Idea for shrinking sizes of game objects, etc...

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Idea for shrinking sizes of game objects, etc...

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This idea:

* Should improve performance (eg. less memory allocation, smaller objects)
* Ensures values like .cargoSize and .cargoUsed are always present (defaulting to null on non-transporter objects)
* Allows scripters to add their own methods and properties to game objects

I tried writing this down in forums, but was struggling so ended up putting on a wiki page (sorry for inconvenience):

Classes for game objects
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Re: Idea for shrinking sizes of game objects, etc...

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Interesting idea. I'll have to look into the prototype support in the engine on the c++ side a bit more before I can comment on the feasibility of it.
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BTW: .prototype and .__proto__ are just normal JS objects, automatically created when a new object of any kind is instantiated (regardless of whether it's instantiated by C++ or JS).

The approach I was suggesting doesn't involve instantiating any classes, it's more of a cheat (less processing work) to fool JS in to thinking the game objects were instantiated from their respective classes. At the end of the day, JS just follows the __proto__ chain regardless of how it was formed. The extra bits are just to ensure useful operators such as typeof and instanceof will work correctly.
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