Started to set things up so that the boss fight UI can load enemies and configs out of the components setup.

assets/enemies.json

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
       {"_type": "EnemyConfig", "hearing_distance": 3},
       {"_type": "Animation", "easing": 2, "ease_rate": 0.2,  "scale": 0.1, "simple": true, "frames": 10, "speed": 1.0},
       {"_type": "Sprite", "name": "rat_king"},
-      {"_type": "Sound", "attack": "Medium_Rat", "death": "Creature_Death_1"}
+      {"_type": "Sound", "attack": "Sword_Hit_2", "death": "Creature_Death_1"}
     ]
   },
   "SPIDER_GIANT_HAIRY": {

boss_fight_ui.cpp

@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ namespace gui {
   }
 
   void BossFightUI::init() {
+    auto& config = $level.world->get_the<components::GameConfig>();
+    $sounds = components::get<components::Sound>(config.enemies["RAT_KING"]);
+
     $status.world().set_the<Background>({$status.$parser});
 
     for(auto& [name, cell] : $status.cells()) {
@@ -65,7 +68,7 @@ namespace gui {
     $boss_image.sprite->setScale({scale, scale});
 
     if(scale > 1.0) {
-      if(!sound::playing("Sword_Hit_2")) sound::play("Sword_Hit_2");
+      if(!sound::playing($sounds.attack)) sound::play($sounds.attack);
       $boss_image.sprite->setColor({255,255,255});
     }
 

boss_fight_ui.hpp

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ namespace gui {
       sf::Clock $clock;
       int $boss_hp = 10;
       bool $boss_hit = false;
+      components::Sound $sounds;
       GameLevel $level;
       guecs::UI $status;
       guecs::UI $overlay;

components.cpp

@@ -3,14 +3,6 @@
 #include "easings.hpp"
 
 namespace components {
-  ENROLL_COMPONENT(Position, location.x, location.y);
-  ENROLL_COMPONENT(EnemyConfig, hearing_distance);
-  ENROLL_COMPONENT(Motion, dx, dy, random);
-  ENROLL_COMPONENT(Combat, hp, max_hp, damage, dead);
-  ENROLL_COMPONENT(Device, config, events);
-  ENROLL_COMPONENT(Animation, scale, simple, frames, speed, easing, ease_rate);
-  ENROLL_COMPONENT(Sound, attack, death);
-
   void configure_entity(const ComponentMap& component_map, DinkyECS::World& world, DinkyECS::Entity ent, json& data) {
     for (auto &i : data) {
       dbc::check(i.contains("_type") && i["_type"].is_string(), fmt::format("component has no _type: {}", data.dump()));

components.hpp

@@ -116,14 +116,19 @@ namespace components {
 
   template <typename T> struct NameOf;
 
-  // these need to be here if you're using components::convert outside of components.cpp
   ENROLL_COMPONENT(Tile, display, foreground, background);
   ENROLL_COMPONENT(Sprite, name);
   ENROLL_COMPONENT(Curative, hp);
   ENROLL_COMPONENT(LightSource, strength, radius);
   ENROLL_COMPONENT(Weapon, damage);
   ENROLL_COMPONENT(Loot, amount);
-
+  ENROLL_COMPONENT(Position, location.x, location.y);
+  ENROLL_COMPONENT(EnemyConfig, hearing_distance);
+  ENROLL_COMPONENT(Motion, dx, dy, random);
+  ENROLL_COMPONENT(Combat, hp, max_hp, damage, dead);
+  ENROLL_COMPONENT(Device, config, events);
+  ENROLL_COMPONENT(Animation, scale, simple, frames, speed, easing, ease_rate);
+  ENROLL_COMPONENT(Sound, attack, death);
 
   using ReflFuncSignature = std::function<void(DinkyECS::World& world, DinkyECS::Entity ent, nlohmann::json &j)>;
   using ComponentMap = std::unordered_map<std::string, ReflFuncSignature>;
@@ -140,9 +145,7 @@ namespace components {
   template<typename COMPONENT> COMPONENT get(nlohmann::json &data) {
     for (auto &i : data["components"]) {
       if(i["_type"] == NameOf<COMPONENT>::name) {
-        COMPONENT result;
+        return convert<COMPONENT>(i);
-        from_json(i, result);
-        return result;
       }
     }