Property Editing

System Summary

Descriptive summary of what the system is and what it does.

Entities (Player and enemies) can be selected and have their properties changed.

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Connected Systems

List of connecting/parent/subsystems.

Connecting Systems:

• Editor Manager
• Cursor Tool
• Entity Manager

Subsystems:

• None

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Related Controls

List of related controls.

Mouse Click:

• Opens the property menu for the clicked entity. Works on player and enemies.

Slider:

• Used to change all numeric values for player and enemies, such as jump height and shooting speed.
• Text field can also be used to adjust values.

Dropdown:

• Applies stat presets for the player. Changed properties are applied to a custom preset.
• Also swaps a starting direction between left and right for patrolling enemies.

Checkbox:

• Used to toggle properties such as patrolling enemy restriction or gravity for shooting enemies.

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Bugs

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• None.

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Feature List / Breakdown of Features

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Property Menu:

• Appears when clicking the player or enemy.
• Allows user to edit entity properties using sliders, dropdown menus or checkboxes.

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Important Variables

Name the most important variables, their type, and what their purpose is

• selectedEntity: Node2D = The currently selected entity by the property menu.

• playerHealth: float = The player's maximum health, which will be reflected and editable in the property menu.

• playerSpeed: float = The player speed, which will be reflected and editable in the property menu.

• playerAcceleration: float = The player acceleration when trying to move in a direction, which will be reflected and editable in the property menu.

• playerDeceleration: float = The player deceleration when trying to slow down, which will be reflected and editable in the property menu.

• playerJumpHeight: float = The player jump height, which will be reflected and editable in the property menu.

• playerAirControl: float = The player air control, which will be reflected and editable in the property menu.

• playerFallSpeed: float = The player fall speed, which will be reflected and editable in the property menu.

• playerCoyoteTime: float = The player coyote time, which will be reflected and editable in the property menu.

• selectedPreset: Resource = The property file for the selected enemy type. Used to set their sliders to the default values.

• selectedPlayerPreset: Resource = The player movement preset, which is reflected and editable in the property menu.

Important Functions

Name of the most important functions, their parameters, and what they do.

• func show_menu(resource: Resource) -> void: Displays the property menu with the selected entity's respective UI elements.
• func _on_preset_options_item_selected(index: int) -> void: A signal that sets the player's movement preset to the one indicated by the given index.
• func update_values() -> void: Updates all the player values and enemy property files with the values in the sliders, checkboxes and dropdowns.
• func update_sliders() -> void: Sets all sliders, checkboxes and dropdowns to reflect the current stats of the selected player/enemy.
• func update_custom() -> void: Loads the custom player preset, and also updates it with any new values.

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Future Work / Risks

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Future Work:

Risks:

• None.

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Miscellaneous Notes

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• None.