Class Level

The scene manager that contains the loaded scenes collection and spawns/deleted actors.

Inheritance

Level

Assembly: FlaxEngine.dll

File: Engine/Level/Level.h

Syntax

public class Level

Fields

ActorActiveChanged

Occurs when actor active state gets modified.

Declaration

public static Delegate<Actor* > ActorActiveChanged

Field Value

Delegate<Actor >

ActorDeleted

Occurs when actor is removed from the game.

Declaration

public static Delegate<Actor* > ActorDeleted

Field Value

Delegate<Actor >

ActorNameChanged

Occurs when actor name gets changed.

Declaration

public static Delegate<Actor* > ActorNameChanged

Field Value

Delegate<Actor >

ActorOrderInParentChanged

Occurs when actor index in parent actor children gets changed.

Declaration

public static Delegate<Actor* > ActorOrderInParentChanged

Field Value

Delegate<Actor >

ActorParentChanged

Occurs when actor parent gets changed. Arguments: actor and previous parent actor.

Declaration

public static Delegate<Actor* , Actor* > ActorParentChanged

Field Value

Delegate<Actor , Actor >

ActorSpawned

Occurs when new actor gets spawned to the game.

Declaration

public static Delegate<Actor* > ActorSpawned

Field Value

Delegate<Actor >

Layers

The layers names.

Declaration

public static String Layers[32]

Field Value

String

SceneLoaded

Fired when scene gets loaded.

Declaration

public static Delegate<Scene* , Guid> SceneLoaded

Field Value

Delegate<Scene , Guid>

SceneLoadError

Fired when scene cannot be loaded (argument is error number).

Declaration

public static Delegate<Scene* , Guid> SceneLoadError

Field Value

Delegate<Scene , Guid>

SceneLoading

Fired when scene starts loading.

Declaration

public static Delegate<Scene* , Guid> SceneLoading

Field Value

Delegate<Scene , Guid>

Scenes

The loaded scenes collection.

Declaration

public static Array<Scene* > Scenes

Field Value

Array<Scene >

SceneSaved

Fired when scene gets saved.

Declaration

public static Delegate<Scene* , Guid> SceneSaved

Field Value

Delegate<Scene , Guid>

SceneSaveError

Fired when scene gets saving error.

Declaration

public static Delegate<Scene* , Guid> SceneSaveError

Field Value

Delegate<Scene , Guid>

SceneSaving

Fired when scene starts saving.

Declaration

public static Delegate<Scene* , Guid> SceneSaving

Field Value

Delegate<Scene , Guid>

ScenesLock

The scenes collection lock.

Declaration

public static CriticalSection ScenesLock

Field Value

CriticalSection

SceneUnloaded

Fired when scene gets unloaded.

Declaration

public static Delegate<Scene* , Guid> SceneUnloaded

Field Value

Delegate<Scene , Guid>

SceneUnloading

Fired when scene gets unloading.

Declaration

public static Delegate<Scene* , Guid> SceneUnloading

Field Value

Delegate<Scene , Guid>

ScriptsReload

Fired when scene reloads scripts (scenes serialized and unloaded). All user objects should be cleaned up.

Declaration

public static Action ScriptsReload

Field Value

Action

ScriptsReloaded

Fired when scene reloaded scripts (new scripting is loaded). All user objects can be restored before scenes reloading.

Declaration

public static Action ScriptsReloaded

Field Value

Action

ScriptsReloadEnd

Fired when scene ends reloading scripts.

Declaration

public static Action ScriptsReloadEnd

Field Value

Action

ScriptsReloadStart

Fired when scene starts reloading scripts.

Declaration

public static Action ScriptsReloadStart

Field Value

Action

TickEnabled

True if game objects (actors and scripts) can receive a tick during engine Update/LateUpdate/FixedUpdate events. Can be used to temporarily disable gameplay logic updating.

Declaration

public static bool TickEnabled

Field Value

bool

Methods

CallBeginPlay(Actor* obj)

Calls BeginPlay event for the given actor.

Use it for custom actors created from code but not added to the any scene. Otherwise there may be some internal state issues. Some actor types cache data on play mode begin so it's important to call this event for them.

Declaration

public static void CallBeginPlay(Actor* obj)

Parameters

Actor obj The actor to initialize.

CollectPostFxVolumes(RenderContext& renderContext)

Collects all the post fx volumes.

Declaration

public static void CollectPostFxVolumes(RenderContext& renderContext)

Parameters

RenderContext renderContext The rendering context.

