added simple sleep state for elements

refactoring

Scenes/SettingsController.cs

@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ public partial class SettingsController : VBoxContainer
 		slRain = GetNode<Slider>("weatherSettings/slRain");
 
 		slSize.ValueChanged += OnSizeValueChanged;
-		OnSizeValueChanged(main.BrushSize);
+		slSize.Value = main.BrushSize;
 
 		slRain.ValueChanged += OnRainValueChanged;
-		OnRainValueChanged(main.RainAmount);
+		slRain.Value = main.RainAmount;
 	}
 
 	private void OnSizeValueChanged(double value) {

Scenes/main.tscn

@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 [node name="Main" type="Node2D"]
 script = ExtResource("1_k1i8e")
 BrushSize = 1
-RainAmount = 1.0
+TextureResolution = 0.25
+RainAmount = 0.0
 
 [node name="CanvasLayer" type="CanvasLayer" parent="."]
 

Scripts/Elements/Dirt.cs

@@ -10,11 +10,4 @@ public class Dirt : Solid {
         DiffuseSpeed = 50;
     }
 
-    public override bool Update(int currentFrame) {
-        if (!base.Update(currentFrame)) return false;
-
-        Tick();
-
-        return true; // not necessarily end, subclasses could do some more things
-    }
 }

Scripts/Elements/Element.cs

@@ -7,15 +7,19 @@ public class Element {
 
     public Vector2I Position;
     public int Density;
+    public int LastUpdate = -1;
+    public int LastMove = 0;
 
     public int DiffuseSpeed = 10;
     public const int MAX_DIFFUSE_SPEED = 100;
+    public const int STEPS_UNTIL_INACTIVE = 100;
 
     protected const float MAX_COLOR_VARIANCE = 0.1f;
     protected static readonly Vector2I VERTICAL_OPPOSITE = new Vector2I(-1, 1);
     protected readonly Level Level;
 
-    private int lastUpdate = -1;
+    private bool active = true;
+    private Color originalColor;
 
     public Element(Element e) {
         Position = e.Position;
@@ -28,14 +32,28 @@ public class Element {
         Level = level;
     }
 
+    public bool Active {
+        get => active;
+        set {
+            active = value;
+
+            if (active)
+                Color = originalColor;
+            else if (Main.Instance.DebugVisualization)
+                Color = new Color(0.2f, 0.2f, 0.2f);
+        }
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// base update method, checks if anything is to do at all
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="currentFrame"></param>
     /// <returns>false if there is nothing to do</returns>
     public virtual bool Update(int currentFrame) {
-        if (lastUpdate == currentFrame) return false; // already updated this frame
-        lastUpdate = currentFrame;
+        if (!Active) return false;
+
+        if (LastUpdate == currentFrame) return false; // already updated this frame
+        LastUpdate = currentFrame;
 
         return true;
     }
@@ -74,6 +92,8 @@ public class Element {
         c.R += (GD.Randf() - 1) * MAX_COLOR_VARIANCE;
         c.G += (GD.Randf() - 1) * MAX_COLOR_VARIANCE;
         c.B += (GD.Randf() - 1) * MAX_COLOR_VARIANCE;
+
+        originalColor = c;
         return c;
     }
 

Scripts/Elements/Liquid.cs

@@ -1,9 +1,33 @@
-using System;
-using Godot;
+using Godot;
 
 namespace FOU.Scripts.Elements;
 
 public abstract class Liquid : Element {
+    public const int MAX_VERTICAL_SPREAD = 3;
+
     protected Liquid(int x, int y, ref Level level) : base(x, y, level) { }
 
+    public override bool Update(int currentFrame) {
+        if (!base.Update(currentFrame)) return false;
+        if (LastMove + STEPS_UNTIL_INACTIVE < currentFrame) Active = false;
+
+        Tick();
+
+        return true; // not necessarily end, subclasses could do some more things
+    }
+
+    protected override void Tick() {
+        Vector2I randomDirection = RandomDirectionDown();
+        if (randomDirection.Y != 0)
+            randomDirection *= Vector2I.Left * (int)(GD.Randi() % MAX_VERTICAL_SPREAD);
+
+        if (Level.IsEmpty(Position + Vector2I.Down))
+            Level.Swap(this, Position + Vector2I.Down);
+
+        else if (Level.IsEmpty(Position + randomDirection))
+            Level.Swap(this, Position + Vector2I.Right * randomDirection);
+
+        else if (Level.IsEmpty(Position + randomDirection))
+            Level.Swap(this, Position + Vector2I.Right * randomDirection * VERTICAL_OPPOSITE);
+    }
 }

