Component based or hierarchy based engine?

[as96]

What's the best way to handle game objects? hierarchy or component based design?

What design do you think it's better for large projects?

Online I'm finding a lot of mixed opinions on it, and I still can't decide how I should design mine.

 

 

[Guest]

If opinions are mixed, that means that there probably isn't a best way. Which means that you need to examine the pros and cons of each method and decide which would be most advantageous to you in terms of implementation and later on maintenance. If it doesn't really make a difference as far as you can tell, just pick one and go to town.

[trag1c]

SSL hit this bang on.  Both options have cons and pro's, I personally have tried both and I'm leaning towards component based since it allows for huge amounts of flexibility. But the draw back is complexity since your engine needs to be able to handle each component or data type. 

[as96]

If opinions are mixed, that means that there probably isn't a best way. Which means that you need to examine the pros and cons of each method and decide which would be most advantageous to you in terms of implementation and later on maintenance. If it doesn't really make a difference as far as you can tell, just pick one and go to town.

SSL hit this bang on.  Both options have cons and pro's, I personally have tried both and I'm leaning towards component based since it allows for huge amounts of flexibility. But the draw back is complexity since your engine needs to be able to handle each component or data type. 

Ok guys, thank you for the answers, I'll try both and see which one to use.