Better sinks, better loggers, etx

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
 
+include(GNUInstallDirs)
+include(CMakePackageConfigHelpers)
+include(CMakeDependentOption)
+
 function(toAbsolutePath SETVAR PATHS)
     set(PATHS ${PATHS} ${ARGN})
     set(RET_VAL "")
@@ -28,12 +32,42 @@ if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Release")
     message(STATUS "Targeting Release build")
 elseif(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
     message(STATUS "Targeting Debug build")
-    set(NB_LOGGING ON)
-    set(NB_BUILD_TESTS ON)
-    set(NB_BUILD_DOCS ON)
+    set(NB_DEBUG_BUILD ON)
     add_compile_definitions(_NB_BUILD_DEBUG)
 endif()
 
+cmake_dependent_option(NB_LOGGING 
+    "Creates a default logger and automatically logs with code locations."
+    ON
+    NB_DEBUG_BUILD
+    OFF
+)
+cmake_dependent_option(NB_BUILD_TESTS
+    "Build unit tests"
+    ON
+    NB_DEBUG_BUILD
+    OFF
+)
+cmake_dependent_option(NB_BUILD_DOCS
+    "Build documentation"
+    ON
+    NB_DEBUG_BUILD
+    OFF
+)
+cmake_dependent_option(NBENGINE_INSTALL
+    "Install NBEngine"
+    ON
+    NB_DEBUG_BUILD
+    OFF
+)
+cmake_dependent_option(NB_MONITOR_OPENGL_CALLS
+    "Monitors every OpenGL call for errors"
+    ON
+    NB_DEBUG_BUILD
+    OFF
+)
+
+
 if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Windows")
     message(STATUS "Building for Windows")
     set(NB_TARGET_WINDOWS ON)
@@ -55,7 +89,6 @@ if(NB_BUILD_TESTS)
         FetchContent_MakeAvailable(gtest)
     endif()
     set(GTEST_COLOR ON)
-    set(GLFW_BUILD_TESTS ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 endif()
 
 if (NB_LOGGING)
@@ -66,17 +99,14 @@ endif()
 
 if(NB_TARGET_WINDOWS)
     add_compile_definitions(_NB_TARGET_WINDOWS)
-elseif (NB_TARGET_LINUX)
+endif()
+if(NB_TARGET_LINUX)
     add_compile_definitions(_NB_TARGET_LINUX)
 endif()
 
-# External Dep paths
-set(GLFW_PATH ../glfw/)
-set(GLAD_PATH ../glad/)
-get_filename_component(GLFW_PATH ${GLFW_PATH} ABSOLUTE)
-get_filename_component(GLAD_PATH ${GLAD_PATH} ABSOLUTE)
+get_filename_component(NBENGINE_ROOT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR} ABSOLUTE)
 
-add_subdirectory(./engine)
+add_subdirectory(./engine ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE})
 
 # Toggle
 set(NB_REBUILD_DOCS)
@@ -84,3 +114,24 @@ set(NB_REBUILD_DOCS)
 if (NB_BUILD_DOCS)
     add_subdirectory(./docs)
 endif()
+
+include(CMakePackageConfigHelpers)
+configure_package_config_file(
+    "NBEngineConfig.cmake.in"
+    "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake/NBEngineConfig.cmake"
+    INSTALL_DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/cmake
+    PATH_VARS CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR
+)
+write_basic_package_version_file(
+    "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake/NBEngineConfigVersion.cmake"
+    COMPATIBILITY AnyNewerVersion 
+)
+
+if (NBENGINE_INSTALL)
+    include(GNUInstallDirs)
+    install(FILES
+        "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake/NBEngineConfig.cmake"
+        "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake/NBEngineConfigVersion.cmake"
+        DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/cmake"
+    )
+endif()

NBEngineConfig.cmake.in

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+@PACKAGE_INIT@
+set(NBENGINE_PACKAGES
+    NBCore
+    NBGraphics
+)
+foreach(NBENGINE_LIB ${NBENGINE_PACKAGES})
+    include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/${NBENGINE_LIB}Config.cmake")
+endforeach()

engine/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,18 +1,30 @@
-include_directories(./.)
-
 add_subdirectory(./NBCore)
-add_subdirectory(./NBEvents)
-add_subdirectory(./NBGraphics)
 
-if (NB_CORE_SOURCE OR NB_EVENTS_SOURCE OR NB_GRAPHICS_SOURCE)
+get_target_property(NBCORE_INTERFACE_INCLUDES NBCore INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
+include_directories(${NBCORE_INTERFACE_INCLUDES})
+
+#add_subdirectory(./NBEvents)
+add_subdirectory(./NBGraphics)
+add_subdirectory(./NBData)
+
+if (NB_CORE_SOURCE OR NB_EVENTS_SOURCE OR NB_GRAPHICS_SOURCE OR NB_DATA_SOURCE)
     set(NB_SOURCE_FILES "")
-    list(APPEND NB_SOURCE_FILES ${NB_CORE_SOURCE} ${NB_GRAPHICS_SOURCE} ${NB_EVENTS_SOURCE})
+    list(APPEND NB_SOURCE_FILES 
+        ${NB_CORE_SOURCE}
+        ${NB_GRAPHICS_SOURCE}
+        ${NB_EVENTS_SOURCE}
+        ${NB_DATA_SOURCE}
+    )
     set(NB_SOURCE_FILES ${NB_SOURCE_FILES} PARENT_SCOPE)
 endif()
 
-
-if (NB_CORE_INCLUDE OR NB_EVENTS_INCLUDE OR NB_GRAPHICS_INCLUDE)
+if (NB_CORE_INCLUDE OR NB_EVENTS_INCLUDE OR NB_GRAPHICS_INCLUDE OR NB_DATA_INCLUDE)
     set(NB_INCLUDE_FILES "")
-    list(APPEND NB_INCLUDE_FILES ${NB_CORE_INCLUDE} ${NB_GRAPHICS_INCLUDE} ${NB_EVENTS_INCLUDE})
+    list(APPEND NB_INCLUDE_FILES 
+        ${NB_CORE_INCLUDE}
+        ${NB_GRAPHICS_INCLUDE}
+        ${NB_EVENTS_INCLUDE}
+        ${NB_DATA_INCLUDE}
+    )
     set(NB_INCLUDE_FILES ${NB_INCLUDE_FILES} PARENT_SCOPE)
 endif()

engine/NBCore/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
+project(NBCore VERSION 0.1)
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
+
+include(GNUInstallDirs)
+include(CMakePackageConfigHelpers)
+
 toAbsolutePath(NB_CORE_SOURCE 
     ./src/ErrorsImpl.cpp
     ./src/Logger.cpp
@@ -5,27 +15,71 @@ toAbsolutePath(NB_CORE_SOURCE
     ./src/StringUtils.cpp
     ./src/Utils.cpp
 )
-
 toAbsolutePath(NB_CORE_INCLUDE
-    ./ANSITerm.hpp
-    ./DataSink.hpp
-    ./Errors.hpp
-    ./ErrorsImpl.hpp
-    ./Logger.hpp
-    ./Processes.hpp
-    ./StringUtils.hpp
-    ./ThreadsafeQueue.hpp
-    ./Types.hpp
-    ./TypeTraits.hpp
-    ./Utils.hpp
+    ./include/NBCore/ANSITerm.hpp
+    ./include/NBCore/DataSink.hpp
+    ./include/NBCore/Errors.hpp
+    ./include/NBCore/ErrorsImpl.hpp
+    ./include/NBCore/Logger.hpp
+    ./include/NBCore/Printer.hpp
+    ./include/NBCore/Processes.hpp
+    ./include/NBCore/StringUtils.hpp
+    ./include/NBCore/ThreadsafeQueue.hpp
+    ./include/NBCore/Types.hpp
+    ./include/NBCore/TypeTraits.hpp
+    ./include/NBCore/Utils.hpp
 )
 
