State of the "EntityContainer" status

[kolslorr]

Are all the examples updated as well?

Can we get a summary of the feature changes and known issues?

Are there any big benefits to switching?

Release notes will be helpful.

[Br0ken]

I don't know of all the changes only what I've come across; includes but not limited to:

* Sprite physics properties like velocity no longer on the entity itself but on a PhysicsHandler (new class)

* Entity hierarchy has changed (or at least the methods have moved classed)

* Methods have been renamed

* Ability to add a child sprite to a parent sprite. So changes to the parent sprite like move to X are automatically applied to the child sprite. Check out my video of a game I have in development that shows the usefullness - the tanks turret is a child of the tank body, the tank body moves and the tanks turret moves along with it without having to add any code myself - which previously you would of had to have done yourself. http://c0deattack.wordpress.com/2011/01/01/spawning-enemies/

[Radzell]

is the entitycontainer fast cause i never used it but it seems overly complicated and would require everyone to reprogram their games to use it.

[Nicolas Gramlich]

Hi gyus,

http://c0deattack.wordpress.com/2011/01/01/spawning-enemies/

This is pretty much exactly the reason the "child"-thing exists!

The "EntityContainer"-branch shouldn't be noticeably slower/faster than the "old" branch. Actually the changes not too big, just nesting entities instead of plain scene->layer->entity.

Best Regards,
Nicolas

[attak]

Are the andengine.jar files updated to include this? If so, where can I download them.

[Nicolas Gramlich]

Are the andengine.jar files updated to include this? If so, where can I download them.

Look for the latest commits of the AndEngineExamples. (Make sure you are on the "default" branch now)

Best Regards,
Nicolas

[Supergeek]

I downloaded the jars from the "default" branch yesterday and it's still got the old stuff in it, even though there recently-edited files (March) in the jar.

Is there a way to tell which jar is associated with EntityContainer/latest codebase?
Are the examples all updated?

Someone in IRC told me that the only way to really tell is to compile the jar myself..

[Nicolas Gramlich]

What do you mean with "old stuff"
As soon as you have sth like "attachChild" in your jar and got it from the default branch, it is very very likely you have the latest version!

Best Regards,
Nicolas

[aerobowl]

thanx alot for the update
just the child sprite thing alone is good enough reason for me to update it thou i yet to have any game make use of it but will definitely try to learn and apply it in future