/***************************************************************************
                          Backend.h  -  description
                             -------------------
    begin                : Sun Dec 8 2002
    copyright            : (C) 2002 by upi
    email                : upi@apocalypse.rulez.org
 ***************************************************************************/


#ifndef BACKEND_H
#define BACKEND_H

#include <string>
#include "FighterEnum.h"

class RlePack;


#define MAXDOODADS 20
#define MAXSOUNDS 20


class Backend
{
public:

	// Lifecycle
	
	Backend();
	~Backend();
	bool Construct();
	
	// Miscellaneous
	
	const char* PerlEvalF( const char* a_pcFormat, ... );
	const char* GetPerlString( const char* a_pcScalarName );
	int GetPerlInt( const char* a_pcScalarName );

	// Fighter enumeration
	
	int GetNumberOfFighters();
	FighterEnum GetFighterID( int a_iIndex );
	int GetNumberOfAvailableFighters();
	
	// Game data
	
	void AdvancePerl();
	void ReadFromPerl();
	bool IsDead( int a_iPlayer );
	void PlaySounds();
	void WriteToString( std::string& a_rsOutString );
	void ReadFromString( const std::string& a_rsString );
	void ReadFromString( const char* a_pcBuffer );
	
	
public:
	int				m_iGameTick;
	int				m_iGameOver;
	bool			m_bKO;
	int				m_iBgX, m_iBgY;
	int				m_iNumDoodads;
	int				m_iNumSounds;
	
	struct SPlayer
	{
		int m_iX, m_iY, m_iFrame, m_iHitPoints, m_iRealHitPoints;
	}				m_aoPlayers[MAXPLAYERS];
	
	struct SDoodad
	{
		int m_iX, m_iY, m_iType, m_iFrame;
		int m_iDir, m_iGfxOwner;
		std::string m_sText;
	}				m_aoDoodads[ MAXDOODADS ];

	std::string		m_asSounds[ MAXSOUNDS ];
};

extern Backend g_oBackend;




int			DoGame( char* replay, bool isReplay, bool bDebug );

#endif