Now have enough state to show what's going on in the fight, next is to use graphics and stuff to make it better.

battle.cpp

@@ -74,11 +74,10 @@ namespace combat {
             host_state = $player_requests.contains(action.name) ? agree : disagree;
           }
 
-          if(host_state == out_of_ap) {
-            break;
-          } else {
+          if(host_state != out_of_ap) {
             enemy.combat->ap -= action.cost;
           }
+
           $pending_actions.emplace_back(enemy, action.name, action.cost, host_state);
         }
 

boss/fight.cpp

@@ -116,19 +116,29 @@ namespace boss {
   }
 
   void Fight::do_combat(std::any data) {
+    using combat::BattleHostState;
+
     dbc::check(data.type() == typeid(components::CombatResult),
-        fmt::format("Boss Fight received any data={}", data.type().name()));
+        fmt::format("Boss Fight wrong any data={}", data.type().name()));
 
     auto result = std::any_cast<components::CombatResult>(data);
 
-    $ui.zoom("", 1.0);
-    std::string boss_move = Random::uniform(0, 1) == 0 ? "boss5" : "boss6";
+    switch(result.host_state) {
+      case BattleHostState::agree:
+      case BattleHostState::disagree: {
         std::string player_move = Random::uniform(0, 1) == 0 ? "player1" : "player3";
         $ui.move_actor("player", player_move);
-    $ui.move_actor("boss", boss_move);
-
-    $ui.damage("player", result.enemy_did);
         $ui.damage("boss", result.player_did);
+      } break;
+      case BattleHostState::not_host: {
+        std::string boss_move = Random::uniform(0, 1) == 0 ? "boss5" : "boss6";
+        $ui.move_actor("boss", boss_move);
+        $ui.damage("player", result.enemy_did);
+      } break;
+      case BattleHostState::out_of_ap:
+        break;
+    }
+
   }
 
   void Fight::END(game::Event ev, std::any) {

boss/system.cpp

@@ -94,13 +94,21 @@ namespace boss {
 
   void System::combat(BattleResult& action, std::shared_ptr<DinkyECS::World> world, DinkyECS::Entity boss_id, int attack_id) {
 
+    fmt::println("COMBAT >>> enemy={}, wants_to={}, cost={}, host_state={}",
+        int(action.enemy.entity), action.wants_to, action.cost, int(action.host_state));
+
     auto& level = GameDB::current_level();
     auto& player_combat = world->get<Combat>(level.player);
     auto& boss_combat = world->get<Combat>(boss_id);
 
     auto& [enemy, wants_to, cost, host_state] = action;
 
-    components::CombatResult result{};
+    components::CombatResult result {
+      .attacker=enemy.entity,
+      .host_state=host_state,
+      .player_did=0,
+      .enemy_did=0
+    };
 
     switch(host_state) {
       case BattleHostState::agree:

boss/ui.cpp

@@ -105,11 +105,16 @@ namespace boss {
   }
 
   void UI::damage(const std::string& actor, int amount) {
+    auto& config = $arena.actor_config(actor);
+
     if(amount == 0) {
-      $arena.$ui.show_text("boss7", fmt::format(L"{} MISSED!", guecs::to_wstring(actor)));
+      $arena.$ui.show_text(config.cell,
+          fmt::format(L"{} MISSED!", guecs::to_wstring(actor)));
     } else {
-      $arena.$ui.show_text("boss7", fmt::format(L"{} HIT {}!", guecs::to_wstring(actor), amount));
+      $arena.$ui.show_text(config.cell,
+          fmt::format(L"{} HIT {}!", guecs::to_wstring(actor), amount));
     }
+
   }
 
   void UI::zoom(const std::string &cell_name, double ratio) {

components.hpp

@@ -14,11 +14,17 @@
 #include "json_mods.hpp"
 #include "goap.hpp"
 
+namespace combat {
+  enum class BattleHostState;
+}
+
 namespace components {
   using std::string;
   using namespace nlohmann;
 
   struct CombatResult {
+    DinkyECS::Entity attacker;
+    combat::BattleHostState host_state;
     int player_did = 0;
     int enemy_did = 0;
   };

meson.build

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ if build_machine.system() == 'windows'
     '-static-libgcc',
     '-static-libstdc++',
     '-static',
+    '-flto',
     language: 'cpp',
   )
 

scene.cpp

@@ -86,8 +86,12 @@ namespace scene {
     if(DEBUG) $ui.debug_layout(window);
   }
 
+  Element& Engine::actor_config(const std::string& actor) {
+    return $actors.at($actor_name_ids.at(actor));
+  }
+
   void Engine::move_actor(const std::string& actor, const std::string& cell_name) {
-    auto& config = $actors.at($actor_name_ids.at(actor));
+    auto& config = actor_config(actor);
     config.cell = cell_name;
     config.pos = position_sprite(config.st, config.cell, config.scale_x, config.scale_y, config.at_mid);
   }

scene.hpp

@@ -43,5 +43,6 @@ namespace scene {
     void move_actor(const std::string& actor, const std::string& cell_name);
     void animate_actor(const std::string& actor);
     void play_animations();
+    Element& actor_config(const std::string& actor);
   };
 }

systems.cpp

@@ -262,10 +262,15 @@ void System::combat(int attack_id) {
 
   while(auto act = battle.next()) {
     auto [enemy, enemy_action, cost, host_state] = *act;
+
+    // player shouldn't hit theirself
     if(host_state != BattleHostState::not_host) continue;
 
     components::CombatResult result {
-      player_combat.attack(*enemy.combat), 0
+      .attacker=enemy.entity,
+      .host_state=host_state,
+      .player_did=player_combat.attack(*enemy.combat),
+      .enemy_did=0
     };
 
     if(result.player_did > 0) {