Now the spatialmap determines the 'wiggle factor' when there's multiple entities in a cell, which staggers them visually. Closes #78.

raycaster.cpp

@@ -107,19 +107,19 @@ void Raycaster::sprite_casting(sf::RenderTarget &target) {
 
   // after sorting the sprites, do the projection
   for(auto& rec : sprite_order) {
-    if(!$sprites.contains(rec.second)) continue;
+    if(!$sprites.contains(rec.entity)) continue;
 
-    auto& sprite_texture = $sprites.at(rec.second);
+    auto& sprite_texture = $sprites.at(rec.entity);
 
     int texture_width = (float)sprite_texture.frame_size.x;
     int texture_height =(float)sprite_texture.frame_size.y;
     int half_height = texture_height / 2;
 
     auto& sf_sprite = sprite_texture.sprite;
-    auto sprite_pos = $level.world->get<components::Position>(rec.second);
+    auto sprite_pos = $level.world->get<components::Position>(rec.entity);
 
-    double sprite_x = double(sprite_pos.location.x) - $pos_x + 0.5;
-    double sprite_y = double(sprite_pos.location.y) - $pos_y + 0.5;
+    double sprite_x = double(sprite_pos.location.x) - rec.wiggle - $pos_x + 0.5;
+    double sprite_y = double(sprite_pos.location.y) - rec.wiggle - $pos_y + 0.5;
 
     double inv_det = 1.0 / ($plane_x * $dir_y - $dir_x * $plane_y); // required for correct matrix multiplication
 
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ void Raycaster::sprite_casting(sf::RenderTarget &target) {
       sf::Vector2f position{x + origin.x * scale.x, y + origin.y * scale.y};
       sf::IntRect in_texture{ {tex_x, tex_y}, {tex_render_width, texture_height}};
 
-      if($level.world->has<components::Animation>(rec.second)) {
-        auto& animation = $level.world->get<components::Animation>(rec.second);
+      if($level.world->has<components::Animation>(rec.entity)) {
+        auto& animation = $level.world->get<components::Animation>(rec.entity);
         if(animation.playing) animation.step(scale, position, in_texture);
       }
 
@@ -195,13 +195,9 @@ void Raycaster::sprite_casting(sf::RenderTarget &target) {
       sf_sprite->setTextureRect(in_texture);
       sf_sprite->setPosition(position);
 
-      // the SpatialMap.distance_sorted only calculates the
-      // (x1-x2)^2 + (y1-y2)^2 portion of distance, so to get
-      // the actual distance we need to sqrt that.
-      // float level = sqrt(rec.first);
       float level = lights[sprite_pos.location.y][sprite_pos.location.x] * PERCENT;
 
-      shared_ptr<sf::Shader> effect = System::sprite_effect($level, rec.second);
+      shared_ptr<sf::Shader> effect = System::sprite_effect($level, rec.entity);
 
       if(effect) {
         apply_sprite_effect(effect, sprite_width, sprite_height);

spatialmap.cpp

@@ -93,13 +93,23 @@ FoundEntities SpatialMap::neighbors(Point cell, bool diag) const {
 }
 
 inline void update_sorted(SortedEntities& sprite_distance, PointEntityMap& table, Point from, int max_dist) {
+  Point seen{0,0};
+  float wiggle = 0.0f;
+
   for(const auto &rec : table) {
     Point sprite = rec.first;
     int inside = (from.x - sprite.x) * (from.x - sprite.x) +
         (from.y - sprite.y) * (from.y - sprite.y);
 
+    if(sprite == seen) {
+      wiggle += 0.02f;
+    } else {
+      wiggle = 0.0f;
+      seen = sprite;
+    }
+
     if(inside < max_dist) {
-      sprite_distance.push_back({inside, rec.second.entity});
+      sprite_distance.push_back({inside, rec.second.entity, wiggle});
     }
   }
 }
@@ -109,7 +119,9 @@ SortedEntities SpatialMap::distance_sorted(Point from, int max_dist) {
 
   update_sorted(sprite_distance, $collision, from, max_dist);
 
-  std::sort(sprite_distance.begin(), sprite_distance.end(), std::greater<>());
+  std::sort(sprite_distance.begin(), sprite_distance.end(), [](auto &a, auto &b) {
+      return a.dist_square > b.dist_square;
+  });
 
   return sprite_distance;
 }

spatialmap.hpp

@@ -10,10 +10,16 @@ struct CollisionData {
   bool collision = false;
 };
 
+struct EntityDistance {
+  int dist_square=0;
+  DinkyECS::Entity entity=DinkyECS::NONE;
+  float wiggle=0.0f;
+};
+
 // Point's has is in point.hpp
 using EntityList = std::vector<DinkyECS::Entity>;
 using PointEntityMap = std::unordered_multimap<Point, CollisionData>;
-using SortedEntities = std::vector<std::pair<int, DinkyECS::Entity>>;
+using SortedEntities = std::vector<EntityDistance>;
 
 struct FoundEntities {
   bool found;

tests/spatialmap.cpp

@@ -203,13 +203,13 @@ TEST_CASE("SpatialMap::distance_sorted", "[spatialmap]") {
 
   auto result = map.distance_sorted({1, 1}, 100);
   REQUIRE(result.size() == 3);
-  REQUIRE(result[0].second == enemy1);
-  REQUIRE(result[1].second == item);
-  REQUIRE(result[2].second == player);
+  REQUIRE(result[0].entity == enemy1);
+  REQUIRE(result[1].entity == item);
+  REQUIRE(result[2].entity == player);
 
   int prev_dist = std::numeric_limits<int>::max();
-  for(auto [dist, entity] : result) {
-    REQUIRE(dist < prev_dist);
-    prev_dist = dist;
+  for(auto rec : result) {
+    REQUIRE(rec.dist_square < prev_dist);
+    prev_dist = rec.dist_square;
   }
 }