Code File Structure

I gather some ideas about restructuring the code and describe some code files here.

audio

I suppose a lot of this code will become useless when we find a cross platform audio library to replace it.

Old Name	Proposition	Comment
Athena_Ambiance.cpp	Ambient
Athena.cpp	Audio
Athena_Environment.cpp	Environment
Athena_Global.cpp	AudioGlobal
Athena_Instance.cpp	AudioInstance
Athena_Mixer.cpp	Mixer
Athena_Resource.cpp	AudioResource
Athena_Sample.cpp	Sample
Athena_Stream.cpp	Stream
Athena_Track.cpp	Track

codec

Old Name	Proposition	Comment
Athena_Stream_WAV.cpp	WAV	CodecWAV?
Athena_CoDec_ADPCM.cpp	ADPCM	CodecADPCM?
Athena_Codec_RAW.cpp	RAW	CodecRAW?

game

Old Name	Proposition	Comment
ARX_carte.cpp	Map
ARX_Damages.cpp	Damage
ARX_Equipment.cpp	Equipment
ARX_Inventory.cpp	Inventory
ARX_Levels.cpp	Levels
ARX_NPC.cpp	NPC
ARX_Missile.cpp	Missile
ARX_Spells.cpp	Spells
ARX_Player.cpp	Player

io

Old Name	Proposition	Comment
blast.cpp	Blast
Filesystem.cpp	Filesystem
HashMap.cpp	HashMap
HERMES_ClusterSave.cpp	ClusterSave
HERMESmain.cpp	IO	TODO: Meaningfull name
HERMESnet.cpp	Registry	Writes and Reads Windows Registry Keys.
Logger.cpp	Logger
PakEntry.cpp	PakEntry
PakManager.cpp	PakManager
PakReader.cpp	PakReader
ARX_C_loadsave.cpp	CinematicLoad
ARX_Snapshot.cpp	ScreenShot	write screen shot file

scripting

Old Name	Proposition	Comment
SCRIPT_DEBUGGER_Dialog.cpp	ScriptDebuggerDialog
ARX_Script.cpp	Script
DANAE_Debugger.cpp	ScriptDebugger

graphics

Old Name	Proposition	Comment
EERIEDraw.cpp	Draw	Low level render stuff like EERIEDrawSprite
EERIEenum.cpp	GraphicsEnum
EERIEFrame.cpp	Frame
EERIEMath.cpp	Math
EERIEutil.cpp	GraphicsUtility
ARX_Draw.cpp	DrawEffects	High level stuff like ARXDRAW_DrawEyeBall
ARX_GlobalMods.cpp	RenderModes	FOG related d3d stuff

particle

Old Name	Proposition	Comment
ARX_CParticle.cpp	Particle	CParticle class
ARX_CParticles.cpp	ParticleManager	CParticleManager class
ARX_CParticleSystem.cpp	ParticleSystem	CParticleSystem class
ARX_Particles.cpp	ParticleEffects / ParticleGenerator	Specific particle effect generation

effects

Old Name	Proposition	Comment
ARX_C_fx.cpp	CinematicEffects
ARX_CSpellFx.cpp	SpellEffects
ARX_Fogs.cpp	Fog	TODO: Meaningfull name

spells

some hardcodet animations, should be abstracted and persisted (xml or such?)

Old Name	Proposition	Comment
ARX_SpellFX_Lvl01.cpp	Spells01
ARX_SpellFX_Lvl02.cpp	Spells02
ARX_SpellFX_Lvl03.cpp	Spells03
ARX_SpellFX_Lvl04.cpp	Spells04
ARX_SpellFX_Lvl05.cpp	Spells05
ARX_SpellFX_Lvl06.cpp	Spells06
ARX_SpellFX_Lvl07.cpp	Spells07
ARX_SpellFX_Lvl08.cpp	Spells08
ARX_SpellFX_Lvl09.cpp	Spells09
ARX_SpellFX_Lvl10.cpp	Spells10

data

Graphics data structure and manipulation (texture / mesh)

Old Name	Proposition	Comment
EERIEMeshTweak.cpp	MeshManipulation
EERIEPoly.cpp	Mesh
EERIEProgressive.cpp	Progressive
EERIETexture.cpp	Texture
ARX_C_mapp.cpp	CinematicTexture	bitmap , texture, uv stuff, even vertex for CINEMATIQUE
ARX_FTL.cpp	FTL	FTL file reader

scene

Higher level assets managment

Old Name	Proposition	Comment
ARX_Scene.cpp	Scene
EERIEobject.cpp	Object	Asset loading
EERIELight.cpp	Light
EERIELinkedObj.cpp	LinkedObject
ARX_Interactive.cpp	Interactive	gore stuff, npc, animation, io, camera, a lot of stuff
ARX_ChangeLevel.cpp	ChangeLevel
DanaeSaveLoad.cpp	LoadLevel	Loads DLF Files, Level initialization, Progress Bar
ARX_C_sound.cpp	CinematicSound	used in c_cinematic and c_loadsave. c managment of C_SOUND
ARX_Sound.cpp	GameSound	Game related Audio Code. Probably better to keep the highler-level sound files ARX_* separated from lower-level Athena

physics

Old Name	Proposition	Comment
ARX_Collisions.cpp	Collisions
ARX_Physics.cpp	Physics
EERIEClothes.cpp	Clothes
EERIECollisionSpheres.cpp	CollisionShapes	also creates a Cylinder
EERIEPhysicsBox.cpp	Box
ARX_Special.cpp	Actors	"ATTRACTORS" actor management with io
EERIEAnchors.cpp	Anchors	seems to do collision shapes and detection related things. i could be wrong though.

animation

Old Name	Proposition	Comment
ARX_C_cinematique.cpp	Cinematic
ARX_C_keyframer.cpp	CinematicKeyframer
ARX_Intro.cpp	Intro
EERIEAnim.cpp	Animation

gui

Old Name	Proposition	Comment
ARX_Interface.cpp	Interface
ARX_Menu2.cpp	MenuWidgets	Holds classes: CMenuZone, CMenuAllZone, CMenuElement, CMenuPanel, CMenuElementText, CMenuButton (etc). Should be split into seperate files
ARX_Menu.cpp	Menu
ARX_MenuPublic.cpp	MenuPublic
ARX_Minimap.cpp	MiniMap
ARX_Text.cpp	Text
ARX_ViewImage.cpp	ViewImage
ARX_Speech.cpp	Speech	This isn't actually audio related. Text conversation rendering.

ai

Old Name	Proposition	Comment
ARX_Paths.cpp	Paths
Minos_PathFinder.cpp	PathFinder
EERIEPathfinder.cpp	PathFinderManager

core

Old Name	Proposition	Comment
ARX_Common.cpp	Common
ARX_Config.cpp	Config
ARX_Time.cpp	Time
Danae.cpp	Core / StateManager	A lot of code should be extracted
DanaeDlg.cpp	Dialog
ARX_Loc.cpp	Localization	localization (could also fit in gui?)
ARX_LocHash.cpp	LocalizationHash	further localization code
EERIEApp.cpp	Application	rendering, input and window setup. this should be separated.
EERIE_AVI.cpp	AVI	plays avi files. could be put into audio and renamed to media ;) ?

window

Context creation, Window Management, Input

Old Name	Proposition	Comment
Mercury_global.cpp	DXWindow2
Mercury_Main.cpp	DXWindow1
ARX_Input.cpp	DXInput1