Watch: Lifecycle

An overview of a Sonolus level's lifecycle during watch.

Preparation

Preparation runs once and only once before the start of a level, and prepares the runtime for watch.

Preparation consists of early optimization system, preprocessing system, late optimization system, and spawn system.

Early optimization system is responsible for optimizing nodes to improve code performance.

Preprocessing system is responsible for setting up or modifying blocks to be used throughout watch.

Late optimization system is responsible for optimizing nodes to further improve code performance.

Spawn system is responsible for calculating the spawn and despawn time of each entity.

Update cycle runs continuously every frame during watch.

Update cycle consists of lifetime system, sequential update system, parallel update system, and presentation system.

Lifetime system is responsible for despawning entities that are outside of range and spawning entities that are in range.

Sequential update system is responsible for updating active entities sequentially.

Parallel update system is responsible for updating active entities in parallel.

Presentation system is responsible for presenting skin sprites, effect clips, and particle effects.