Jecs v0.3.2

Optimized world:cleanup() and the archetype graph to scale better.

Jecs v0.3.1

Changelog

• [world]:
  • Fixed a regression that occurred when you call world:remove
  • Remove explicit error in JECS_DEBUG for world:target when not applying an index parameter
• [typescript] :
  • Fixed world.set with NoInfer

New Contributors

• @vnnh made their first contribution in #134
• @1Axen made their first contribution in #137

Full Changelog: v0.3.0...v0.3.1

Jecs v0.3.0

Highlights

• Jecs is the first ECS to have implemented archetype deletion second only to flecs!
• Reached 121 stars!
• Added new creations to the addons page

Changelog

• [world]:
  • Added an index parameter to world:target
  • Added a way to change the components limit via _G.JECS_HI_COMPONENT_ID
    • Set it to whatever number you want but try to make it as close to the number of components you will use as possible
    • Make sure to set this before calling jecs or else it will not work
  • Added debug mode, enable via setting _G.JECS_DEBUG to true
    • Make sure to set this before calling jecs or else it will not work
  • Added world:cleanup which is called to cleanup empty archetypes manually
  • Changed world:delete to delete archetypes that are dependent on the passed entity
  • Changed world:delete to delete entity's children before the entity to prevent cycles
• [query]:
  • Fixed the iterator to not drain by default
• [typescript]
  • Fixed entry point of the package.json file to be src rather than src/init
  • Fixed query.next returning a query object whereas it would be expected to return a tuple containing the entity and the corresponding component values
  • Exported query.archetypes
  • Changed pair to return a number instead of an entity
    • Preventing direct usage of a pair as an entity while still allowing it to be used as a component
  • Exported built-in components ChildOf and Name
  • Exported world.parent

New Contributors

• @ffrostfall made their first contribution in #114
• @hautajoki made their first contribution in #115
• @jakeundefinedz made their first contribution in #121
• @revvy02 made their first contribution in #122
• @Someon1e made their first contribution in #120

Full Changelog: v0.2.10...v0.3.0

Jecs v0.2.10

Bump

Jecs v0.2.10-rc.4

Final one before release of 0.2.10. This just slightly improves hooks performance. But since it is a change to the world, it warranted a separate release.

Jecs v0.2.10-rc.3

Changelog

• [traits]:
  • Added cleanup condition jecs.OnDelete for when the entity or component is deleted
  • Added cleanup action jecs.Remove which removes instances of the specified (component) id from all entities
    • This is the default cleanup action
  • Added component trait jecs.Tag which allows for zero-cost components used as tags
    • Setting data to a component with this trait will do nothing
• [luau]:
  • Exported world:contains()
  • Exported query:drain()
  • Exported Query
  • Improved types for the hook OnAdd, OnSet, OnRemove
  • Changed functions to accept any ID including pairs in type parameters
    • Applies to world:add(), world:set(), world:remove(), world:get(), world:has() and world:query()
    • New exported type Id<T = nil> = Entity<T> | Pair
  • Changed world:contains() to return a boolean instead of an entity which may or may not exist
  • Fixed world:has() to take the correct parameters

thread: https://discord.com/channels/385151591524597761/1248734074940559511
Check out the demo that is in WIP
Full Changelog: v0.2.10-rc.1...v0.2.10-rc.3

Jecs v0.2.10-rc.1

What's Changed

• Fix types of OnAdd, OnRemove and OnSet by @Mark-Marks in #107
• Add EcsTag by @Ukendio in #108
• Allow functions to accept any ID including pairs in type parameters by @Mark-Marks in #109

New Contributors

• @Mark-Marks made their first contribution in #107

Full Changelog: v0.2.10-rc.0...v0.2.10-rc.1

v0.2.10-rc.0

What's Changed

• Add scheduler to demo by @Ukendio in #106
• Avoid unused variable warnings by @Ketasaja in #91

New Contributors

• @Ketasaja made their first contribution in #91

Full Changelog: v0.2.9...v0.2.10-rc.0

Jecs v0.2.9

Jecs@0.2.9

Highlights

• world:clear(entity) is now 1.5-2x faster than v0.2.8
• Best Avatar is the first commercial project to have used Jecs
• We have gotten 67 stars at the time of this post, we need 100 to get on the ecs-faq page!
• Jecs v0.3.0 is underway, which will feature linked traversal of pairs with the same relation/target for an entity and archetype deletion.

Changelog

• [world]:
  • Added world:delete(entity) for completely deallocating all memory for an entity without dangling references
  • Improved performance for world:clear(entity)
  • Improved performance for world:get, world:set, world:add, world:remove by using bit flags to check for any component hooks.
  • Changed world:set to also invoke OnAdd
• [traits]:
  • Added jecs.OnDeleteTarget to specify cleanup policy for when target entities are deleted
  • Added jecs.Delete when paired together with jecs.OnDeleteTarget will cascade deletions
• [luau]:
  • Removed WorldShim, use World instead
  • Added query:archetypes()
• [rbxts]:
• Changed Entity type to have a shorter nominal type for readability
• Fixed emit of import for jecs not finding file

thread: https://discord.com/channels/385151591524597761/1248734074940559511
Check out the demo that is in WIP
Full Changelog: v0.2.8...v0.2.9

Jecs v0.2.8

Jecs@0.2.8

Added

• Added explicit query:iter()
  • This is meant to be used as a stop-gap for proper of types until luau fixes inference of __iter.
• Added component hooks by @DunnoConz in #98
  • Component hooks are traits that can be added to a component.

world:set(Position, jecs.OnAdd, function(entity) 
  print(`entity ${entity}` has added $Position`) 
end)
world:set(Position, jecs.OnSet, function(entity, data) 
  print(`entity ${entity}` has changed $Position to {data}`) 
end)
world:set(Position, jecs.OnRemove, function(entity) 
  print(`entity ${entity}` has removed $Position`) 
end)

Changed

• Changed names of the pair functions from ecs_pair_relation and ecs_pair_target to pair_first and pair_second respectively.

Fixed

• Added world:archetypes() to EmptyQuery

thread: https://discord.com/channels/385151591524597761/1248734074940559511
Check out the demo that is in WIP
Full Changelog: v0.2.6...v0.2.8