Create configuration object providing checks and facilitates passing it on to functions

[rodyo]

GODLIKE settings, parameters and variables at the top of the function body, create clutter. A configuration object (or simple struct) could provide a way to de-clutter this, as well as make it easier to share that information with the helper functions.

An alternative would be to transform GODLIKE into a class, and create a new top-level function called "GODLIKE" that does nothing but call & use that class.