Project-M/Assets/_Project/Scripts/Simulation/Combat/AbilityDatabaseBlob.cs

using Unity.Collections;
using Unity.Entities;

namespace ProjectM.Simulation
{
    /// <summary>Ability KIND for the AbilityFireSystem dispatch (MC-4 spike for MC-6). Backed by <c>byte</c> so the
    /// baked blob stores a byte (the Burst cross-assembly enum rule); the runtime switch compares the byte value.</summary>
    public enum AbilityArchetype : byte
    {
        Projectile = 0, // today's path: spawn a projectile ghost
        Hitscan = 1,    // MC-6
        Cone = 2,       // MC-6 (melee-style cone via the ability system)
        Aoe = 3,        // MC-6
        Movement = 4,   // LANTERN: NOT dispatched by AbilityFireSystem (falls through); a sibling predicted system (BlinkSystem) drives it
    }

    /// <summary>One authored ability definition, baked immutable into the AbilityDatabase blob.</summary>
    public struct AbilityDefBlob
    {
        public byte Id; // AbilityId
        public byte Archetype; // AbilityArchetype (0 = Projectile); read at dispatch in AbilityFireSystem (MC-6 spike)
        public float Damage;
        public float ProjectileSpeed;
        public float Range;
        public float AutoTargetRange;
        public float AutoTargetConeRadians;
        public int CooldownTicks;
        public FixedString64Bytes Name;
    }

    /// <summary>One authored character-stats definition, baked immutable into the AbilityDatabase blob.</summary>
    public struct CharacterStatsBlob
    {
        public byte Id; // CharacterId
        public float MoveSpeed;
        public float TurnRateRadiansPerSec;
        public float MaxHealth;
        public FixedString64Bytes Name;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Immutable designer-authored definition database, baked from ScriptableObjects to a blob asset and
    /// shared by every entity (Burst-fast, zero per-instance cost). Looked up by stable id. Entity/prefab
    /// references are NOT stored here (blobs don't remap entity refs) - see AbilityPrefabElement.
    ///
    /// NOTE: the lookups are intentionally NOT 'readonly' methods. A readonly struct method forces a
    /// defensive copy of a field when calling a non-readonly member on it; copying a BlobArray breaks its
    /// relative-offset pointer, so the array would read as empty. Plain (non-readonly) methods access the
    /// BlobArray in place. Always reach these through 'ref blob.Value'.
    /// </summary>
    public struct AbilityDatabaseBlob
    {
        public BlobArray<AbilityDefBlob> Abilities;
        public BlobArray<CharacterStatsBlob> Characters;

        /// <summary>Linear lookup by ability id (the array is tiny). Returns false if not present.</summary>
        public bool TryGetAbility(byte id, out AbilityDefBlob def)
        {
            for (int i = 0; i < Abilities.Length; i++)
            {
                if (Abilities[i].Id == id)
                {
                    def = Abilities[i];
                    return true;
                }
            }
            def = default;
            return false;
        }

        /// <summary>Linear lookup by character id (the array is tiny). Returns false if not present.</summary>
        public bool TryGetCharacter(byte id, out CharacterStatsBlob def)
        {
            for (int i = 0; i < Characters.Length; i++)
            {
                if (Characters[i].Id == id)
                {
                    def = Characters[i];
                    return true;
                }
            }
            def = default;
            return false;
        }
    }
}