ConstructParentActorsTreeList(const Array<Actor* >& input, Array<Actor* >& output)

Construct list with actors from input list that contains only parent actors (no children)

Declaration

public static void ConstructParentActorsTreeList(const Array<Actor* >& input, Array<Actor* >& output)

Parameters

Array<Actor > input Input array of actors

Array<Actor > output Output array with only parents

ConstructSolidActorsTreeList(const Array<Actor* >& input, Array<Actor* >& output)

Construct valid and solid list with actors from input list with whole tree for them (valid for fast serialization)

Declaration

public static void ConstructSolidActorsTreeList(const Array<Actor* >& input, Array<Actor* >& output)

Parameters

Array<Actor > input Input array of actors

Array<Actor > output Output linear array of actors from up to down the tree with all children of given input actors

DeleteActor(Actor* actor)

Deletes actor from the scene.

Declaration

public static bool DeleteActor(Actor* actor)

Parameters

Actor actor The actor to delete.

Returns

bool True if action cannot be done, otherwise false.

DrawActors(RenderContextBatch& renderContextBatch, byte category = 0)

Draws all the actors.

Declaration

public static void DrawActors(RenderContextBatch& renderContextBatch, byte category = 0)

Parameters

RenderContextBatch renderContextBatch The rendering context batch.

byte category The actors category to draw (see SceneRendering::DrawCategory).

FindActor()

Tries to find the actor of the given type in all the loaded scenes.

Declaration

public static T* FindActor()

Returns

T Actor instance if found, null otherwise.

Type Parameters

typename T

FindActor(const Guid& id)

Tries to find actor with the given ID. It's very fast O(1) lookup.

Declaration

public static Actor* FindActor(const Guid& id)

Parameters

Guid id The id.

Returns

Actor Found actor or null.

FindActor(const MClass* type, bool activeOnly=false)

Tries to find the actor of the given type in all the loaded scenes.

Declaration

public static Actor* FindActor(const MClass* type, bool activeOnly=false)

Parameters

MClass type Type of the actor to search for. Includes any actors derived from the type. Supports interface types.

bool activeOnly Finds only an active actor.

Returns

Actor Found actor or null.

FindActor(const MClass* type, const StringView& name)

Tries to find the actor of the given type and name in all the loaded scenes.

Declaration

public static Actor* FindActor(const MClass* type, const StringView& name)

Parameters

MClass type Type of the actor to search for. Includes any actors derived from the type. Supports interface types.

StringView name The name of the actor.

Returns

Actor Actor instance if found, null otherwise.

FindActor(const MClass* type, const Tag& tag, bool activeOnly=false, Actor* root=nullptr)

Tries to find the actor of the given type and tag in all the loaded scenes.

Declaration

public static Actor* FindActor(const MClass* type, const Tag& tag, bool activeOnly=false, Actor* root=nullptr)

Parameters

MClass type Type of the actor to search for. Includes any actors derived from the type. Supports interface types.

Tag tag The tag of the actor to search for.

bool activeOnly Finds only an active actor.

Actor root The custom root actor to start searching from (hierarchical), otherwise null to search all loaded scenes.

Returns

Actor Actor instance if found, null otherwise.

FindActor(const StringView& name)

Tries to find the actor with the given name.

Declaration

public static Actor* FindActor(const StringView& name)

Parameters

StringView name The name of the actor.

Returns

Actor Found actor or null.

FindActor(const Tag& tag, Actor* root=nullptr)

Tries to find the actor of the given type and tag in a root actor or all the loaded scenes. tag

The tag of the actor to search for.

root

The custom root actor to start searching from (hierarchical), otherwise null to search all loaded scenes.

Declaration

public static T* FindActor(const Tag& tag, Actor* root=nullptr)

Parameters

Tag tag

Actor root

Returns

T Actor instance if found, null otherwise.

Type Parameters

typename T

FindActor(const Tag& tag, bool activeOnly=false, Actor* root=nullptr)

Tries to find the actor with the given tag (returns the first one found).

Declaration

public static Actor* FindActor(const Tag& tag, bool activeOnly=false, Actor* root=nullptr)

Parameters

Tag tag The tag of the actor to search for.

bool activeOnly Finds only an active actor.

Actor root The custom root actor to start searching from (hierarchical), otherwise null to search all loaded scenes.

Returns

Actor Found actor or null.

FindActors(const Tag& tag, const bool activeOnly=false, Actor* root=nullptr)

Tries to find the actors with the given tag (returns all found).