Scripts/Elements/Solid.cs

@@ -5,4 +5,12 @@ namespace FOU.Scripts.Elements;
 public abstract class Solid : Element {
     protected Solid(int x, int y, ref Level level) : base(x, y, level) { }
 
+    public override bool Update(int currentFrame) {
+        if (!base.Update(currentFrame)) return false;
+        if (LastMove + STEPS_UNTIL_INACTIVE < currentFrame) Active = false;
+
+        Tick();
+
+        return true; // not necessarily end, subclasses could do some more things
+    }
 }

Scripts/Elements/Water.cs

@@ -2,34 +2,11 @@
 
 namespace FOU.Scripts.Elements;
 
-public class Water : Solid {
-    public const int MAX_VERTICAL_SPREAD = 3;
+public class Water : Liquid {
 
     public Water(int x, int y, ref Level level) : base(x, y, ref level) {
         Color = AddColorVariance(Colors.Blue);
         Density = 1;
     }
 
-    public override bool Update(int currentFrame) {
-        if (!base.Update(currentFrame)) return false;
-
-        Tick();
-
-        return true; // not necessarily end, subclasses could do some more things
-    }
-
-    protected override void Tick() {
-        Vector2I randomDirection = RandomDirectionDown();
-        if (randomDirection.Y != 0)
-            randomDirection *= Vector2I.Left * (int)(GD.Randi() % MAX_VERTICAL_SPREAD);
-
-        if (Level.IsEmpty(Position + Vector2I.Down))
-            Level.Swap(this, Position + Vector2I.Down);
-
-        else if (Level.IsEmpty(Position + randomDirection))
-            Level.Swap(this, Position + Vector2I.Right * randomDirection);
-
-        else if (Level.IsEmpty(Position + randomDirection))
-            Level.Swap(this, Position + Vector2I.Right * randomDirection * VERTICAL_OPPOSITE);
-    }
 }

Scripts/Level.cs

@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ public class Level {
                 int Y = Mathf.Clamp(y + j, 0, SizeY-1);
                 object o = Activator.CreateInstance(type, X, Y, _this);
 
+                if (_elements[X,Y].GetType() != type)
                     _elements[X,Y] = o as Element;
             }
         }
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ public class Level {
         return mImage;
     }
 
-    public void Swap(Element what, Element swapTo) {
+    private void Swap(Element what, Element swapTo) {
         Element swap = new Element(what);
 
         if (what == null || swapTo == null) return;
@@ -85,6 +86,11 @@ public class Level {
 
         swapTo.Position = swap.Position;
         _elements[swap.Position.X, swap.Position.Y] = swapTo;
+
+        what.Active = true;
+        swapTo.Active = true;
+        what.LastMove = _frame;
+        swapTo.LastMove = _frame;
     }
 
     public void Swap(Element what, Vector2I pos) {

Scripts/Main.cs

@@ -3,10 +3,14 @@ using FOU.Scripts.Elements;
 using Godot;
 
 public partial class Main : Node2D {
+	[Export] public bool DebugVisualization = false;
+
 	[Export] public int BrushSize = 5;
 	[Export] public float TextureResolution = 0.5f;
 	[Export] public float RainAmount = 0.01f;
 
+	public static Main Instance;
+
 	private TextureRect mLevelDrawer;
 	private Level mLevel;
 
@@ -15,6 +19,8 @@ public partial class Main : Node2D {
 						   (int)(GetViewportRect().Size.Y * TextureResolution), this
 						  );
 		mLevelDrawer = GetNode<TextureRect>("CanvasLayer/LevelDrawer");
+
+		Instance = this;
 	}
 
 	public override void _Process(double delta) {