Well u can make a class which defines a level and than give them arrays of the objects u will use


class CMap
{
public:
NPCS *npcs[max_npcs];
Objects *objects[max_objects];
Enemys *enemys[max_enemys]];

bool load();
bool clearMem();

void render();
}


and than allocate them when a level loads and deallocate them when a level is finished


CMap::load
{
for (i < objects_needed)
objects = new Objects();

... same for npcs and enemys

initializeAllObjectsWithValues(*npcs, *objects, *enemys);
}

CMap::clearMem
{
for (i < objects_needed)
delete objects

..same for npcs and enemys
}


CMap render()
{
renderObjects(*npcs, *enemys, *objects);
}




I don't know how to do that in java but in C its pretty easy.
THis way u only have in memory what u actually need ..

Maybe that helped you, if u need further explanation quote this post :-)

peace

The way i do it my current project is as follows:

i got 4 core classes:

Renderer
Game Model
Entity
Renderable

The Game Model runs the simulation and loads its data from the level files, The entities exist in the game model and are built from several parts, the important one here is the Renderable class.

The Renderer gets a list of pointers to renderable objects (Which are the same ones as used by the entities in the game model) and renders those (it can sort the pointers as it pleases to get the rendering done in a good order), renderable objects consist of material, effects, matrices, mesh, etc aswell as active and 2 priority values). (Naturally the renderable object stores IDs for materials etc rather than the details), a list of all resources (materials, effects, meshes) used in a level is passed to the renderer at the start of each level to be loaded onto the gpu, if there isn't enough VRAM for all resources the renderer can use the active and priority values to decide which Renderable objects resources to keep on the GPU at a given time and which renderables to cut out completely)

Why would you not be able to implement either of the above systems?
The concepts are exactly the same with a very minor change to syntax.


L. Spiro

pointer arithmetics in java?

pointer arithmetics in java?

The use of pointers is a minor implementation detail.

pointer arithmetics in java?

You don't have to use pointers, you can either use a plain variable or a collection class in place of a pointer. For xample CMap would look like this:

class CMap
{
public NPCS npcs[][max_npcs];
Objects objects[][max_objects];
Enemys enemys[][max_enemys]];

public Boolean load() {
...
}

public Boolean clearMem() {

}

public void render() {
}
}

pointer arithmetics in java?

You don't have to use pointers, you can either use a plain variable or a collection class in place of a pointer. For example CMap would look like this:

class CMap
{
public NPCS npcs[max_npcs];
public Objects objects[max_objects];
public Enemys enemys[max_enemys]];

public Boolean load() {
...
}

public Boolean clearMem() {
...
}

public void render() {
...
}
}