CAST II Game Engine

Class TBaseProcessing

Unit

BaseClasses

Declaration

type TBaseProcessing = class(TItem)

Description

Base class of all items which periodically updates their state

Hierarchy

TItem > TBaseItem

Fields

	Name	Description
	`ProcessingClass`	Processing class specifies how an item should be processed. See `TProcessingClass`

Methods

Overview

	`procedure AddProperties(const Result: TProperties); override;`
	`procedure Pause;`
	`procedure Process(const DeltaT: Float); virtual;`
	`procedure ResetProcessedTime;`
	`procedure Resume;`
	`procedure SetProperties(Properties: TProperties); override;`

Description

procedure AddProperties(const Result: TProperties); override;

procedure Pause;

Pauses processing of the item

procedure Process(const DeltaT: Float); virtual;

This method will be called when an item is to be processed (updated). Actual process schedule depends on values if processing class (see TItemsManager) to which points ProcessingClass field.

procedure ResetProcessedTime;

Resets TimeProcessed to zero

procedure Resume;

Resumes processing of the item

procedure SetProperties(Properties: TProperties); override;

Properties

Overview

property TimeProcessed: TTimeUnit;

Description

property TimeProcessed: TTimeUnit;

Total time processed with the Process method