From 6300ef0e35e4e78da06c7c17a36d85b763b20985 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: peterino2 <peterlimail47@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 09:40:02 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] something broke with core

---
 engine/core/src/core.zig | 15 +++++++++------
 engine/main2.zig         |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/engine/core/src/core.zig b/engine/core/src/core.zig
index c32fbb4..22baa50 100644
--- a/engine/core/src/core.zig
+++ b/engine/core/src/core.zig
@@ -299,12 +299,11 @@ pub fn start_module_(map: *SpecVariantMap, args: anytype, allocator: std.mem.All
     gEngine.* = try Engine.init(allocator);
     staticsInitialized = true;
 
+    _ = try createObject(ModuleLoader, .{});
     try console.start();
 
     const engineName = try std.fmt.allocPrint(allocator, "{s}Engine.ini", .{name});
     defer allocator.free(engineName);
-    try algorithm.string_pool.setup(allocator);
-    gEngine.stringContext = algorithm.string_pool.gStringContext;
 
     try configVars.setupConfigs(engineName);
 
@@ -312,11 +311,15 @@ pub fn start_module_(map: *SpecVariantMap, args: anytype, allocator: std.mem.All
         try logging.setupLogging(gEngine);
     }
 
-    _ = try createObject(ModuleLoader, .{});
-    _ = try gEngine.createObject(ecs.EcsRegistry, .{ .can_tick = true, .isCore = true });
+    try ecs.setup(allocator);
+
     _ = try gEngine.createObject(scene.SceneSystem, .{ .can_tick = true });
-    _ = try gEngine.createObject(scene.SceneSystem, .{ .can_tick = true });
-    _ = try gEngine.createObject(inputs.InputStack, .{});
+
+    try algorithm.string_pool.setup(allocator);
+    gEngine.stringContext = algorithm.string_pool.gStringContext;
+
+    _ = try createObject(GameObjectSystem, .{ .can_tick = true });
+    _ = try inputs.initInputStack();
 
     // components define
     try ecs.defineComponentList(ComponentList, allocator);
diff --git a/engine/main2.zig b/engine/main2.zig
index b1aebf9..390b89b 100644
--- a/engine/main2.zig
+++ b/engine/main2.zig
@@ -92,11 +92,13 @@ pub fn startEngine(spec: *core.SpecVariantMap) bool {
     const moduleName = spec.get("moduleName").?.string;
 
     if (comptime core.BuildOption("static_build")) {
+        core.engine_logs("static build");
         const modlaunch = @import("modulelaunch.zig");
         var modargs = core.externModule.getModuleLoaderArgs(true);
         var modalloc = allocator;
         _ = modlaunch.startup_module(&modalloc, &modargs);
     } else {
+        core.engine_logs("using hot reloading");
         const platform = @import("platform").module;
         platform.watchModules();