 set(NB_CORE_SOURCE ${NB_CORE_SOURCE} PARENT_SCOPE)
 set(NB_CORE_INCLUDE ${NB_CORE_INCLUDE} PARENT_SCOPE)
 
 add_library(NBCore ${NB_CORE_SOURCE})
+add_library(NBEngine::Core ALIAS NBCore)
+target_include_directories(NBCore
+    PUBLIC "$<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>"
+    PUBLIC "$<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}>"
+)
+export(
+    TARGETS NBCore
+    FILE "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/cmake/NBCoreTargets.cmake"
+    NAMESPACE NBEngine::
+)
+configure_package_config_file(
+    "NBCoreConfig.cmake.in"
+    "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/cmake/NBCoreConfig.cmake"
+    INSTALL_DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/cmake"
+    PATH_VARS CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR
+)
+write_basic_package_version_file(
+    "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/cmake/NBCoreConfigVersion.cmake"
+    COMPATIBILITY AnyNewerVersion 
+)
 
-target_include_directories(NBCore PUBLIC ./.)
+if (NBENGINE_INSTALL)
+    message("Installing NBCore to ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
+    install(
+        TARGETS NBCore
+        EXPORT NBCoreTargets
+        LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
+        ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib
+        INCLUDES DESTINATION include
+    )
+    install(
+        DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/NBCore"
+        DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}"
+        FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.h" PATTERN "*.hpp"
+    )
+    install(
+        EXPORT NBCoreTargets
+        DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/cmake"
+        NAMESPACE NBEngine::
+    )
+    install(FILES
+        "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/cmake/NBCoreConfig.cmake"
+        "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/cmake/NBCoreConfigVersion.cmake"
+        DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/CMake"
+    )
+endif()
 
 if (NB_BUILD_TESTS)
     add_subdirectory(./tests )

engine/NBCore/DataSink.hpp

@@ -1,134 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-#ifndef _NB_DATASINK
-#define _NB_DATASINK
-
-#include <atomic>
-#include <thread>
-
-#include "ThreadSafeQueue.hpp"
-
-namespace nb {
-
-template<typename DataType>
-class DataSink {
-public:
-    DataSink(const DataSink&) = delete;
-    DataSink(DataSink&&) = delete;
-    DataSink& operator=(const DataSink&) = delete;
-
-    virtual bool isRunning() const noexcept {
-        return _running;
-    }
-    virtual bool stop() noexcept = 0;
-    virtual bool run() = 0;
-    virtual bool in(const DataType&) = 0;
-    
-protected:
-    DataSink() = default;
-
-    std::atomic<bool> _running;
-};
-
-template<typename DataType, typename BufferType, typename ProcessorType>
-class BufferedDataProcessor : public DataSink<DataType> {
-    using Base = DataSink<DataType>;
-public:
-    using Base::Base;
-
-    virtual bool stop() noexcept override { return type_ptr->stop(); }
-    virtual bool run() override { return type_ptr->run(); }
-    virtual bool in(const DataType& val) override { return type_ptr->in(val); }
-
-protected:
-    unsigned int count() const {
-        return type_ptr->count();
-    }
-    void push(const DataType& val) {
-        type_ptr->push(val);
-    }
-    DataType pop() {
-        return type_ptr->pop();
-    }
-    void flush() {
-        type_ptr->flush();
-    }
-    void clear() {
-        type_ptr->clear();
-    }
-    bool process(const DataType& val) {
-        return type_ptr->process(val);
-    }
-
-    using Base::_running;
-
-    BufferType _buffer;
-
-private:
-    ProcessorType* const type_ptr = static_cast<ProcessorType*>(this);
-
-};
-
-template<typename DataType, typename ProcessorType>
-class MultithreadedDataProcessor 
-: public BufferedDataProcessor<DataType, ThreadsafeQueue<DataType>, ProcessorType> {
-    using Base = BufferedDataProcessor<DataType, ThreadsafeQueue<DataType>, ProcessorType>;
-    public:
-    ~MultithreadedDataProcessor() { type_ptr->stop(); }
-
-    bool isRunning() const noexcept override {
-        return this->_running;
-    }
-    bool run() override {
-        if (!type_ptr->isRunning()) {
-            this->_running = true;
-            _runningThread = std::make_shared<std::thread>([&]{
-                while(type_ptr->isRunning()) {
-                    flush();
-                }
-            });
-        }
-        return this->isRunning();
-    }
-    bool stop() noexcept override {
-        if (type_ptr->isRunning()) {
-            this->_running = false;
-            _runningThread->join();
-            _runningThread = nullptr;
-        }
-        return !type_ptr->isRunning();
-    }
-
-    protected:
-    using Base::Base;
-
-    unsigned int count() const {
-        return this->_buffer.size();
-    }
-    void push(const DataType& val) {
-        this->_buffer.push(val);
-    };
-    DataType pop() {
-        std::shared_ptr<DataType> event;
-        this->_buffer.pop(event);
-        this->process(*event);
-        return *event;
-    }
-    void flush() {
-        while(type_ptr->count()) {
-            pop();
-        }
-    }
-    void clear() {
-        this->_buffer.empty();
-    }
-
-    std::shared_ptr<std::thread> _runningThread;
-
-private:
-    ProcessorType* type_ptr = static_cast<ProcessorType*>(this);
-
-};
-
-
-} // namespace nb
-#endif // _NB_DATASINK

engine/NBCore/Errors.hpp

@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-#ifndef _NB_ERROR
-#define _NB_ERROR
-
-#include "ErrorsImpl.hpp"
-#include "Logger.hpp"
-
-namespace nb {
-
-#ifdef _NB_AUTOLOG
-    #ifdef _NB_CODE_ERROR_LOCATIONS
-        #ifndef LOG
-            #define LOG(args...) nb::logger.log(args, __FILE__, __LINE__)
-        #endif // LOG
-        #ifndef WARN
-            #define WARN(args...) nb::logger.warn(args, __FILE__, __LINE__)
-        #endif // WARN
-        #ifndef ERROR
-            #define ERROR(args...) nb::logger.error(args, __FILE__, __LINE__)
-        #endif // ERROR
-    #else
-        #ifndef LOG
-            #define LOG(args...) nb::logger.log(args)
-        #endif // LOG
-        #ifndef WARN
-            #define WARN(args...) nb::logger.warn(args)
-        #endif // WARN
-        #ifndef ERROR
-            #define ERROR(args...) nb::logger.error(args)
-        #endif // ERROR
-    #endif // _NB_CODE_ERROR_LOCATIONS
-#endif // _NB_AUTOLOG
-
-#ifndef THROW
-    #ifdef _NB_AUTOLOG
-        #define THROW(args...) ERROR(args); nb::logger.stop(); throw args
-    #else
-        #define THROW(args...) throw args
-    #endif // _NB_CODE_ERROR_LOCATIONS
-#endif // THROW
-} // namespace nb
-
-#endif // _NB_ERROR

