public virtual void step(float dt, ACView pactiveview)
{
float runspeed = Framework.Runspeed;
float realdt = dt / runspeed;
_pcontroller.update(realdt); /* Do controller update first, when you're fresh from the OnIdle
* call that did the checking of messages as this, too, checks user input. The mouse
* click handling code of cController expects you to do the update right after the
* standard mouse processing of OnIdle, so don't move this call. This call also stores
* the current dt value inside the controller. And don't use the dt = 0.0.*/
if (_gameover) //Meaning you haven't pressed ENTER for the first time.
{
dt = 0.0f; /* Prevents the lurch at startup when I turn _gameover off, also
* prevents anything from happening in the move or update methods when _gameover. */
}
adjustGameParameters();
_pbiota.feellistener(dt); /* Critters listen to the _pcontroller data,
* possibly using _cursorpos. The cCritterArmedPlayer, in particular, will
* look at the _cursorpos if left button is down. Use the dt to adjust velocity if you have a
* cListenerCursor, */
_pbiota.move(dt); /* Critters save current position as _oldposition, use
* their _velocity and _acceleration to compute a new position, possibly wrap or bounce
* this position off the _border and then set the new _position. */
_pbiota.update(pactiveview, dt); /* Feel any forces acting on the critter, possibly call sniff
* on pview to check some pixel colors in the world to maybe back off from something
* or kill something. We don't presently use the dt argument, but could use it for
* shrinking critter radius. */
if (dt > 0.0f) //Prevent constant readjustment when paused
// pause is not implemented yet -- JC
{
collideStep(); //Critter may abruptly change _position and _velocity in here.
}
_pbiota.processServiceRequests();
_pbiota.animate(dt);
}
