This program uses SFML for basic visualization, designed with a structure that supports relatively easy modifications or extensions. This facilitates the simulation of various environmental and other phenomena influenced by different factors.
FireSimulator is a C++ project aimed at simulating and visualizing different phenomena (but mainly fire spread) within a grid-based world. The logic is seperated as much as I could and what made sence, so that it is not strongly depandant.
- World Representation: The simulation environment is represented by a grid of tiles, each tile having basic static properties like height, moisture, and vegetation type.
- Simulation Mechanics: Simulations are built on top of the world representation. Each simulation type (e.g., fire spread) is implemented as a separate module that manipulates the world based on specific rules and parameters.
- Visualization: Utilizing SFML for visualization, the project offers a simple yet effective method for real-time simulation result viewing. This includes rendering the world grid and highlighting various tile states (e.g., burning, burned), along with basic UI elements for interaction.
- Prerequisites: Make sure SFML 2.5 is installed and properly set up in your development environment.
- Compilation: Utilize CMake for building the project. A
CMakeLists.txtfile facilitates easy setup. - Execution: Launch the compiled executable to begin the simulation. Interact with it through UI buttons and mouse interactions to alter the simulation state.
- MainLogic: Oversees the simulation flow, including world initialization, user input processing, and simulation state updates.
- World Classes: Define the simulation world's structure, including the grid of tiles and their attributes.
- Simulation Classes: Implement logic for specific simulation types. New simulations can be introduced by extending the
Simulationclass and implementing its virtual methods. - World Generation: Facilitates the creation and configuration of the simulation environment - World. This includes setting up the initial conditions such as tile properties like height, moisture, vegetation..
- Starting a Simulation: Initiate a simulation by clicking the "Start" button, after setting initial conditions (e.g., initial burning tiles for a fire simulation).
- Pausing/Stopping: The "Stop" button allows pausing the simulation, which can then be resumed or reset as needed.
- Inherit from the
Simulationbase class and implement the required methods (Initialize, Update, etc.). - Use the
ParameterContainerclass to add or adjust custom parameters for your new simulation. - Integrate your new simulation class with
MainLogic, adding any necessary UI elements or input handling for your simulation.
Future enhancements may include:
- A dynamic weather system influencing fire spread
- Improved fire spread calculation based on additional factors for realism
- UI improvements and more settings options implemented via buttons, sliders, toggles, etc.
For support, please open an issue or contact me via email at ohlava@gmail.com.
Contributions are highly encouraged. Send me your ideas and thoughts. If found online, please fork this repository and create a pull request with your changes.
Project initiated by Ondřej Hlava.
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Originally a school project, it's currently not under active development. However, I'm interested in adding more features, simplifying, and speeding up current processes in the future.
The project was created as a school project. It is not actively developed right now. But I would like to include more features, simplify and speed up current proccesses etc. in the future.