engine/NBCore/Logger.hpp

@@ -1,176 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-#ifndef _NB_LOGGER
-#define _NB_LOGGER
-
-#include <chrono>
-#include <ostream>
-#include <thread>
-#include <unordered_map>
-#include <vector>
-
-#include "DataSink.hpp"
-#include "ErrorsImpl.hpp"
-#include "Processes.hpp"
-#include "ThreadSafeQueue.hpp"
-#include "TypeTraits.hpp"
-
-namespace nb {
-
-class ErrorBase;
-
-typedef std::chrono::time_point<
-    std::chrono::system_clock,
-    std::chrono::nanoseconds
-> LoggerTimePoint;
-
-typedef std::string (*LogProcessFunction)(const LoggerTimePoint&, const std::string&);
-typedef std::unordered_map<uint8_t, LogProcessFunction> LogProcessFunctionMap;
-
-template<typename LogType, typename Logger, typename ST=std::ostream*>
-class LoggerBase
-: public MultithreadedDataProcessor<LogType, Logger>{
-    using StreamType = ST;
-    using LoggerType = Logger;
-    using Base = MultithreadedDataProcessor<LogType, LoggerType>;
-
-    public:
-    bool run() override {
-        if (!static_cast<LoggerType*>(this)->isRunning()) {
-            this->_running = true;
-            this->_runningThread = std::make_shared<std::thread>([&]{
-                while(static_cast<LoggerType*>(this)->isRunning()) {
-                    static_cast<LoggerType*>(this)->flush();
-                }
-                static_cast<LoggerType*>(this)->flush();
-            });
-        }
-        return static_cast<LoggerType*>(this)->isRunning();
-    }
-    using Base::flush;
-
-    protected:
-    LoggerBase() = default;
-
-    StreamType _ostream;
-};
-
-struct LogEvent{
-    const LoggerTimePoint time;
-    const unsigned char lvl;
-    const std::string msg;
-    const std::thread::id tid;
-    const uint64_t pid;
-    const std::string file="";
-    const unsigned int line=0;
-};
-
-template <typename LT>
-class DebugLogger : public LoggerBase<LogEvent, LT, std::vector<std::ostream*>>{
-    using StreamType = std::vector<std::ostream*>;
-    using LoggerType = LT;
-    using Base = LoggerBase<LogEvent, LoggerType, StreamType>;
-public:
-
-    template<typename... ST>
-    DebugLogger(ST&... streams) : _ostream(nb::RefPackToPtrVec<std::ostream, ST...>(streams...).vec) {}
-
-    ~DebugLogger() { static_cast<LoggerType*>(this)->stop(); }
-
-    template<typename U>
-    void log(
-        U val,
-        std::string file="",
-        unsigned int line=0
-    ) { static_cast<LoggerType*>(this)->write_message(val, 0x00, file, line); }
-
-    template<typename U>
-    void warn(
-        U val,
-        uint8_t lvl=0x01,
-        std::string file="",
-        unsigned int line=0
-    ) { static_cast<LoggerType*>(this)->write_message(val, lvl, file, line); }
-
-    void error(
-        const ErrorBase& val,
-        std::string file="",
-        unsigned int line=0
-    ) {
-        static_cast<LoggerType*>(this)->write_message(val, 0xFF, file, line);
-        static_cast<LoggerType*>(this)->flush();
-    }
-
-    protected:
-    std::vector<std::ostream*> _ostream;
-    void write_message(
-        std::string msg,
-        uint8_t lvl=0x00,
-        std::string file="",
-        unsigned int line=0
-    ) {
-        static_cast<LoggerType*>(this)->push(LogEvent{
-            std::chrono::system_clock::now(),
-            lvl,
-            msg,
-            std::this_thread::get_id(),
-            GetPID(),
-            file,
-            line
-        });
-    }
-
-    template <size_t N>
-    void write_message(
-        char const(&msg) [N],
-        uint8_t lvl=0x00,
-        std::string file="",
-        unsigned int line=0
-    ) {
-        static_cast<LoggerType*>(this)->write_message(std::string(msg), lvl, file, line);
-    }
-
-    void write_message(
-        const ErrorBase& err,
-        uint8_t lvl=0x00,
-        std::string file="",
-        unsigned int line=0
-    ) {
-        static_cast<LoggerType*>(this)->write_message(err.what(), lvl, file, line);
-    }
-
-};
-
-class DefaultDebugLogger : public DebugLogger<DefaultDebugLogger> {
-    using LoggerType = DefaultDebugLogger;
-    using Base = DebugLogger<DefaultDebugLogger>;
-    
-    template <typename... Ts>
-    struct LogRow;
-
-    public:
-    using Base::Base;
-
-    ~DefaultDebugLogger() { stop(); }
-
-    friend class BufferedDataProcessor<LogEvent, ThreadsafeQueue<LogEvent>, DefaultDebugLogger>;
-
-    template <typename STR, typename... Ts>
-    friend STR& operator<<(STR&, const DefaultDebugLogger::LogRow<Ts...>&);
-
-protected:
-    using Base::_ostream;
-
-    bool process(const LogEvent& msg);
-};  
-
-extern const bool LOGGER_RUNNING;
-
-#ifndef _NB_NO_LOGGER
-extern DefaultDebugLogger logger;
-#endif // _NB_NO_LOGGER
-
-// Taking Charge of Adult ADHD by Russell Barkley
-
-} // namespace nb
-
-#endif // _NB_LOGGER

engine/NBCore/NBCoreConfig.cmake.in

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+@PACKAGE_INIT@
+include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/NBCoreTargets.cmake")

