"Actuators"

[SoniEx2]

Currently NOVA uses separate methods for separate actuators. This should be changed to an actuator mechanism.

Benefits of an "actuator" mechaism:

• Can support redstone without depending on MC/redstone. (Useful for NOVA mods that don't want to be considered MC mods for legal reasons or otherwise.)
• Players, commands and redstone would be handled similarly? (Note: Can be overriden on a case-by-case basis.)
• Support for buttons in games that don't have logic/redstone stuff.
• Etc.
• HUGE abstraction.

Drawbacks:

• Slightly more complex implementation.
• ???

[SoniEx2]

Possible changes:

• nova.core.command
  • Player -> Actuator
    • Could be a player, the server console, a command block, etc.
    • Should use capabilities such as "can open GUIs", "has position", etc.
• ??? (will edit as I come up with more use cases)

Adding it just for commands would be stupid, when we could generalize it for the whole API. E.g. This could be used for:

• Items (may be used by fake players, normal players, entities, etc)
  • Use, eat, attack with, etc
• Blocks (fake players, players, entities, commands, etc)
  • Place, break, interact, etc
• Entities (fake players, players, entities, commands, etc)
  • Hurt, kill, interact, ride, etc
• Etc

Another thing to consider is that fake players cannot open GUIs, so they shouldn't have that capability, while normal players can, and should have the capability. Also, block-based fake players cannot ride entities, however, entity-based fake players may be able to.

[SoniEx2]

Potential questions:

• Can this be extended to redstone and other in-world elements?
• Should this be used by GUI buttons?
• ???