Declaration

public static Array<Actor* > FindActors(const Tag& tag, const bool activeOnly=false, Actor* root=nullptr)

Parameters

Tag tag The tag of the actor to search for.

bool activeOnly Find only active actors.

Actor root The custom root actor to start searching from (hierarchical), otherwise null to search all loaded scenes.

Returns

Array<Actor > Found actors or empty if none.

FindActorsByParentTag(const Tag& parentTag, const bool activeOnly=false, Actor* root=nullptr)

Search actors using a parent parentTag.

Declaration

public static Array<Actor* > FindActorsByParentTag(const Tag& parentTag, const bool activeOnly=false, Actor* root=nullptr)

Parameters

Tag parentTag The tag to search actors with subtags belonging to this tag

bool activeOnly Find only active actors.

Actor root The custom root actor to start searching from (hierarchical), otherwise null to search all loaded scenes.

Returns

Array<Actor > Returns all actors that have subtags belonging to the given parent parentTag

FindScene(const Guid& id)

Tries to find scene with given ID.

Declaration

public static Scene* FindScene(const Guid& id)

Parameters

Guid id Scene id.

Returns

Scene Found scene or null.

FindScript()

Tries to find the script of the given type in all the loaded scenes.

Declaration

public static T* FindScript()

Returns

T Script instance if found, null otherwise.

Type Parameters

typename T

FindScript(const MClass* type)

Tries to find the script of the given type in all the loaded scenes.

Declaration

public static Script* FindScript(const MClass* type)

Parameters

MClass type Type of the script to search for. Includes any scripts derived from the type. Supports interface types.

Returns

Script Found script or null.

GetActors(const MClass* type, bool activeOnly=false)

Finds all the actors of the given type in all the loaded scenes.

Declaration

public static Array<Actor* > GetActors(const MClass* type, bool activeOnly=false)

Parameters

MClass type Type of the actor to search for. Includes any actors derived from the type.

bool activeOnly Finds only active actors in the scene.

Returns

Array<Actor > Found actors list.

GetLastSceneLoadTime()

Gets the last scene load time (in UTC).

Declaration

public static DateTime GetLastSceneLoadTime()

Returns

DateTime Last scene load time

GetLayerIndex(const StringView& layer)

Gets the zero-based index of the layer.

Declaration

public static int32 GetLayerIndex(const StringView& layer)

Parameters

StringView layer

Returns

int32

GetNonEmptyLayerNamesCount()

Gets the amount of non empty layer names (from the beginning, trims the last ones).

Declaration

public static int32 GetNonEmptyLayerNamesCount()

Returns

int32 The layers count.

GetScene(int32 index)

Gets the scene.

Declaration

public static Scene* GetScene(int32 index)

Parameters

int32 index The index.

Returns

Scene The scene object (loaded).

GetScenes(Array<Actor* >& scenes)

Gets the scenes (as actors).

Declaration

public static void GetScenes(Array<Actor* >& scenes)

Parameters

Array<Actor > scenes The scenes.

GetScenes(Array<Guid>& scenes)

Gets the scene ids.

Declaration

public static void GetScenes(Array<Guid>& scenes)

Parameters

Array<Guid> scenes The scene ids.

GetScenes(Array<Scene* >& scenes)

Gets the scenes.

Declaration

public static void GetScenes(Array<Scene* >& scenes)

Parameters

Array<Scene > scenes The scenes.

GetScenesCount()

Gets the scenes count.

Declaration

public static int32 GetScenesCount()

Returns

int32

GetScripts(const MClass* type, Actor* root=nullptr)

Finds all the scripts of the given type in an actor or all the loaded scenes.

Declaration

public static Array<Script* > GetScripts(const MClass* type, Actor* root=nullptr)

Parameters

MClass type Type of the script to search for. Includes any scripts derived from the type.

Actor root The root to find scripts. If null, will search in all scenes.

Returns

Array<Script > Found scripts list.

IsAnyActionPending()

Checks if any scene action is pending

Declaration

public static bool IsAnyActionPending()

Returns

bool True if scene action will be performed during next update, otherwise false

IsAnyActorInGame()

Checks if any scene has any actor

Declaration

public static bool IsAnyActorInGame()

Returns

bool True if any scene as any actor, otherwise false

IsAnySceneLoaded()

Checks if any scene has been loaded. Loaded scene means deserialized and added to the scenes collection.

