#Building the Editor

The Editor is a standalone CMake executable target that links against the Core engine library and bundles Dear ImGui for its interface.

#CMake Target

The Editor target is defined in SafiEngine/editor/CMakeLists.txt:

add_executable(Editor ${EDITOR_SOURCES})

Sources are collected via GLOB_RECURSE from editor/src/.

#Dependencies

The Core library itself pulls in:

• Flecs v4.0.5 (ECS)
• tinygltf v2.9.5 (glTF loader)
• GLM 1.0.1 (math)
• nlohmann/json v3.11.3 (serialization)
• Jolt Physics v5.2.0
• miniaudio 0.11.22 (audio)
• Native C++ Behavior system (scripting)

#Build Commands

# Configure
cmake -B build -S SafiEngine

# Build
cmake --build build --target Editor

The C++ standard is C++17 (required for std::filesystem).

#Post-Build Steps

The CMake configuration includes two post-build copy steps:

1. Editor assets — Copies editor/assets/ to the output directory (assets/). This includes template files like Player.glb used by the 3D Starter project template.

2. Core shaders — Copies Core/assets/shaders/ to the output directory (shaders/). These are the vertex, fragment, and utility shaders required by the renderer.

#Platform Notes