McManning / McManning/BlueGraph

Custom GraphView hard to implement due to strong dependencies on CanvasView

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enhancement
Dominant language
C#
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Forks
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Description

The whole framework has a weakness in extensibility.
I tried to build upon the Execution Flow Example code to test how it would be possible to build an own visual scripting system on top of BlueGraph. This works ok for custom nodes and even custom node views.
However, when I wanted to extend on the possibilities of the CanvasView, it seems that the whole system relies on only using the CanvasView class and not allowing to, e.g., inherit from CanvasView or creating own GraphView classes.
Internally there are many dependencies on CanvasView.
I'd propose to re-arrange the system to allow for custom GraphView derived classes, probably allowing to extend CanvasView.

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Research direction

Start with the Execution Flow Example and trace the internal dependencies on CanvasView. Map which parts prevent custom GraphView-derived classes, then verify that an independently derived GraphView or extended CanvasView can be used throughout the visual scripting system.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp, unity
Domain
game-dev, tooling
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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