Devlog 3 Summary

## Milestones Achieved 🏆

• - Successfully implemented player input handling for switching back and forth between FPS and Operation Gameplay (High impact, crucial for gameplay)
• - Added clamped location and smoothness to object movement in Operation Gameplay Mode (High importance for user experience)
• - Redesigned button with scene component root and static mesh (shovel) for visual feedback (Moderate impact, enhances immersion)
• - Replaced all FString usages with Enum for body part types (High impact, improves code efficiency)
• - Set up Operation Mediator to dynamically find body parts and assign chosen enums (High importance for game mechanics)
• - Successfully refactored BodyParts with a base body part class (High impact, improves code structure)
• - Implemented attachment of parts using C++ and event broadcasting (High importance for gameplay functionality)

## Work in Progress 🚧

• - Creating C++ file for Body Part Section Overlap Box in operation game setup (High importance for core mechanics)
• - Investigating tag system for identifying specific spots in operation game (Moderate impact, aids in organization)
• - Implementing main coffin functionality in C++ instead of Blueprint (High impact, improves performance)
• - Addressing physics handle precedence over attachment for body parts (High importance for gameplay consistency)
• - Setting up unhide mechanism for operation gameplay (Moderate impact, enhances user experience)
• - Implementing body part release mechanism through main player (High importance for core gameplay)
• - Resolving bug where operation body parts are not broadcasting as intended (High impact, crucial for functionality)

## Design Notes 📝

• - Planning to use body part type enum for both game and operation modes (High impact, streamlines code)
• - Considering making assigned body part type a variable for use across components (Moderate importance, improves flexibility)
• - Exploring ways to leverage body part states for more dynamic gameplay mechanics (High impact, enhances gameplay depth)
• - Decided to implement hiding and moving of body parts for operation gameplay (High importance for core mechanics)
• - Planned to create custom C++ class for static body parts based on base body part class (High impact, improves code structure)
• - Designed "reset" functionality for body parts to manage location and visibility (Moderate importance, aids in gameplay flow)
• - Simplified body part state management using boolean flags instead of enum (High impact, improves code clarity)

## Technical Challenges 🧩

• - Ensuring consistent and efficient use of body part type enum across different game systems (High importance for code consistency)
• - Implementing an efficient tag system for identifying specific spots in operation game (Moderate impact, aids organization)
• - Resolving conflict between physics handle and attachment for body parts (High importance for gameplay consistency)
• - Ensuring proper collision and overlap detection for body parts (High impact, crucial for gameplay functionality)
• - Managing visibility and physics simulation of different body part types (High importance for performance)
• - Implementing efficient actor hiding and unhiding for large groups (Moderate impact, affects performance)
• - Coordinating actions between different game components (Main Controller, Body Parts, Operation Coffin) (High importance for gameplay coherence)

## Reflections and Next Steps 🔍

• - Review implementation of refactored BodyParts and Mediator classes (High importance for code quality)
• - Continue work on generic overlappable box actor component (High impact, improves reusability)
• - Implement system for assigning collected body parts to specific slots (High importance for core gameplay)
• - Finalize and test operation gameplay mechanics (High impact, crucial for game progression)
• - Review and optimize interaction between different game components (High importance for performance)
• - Implement and test new boolean-based state system for body parts (High impact, improves code efficiency)
• - Set up broadcast systems for main player and main coffin (High importance for gameplay coordination)

## Resources and References 📚

• - Unreal Engine Documentation: C++ Programming (High importance for development)
• - Unreal Engine Documentation: Gameplay Tags (Moderate impact, aids in organization)
• - Unreal Engine Documentation: Physics Handles (High importance for gameplay mechanics)
• - Unreal Engine Forums: Efficient Actor Hiding/Unhiding (Moderate impact, affects performance)
• - Unreal Engine Documentation: Collision Overview (High importance for gameplay functionality)
• - Unreal Engine Documentation: Enhanced Input System (High impact, improves input handling)
• - Diversion documentation for sync commands (Moderate importance for version control)

## Tags 🏷️

• - #GameplayMechanic
• - #C++Implementation
• - #PerformanceOptimization
• - #BugFix
• - #CodeRefactoring
• - #InputSystem
• - #StateManagement