize ()
	Can be overridden for basic initialization that depends on a valid hierarchy and position. More...

virtual void	Deinitialize ()
	This method is called before the component is destroyed. A derived type can override this method to do common de-initialization work. More...

virtual void	OnActivated ()
	This method is called when the component gets activated. More...

virtual void	OnDeactivated ()
	This method is called when the component gets deactivated. More...

virtual void	OnSimulationStarted ()
	This method is called once for active components, at the start of the next world update, but only when the world is simulated. More...

void	EnableUnhandledMessageHandler (bool enable)
	By default disabled. Enable to have OnUnhandledMessage() called for every unhandled message.

virtual bool	OnUnhandledMessage (ezMessage &msg, bool bWasPostedMsg)
	When EnableUnhandledMessageHandler() was activated, this is called for all messages for which there is no dedicated message handler. More...

virtual bool	OnUnhandledMessage (ezMessage &msg, bool bWasPostedMsg) const
	When EnableUnhandledMessageHandler() was activated, this is called for all messages for which there is no dedicated message handler. More...

bool	IsInitialized () const

bool	IsInitializing () const

bool	IsSimulationStarted () const

Detailed Description

Defines a location that the player may start from.

This component specifies which prefab to use as the player object and parameters to spawn the player object with.

The component itself has no functionality. It is the ezGameState that decides how to utilize player start points. The default game state searches for a start point component and spawns the prefab from there, assuming that the prefab contains all the functionality to make the game playable (e.g. it should contain a main camera, input handling, movement and so on).

A game state may also ignore the prefab and on the player start point component and only use the location to spawn or relocate the player object.

It is not mandatory to use a spawn point component. A player object can also be instantiated in a scene just as a regular prefab. However, the editor functionality "Play from here", that allows you to spawn the player object at any location in the scene, relies on spawn points, as the spawn point defines which prefab to use for the player prefab, but the game state can now override the location where to spawn the player.

Member Function Documentation

◆ DeserializeComponent()

void ezPlayerStartPointComponent::DeserializeComponent ( ezWorldReader & inout_stream )

overridevirtual

Override this to load the current state of the component from the given stream.

The active state will be automatically serialized. The 'initialized' state is not serialized, all components will be initialized after creation, even if they were already in an initialized state when they were serialized.

Reimplemented from ezComponent.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

/home/runner/work/ezEngine/ezEngine/Code/Engine/GameEngine/Gameplay/PlayerStartPointComponent.h
/home/runner/work/ezEngine/ezEngine/Code/Engine/GameEngine/Gameplay/Implementation/PlayerStartPointComponent.cpp

Public Member Functions

Public Attributes

Protected Attributes

Additional Inherited Members

Detailed Description

Member Function Documentation

◆ DeserializeComponent()