Provide way to usurp frustum culling on actor

docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md

@@ -170,16 +170,16 @@ Half pass at cellular automata fluid dynamics system
  - Streaming chunks over network
  - Basic model creation
 
-
-
-# TODO
-
-Fix character movement
+(03/21/2024)
+Fix character movement (allegedly fixed -- maybe by camera stuff?)
  - Walking left or right while turning camera is very jittery
  - Can lock on moving
 
 Fix Frustum Culling for skybox
 
+
+# TODO
+
 Fix Character creation preview not working
 
 Clean up main method/class

src/main/java/electrosphere/engine/loadingthreads/ClientLoading.java

@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ public class ClientLoading {
         //starry sky true skybox
         Entity skybox = EntityCreationUtils.createClientSpatialEntity();
         EntityCreationUtils.makeEntityDrawable(skybox, "Models/skyboxSphere.fbx");
+        DrawableUtils.disableCulling(skybox);
         EntityUtils.getRotation(skybox).rotateX((float)(-Math.PI/2.0f));
         EntityUtils.getScale(skybox).mul(2000.0f);
         Globals.assetManager.queueOverrideMeshShader("Models/skyboxSphere.fbx", "Sphere", "Shaders/skysphere/skysphere.vs", "Shaders/skysphere/skysphere.fs");
@@ -217,6 +218,7 @@ public class ClientLoading {
         //cloud ring pseudo skybox
         Entity cloudRing = EntityCreationUtils.createClientSpatialEntity();
         EntityCreationUtils.makeEntityDrawable(cloudRing, "Models/cloudRing.fbx");
+        DrawableUtils.disableCulling(cloudRing);
         EntityUtils.getRotation(cloudRing).rotateX((float)(-Math.PI/2.0f));
         EntityUtils.getScale(cloudRing).mul(1000.0f);
         Globals.clientScene.registerBehaviorTree(new ApplyRotationTree(cloudRing,new Quaterniond().rotationZ(0.0001)));

src/main/java/electrosphere/entity/DrawableUtils.java

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package electrosphere.entity;
 
+import electrosphere.renderer.actor.Actor;
+
 /**
  * Utilities to manipulating drawable entities (eg making an entity transparent)
  */
@@ -14,4 +16,15 @@ public class DrawableUtils {
         entity.removeData(EntityDataStrings.DRAW_SOLID_PASS);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Disables culling for the actor on a given entity
+     * @param entity The entity
+     */
+    public static void disableCulling(Entity entity){
+        Actor actor = EntityUtils.getActor(entity);
+        if(actor != null){
+            actor.setFrustumCull(false);
+        }
+    }
+
 }

src/main/java/electrosphere/entity/types/fluid/FluidChunk.java

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package electrosphere.entity.types.fluid;
 
 import electrosphere.client.fluid.manager.ClientFluidManager;
+import electrosphere.entity.DrawableUtils;
 import electrosphere.entity.Entity;
 import electrosphere.entity.EntityCreationUtils;
 import electrosphere.entity.EntityDataStrings;
@@ -29,8 +30,7 @@ public class FluidChunk {
         // }
 
         rVal.putData(EntityDataStrings.FLUID_IS_FLUID, true);
-        rVal.putData(EntityDataStrings.DRAW_TRANSPARENT_PASS, true);
-        rVal.removeData(EntityDataStrings.DRAW_SOLID_PASS);
+        DrawableUtils.makeEntityTransparent(rVal);
         rVal.putData(EntityDataStrings.DATA_STRING_MODEL_PATH, modelPath);
 
         return rVal;

src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/actor/Actor.java

@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ public class Actor {
 
     //static morph for this specific actor
     ActorStaticMorph staticMorph;
+
+    //Controls whether the actor should obey frustum culling
+    boolean frustumCull = true;
     
     public Actor(String modelPath){
         this.modelPath = modelPath;
@@ -198,7 +201,7 @@ public class Actor {
     public void draw(RenderPipelineState renderPipelineState, OpenGLState openGLState){
         Model model = Globals.assetManager.fetchModel(modelPath);
         boolean hasDrawn = false;
-        if(model != null && isWithinFrustumBox(renderPipelineState,model)){
+        if(model != null && isWithinFrustumBox(renderPipelineState,model,frustumCull)){
             applyAnimationMasks(model);
             meshMask.processMeshMaskQueue();
             model.setMeshMask(meshMask);
@@ -362,14 +365,30 @@ public class Actor {
     public ActorStaticMorph getStaticMorph(){
         return this.staticMorph;
     }
+    
+    //set should frustum cull
+    public void setFrustumCull(boolean frustumCull){
+        this.frustumCull = frustumCull;
+    }
+
+    //get should frustum cull
+    public boolean getFrustumCull(){
+        return frustumCull;
+    }
+
+    
 
     /**
      * Checks if a given model is within the render pipeline state's frustum box
      * @param renderPipelineState The render pipeline state
      * @param model The model
+     * @param frustumCull Controls whether the frustum cull should actually be executed or not
      * @return true if it is within the box, false otherwise
      */
-    static boolean isWithinFrustumBox(RenderPipelineState renderPipelineState, Model model){
+    static boolean isWithinFrustumBox(RenderPipelineState renderPipelineState, Model model, boolean frustumCull){
+        if(!frustumCull){
+            return true;
+        }
         Sphered sphere = model.getBoundingSphere();
         Vector3d modelPosition = model.getModelMatrix().getTranslation(new Vector3d());
         return renderPipelineState.getFrustumIntersection().testSphere((float)(sphere.x + modelPosition.x), (float)(sphere.y + modelPosition.y), (float)(sphere.z + modelPosition.z), (float)sphere.r);