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--- en:toolworks:docs:apparatus:mechanism [2021/09/01 14:17] – created vladius
+++ en:toolworks:docs:apparatus:mechanism [2021/12/30 17:52] (current) – [C++ Workflow] vladius
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 ====== Mechanisms ======
-Mechanisms are the main parts of the Machine which contain scoped Subject, Subjectives, Chunks and Belts. You enchain the matching Iterables via Mechanisms, so they also actually manage the Chains.
+Mechanisms are the main parts of the Machine which contain scoped Subject, Subjectives, Chunks and Belts. You enchain the matching Iterables via Mechanisms, so these also actually manage the Chains.
 Each UE World, that has any Apparatus-specific entities is accompanied by a Mechanism automatically, you don't have to worry about that.
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 ===== C++ Workflow =====
-To obtain a Mechanism for a World one would do something like:<code cpp>
+To obtain a Mechanism for a World one would call [[appi>class_u_machine.html#aa3bd4fc507ecf923c812c7fc2aaf7331|API]] like:<code cpp>
-UMechanism* Mechanism = UMachine::ObtainMechanism(GetWorld());
+AMechanism* Mechanism = UMachine::ObtainMechanism(GetWorld());
 </code>
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 FSubjectHandle Subject = Mechanism->SpawnSubject();
 </code>
+Creating your separate (possibly transient) Mechanisms is also supported and can be handy. You instantiate the Mechanism like you would any other ''UObject'' (''[[ue>API/Runtime/CoreUObject/UObject/NewObject|NewObject<UMechanism>(...)]]''):<code cpp>
+AMechanism* Mechanism = NewObject<AMechanism>(GetTransientPackage());
+</code>
+Please, see the corresponding [[appi>class_u_mechanism.html|API reference]] for more details.