Implemented the skeleton code for the beacon.

There is no handling for the GUI. It can now check how big the pyramid is under the beacon.

src/BlockEntities/BeaconEntity.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+
+#include "Globals.h"  // NOTE: MSVC stupidness requires this to be the same across all modules
+
+#include "BeaconEntity.h"
+#include "../BlockArea.h"
+
+
+
+
+
+cBeaconEntity::cBeaconEntity(int a_BlockX, int a_BlockY, int a_BlockZ, cWorld * a_World) :
+	super(E_BLOCK_BEACON, a_BlockX, a_BlockY, a_BlockZ, a_World)
+{
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+int cBeaconEntity::GetPyramidLevel()
+{
+	cBlockArea Area;
+	Area.Read(
+		m_World, 
+		GetPosX() - 4, 
+		GetPosX() + 4, 
+		GetPosY() - 5, 
+		GetPosY() - 1, 
+		GetPosZ() - 4, 
+		GetPosZ() + 4
+	);
+
+	int Layer = 1;
+	int MiddleXZ = 4;
+
+	for (int Y = Area.GetSizeY() - 1; Y > 0; Y--)
+	{
+		bool FullLayer = true;
+		for (int X = MiddleXZ - Layer; X <= (MiddleXZ + Layer); X++)
+		{
+			for (int Z = MiddleXZ - Layer; Z <= (MiddleXZ + Layer); Z++)
+			{
+				if (!IsMineralBlock(Area.GetRelBlockType(X, Y, Z)))
+				{
+					FullLayer = false;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		if (!FullLayer)
+		{
+			break;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			Layer++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return Layer;
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+bool cBeaconEntity::IsMineralBlock(BLOCKTYPE a_BlockType)
+{
+	switch(a_BlockType)
+	{
+		case E_BLOCK_DIAMOND_BLOCK:
+		case E_BLOCK_GOLD_BLOCK:
+		case E_BLOCK_IRON_BLOCK:
+		case E_BLOCK_EMERALD_BLOCK:
+		{
+			return true;
+		}
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+bool cBeaconEntity::Tick(float a_Dt, cChunk & a_Chunk)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+void cBeaconEntity::SaveToJson(Json::Value& a_Value)
+{
+}
+
+
+
+
+void cBeaconEntity::SendTo(cClientHandle & a_Client)
+{
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+void cBeaconEntity::UsedBy(cPlayer * a_Player)
+{
+}

src/BlockEntities/BeaconEntity.h

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "BlockEntity.h"
+
+
+
+
+
+namespace Json
+{
+	class Value;
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+class cBeaconEntity :
+	public cBlockEntity
+{
+	typedef cBlockEntity super;
+
+public:
+	
+	// The initial constructor
+	cBeaconEntity(int a_BlockX, int a_BlockY, int a_BlockZ, cWorld * a_World);
+	
+	// Returns the amount of layers the pyramid below the beacon has.
+	int GetPyramidLevel(void);
+
+	// Returns true if the block is a diamond block, an golden block, an iron block or an emerald block.
+	bool IsMineralBlock(BLOCKTYPE a_BlockType);
+	
+	// cBlockEntity overrides:
+	virtual void SaveToJson(Json::Value& a_Value )  override;
+	virtual void SendTo(cClientHandle & a_Client)   override;
+	virtual void UsedBy(cPlayer * a_Player)         override;
+	virtual bool Tick(float a_Dt, cChunk & /* a_Chunk */) override;
+} ;

src/BlockEntities/BlockEntity.cpp

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 // Implements the cBlockEntity class that is the common ancestor for all block entities
 
 #include "Globals.h"
+#include "BeaconEntity.h"
 #include "BlockEntity.h"
 #include "ChestEntity.h"
 #include "CommandBlockEntity.h"
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ cBlockEntity * cBlockEntity::CreateByBlockType(BLOCKTYPE a_BlockType, NIBBLETYPE
 {
 	switch (a_BlockType)
 	{
+		case E_BLOCK_BEACON:        return new cBeaconEntity      (a_BlockX, a_BlockY, a_BlockZ, a_World);
 		case E_BLOCK_CHEST:         return new cChestEntity       (a_BlockX, a_BlockY, a_BlockZ, a_World);
 		case E_BLOCK_COMMAND_BLOCK: return new cCommandBlockEntity(a_BlockX, a_BlockY, a_BlockZ, a_World);
 		case E_BLOCK_DISPENSER:     return new cDispenserEntity   (a_BlockX, a_BlockY, a_BlockZ, a_World);

src/Chunk.cpp

@@ -1299,6 +1299,7 @@ void cChunk::CreateBlockEntities(void)
 				BLOCKTYPE BlockType = cChunkDef::GetBlock(m_BlockTypes, x, y, z);
 				switch (BlockType)
 				{
+					case E_BLOCK_BEACON:
 					case E_BLOCK_CHEST:
 					case E_BLOCK_COMMAND_BLOCK:
 					case E_BLOCK_DISPENSER:
@@ -1429,6 +1430,7 @@ void cChunk::SetBlock(int a_RelX, int a_RelY, int a_RelZ, BLOCKTYPE a_BlockType,
 	// If the new block is a block entity, create the entity object:
 	switch (a_BlockType)
 	{
+		case E_BLOCK_BEACON:
 		case E_BLOCK_CHEST:
 		case E_BLOCK_COMMAND_BLOCK:
 		case E_BLOCK_DISPENSER: