❔ Should procedural 2d maps be with structs or instantiated with 'new'?
I am creating a game that can sometimes have a 1000x1000 interior grids in width and height. Exteriors will likely be larger, maybe a 5000x5000 2d array. Each grid square is called a Cell. A Cell class includes an enumerated type, two Lists (can hold up to 20 ints), and a float and boolean variable. My assumption is only a few maps will be loaded at a time, but I'm open to the idea of saving procedurally generated maps in a Dictionary key/value later. Should each Cell object be of a struct or class type?
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I'd say a class, since it contains a
List and it's a reference typeOkay. To add, my intentions is to generate these in Unity and hope using classes won't cause a performance issue.
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Don’t worry about it until it’s an issue.
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