entities are components

src/game-lib-a-component-a.js

@@ -169,18 +169,14 @@ GameLib.Component.prototype.linkObjects = function(idToObject) {
             } else {
 
                 if (this[property] instanceof Object) {
-                    //
-                    // this[property].parentObjects.push(this);
 
                     /**
-                     * This object is already an object
+                     * This object is already an object, perform deep linking
                      */
                     if (this[property].linkObjects) {
                         this[property].linkObjects(idToObject);
                     }
 
-                    return this[property];
-
                 } else if (typeof this[property] == 'string') {
 
                     if (!idToObject[this[property]]) {

src/game-lib-api-entity.js

@@ -3,13 +3,30 @@
  * @param id
  * @param name
  * @param components GameLib.Component[]
+ * @param parentEntity GameLib.Entity
  * @constructor
  */
 GameLib.API.Entity = function(
     id,
     name,
-    components
+    components,
+    parentEntity
 ) {
+    if (GameLib.Utils.UndefinedOrNull(parentEntity)) {
+        parentEntity = null;
+    }
+    this.parentEntity = parentEntity;
+
+    GameLib.Component.call(
+        this,
+        GameLib.Component.COMPONENT_ENTITY,
+        {
+            'components' : [GameLib.Component]
+        },
+        null,
+        parentEntity
+    );
+
     if (GameLib.Utils.UndefinedOrNull(id)) {
         id = GameLib.Utils.RandomId();
     }
@@ -26,6 +43,9 @@ GameLib.API.Entity = function(
     this.components = components;
 };
 
+GameLib.API.Entity.prototype = Object.create(GameLib.Component.prototype);
+GameLib.API.Entity.prototype.constructor = GameLib.API.Entity;
+
 /**
  * Returns an API entity from an Object entity
  * @param objectEntity

src/game-lib-d3-editor.js

@@ -195,13 +195,15 @@ GameLib.D3.Editor = function(
     }
     this.onDeSelectObject = onDeSelectObject;
 
-    this.buildIdToObject();
-
     this.meshMoveMode           = false;
     this.meshMoveXMode          = false;
     this.meshMoveYMode          = false;
     this.meshMoveZMode          = false;
 
+    this.buildIdToObject();
+
+    this.linkObjects(this.idToObject);
+
     this.instance = this.createInstance();
 };
 

src/game-lib-d3-game.js

@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ GameLib.D3.Game = function (
 
     this.buildIdToObject();
 
-    this.entityManager.linkObjects(this.idToObject);
+    this.linkObjects(this.idToObject);
 };
 
 GameLib.D3.Game.prototype = Object.create(GameLib.D3.API.Game.prototype);

src/game-lib-entity-manager.js

@@ -210,28 +210,28 @@ GameLib.EntityManager.FromObjectEntityManager = function(graphics, objectEntityM
  * Links object Ids to actual objects
  * @param idToObject
  */
-GameLib.EntityManager.prototype.linkObjects = function(idToObject) {
-
-    this.entities.map(
-        function(entity) {
-            entity.components.map(
-                function (componentId, index, array) {
-                    if (componentId instanceof GameLib.Component) {
-                        array[index] = componentId;
-                    } else {
-                        array[index] = idToObject[componentId];
-                    }
-
-                    Object.keys(array[index].linkedObjects).map(
-                        function (propertyName) {
-                            array[index][propertyName] = idToObject[array[index][propertyName]];
-                        }
-                    );
-
-                    array[index].loaded = true;
-                }
-            )
-        }
-    );
-
-};
+// GameLib.EntityManager.prototype.linkObjects = function(idToObject) {
+//
+//     this.entities.map(
+//         function(entity) {
+//             entity.components.map(
+//                 function (componentId, index, array) {
+//                     if (componentId instanceof GameLib.Component) {
+//                         array[index] = componentId;
+//                     } else {
+//                         array[index] = idToObject[componentId];
+//                     }
+//
+//                     Object.keys(array[index].linkedObjects).map(
+//                         function (propertyName) {
+//                             array[index][propertyName] = idToObject[array[index][propertyName]];
+//                         }
+//                     );
+//
+//                     array[index].loaded = true;
+//                 }
+//             )
+//         }
+//     );
+//
+// };