Organization, foundations for configs, and a REPL for headless mode

[philiplinden]

This pull request introduces significant updates to the buoy project, including version upgrades, modularization of physics-related code, and new features for configuration and runtime functionality. The most important changes include version bumps across multiple crates, restructuring of the physics codebase, introduction of configuration-driven objects, and the addition of a REPL-based console for runtime interaction.

Version Updates

• Updated the version of the buoy-physics crate to 0.3.0 in Cargo.toml and other crates to maintain consistency across the workspace. [1] [2] [3]

Modularization of Physics Code

• Split the forces.rs file into separate modules: buoyancy.rs, drag.rs, and weight.rs, improving code organization. [1] [2] [3]
• Added a new forces/mod.rs to manage the plugins for the newly modularized physics components.

Configuration-Driven Objects

• Introduced GasSpeciesConfig and GasPropertiesConfig structs for defining gas properties via configuration files.
• Added a new BalloonConfig struct to allow the creation of balloon objects from configuration data.
• Updated assets/configs/scenario.ron to include a sample configuration for a balloon.

Runtime Enhancements

• Added a REPL-based console (ConsolePlugin) with a minimal command system, allowing runtime interaction and control of the simulation. [1] [2]
• Integrated the console into the runtime plugin system and added dependencies for REPL functionality. [1] [2]

Code Cleanup and Refactoring

• Removed unused code in forces.rs, such as the drag and buoyancy functions, and moved them to their respective modules.
• Removed the old Balloon implementation and replaced it with a configuration-driven approach. [1] [2]
• Simplified the lib.rs files by removing commented-out code and unused modules. [1] [2]

These changes enhance the maintainability, flexibility, and usability of the buoy project, preparing it for more complex simulations and runtime interactions.

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Changelog

Notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

0.2.1 - 2025-07-26

🎨 UI & Styling

• Add a REPL for headless mode (59da51f)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Remove broken and unused ui (d8ebb40)

⚙️ Repository

• Light rearrangements to prepare for simplifications (96e09ea)
• More granular forces module (0b6eb79)
• Move object definitions to bevy-runtime (52e3386)
• Remove big_space options (repo: remove big_space options #39) (b03eff2)

📜 Full Changelog

Changelog

Notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

0.2.0 - 2025-06-27

🚀 Features

• Mesh tools and a simple scene (feat: Mesh tools and a simple scene #37) (d9d7bc2)
• Add egui side panel (feat: Add placeholder egui UI shell #35) (1c5dff4)

♻️ Refactor

• Merge buoy-common with buoy-runtime (refactor: Merge buoy-common with buoy-runtime #38) (9e8fd7e)
• Run headless by default (refactor: Run headless by default #36) (012f179)
• Buoy-core -> buoy-physics, add buoy-common, grid space is optional (refactor: buoy-core -> buoy-physics, add buoy-common, grid space is optional #34) (a8e770e)
• Remove python experiments (cleanup: remove python experiments #33) (089042b)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Disable mesh utils for now and focus on headless (db8ac1f)

⚙️ Repository

• Refresh the changelog on pushes to main (26a2e6a)
• Package the bevy-ui binary for releases (064e94c)
• Include unreleased changes in log (c9fa447)