autoupdate damaged chunks, removes instance drawing

Sources/Voxelotl/Game.swift

@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ class Game: GameDelegate {
   var projection: matrix_float4x4 = .identity
   var world = World()
   var cubeMesh: RendererMesh?
-
-  var renderMode: Bool = false
-  var damageChunks = [SIMD3<Int>: Mesh<VertexPositionNormalColorTexcoord, UInt16>]()
   var renderChunks = [SIMD3<Int>: RendererMesh]()
 
   func create(_ renderer: Renderer) {
@@ -54,15 +51,6 @@ class Game: GameDelegate {
 #else
     self.world.generate(width: 5, height: 3, depth: 5, seed: seed)
 #endif
-
-    // Build chunk meshes
-    self.rebuildChunkMeshes()
-  }
-
-  private func rebuildChunkMeshes() {
-    self.world.forEachChunk { id, chunk in
-      self.damageChunks[id] = ChunkMeshBuilder.build(world: self.world, chunkID: id)
-    }
   }
 
   func fixedUpdate(_ time: GameTime) {
@@ -76,30 +64,31 @@ class Game: GameDelegate {
 
     let deltaTime = min(Float(time.delta.asFloat), 1.0 / 15)
 
-    var reset = false, generate = false, toggleRenderMode = false
+    var reset = false, generate = false, regenChunk = false
     if let pad = GameController.current?.state {
       if pad.pressed(.back) { reset = true }
       if pad.pressed(.start) { generate = true }
-      if pad.pressed(.guide) { toggleRenderMode = true }
+      if pad.pressed(.guide) { regenChunk = true }
     }
     if Keyboard.pressed(.r) { reset = true }
     if Keyboard.pressed(.g) { generate = true }
-    if Keyboard.pressed(.p, repeat: true) { toggleRenderMode = true }
+    if Keyboard.pressed(.p) { regenChunk = true }
-    if Keyboard.pressed(.leftBracket) { self.rebuildChunkMeshes() }
 
     // Player reset
     if reset {
       self.resetPlayer()
     }
-    // Regenerate
+    // Regenerate world
     if generate {
       self.generateWorld()
     }
-    if toggleRenderMode {
-      self.renderMode = !self.renderMode
-    }
 
     self.player.update(deltaTime: deltaTime, world: world, camera: &camera)
+
+    // Regenerate current chunk
+    if regenChunk {
+      self.world.generate(chunkID: World.makeID(position: self.player.position))
+    }
   }
 
   func draw(_ renderer: Renderer, _ time: GameTime) {
@@ -114,18 +103,15 @@ class Game: GameDelegate {
       specular: Color(rgba8888: 0x2F2F2F00).linear,
       gloss: 75)
 
-    if self.renderMode {
     // Update chunk meshes if needed
-      if !self.damageChunks.isEmpty {
+    self.world.handleRenderDamagedChunks { id, chunk in
-        for i in self.damageChunks {
+      let mesh = ChunkMeshBuilder.build(world: self.world, chunkID: id)
-          if let new = renderer.createMesh(i.1) {
+      if let renderMesh = renderer.createMesh(mesh) {
-            self.renderChunks[i.0] = new
+        self.renderChunks[id] = renderMesh
       } else {
-            self.renderChunks.removeValue(forKey: i.0)
+        self.renderChunks.removeValue(forKey: id)
       }
     }
-        self.damageChunks = [:]
-      }
 
     for (id, chunk) in self.renderChunks {
       let drawPos = SIMD3<Float>(id &<< Chunk.shift)
@@ -137,9 +123,8 @@ class Game: GameDelegate {
         environment: env,
         camera: self.camera)
     }
-    }
 
-    var instances = self.renderMode ? [Instance]() : world.instances
+    var instances = [Instance]()
     if let position = player.rayhitPos {
       instances.append(
         Instance(

Sources/Voxelotl/World.swift

@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
 import Foundation
 
 public class World {
-  private var _chunks: Dictionary<SIMD3<Int>, Chunk>
+  public typealias ChunkID = SIMD3<Int>
+  @inline(__always) public static func makeID<F: BinaryFloatingPoint>(position: SIMD3<F>) -> ChunkID {
+    makeID(position: SIMD3(Int(floor(position.x)), Int(floor(position.y)), Int(floor(position.z))))
+  }
+  @inline(__always) public static func makeID(position: SIMD3<Int>) -> ChunkID { position &>> Chunk.shift }
+
+  private var _chunks: Dictionary<ChunkID, Chunk>
+  private var _chunkDamage: Set<ChunkID>
   private var _generator: WorldGenerator
 
   public init() {
     self._chunks = [:]
+    self._chunkDamage = []
     self._generator = WorldGenerator()
   }
 
@@ -16,10 +24,32 @@ public class World {
   }
 
   func setBlock(at position: SIMD3<Int>, type: BlockType) {
-    self._chunks[position &>> Chunk.shift]?.setBlock(at: position, type: type)
+    // Find the chunk containing the block position
+    let chunkID = position &>> Chunk.shift
+    if let idx = self._chunks.index(forKey: chunkID) {
+      // Set the block and mark the containing chunk for render update
+      self._chunks.values[idx].setBlock(at: position, type: type)
+      self._chunkDamage.insert(chunkID)
+
+      // Mark adjacent chunks for render update when placing along the chunk border
+      let internalPos = position &- chunkID &<< Chunk.shift
+      for (i, ofs) in zip(internalPos.indices, [ SIMD3<Int>.X, .Y, .Z ]) {
+        if internalPos[i] == 0 {
+          let id = chunkID &- ofs
+          if self._chunks.keys.contains(id) {
+            self._chunkDamage.insert(id)
+          }
+        } else if internalPos[i] == Chunk.size - 1 {
+          let id = chunkID &+ ofs
+          if self._chunks.keys.contains(id) {
+            self._chunkDamage.insert(id)
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
   }
 
-  func getChunk(id chunkID: SIMD3<Int>) -> Chunk? {
+  func getChunk(id chunkID: ChunkID) -> Chunk? {
     self._chunks[chunkID]
   }
 
@@ -37,25 +67,28 @@ public class World {
         for x in 0..<width {
           let chunkID = SIMD3(x, y, z) &- orig
           self._chunks[chunkID] = self._generator.makeChunk(id: chunkID)
+          self._chunkDamage.insert(chunkID)
         }
       }
     }
   }
 
-  func generate(chunkID: SIMD3<Int>) {
+  func generate(chunkID: ChunkID) {
     self._chunks[chunkID] = self._generator.makeChunk(id: chunkID)
+    self._chunkDamage.insert(chunkID)
+    for i: ChunkID in [ .X, .Y, .Z ] {
+      for otherID in [ chunkID &- i, chunkID &+ i ] {
+        if self._chunks.keys.contains(otherID) {
+          self._chunkDamage.insert(otherID)
+        }
+      }
+    }
   }
 
-  var instances: [Instance] {
+  func handleRenderDamagedChunks(_ body: (_ id: ChunkID, _ chunk: Chunk) -> Void) {
-    self._chunks.values.flatMap { chunk in
+    for id in self._chunkDamage {
-      chunk.compactMap { block, position in
+      body(id, self._chunks[id]!)
-        if case let .solid(color) = block.type {
+    }
-          Instance(
+    self._chunkDamage.removeAll(keepingCapacity: true)
-            position: SIMD3<Float>(position) + 0.5,
-            scale:    .init(repeating: 0.5),
-            color:    color)
-        } else { nil }
-      }
-    }
   }
 }