engine/NBCore/include/NBCore/DataSink.hpp

@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+#pragma once
+#ifndef _NB_DATASINK
+#define _NB_DATASINK
+
+#include <atomic>
+#include <thread>
+#include <utility>
+
+#include <NBCore/ThreadSafeQueue.hpp>
+
+namespace nb {
+
+template<typename DataType>
+class DataSink {
+    public:
+    DataSink(const DataSink&) = delete;
+    DataSink(DataSink&&) = delete;
+    DataSink& operator=(const DataSink&) = delete;
+
+    virtual bool isRunning() const noexcept {
+        std::atomic_thread_fence(std::memory_order_acquire);
+        return _running.load(std::memory_order_acquire);
+    }
+    virtual bool stop() noexcept = 0;
+    virtual bool run() = 0;
+    virtual bool in(const DataType&) = 0;
+    
+    protected:
+    DataSink() {
+        _running.store(false, std::memory_order_release);
+    }
+
+    std::atomic<bool> _running;
+};
+
+template<typename DataType, typename SinkTypes=DataSink<DataType>>
+class MultiSink : public DataSink<DataType> {
+    protected:
+    using Base = DataSink<DataType>;
+    using SinkPtr = std::shared_ptr<SinkTypes>;
+    using Base::_running;
+    std::vector<SinkPtr> _sinks;
+
+    public:
+    MultiSink(std::vector<SinkPtr> sinks={}) : _sinks(sinks) {}
+    virtual void addSink(SinkPtr sink) {
+        _sinks.push_back(sink);
+    }
+    virtual std::vector<SinkPtr>& getSinks() { return _sinks; }
+    bool isRunning() const noexcept override {
+        return Base::isRunning();
+    }
+    bool stop() noexcept override {
+        _running.store(false, std::memory_order_release);
+        for (auto& sink : _sinks) {
+            sink->stop();
+        }
+        return isRunning();
+    }
+    bool run() override {
+        _running.store(true, std::memory_order_release);
+        for (auto& sink : _sinks) {
+            sink->run();
+        }
+        return isRunning();
+    }
+    bool in(const DataType& data) override {
+        if (isRunning()) {
+            bool success = true;
+            for (auto& sink : _sinks) {
+                success &= sink->in(data);
+            }
+            return success;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+};
+
+template<typename DataType, typename BufferType, typename ProcessorType>
+class BufferedDataProcessor : public DataSink<DataType> {
+    private:
+    ProcessorType* const type_ptr = static_cast<ProcessorType*>(this);
+
+    protected:
+    using Base = DataSink<DataType>;
+    using Base::_running;
+    BufferType _buffer;
+    virtual unsigned int count() const {
+        return type_ptr->count();
+    }
+    virtual bool pop(std::shared_ptr<DataType> ret) {
+        return type_ptr->pop(ret);
+    }
+    virtual void flush() {
+        type_ptr->flush();
+    }
+    virtual void clear() {
+        type_ptr->clear();
+    }
+    virtual bool process(const DataType& val) = 0;
+
+    public:
+    using Base::Base;
+    virtual bool stop() noexcept override { return type_ptr->stop(); }
+    virtual bool run() override { return type_ptr->run(); }
+    virtual bool in(const DataType& val) override { return type_ptr->in(val); }
+
+};
+
+template<typename DataType, typename ProcessorType>
+class MultithreadedDataProcessor 
+: public BufferedDataProcessor<DataType, ThreadsafeQueue<DataType>, ProcessorType> {
+    private:
+    ProcessorType* const type_ptr = static_cast<ProcessorType*>(this);
+    std::mutex _pause;
+
+    protected:
+    using Base = BufferedDataProcessor<DataType, ThreadsafeQueue<DataType>, ProcessorType>;
+    using Base::Base;
+    using Base::process;
+    using Base::_running;
+    std::shared_ptr<std::thread> _runningThread;
+    virtual unsigned int count() const override {
+        return type_ptr->_buffer.size();
+    }
+    virtual bool pop(std::shared_ptr<DataType> ret=nullptr) override {
+        type_ptr->_buffer.pop(ret);
+        return this->process(*ret);
+    }
+    virtual bool popBlock(std::shared_ptr<DataType> ret=nullptr) {
+        ret = type_ptr->_buffer.popBlock();
+        return this->process(*ret);
+    }
+    virtual void flush() override {
+        while(type_ptr->count()) {
+            type_ptr->pop();
+        }
+    }
+    virtual void clear() override {
+        type_ptr->_buffer.empty();
+    }
+    virtual std::unique_lock<std::mutex> pause() {
+        return std::move(std::unique_lock<std::mutex>(_pause));
+    }
+
+    public:
+    using Base::isRunning;
+    virtual ~MultithreadedDataProcessor() { type_ptr->stop(); }
+
+    bool run() override {
+        if (!type_ptr->isRunning()) {
+            _running.store(true, std::memory_order_release);
+            _runningThread = std::make_shared<std::thread>([&]{
+                while(type_ptr->isRunning()) {
+                    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(_pause);
+                    type_ptr->flush();
+                }
+                type_ptr->flush();
+                type_ptr->stop();
+            });
+        }
+        return type_ptr->isRunning();
+    }
+    bool stop() noexcept override {
+        if (type_ptr->isRunning()) {
+            _running.store(false, std::memory_order_release);
+            if (_runningThread) {
+                _runningThread->join();
+                _runningThread = nullptr;
+            }
+            type_ptr->flush();
+        }
+        return !type_ptr->isRunning();
+    }
+    bool in(const DataType& val) override {
+        type_ptr->_buffer.push(val);
+        return type_ptr->isRunning();
+    }
+
+};
+
+
+} // namespace nb
+#endif // _NB_DATASINK

engine/NBCore/include/NBCore/Errors.hpp

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#pragma once
+#ifndef _NB_ERROR
+#define _NB_ERROR
+
+#include <NBCore/ErrorsImpl.hpp>
+#include <NBCore/Logger.hpp>
+
+namespace nb {
+
+#ifdef _NB_AUTOLOG
+    #ifndef LOG_W_CODE_LOC
+        #define LOG_W_CODE_LOC(file, line, args...) nb::logger.msg(args, file, line)
+    #endif // LOG_W_CODE_LOC
+    #ifndef WARN_W_CODE_LOC
+        #define WARN_W_CODE_LOC(file, line, args...) nb::logger.warn(args, file, line)
+    #endif // WARN_W_CODE_LOC
+    #ifndef ERROR_W_CODE_LOC
+        #define ERROR_W_CODE_LOC(file, line, args...) nb::logger.error(args, file, line)
+    #endif // ERROR_W_CODE_LOC
+    #ifdef _NB_CODE_ERROR_LOCATIONS
+        #ifndef LOG
+            #define LOG(arg) LOG_W_CODE_LOC(__FILE__, __LINE__, arg)
+        #endif // LOG
+        #ifndef WARN
+            #define WARN(args...) WARN_W_CODE_LOC(__FILE__, __LINE__, args)
+        #endif // WARN
+        #ifndef ERROR
+            #define ERROR(arg) ERROR_W_CODE_LOC(__FILE__, __LINE__, arg)
+        #endif // ERROR
+    #else
+        #ifndef LOG
+            #define LOG(args) nb::logger.msg(args)
+        #endif // LOG
+        #ifndef WARN
+            #define WARN(args...) nb::logger.warn(args)
+        #endif // WARN
+        #ifndef ERROR
+            #define ERROR(args) nb::logger.error(args)
+        #endif // ERROR
+    #endif // _NB_CODE_ERROR_LOCATIONS
+    #ifndef THROW_W_CODE_LOC
+        #define THROW_W_CODE_LOC(file, line, args...) ERROR_W_CODE_LOC(file, line, args); throw args
+    #endif // THROW_W_CODE_LOC
+#else
+    #ifndef LOG
+        #define LOG(args)
+    #endif // LOG
+    #ifndef WARN
+        #define WARN(args...)
+    #endif // WARN
+    #ifndef ERROR
+        #define ERROR(args)
+    #endif // ERROR    
+#endif // _NB_AUTOLOG
+
+#ifndef THROW
+    #ifdef _NB_AUTOLOG
+        #define THROW(args...) THROW_W_CODE_LOC(__FILE__, __LINE__, args)
+    #else
+        #define THROW(args...) throw args
+    #endif // _NB_AUTOLOG
+#endif // THROW
+} // namespace nb
+
+#endif // _NB_ERROR

engine/NBCore/include/NBCore/ErrorsImpl.hpp

@@ -6,17 +6,13 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include <string>
 #include <type_traits>
-#include <unordered_map>
 
