Tacent
Tacent is a C++ library designed to be the foundation for a game pipeline or other interactive project. It implements support for linear algebra, text and file IO, UTF-N conversions, containers, image loading/saving, image quantization/filtering, command-line parsing, etc. Modern CMake (target-based) is used to generate the build files. Generators for makefiles, ninja, NMake, and Visual Studio solutions have been tested. Tacent may be compiled with gcc, clang, or msvc.
Overview
Tacent is divided into a number of separate modules. Each module is a collection of related source files. Some modules depend on others.
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Foundation The base set of classes, functions, and types. Includes container types (lists, arrays, priority queue, map/dictionary, ring buffer), a fast memory pool, big integer types, bitfields, units, a string class, UTF conversion functions. Depends on nothing but platform libs.
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Math Vectors, matrices, quaternions, projections, linear algebra, hash functions, random number generation, splines, analytic functions, geometric primitives, mathematical constants, and colour space conversions. Depends on Foundation.
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System File IO, path and file string parsing functions, chunk-based binary format, configuration file parsing, a light task system, a timer class, formatted printing, regular expression parser, a command-line parser with proper separation of concerns, and other utility functions. Depends on Foundation and Math.
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Image Image loading, saving, manipulation, mipmapping, texture generation, and colour quantization. Depends on Foundation, Math, and System.
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Input Input system for reading gamepads and controllers. Per device polling rates plus hardware lookup of controller specifications. Depends on Foundation, Math, and System.
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Pipeline Process launching with captured output and exit codes, dependency rule checking. Depends on Foundation, Math, and System.
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Scene A scene library that can contain cameras, materials, models, splines, skeletons, lights, materials, attributes, and LOD groups. This is not really a full-on scene graph, but rather a tool to allow an exporter to be built and a geometry pipeline to process exported files. Depends on Foundation, Math, and System.