I have a (turn-based) town managment element in a game, but the player is mainly concerned with main buildings. I want civilians to build things over time.
Below is the mockup of the code I’m planning on using (typed it in Notepad++, not at my PC atm), I’m interested to hear thoughts on my approach.
I’m torn on how to implement it.
Right now I’m instantiating each house individually.
Another approach would be to pre-place everything in the scene and activate/de-activate.
I could use empty GO’s to hold building locations, or I could make a grid (but that will look unnatural, terrain is 3D and far too uneven, and trying to calculate for each grid position seems like a waste of time and effort)
Lists? Dictionaries?
Finding a game object by name might not be the best method performance-wise, but since it’s a turn based game it shouldn’t be an issue. Alternatively, I could use a List of game objects instead of strings.
I’m jsut far too unsure.
public class CivilianBuilding: Monobehavior
{
//civilian houses should be automaticly and somewhat randomly built as time goes on
public int t1bcounter; //used to give each house a unique ID
public int t2bcounter;
public int t3bcounter;
public List<GameObject> tier1prefabs; //hold building prefabs to instantiate
public List<GameObject> tier2prefabs;
public List<GameObject> tier3prefabs;
public List<string> tier1buildings = new List<string>(); //list of buildings of each tier, by name
public List<string> tier2buildings = new List<string>();
public List<string> tier3buildings = new List<string>();
public List<GameObject> damagedBuildings; //to temporarily store damaged buildings after attack
public int daysSinceAttack; // counter that checks for building repair. Each house has a random chance to be repaired, depending on tier and time passed. Re-sets to 0 when damagedBuildings is empty.
public List<Vector3> freeSlots = new List<Vector3>(); //list of all availalbe house positions. Fill in manually?
public void ConstructCivilian() //get random position and instantaite building prefab here
{
//pick random building prefab and radom position
int rng1 = Random.Range(0, tier1prefabs.Count);
int rng2 = Random.Range(0, freeSlots.Count);
GameObject go = Instantiate(tier1prefabs[rng], freeSlots[rng2], Quaterniton.Identity); //instantite prefab at that position
go.name = "T1building" + t1bcounter; // name it so we can find it easily
tier1buildings.Add(go.name); //add object name to list of t1 buildings
t1bcounter++; //increase counter for buildings of that type (to ensure unique name)
//remove the slot from freeSlots
freeSlots.Remove(rng2); //check syntax?
// parent it to the town root GO for less clutter and better organization
}
public void UpgradeCivlian()
{
//pick random civy building and upgrade
//depends on safety, population and prosperity of town. Call this method from anteehr that checks for those
int rng = Random.Range(0, tier1buildings.Count); //pick random T1 building
var toUpgrade = gameObject.Find(tier1buildings[rng]); // find the game object with that name (check syntax)
//NOTE TO SELF: if all are parented, perhaps a narrower search of children of town GO?
//instantiate a T2 building in that position
int rng1 = Random.Range(0, tier2prefabs.Count);
GameObject go = Instantiate(tier2prefabs[rng], toUpgrade.transform, Quaterniton.Identity); //instantite prefab at that position
go.name = "T2building" + t2bcounter; // name it
tier2buildings.Add(go.name); //add object name to list
t2bcounter++; //increase counter for buildings of that type
//remove old building
tier1buildings.Remove(toUpgrade.name) //remove from list of t1 buildings
t1bcounter--; //recude counter of t1 buildings
Destroy(toUpgrade);
}
public void DamageCivlian(int damage)
{
//pick x random buildings depending on battle result
//replace nomrla model with damaged model
//start repair counter
}
public void Repair()
{
//go trough the damaged building list. If there are none, re-set counter.
//for each calculate repair chance and roll
//if sucesfull, replace damaged model with normal one.
}
}
