voxel fixes

docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md

@@ -931,6 +931,13 @@ Refactoring generator code
 Optimizations
 Fix transvoxel xnzn edge generation
 
+(11/04/2024)
+Major draw cell optimizations
+Fix normals calculation in transvoxel rasterizer
+Fix draw cell LOD joining bug
+Fix draw cell bounding sphere calculation
+Hill Gen tweaks
+
 
 # TODO
 

src/main/java/electrosphere/client/terrain/cells/ClientDrawCellManager.java

@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ public class ClientDrawCellManager {
     /**
      * The distance to draw at full resolution
      */
-    public static final double FULL_RES_DIST = 5 * ServerTerrainChunk.CHUNK_DIMENSION;
+    public static final double FULL_RES_DIST = 12 * ServerTerrainChunk.CHUNK_DIMENSION;
 
     /**
      * The distance for half resolution
      */
-    public static final double HALF_RES_DIST = 15 * ServerTerrainChunk.CHUNK_DIMENSION;
+    public static final double HALF_RES_DIST = 16 * ServerTerrainChunk.CHUNK_DIMENSION;
 
     /**
      * The octree holding all the chunks to evaluate
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ public class ClientDrawCellManager {
         !node.isLeaf() &&
         (
             (
-                node.getLevel() == this.chunkTree.getMaxLevel() &&
+                node.getLevel() == this.chunkTree.getMaxLevel() - 1 &&
                 this.getMinDistance(pos, node) > FULL_RES_DIST
             )
              ||

src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/meshgen/TerrainChunkModelGeneration.java

@@ -892,13 +892,15 @@ public class TerrainChunkModelGeneration {
 
 
         //bounding sphere logic
-        float halfChunk = ServerTerrainChunk.CHUNK_DIMENSION / 2.0f;
         mesh.updateBoundingSphere(
-            halfChunk,
-            halfChunk,
-            halfChunk,
-            (float)Math.sqrt(halfChunk * halfChunk + halfChunk * halfChunk + halfChunk * halfChunk)
-            );
+            ServerTerrainChunk.CHUNK_DIMENSION,
+            ServerTerrainChunk.CHUNK_DIMENSION,
+            ServerTerrainChunk.CHUNK_DIMENSION,
+            (float)Math.sqrt(
+                ServerTerrainChunk.CHUNK_DIMENSION * ServerTerrainChunk.CHUNK_DIMENSION +
+                ServerTerrainChunk.CHUNK_DIMENSION * ServerTerrainChunk.CHUNK_DIMENSION +
+                ServerTerrainChunk.CHUNK_DIMENSION * ServerTerrainChunk.CHUNK_DIMENSION
+            ));
         
         
         

src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/meshgen/TransvoxelModelGeneration.java

@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ public class TransvoxelModelGeneration {
      * @param vertMap The vert map
      * @param verts The list of verts
      * @param normals The normal map
-     * @param trianglesSharingVert The indices of triangles sharing verts
+     * @param trianglesSharingVert The indices of triangles sharing verts -- Used for making sure normals are pointing correctly
      * @return The number of triangles created
      */
     protected static int polygonizeTransition(
@@ -491,7 +491,8 @@ public class TransvoxelModelGeneration {
 
 
         //the class of transition cell
-        short cellClass = (short)(transitionCellClass[caseIndex]);
+        short cellClass = transitionCellClass[caseIndex];
+        int windingOrder = (cellClass >>> 7) & 1;
 
         LoggerInterface.loggerRenderer.DEBUG("Cell class: " + cellClass + " " + String.format("0x%02X", cellClass));
 
@@ -700,6 +701,11 @@ public class TransvoxelModelGeneration {
             int index1 = getVertIndex(vert1,vertMap,verts);
             int index2 = getVertIndex(vert2,vertMap,verts);
 
+            if(windingOrder == 1){
+                index0 = getVertIndex(vert2,vertMap,verts);
+                index2 = getVertIndex(vert0,vertMap,verts);
+            }
+
             //add 0's to normals until it matches vert count
             while(trianglesSharingVert.size() < verts.size()){
                 trianglesSharingVert.add(0);
@@ -978,6 +984,14 @@ public class TransvoxelModelGeneration {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Mixes two normals given a proportion value for each
+     * @param normal0 The first vector
+     * @param proportion0 The proportion of the first vector
+     * @param normal1 The second vector
+     * @param proportion1 The proportion of the second vector
+     * @return The mixed vector
+     */
     private static Vector3f averageNormals(Vector3f normal0, float proportion0, Vector3f normal1, float proportion1){
         Vector3f rVal = new Vector3f(normal0);
         rVal = rVal.mul(proportion0).add(new Vector3f(normal1).mul(proportion1));

src/main/java/electrosphere/server/terrain/generation/heightmap/HillsGen.java

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ public class HillsGen implements HeightmapGenerator {
     /**
      * Scales the input positions
      */
-    static final float POSITION_SCALE = 0.005f;
+    static final float POSITION_SCALE = 0.01f;
 
     /**
      * Scales the output height