Entity-Component-System (ECS)

Sovereign Engine utilizes an Entity-Component-System (ECS) model for managing world state. This section of the manual describes the architecture of Sovereign’s ECS framework and how to work with it.

• Components
  • Core Components
  • Client Components
  • Server Components
• Adding Components
  • Adding A New Component Type
    • Replicating Components Over the Network
    • Displaying Component Values in Entity Debugger
    • Adding Components to Template Entity Editor
      • Block Template Editor
    • Persisting Components in Database
    • Binding Components to Scripting Engine
• Template Entities
  • Implementation of Template Entities
  • Template Entity Loading
  • Template Entity Creation
  • Template Entity Component Support