-#include "StringUtils.hpp"
-#include "TypeTraits.hpp"
+#include <NBCore/StringUtils.hpp>
+#include <NBCore/Utils.hpp>
 
 namespace nb {
 
-typedef std::unordered_map<unsigned int, std::string> ErrorCodeMap;
-
-template <class ErrorType=NoneType>
-class Error;
+using ErrorCodeMap = ConstantMap<unsigned int, std::string>;
 
 class ErrorBase {
     protected:
@@ -32,11 +28,11 @@ class ErrorBase {
     virtual std::string what() const noexcept {
         std::string ret = msg;
         if (trace) {
-            std::string trace_msg = msg;
-            ret += nb::NEWLINE + indent_strblock(
+            std::string trace_msg = trace->what();
+            ret += NEWLINE + indent_strblock(
                 trace_msg,
-                nb::TABOVER,
-                nb::TABOVER+"Trace: "
+                TABOVER,
+                TABOVER+"Trace: "
             );
         }
         return ret;
@@ -56,7 +52,7 @@ class ErrorBase {
     {}
 };
 
-template <class ErrorType>
+template <class ErrorType=NoneType>
 class Error : public ErrorBase {
     private:
     void inline check_asserts() {
@@ -73,16 +69,15 @@ class Error : public ErrorBase {
         );
     }
     
-    protected:
+    public:
     using ErrorBase::ErrorBase;
 
-    public:
     Error(
         unsigned int code_,
         const ErrorBase& trace_
     ) noexcept : ErrorBase(
         code_, 
-        ErrorType::ErrorMessages.at(code_),
+        ErrorType::ErrorMessages[code_],
         ErrorType::type,
         std::make_shared<ErrorBase>(trace_)
     ) { check_asserts(); }
@@ -91,7 +86,7 @@ class Error : public ErrorBase {
         std::string msg_,
         const ErrorBase& trace_
     ) noexcept : ErrorBase(
-        0, 
+        ErrorType::Codes::UNDEFINED, 
         msg_,
         ErrorType::type,
         std::make_shared<ErrorBase>(trace_)
@@ -99,13 +94,13 @@ class Error : public ErrorBase {
 
     Error(unsigned int code_) noexcept : ErrorBase(
         code_, 
-        ErrorType::ErrorMessages.at(code_),
+        ErrorType::ErrorMessages[code_],
         ErrorType::type,
         nullptr
     ) { check_asserts(); }
 
     Error(std::string msg_) noexcept : ErrorBase(
-        0, 
+        ErrorType::Codes::UNDEFINED, 
         msg_,
         ErrorType::type,
         nullptr
@@ -117,14 +112,14 @@ class Error : public ErrorBase {
         const ErrorBase& trace_
     ) noexcept : ErrorBase(
         code_,
-        ErrorType::ErrorMessages.at(code_) + " (" + note_ + ")",
+        ErrorType::ErrorMessages[code_] + " (" + note_ + ")",
         ErrorType::type,
         std::make_shared<ErrorBase>(trace_)
     ) { check_asserts(); }
 
     Error(unsigned int code_, const std::string& note_) noexcept : ErrorBase(
         code_,
-        ErrorType::ErrorMessages.at(code_) + " (" + note_ + ")",
+        ErrorType::ErrorMessages[code_] + " (" + note_ + ")",
         ErrorType::type,
         nullptr
     ) { check_asserts(); }
@@ -136,40 +131,41 @@ class Error : public ErrorBase {
     using ErrorBase::type;
 };
 
-
 template<>
 class Error<NoneType> : public Error<Error<NoneType>> {
+    protected:
     using Base = Error<Error<NoneType>>;
     
     public:
+    using Base::what;
+    using Base::code;
+    using Base::trace;
     using Base::Base;
+    enum Codes : unsigned int {
+        STANDARD, UNDEFINED, OUT_OF_RANGE, VALUE_ERROR, OVERWRITE_ERROR
+    };
+    inline static const std::string type = "nb::Error";
+    inline static const ErrorCodeMap ErrorMessages = {
+        {STANDARD, "std::exception"},
+        {UNDEFINED, "Error"},
+        {OUT_OF_RANGE, "Out-of-range error"},
+        {VALUE_ERROR, "Invalid value"},
+        {OVERWRITE_ERROR, "Attempting to overwrite managed data"}
+
+    };
 
     Error(unsigned int code_=1) noexcept : Base(code_) {}
-
     Error(const std::exception& err) : Base(
-        Codes::STANDARD,
+        STANDARD,
         std::string(err.what()),
         "std::exception",
         nullptr
     ) {}
-
-    // fix
-    Error(std::string msg_) noexcept : Base(
-        Codes::UNDEFINED, 
-        msg_
-    ) {}
-
-    enum Codes : unsigned int {
-        STANDARD, UNDEFINED
 };
 
-    using Base::what;
-    using Base::code;
-    using Base::msg;
-    using Base::trace;
-    static const std::string type;
-    static const ErrorCodeMap ErrorMessages;
-};
+template<typename... Args>
+Error(Args...) -> Error<NoneType>;
+
 } // namespace nb
 
