Author Topic: Decoupled Engine Architecture (Read 2530 times)

e_barroga · « **on:** July 25, 2010, 12:02:34 pm »

I am trying to develop an engine with a very decoupled architecture. This way, in the future I can easily replace the graphics component, input component, audio component, etc. easily.

The problem is that SFML's graphics and input seem to be closely coupled together.

Any ideas?

Nexus · « **Reply #1 on:** July 25, 2010, 01:24:07 pm »

Quote from: "e_barroga"

The problem is that SFML's graphics and input seem to be closely coupled together.

Could you explain that in detail? I don't see why events/realtime input or graphics depend on each other.

Do you have an example?

Laurent · « **Reply #2 on:** July 25, 2010, 01:36:00 pm »

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The problem is that SFML's graphics and input seem to be closely coupled together

No they are not

Input is coupled with windows, which is perfectly normal because SFML provides window-based inputs, not global ones (ie. if you press a key, only the current focused window will receive the event).

I don't think it's a problem to separate graphics and input (well, windowing stuff) with SFML.

Recruit0 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 26, 2010, 10:56:47 pm »

I'm developing cpGUI and I haven't had any problems encapsulating media functionality (SFML).