Random Chitchat 2018

[tigerw]

So how are we going to implement block states?

class Block
{
 string GetName();
 JsonSomething GetProperties();

 bool operator==(Block lhs, BlockIdentifier rhs);


private:
 BlockIdentifier id;
}

class Piston : public Block
{
 int Facing;
 bool Extended;
 bool Sticky;

 string GetName() { return "minecraft:piston"; }
 JsonSomething GetProperties { return {{"facing", "west"}, {"extended", false}}; }
}

...in the protocol...

Block actuallyapiston = ...;
GlobalPalette::GetId(actuallyapiston.GetName(), actuallyapiston.GetProperties()); // returns e.g. 1547

Does this introduce way too much overhead? It certainly looks nice...

Block thing = World.GetBlock(State?)(Pos);
if (thing != BlockIdentifier::Piston) return;

((Piston)thing).Sticky = false;
World.SetBlockState(Pos, thing);