 #endif // _NB_ERRORS_IMPL

engine/NBCore/include/NBCore/Logger.hpp

@@ -0,0 +1,250 @@
+#pragma once
+#ifndef _NB_LOGGER
+#define _NB_LOGGER
+
+#include <chrono>
+#include <thread>
+#include <unordered_map>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include <NBCore/DataSink.hpp>
+#include <NBCore/ErrorsImpl.hpp>
+#include <NBCore/Printer.hpp>
+#include <NBCore/Processes.hpp>
+#include <NBCore/ThreadSafeQueue.hpp>
+#include <NBCore/TypeTraits.hpp>
+
+namespace nb {
+
+class ErrorBase;
+
+typedef std::chrono::time_point<
+    std::chrono::system_clock,
+    std::chrono::nanoseconds
+> LoggerTimePoint;
+
+typedef std::string (*LogProcessFunction)(const LoggerTimePoint&, const std::string&);
+typedef std::unordered_map<uint8_t, LogProcessFunction> LogProcessFunctionMap;
+
+template<typename LogType, typename Logger>
+class LoggerBase : public MultithreadedDataProcessor<LogType, Logger>{
+    private:
+    Logger* const type_ptr = static_cast<LoggerType*>(this);
+
+    protected:
+    using LoggerType = Logger;
+    using Base = MultithreadedDataProcessor<LogType, LoggerType>;
+    using SinkType = DataSink<LogType>;
+    using Base::process;
+    std::shared_ptr<SinkType> _logsink;
+    LoggerBase(std::shared_ptr<SinkType> sink) : _logsink(sink) {}
+
+    public:
+    using Base::flush;
+    bool run() override {
+        _logsink->run();
+        return Base::run();
+    }
+    using Base::pause;
+    bool stop() noexcept override {
+        auto ret = Base::stop();
+        _logsink->stop();
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+};
+
+struct LogEvent{
+    const LoggerTimePoint time;
+    const unsigned char lvl;
+    const std::string msg;
+    const std::thread::id tid;
+    const uint64_t pid;
+    const std::string file="";
+    const unsigned int line=0;
+};
+
+class LogEventHandler : public DataSink<LogEvent> {
+    protected:
+    using Base = DataSink<LogEvent>;
+    using Base::_running;
+    std::atomic<uint8_t> _logLevel;
+
+    public:
+    using Base::isRunning;
+    LogEventHandler(uint8_t logging_level=0x01);
+    virtual uint8_t logLevel(uint8_t);
+    virtual uint8_t logLevel() const;
+    bool stop() noexcept override;
+    bool run() override;
+};
+
+template <typename LT>
+class DebugLogger : public LoggerBase<LogEvent, LT>{
+    private:
+    LT* const type_ptr = static_cast<LT*>(this);
+
+    protected:
+    using LoggerType = LT;
+    using Base = LoggerBase<LogEvent, LoggerType>;
+    using SinkType = LogEventHandler;
+    using SinkPtr = std::shared_ptr<SinkType>;
+    using Distributor = MultiSink<LogEvent, LogEventHandler>;
+    using Base::_logsink;
+    using Base::process;
+    std::atomic<uint8_t> _loglvl;
+    virtual void write_message(
+        std::string msg,
+        uint8_t lvl=0x00,
+        std::string file="",
+        unsigned int line=0
+    ) {
+        type_ptr->in(LogEvent{
+            std::chrono::system_clock::now(),
+            lvl,
+            msg,
+            std::this_thread::get_id(),
+            GetPID(),
+            file,
+            line
+        });
+    }
+    template <size_t N>
+    void write_message(
+        char const(&msg) [N],
+        uint8_t lvl=0x00,
+        std::string file="",
+        unsigned int line=0
+    ) {
+        this->write_message(std::string(msg), lvl, file, line);
+    }
+    void write_message(
+        const ErrorBase& err,
+        uint8_t lvl=0x00,
+        std::string file="",
+        unsigned int line=0
+    ) {
+        this->write_message(err.what(), lvl, file, line);
+    }
+    template<typename U>
+    std::enable_if_t<std::is_integral_v<U>, void> write_message(
+        const U& val,
+        uint8_t lvl=0x00,
+        std::string file="",
+        unsigned int line=0
+    ) {
+        this->write_message(std::to_string(val), lvl, file, line);
+    }
+
+    public:
+    DebugLogger(std::vector<SinkPtr> sinks={}) : Base(
+        std::static_pointer_cast<DataSink<LogEvent>>(std::make_shared<Distributor>())
+    ) {
+        for (auto sink : sinks) {
+            addLogHandler(sink);
+        }
+    }
+    ~DebugLogger() { static_cast<LoggerType*>(this)->stop(); }
+    void addLogHandler(SinkPtr sink) {
+        auto multsink = std::static_pointer_cast<Distributor>(_logsink);
+        multsink->addSink(sink);
+    }
+    uint8_t minimalLogLevel() const {
+        return _loglvl.load(std::memory_order_acquire);
+    }
+    uint8_t minimalLogLevel(uint8_t level) {
+        _loglvl.store(level, std::memory_order_release);
+        auto multsink = std::static_pointer_cast<Distributor>(_logsink);
+        for (auto& sink : multsink->getSinks()) {
+            if (sink->logLevel() < level) {
+                sink->logLevel(level);
+            }
+        }
+        return minimalLogLevel();
+    }
+
+    template<typename U>
+    void msg(
+        U val,
+        std::string file="",
+        unsigned int line=0
+    ) { this->write_message(val, 0x00, file, line); }
+
+    template<typename U>
+    void warn(
+        U val,
+        uint8_t lvl=0x01,
+        std::string file="",
+        unsigned int line=0
+    ) { this->write_message(val, lvl, file, line); }
+
+    void error(
+        const ErrorBase& val,
+        std::string file="",
+        unsigned int line=0
+    ) {
+        this->write_message(val, 0xFF, file, line);
+        auto lock = this->pause();
+        this->flush();
+    }
+
+    void error(
+        const std::string& val,
+        std::string file="",
+        unsigned int line=0
+    ) {
+        this->write_message(Error<>(val), 0xFF, file, line);
+        auto lock = this->pause();
+        this->flush();
+    }
+};
+
+class DefaultTerminalLogEventPrinter : public LogEventHandler {
+    protected:
+    using Base = LogEventHandler;
+    using Base::_running;
+
+    public:
+    using Base::isRunning;
+    using Base::logLevel;
+    using Base::stop;
+    using Base::run;
+    using Base::Base;
+    bool in(const LogEvent&) override;
+};
+
+class DefaultDebugLogger : public DebugLogger<DefaultDebugLogger> {
+    protected:
+    using LoggerType = DefaultDebugLogger;
+    using Base = DebugLogger<DefaultDebugLogger>;
+    using MultiLogSink = MultiSink<LogEvent>;
+    using SinkPtr = std::shared_ptr<LogEventHandler>;
+    using Base::_logsink;
+    using Base::write_message;
+    virtual bool process(const LogEvent& msg) override;
+        
+    public:
+    using Base::Base;
+    using Base::msg;
+    using Base::warn;
+    using Base::error;
+    using Base::addLogHandler;
+    using Base::minimalLogLevel;
+    DefaultDebugLogger(std::vector<SinkPtr> sinks={}) : Base(sinks) {}
+    ~DefaultDebugLogger() { stop(); }
+
+    friend class BufferedDataProcessor<LogEvent, ThreadsafeQueue<LogEvent>, DefaultDebugLogger>;
+};  
+
+extern const bool LOGGER_RUNNING;
+
+extern const bool LOGGER_RUNNING;
+#ifdef _NB_AUTOLOG
+extern DefaultDebugLogger logger;
+#endif // _NB_AUTOLOG
+
+// Taking Charge of Adult ADHD by Russell Barkley
+
+} // namespace nb
+
+#endif // _NB_LOGGER

engine/NBCore/include/NBCore/Printer.hpp

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#pragma once
+#ifndef _NB_PRINTER
+#define _NB_PRINTER
+
+#include <condition_variable>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <memory>
+#include <mutex>
+
+namespace nb {
+
+template<typename STREAM, typename PrinterType>
+class Printer {
+    private:
+    PrinterType* const type_ptr = static_cast<PrinterType*>(this);
+
+    protected:
+    STREAM& _stream;
+    Printer(STREAM* const stream_) : _stream(stream_) {}
+
+    public:
+    template<typename T>
+    PrinterType& operator<<(const T& val_) {
+        (*type_ptr) << val_;
+        return type_ptr;
+    }
+
+};
+
+class Terminal : public Printer<decltype(std::cout), Terminal> {
+    private:
+    Terminal* const type_ptr = static_cast<Terminal*>(this);
+    using MutexLock = std::lock_guard<std::mutex>;
+
+    protected:
+    using Base = Printer<decltype(std::cout), Terminal>;
+    using Base::_stream;
+    std::mutex _mutex;
+
+    public:
+    using Base::Base;
+
+    template<typename T>
+    Terminal& operator<<(const T& val_) {
+        MutexLock lock(_mutex);
+        _stream << val_;
+        return *type_ptr;
+    }
+};
+
+} // namespace nb
+#endif // _NB_PRINTER

