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[eyeliner]

Hi guys.

If you use SFML.net, and use Farseer you have the marvelous things called Vector2i, Vector2u, Vector2i from SFML.net and Vector2 from Farseer.

Now this is way too messed up for me, and makes me use some freaky conversions back and forth so that I can use Vector2 from Farseer work with whatever Vector2 SFML wants (I swear, that crap is insane for me).

Now does anyone out there know how can I merge all of this madness? Or at least simplify all of this clutter?

Because something like this usually happens:

Code:

//Physics object
phy_Mainchar.Position = new Vector2(100, 100);

//SFML image
spr_MainChar.Position = new Vector2f(phy_Mainchar.Position.X, phy_Mainchar.Position.Y);

This is from the top of my mind so it might not be correct, I'm not currently at home but this question bugs me very much. I hope you understand my question.

Help?

[rosholger]

here is a tutorial on user-defined conversion in C# that you might find usefull http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa288476%28v=vs.71%29.aspx using this your code would look like this

Code:

phy_Mainchar.Position = new Vector2(100, 100);
//implicit
spr_MainChar.Position = phy_Mainchar.Position;
//explicit
spr_MainChar.Position = (Vector2f)phy_Mainchar.Position;

though as this thread on stack overflow states you can't overload operators with extension methods so unless you want to modify the farseer or SFML.net code you cant actually make a user-defined conversion.
What you can do though is to make ToFarseerVec2/ToSFMLVec2 extension methods for the classes that simplifies your code to
 

Code:

phy_Mainchar.Position = new Vector2(100, 100);
spr_MainChar.Position = phy_Mainchar.Position.ToSFMLVec2();

[eyeliner]

Walking to and from home, thinking about it, I actually though about creating a method stub that was overloaded with Farseer's Vector2 and returned a Vector2f and vice-versa, but not extension methods.

Gotta check your solution out.

Thanks mucho grande.

[rosholger]

Your welcome!