Declaration

public static bool IsAnySceneLoaded()

Returns

bool

LoadScene(const Guid& id)

Loads scene from the asset.

Declaration

public static bool LoadScene(const Guid& id)

Parameters

Guid id Scene ID

Returns

bool True if loading cannot be done, otherwise false.

LoadSceneAsync(const Guid& id)

Loads scene from the asset. Done in the background.

Declaration

public static bool LoadSceneAsync(const Guid& id)

Parameters

Guid id Scene ID

Returns

bool True if loading cannot be done, otherwise false.

LoadSceneFromBytes(const BytesContainer& data)

Loads scene from the bytes.

Declaration

public static Scene* LoadSceneFromBytes(const BytesContainer& data)

Parameters

BytesContainer data The scene data to load.

Returns

Scene Loaded scene object, otherwise null if cannot load data (then see log for more information).

ReloadScriptsAsync()

Reloads scripts. Done in the background.

Declaration

public static void ReloadScriptsAsync()

SaveAllScenes()

Saves all scenes to the assets.

Declaration

public static bool SaveAllScenes()

Returns

bool True if action cannot be done, otherwise false.

SaveAllScenesAsync()

Saves all scenes to the assets. Done in the background.

Declaration

public static void SaveAllScenesAsync()

SaveScene(Scene* scene, bool prettyJson=true)

Saves scene to the asset.

Declaration

public static bool SaveScene(Scene* scene, bool prettyJson=true)

Parameters

Scene scene Scene to serialize.

bool prettyJson True if use pretty Json format writer, otherwise will use the compact Json format writer that packs data to use less memory and perform the action faster.

Returns

bool True if action cannot be done, otherwise false.

SaveSceneAsync(Scene* scene)

Saves scene to the asset. Done in the background.

Declaration

public static void SaveSceneAsync(Scene* scene)

Parameters

Scene scene Scene to serialize.

SaveSceneToBytes(Scene* scene, bool prettyJson=true)

Saves scene to the bytes.

Declaration

public static Array<byte> SaveSceneToBytes(Scene* scene, bool prettyJson=true)

Parameters

Scene scene Scene to serialize.

bool prettyJson True if use pretty Json format writer, otherwise will use the compact Json format writer that packs data to use less memory and perform the action faster.

Returns

Array<byte> The result data or empty if failed.

SaveSceneToBytes(Scene* scene, rapidjson_flax::StringBuffer& outData, bool prettyJson=true)

Saves scene to the bytes.

Declaration

public static bool SaveSceneToBytes(Scene* scene, rapidjson_flax::StringBuffer& outData, bool prettyJson=true)

Parameters

Scene scene Scene to serialize.

rapidjson_flax::StringBuffer outData The result data.

bool prettyJson True if use pretty Json format writer, otherwise will use the compact Json format writer that packs data to use less memory and perform the action faster.

Returns

bool True if action cannot be done, otherwise false.

ScriptsReloadRegisterObject(ScriptingObject*& obj)

Adds object to preserve during scripts reload. Called during ScriptsReloadStart event to serialize and destroy the object that should be restored when scripts reload ends.

Declaration

public static void ScriptsReloadRegisterObject(ScriptingObject*& obj)

Parameters

ScriptingObject obj Reference to the object to preserve during the scripting reload.

SpawnActor(Actor* actor)

Spawn actor on the scene

Declaration

public static bool SpawnActor(Actor* actor)

Parameters

Actor actor Actor to spawn

Returns

bool True if action cannot be done, otherwise false.

SpawnActor(Actor* actor, Actor* parent)

Spawns actor on the scene.

Declaration

public static bool SpawnActor(Actor* actor, Actor* parent)

Parameters

Actor actor The actor to spawn.

Actor parent The parent actor (will link spawned actor with this parent).

Returns

bool True if action cannot be done, otherwise false.

UnloadAllScenes()

Unloads all scenes.

Declaration

public static bool UnloadAllScenes()

Returns

bool True if action cannot be done, otherwise false.

UnloadAllScenesAsync()

Unloads all scenes. Done in the background.

Declaration

public static void UnloadAllScenesAsync()

UnloadScene(Scene* scene)

Unloads given scene.

Declaration

public static bool UnloadScene(Scene* scene)

Parameters

Scene scene

Returns

bool True if action cannot be done, otherwise false.

UnloadSceneAsync(Scene* scene)

Unloads given scene. Done in the background.

Declaration

public static void UnloadSceneAsync(Scene* scene)

Parameters

Scene scene