How to code UI / HUD in Entity System?

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Published on 2012-09-15T11:52:24Z Indexed on 2012/09/15 15:48 UTC
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I think I already got the idea of the Entity System inspired by Adam Martin (t-machine). I want to start using this for my next project.

I already know the basic of Entity, Components, and Systems. My problem is how to handle UI / HUD. For example, a quest window, skill window, character info window, etc. How do you handle UI events (eg. pressing a button)? These are stuff that doesn't need to be processed every frame. Currently, I'm using MVC to code UI but I don't think that'll be compatible for Entity System.

I've read that Entity System is embedded on a larger OOP. I don't know if UI is outside of ES or not. How do I approach this one?

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