engine/NBCore/include/NBCore/StringUtils.hpp

@@ -2,43 +2,24 @@
 #ifndef _NB_STRING_UTILS
 #define _NB_STRING_UTILS
 
-#include <iostream>
 #include <string>
 #include <string_view>
 
-#include "TypeTraits.hpp"
+#include <NBCore/TypeTraits.hpp>
 
 namespace nb {
 
 #ifdef _NB_TARGET_WINDOWS
-    const std::string NEWLINE = "\n";
-    const std::wstring WNEWLINE = L"\n";
+    inline static const std::string NEWLINE = "\n";
+    inline static const std::wstring WNEWLINE = L"\n";
 #endif // _NB_TARGET_WINDOWS
 #ifdef _NB_TARGET_LINUX
-    const std::string NEWLINE = "\n";
-    const std::wstring WNEWLINE = L"\n";
+    inline const std::string NEWLINE = "\n";
+    inline const std::wstring WNEWLINE = L"\n";
 #endif // _NB_TARGET_LINUX
 
 const std::string TABOVER = "   ";
 
-// std::wstring str_to_wstr(std::string in);
-
-// std::string wstr_to_str(std::wstring in);
-
-template <typename Stream, typename... Args>
-void stream(const Stream& s, Args&&... args);
-
-template <typename Stream, typename... Args>
-void stream(const Stream& s, Args&&... args) {
-    (s << ... << args);
-}
-
-template<typename... Args>
-void term(Args&&... args) { stream(std::cout, args..., nb::NEWLINE); }
-
-template<typename... Args>
-void wterm(Args&&... args) { stream(std::wcout, args..., nb::WNEWLINE); }
-
 template <typename T = char>
 std::basic_string<T> find_and_replace(
     ExplicitType_t<std::basic_string<T>> original,

engine/NBCore/include/NBCore/TypeTraits.hpp

@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ namespace detail {
 
 struct NoneType{};
 
+template<typename T, unsigned int Arg>
+using Const_t = std::integral_constant<T, Arg>;
+
 template <
     template <class...> class Op,
     class... Args
@@ -87,6 +90,15 @@ struct RunAndOutput {
     }
 };
 
+template<typename A, typename B>
+using SubtractType = decltype(std::declval<A>() - std::declval<B>());
+
+template<typename A, typename B>
+using MultiplyType = decltype(std::declval<A>() * std::declval<B>());
+
+template<typename A, typename B>
+using AdditionType = decltype(std::declval<A>() + std::declval<B>());
+
 template<typename Func, std::size_t N=0, typename... Pack>
 inline typename std::enable_if<N==sizeof...(Pack), void>::type
 ForEach(std::tuple<Pack...>&, Func) {}
@@ -109,6 +121,41 @@ ForEach(std::tuple<Pack...>& tup, Func f, const Args& arg) {
     ForEach<N+1, Func, Args, Pack...>(tup, f, arg);
 }
 
+template<typename T, typename... Pack>
+struct Find;
+
+template<typename T, typename U, typename... Pack>
+struct Find<T, U, Pack...> {
+    protected:
+    using here = Find<T, U>;
+    static constexpr unsigned int downstream = std::conditional_t<
+        here::value,
+        Const_t<unsigned int, 0>,
+        Find<T, Pack...>
+    >::value;
+
+    public:
+    static constexpr unsigned int value = std::conditional_t<
+        here::value,
+        Const_t<unsigned int, 1>,
+        std::conditional_t<
+            downstream,
+            Const_t<unsigned int, 1+downstream>,
+            Const_t<unsigned int, 0>
+        >
+    >::value;
+};
+
+template<typename T, typename U>
+struct Find<T, U> {
+    public:
+    static constexpr unsigned int value = std::conditional_t<
+        std::is_base_of<T, U>::value,
+        std::integral_constant<unsigned int, 1>,
+        std::integral_constant<unsigned int, 0>
+    >::value;
+};
+
 template <typename T, typename Pack1, typename... Pack>
 struct RefPackToPtrVec {
     RefPackToPtrVec(std::vector<T*> _vec, Pack1& p1, Pack&... packs)

engine/NBCore/include/NBCore/Utils.hpp

@@ -2,13 +2,27 @@
 #ifndef _NB_CORE_TYPES
 #define _NB_CORE_TYPES
 
-#include <mutex>
+#include <exception>
+#include <memory>
+#include <unordered_map>
 #include <vector>
 
-#include "Errors.hpp"
+// #include <NBCore/Errors.hpp>
 
 namespace nb {
 
+template<typename A, typename B>
+class ConstantMap : public std::unordered_map<A, B> {
+    using Base = std::unordered_map<A, B>;
+
+    public:
+    using Base::Base;
+    using Base::at;
+    const B& operator[](const A& key) const {
+        return at(key);
+    }
+};
+
 template<typename T>
 using SharedVector = std::vector<std::shared_ptr<T>>;
 
@@ -17,7 +31,7 @@ using RValueVector = std::vector<T&&>;
 
 using ByteVector = std::vector<uint8_t>;
 
-class ObjectManagerError : public Error<ObjectManagerError> {
+/* class ObjectManagerError : public Error<ObjectManagerError> {
     using Base = Error<ObjectManagerError>;
 
     public:
@@ -29,7 +43,7 @@ class ObjectManagerError : public Error<ObjectManagerError> {
 
     static const std::string type;
     static const ErrorCodeMap ErrorMessages;
-};
+}; */
 
 template<typename T>
 ByteVector vectorToBytes(const std::vector<T>& vec) {
@@ -54,7 +68,10 @@ ByteVector concatVectorBytes(const std::vector<T>& vec1, const std::vector<S>& v
 template<typename T>
 std::vector<T> bytesToVector(const ByteVector& vec) {
     if (vec.size() % sizeof(T) != 0) {
-        THROW(std::runtime_error("Data size does not align to std::vector<" + std::string(typeid(T).name()) + ">."));
+/*         THROW(Error<NoneType>(
+            std::runtime_error("Data size does not align to std::vector<" + std::string(typeid(T).name()) + ">.")
+        )); */
+        throw "byyyyeeee";
     }
     unsigned int num_elmts = vec.size() / sizeof(T);
     std::vector<T> ret(num_elmts);
@@ -63,7 +80,7 @@ std::vector<T> bytesToVector(const ByteVector& vec) {
     return ret;
 }
 
-template <typename T>
+/* template <typename T>
 class ThreadsafeObjectLock;
 
 template <typename T>
@@ -112,7 +129,7 @@ class ThreadsafeObjectLock {
         _manager->_mutex.lock();
     }
     ThreadsafeObject<T>* const _manager;
-};
+}; */
 
