12-14-2012, 05:14 PM
Hello, welcome onboard 
Sorry that I can't have a look at your code, I'm leaving for Korea later today so I'm busy packing. But at least I'll try to answer your questions.
Devices would be a great idea, if it weren't for chunk loading and unloading. This makes the device classes very difficult to implement - how do you initialize them when a chunk loads? How about devices going across chunk borders and one chunk unloads? If you can solve these issues, then go ahead.
Also, there's a plan for rewriting the simulators "interface": mostly, instead of ticking in the global world, they should tick for each chunk separately. This might have some collisions with your plans, have a look at this thread for details: https://forum.cuberite.org/showthread.php?tid=617
Sorry that I can't have a look at your code, I'm leaving for Korea later today so I'm busy packing. But at least I'll try to answer your questions.
Devices would be a great idea, if it weren't for chunk loading and unloading. This makes the device classes very difficult to implement - how do you initialize them when a chunk loads? How about devices going across chunk borders and one chunk unloads? If you can solve these issues, then go ahead.
Also, there's a plan for rewriting the simulators "interface": mostly, instead of ticking in the global world, they should tick for each chunk separately. This might have some collisions with your plans, have a look at this thread for details: https://forum.cuberite.org/showthread.php?tid=617