optimizations

buildNumber.properties

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #maven.buildNumber.plugin properties file
-#Fri Mar 28 12:07:10 EDT 2025
+#Fri Mar 28 19:50:10 EDT 2025
-buildNumber=611
+buildNumber=612

docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md

@@ -1363,6 +1363,8 @@ Lower duplicate physics frame count
 Various code cleanup
 Stop sleeping during high frame time
 Actor bone spatial data caching for performance
+Volumetric pipeline optimization
+Collidable tree simplification
 
 
 

src/main/java/electrosphere/collision/CollisionEngine.java

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public class CollisionEngine {
      * IE, if this value is 3, every main game engine frame, the physics simulation will run 3 frames.
      * This keeps the physics simulation much more stable than it would be otherwise.
      */
-    public static final int PHYSICS_SIMULATION_RESOLUTION = 2;
+    public static final int PHYSICS_SIMULATION_RESOLUTION = 3;
 
     /**
      * Threshold after which the engine warns about collidable count

src/main/java/electrosphere/entity/state/collidable/ServerCollidableTree.java

@@ -1,18 +1,12 @@
 package electrosphere.entity.state.collidable;
 
-import electrosphere.collision.PhysicsUtils;
 import electrosphere.collision.collidable.Collidable;
-import electrosphere.engine.Globals;
 import electrosphere.entity.Entity;
 import electrosphere.entity.EntityDataStrings;
-import electrosphere.entity.EntityUtils;
 import electrosphere.entity.btree.BehaviorTree;
 import electrosphere.entity.state.gravity.ServerGravityTree;
 import electrosphere.entity.state.movement.fall.ServerFallTree;
-import electrosphere.server.datacell.Realm;
 
-import org.joml.Quaterniond;
-import org.joml.Vector3d;
 import org.ode4j.ode.DBody;
 
 /**
@@ -42,9 +36,6 @@ public class ServerCollidableTree implements BehaviorTree {
     static int incrementer = 0;
     
     public void simulate(float deltaTime){
-        Vector3d position = EntityUtils.getPosition(parent);
-        Quaterniond rotation = EntityUtils.getRotation(parent);
-        Vector3d newPosition = new Vector3d(position);
         //have we hit a terrain impulse?
         //handle impulses
         for(Impulse impulse : collidable.getImpulses()){
@@ -57,18 +48,6 @@ public class ServerCollidableTree implements BehaviorTree {
                 this.resetGravityFall();
             }
         }
-        Realm realm = Globals.realmManager.getEntityRealm(parent);
-        //bound to world bounds
-        if(newPosition.x < realm.getServerWorldData().getWorldBoundMin().x){
-            newPosition.x = realm.getServerWorldData().getWorldBoundMin().x;
-        }
-        if(newPosition.y < realm.getServerWorldData().getWorldBoundMin().y){
-            newPosition.y = realm.getServerWorldData().getWorldBoundMin().y;
-        }
-        if(newPosition.z < realm.getServerWorldData().getWorldBoundMin().z){
-            newPosition.z = realm.getServerWorldData().getWorldBoundMin().z;
-        }
-        PhysicsUtils.setRigidBodyTransform(realm.getCollisionEngine(), newPosition, rotation, body);
     }
     
     

src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/pipelines/MainContentPipeline.java

@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ public class MainContentPipeline implements RenderPipeline {
         //
         //     D R A W     A L L     E N T I T I E S
         //
+        Globals.profiler.beginCpuSample("MainContentPipeline.render - Solids non-instanced");
         for(Entity currentEntity : Globals.clientScene.getEntitiesWithTag(EntityTags.DRAWABLE)){
             Vector3d position = EntityUtils.getPosition(currentEntity);
             if(shouldDrawSolidPass(currentEntity)){
@@ -86,7 +87,11 @@ public class MainContentPipeline implements RenderPipeline {
                 currentActor.draw(renderPipelineState,openGLState);
             }
         }
+        Globals.profiler.endCpuSample();
+        Globals.profiler.beginCpuSample("MainContentPipeline.render - Solids Foliage");
         Globals.renderingEngine.getFoliagePipeline().render(openGLState, renderPipelineState);
+        Globals.profiler.endCpuSample();
+        Globals.profiler.beginCpuSample("MainContentPipeline.render - Solids instanced");
         for(Entity currentEntity : Globals.clientScene.getEntitiesWithTag(EntityTags.DRAW_INSTANCED)){
             Vector3d position = EntityUtils.getPosition(currentEntity);
             if(shouldDrawSolidPass(currentEntity)){
@@ -115,6 +120,7 @@ public class MainContentPipeline implements RenderPipeline {
         }
         //draw all instanced models
         Globals.clientInstanceManager.draw(renderPipelineState, openGLState);
+        Globals.profiler.endCpuSample();
         this.firstPersonSubPipeline.render(openGLState, renderPipelineState);
 
         //
@@ -149,7 +155,7 @@ public class MainContentPipeline implements RenderPipeline {
         //TLDR OF ABOVE: DO NOT DRAW TRANSPARENT OBJECTS IN OPAQUE PASS
         //
 
-
+        Globals.profiler.beginCpuSample("MainContentPipeline.render - Transparents non-instanced");
         for(Entity currentEntity : Globals.clientScene.getEntitiesWithTag(EntityTags.DRAWABLE)){
             Vector3d position = EntityUtils.getPosition(currentEntity);
             if(shouldDrawTransparentPass(currentEntity)){
@@ -167,6 +173,8 @@ public class MainContentPipeline implements RenderPipeline {
                 currentActor.draw(renderPipelineState,openGLState);
             }
         }
+        Globals.profiler.endCpuSample();
+        Globals.profiler.beginCpuSample("MainContentPipeline.render - Transparents instanced");
         for(Entity currentEntity : Globals.clientScene.getEntitiesWithTag(EntityTags.DRAW_INSTANCED)){
             Vector3d position = EntityUtils.getPosition(currentEntity);
             if(shouldDrawTransparentPass(currentEntity)){
@@ -195,6 +203,7 @@ public class MainContentPipeline implements RenderPipeline {
         }
         //draw all instanced models
         Globals.clientInstanceManager.draw(renderPipelineState,openGLState);
+        Globals.profiler.endCpuSample();
 
 
         //

src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/pipelines/VolumeBufferPipeline.java

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package electrosphere.renderer.pipelines;
 
+import java.util.Set;
+
 import org.joml.Matrix4d;
 import org.joml.Vector3d;
 import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL40;
@@ -23,6 +25,10 @@ public class VolumeBufferPipeline implements RenderPipeline {
     @Override
     public void render(OpenGLState openGLState, RenderPipelineState renderPipelineState) {
         Globals.profiler.beginCpuSample("VolumeBufferPipeline.render");
+
+        Set<Entity> depthEntities = Globals.clientScene.getEntitiesWithTag(EntityTags.DRAW_VOLUMETIC_DEPTH_PASS);
+
+        if(depthEntities != null && depthEntities.size() > 0){
             Matrix4d modelTransformMatrix = new Matrix4d();
             
             //set the viewport to shadow map size
@@ -150,6 +156,7 @@ public class VolumeBufferPipeline implements RenderPipeline {
             openGLState.glBindFramebuffer(GL40.GL_FRAMEBUFFER,0);
             //resume culling backface
             GL40.glDisable(GL40.GL_CULL_FACE);
+        }
 
         Globals.profiler.endCpuSample();
     }