Game Loops

Stub

Overview

• There are various subsystems which update game state every frame, called loops.
• Transition from any one loop to another loop is valid (as far as I'm aware), and each loop has an update function, and an entry/exit function for transitions.

Types of Loops

Menu (MenuLoop)

• Menu in game (i.e. has options, items, characters menu etc.)

Edit (EditLoop)

• Non-dungeon character control

DungeonMain (LoopDungeonMain)

• Dungeon character control

Title (TitleLoop)

• Title menu

CharaViewerMain (LoopCharaViewerMain)

• Presumably a model viewer - stubbed in retail US version (might be in prototype?)

TextureViewerMain (LoopTextuerViewerMain (sic))

• Presumably a texture viewer - stubbed in retail US version (might be in prototype?)

MapView (MapViewLoop)

• Presumably a 3D environment viewer (?) - stubbed in retail US version (might be in prototype?)

SoundViewerMain (LoopSoundViewerMain)

• Presumably a sound test - stubbed in retail US version (might be in prototype?)

MovieView (MovieViewLoop)

• Loop during FMVs (?)

SVConvView (SVConvViewLoop)

• Save menu loop (?) or save data format loop (?)