 } // namespace nb
 #endif // _NB_CORE_TYPES

engine/NBCore/src/ErrorsImpl.cpp

@@ -1,16 +1,11 @@
-#include "ErrorsImpl.hpp"
+#include <NBCore/ErrorsImpl.hpp>
 
 namespace nb {
 
-const std::string Error<>::type =  "nb::Error";
-const ErrorCodeMap Error<>::ErrorMessages = {
-    {Error::Codes::STANDARD, "std::exception"},
-    {Error::Codes::UNDEFINED, "Error"}
-};
-
 //ErrorBase::
-
 ErrorBase::ErrorBase(const std::exception& exception_) noexcept 
-: ErrorBase(Error<NoneType>(exception_)) {}
+: ErrorBase(Error(exception_)) {}
+
+} // namespace nb
+
 
-}

engine/NBCore/src/Logger.cpp

@@ -1,38 +1,82 @@
 #include <iostream>
+#include <sstream>
 
-#include "Logger.hpp"
-#include "StringUtils.hpp"
+#include <NBCore/Logger.hpp>
+#include <NBCore/StringUtils.hpp>
 
 namespace nb {
 
-#ifndef _NB_NO_LOGGER
-nb::DefaultDebugLogger logger(std::cout);
-#endif // _NB_NO_LOGGER
+static bool RUN_LOGGER(nb::DefaultDebugLogger& logger_) {
+    logger_.run();
+    return logger_.isRunning();
+}
 
-bool nb::DefaultDebugLogger::process(const LogEvent& msg) {
+#ifdef _NB_AUTOLOG
+DefaultDebugLogger logger({std::static_pointer_cast<LogEventHandler>(
+    std::make_shared<DefaultTerminalLogEventPrinter>(0x0)
+)});
+const bool LOGGER_RUNNING = RUN_LOGGER(logger);
+#else
+const bool LOGGER_RUNNING = false;
+#endif // _NB_AUTOLOG
+
+// class LogEventHandler
+
+LogEventHandler::LogEventHandler(uint8_t logging_level) {
+    _logLevel.store(logging_level, std::memory_order_release);
+}
+
+bool LogEventHandler::stop() noexcept {
+    _running.store(false, std::memory_order_release);
+    return isRunning();
+}
+
+bool LogEventHandler::run() {
+    _running.store(true, std::memory_order_release);
+    return isRunning();
+}
+
+uint8_t LogEventHandler::logLevel(uint8_t val) {
+    _logLevel.store(val, std::memory_order_release);
+    return logLevel();
+} 
+uint8_t LogEventHandler::logLevel() const {
+    return _logLevel.load();
+}
+
+// class DefaultTerminalLogEventPrinter
+
+bool DefaultTerminalLogEventPrinter::in(const LogEvent& msg) {
+    if (!isRunning()) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (msg.lvl < logLevel()) {
+        return false;
+    }
     constexpr size_t level_field_width = 5;
     constexpr size_t msg_prompt_length = level_field_width+7;
-    for (const auto os : this->_ostream) {
-        *os << "[";
-        os->width(level_field_width);
-        *os << std::to_string(msg.lvl) << "] :: ";
+    std::stringstream formatted_stream;
+    formatted_stream << "[";
+    formatted_stream.width(level_field_width);
+    formatted_stream << std::to_string(msg.lvl) << "] :: ";
     std::string fileloc="";
     if (!msg.file.empty()) {
         fileloc += "(" + msg.file + ":" + std::to_string(msg.line) + ") - ";
     }
-        *os << indent_strblock(
+    formatted_stream << indent_strblock(
         fileloc + msg.msg,
         std::string(20 - msg_prompt_length, ' '),
         ""
     ) << nb::NEWLINE;
-    }
+    std::string formatted_string = formatted_stream.str();
+    std::cout << formatted_string << std::flush;
     return true;
 }
 
-static bool RUN_LOGGER(nb::DefaultDebugLogger& log) {
-    return log.run();
+// class DefaultDebugLogger
+
+bool DefaultDebugLogger::process(const LogEvent& msg) {
+    return _logsink->in(msg);
 }
 
-const bool LOGGER_RUNNING = RUN_LOGGER(logger);
-
 } // namespace nb

engine/NBCore/src/Processes.cpp

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #endif // _NB_TARGET_LINUX
 
-#include "Processes.hpp"
+#include <NBCore/Processes.hpp>
 
 namespace nb {
 

engine/NBCore/src/StringUtils.cpp

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "StringUtils.hpp"
+#include <NBCore/StringUtils.hpp>
 
 /* std::string nb::wstr_to_str(std::wstring in) {
     std::size_t wstrlen = in.length();

engine/NBCore/src/Utils.cpp

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-#include "Utils.hpp"
+#include <NBCore/Utils.hpp>
 
 namespace nb {
 
-using ObjectManagerCodes = ObjectManagerError::Codes;
+/* using ObjectManagerCodes = ObjectManagerError::Codes;
 const std::string ObjectManagerError::type = "nb::ObjectManagerError";
 const ErrorCodeMap ObjectManagerError::ErrorMessages({
     {ObjectManagerCodes::UNDEFINED, "Error"},
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ const ErrorCodeMap ObjectManagerError::ErrorMessages({
         ObjectManagerCodes::BAD_THREAD,
         "Attempting operation from a bad thread"
     }
-});
+}); */
 
 }; // namespace nb

engine/NBCore/tests/testErrors.cpp

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #define CODE_ERROR_LOCATIONS
 
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
-
-#include "Errors.hpp"
 #include <string>
 
+#include <NBCore/Errors.hpp>
+
 using namespace nb;
 
 class TestError : public Error<TestError> {

engine/NBCore/tests/testLogger.cpp

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
+#define _NB_AUTOLOG
 #include <exception>
 
-#include "Errors.hpp"
-#include "Logger.hpp"
+#include <NBCore/Errors.hpp>
+#include <NBCore/Logger.hpp>
 
 class TestError : public nb::Error<TestError> {
     using Base = Error<TestError>;
@@ -29,17 +30,19 @@ const nb::ErrorCodeMap TestError::ErrorMessages{
 };
 
 int main() {
-    nb::logger.log("Whoop!");
+    while(!nb::LOGGER_RUNNING) {}
+    nb::logger.minimalLogLevel(0x0);
+    nb::logger.msg("Whoop!");
     try {
         THROW(TestError(0, TestError(1, TestError(2, TestError(3, TestError(2))))));
     } catch (TestError e){
-        nb::logger.log("nb::Error was thrown!");
+        nb::logger.msg("nb::Error was thrown!");
     }
 
     try {
         THROW(std::exception());
     } catch (std::exception e){
-        nb::logger.log("std::exception was thrown!");
+        nb::logger.msg("std::exception was thrown!");
     }
     ERROR("hello there!");
     return 0;

engine/NBCore/tests/testProcesses.cpp

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #define CODE_ERROR_LOCATIONS
 
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
-#include "Processes.hpp"
+#include <NBCore/Processes.hpp>
 #include <Windows.h>
 
 TEST(ProcessesTest, GetPID) {

engine/NBCore/tests/testUtils.cpp

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
 #include <string>
-#include "TypeTraits.hpp"
-#include "StringUtils.hpp"
+#include <NBCore/TypeTraits.hpp>
+#include <NBCore/StringUtils.hpp>
 
 namespace nb {
 

engine/NBEvents/src/Events.cpp

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "Events.hpp"
+#include <NBCore/Events.hpp>
 
 namespace NB {