Object-based block property migration

[JMY1000]

Seems like the best way of handling block properties is class based. This issue is dedicated to the discussion of this issue.

[JMY1000]

This post will contain up-to-date information about the planned structure

Class structure

• Each Shader extends a basic Shader class
  • Default Shader should encapsulate most cases
    • Basic block properties can be passed into the constructor.
  • Blocks with specials shaders (water, glass, etc) will have their own Shader class
• Contains a method to set up the material for that block
• Block detection occurs at runtime based on the objects present in the scene, materials are generated based on this detection

Metadata hierarchy

• Lighting
  • Light levels/falloff
  • Color
• Transparency
  • Transparency indicated by the alpha channel of the texture image
  • Other transparency data
• Block with a need for a complex Shader simply override the shade method