// WS30 FRAGMENT SHADER // -*-C++-*- #version 130 // WS30 terrain - Landclass search functions used by fragment shaders // Split off from from ws30-ALS-ultra.frag ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // TEST PHASE TOGGLES AND CONTROLS FOR PROFILING ON DIFFERENT GPUS // // Instructions for power users: // Change the numbers for values and controls, save the file, and // reload shaders to compare the difference. // In-sim menu > debug > configure development extensions > reload shaders. // It's safe to tinker with things in this section. // At worst the terrain will look odd. If there's an error or a stray // character, the shader will just not compile - the terrain changes // appearance to black. // Simply try again and hit reload shaders button. You can also save a backup // of this file. // "//" means everything on that line is a comment. // Lines assigning numbers to variables end in a ";" // Testing performance: // Use the UFO or video assistant. Turn all scenery layers off (vegetation, // buildings, random scenery objects etc.). // The terrain quality shader level determines the shaders used. Set it to ultra. // The view should be 100% terrain. No sky. Try to minimise parts of terrain // or scenery rendered by other shaders, as the results will be inaccurate. // Avoid clouds in view. Minimise water in view. // WS3 OSM roads must be turned off to get accurate results: // in-sim menu > view > adjust LoD ranges > set all "Minimum Line Feature // Width" sliders to 50m (move sliders slightly if initial value = 9999). // Going closer or reducing FoV works, but these also can change performance. // Looking towards the horizon at high altitude may cause perfomance to be CPU // bound due to OSG scene traveral. // Remember to mention factors that change performance: // resolution, the rough area (regional definitions at work), altitude, // WS3 scenery package, AA settings, driver control panel settings and overrides // - (you can set these to application controlled) // Comparing performance: // GPU bound: To use FPS to compare performance you must be bottlenecked by // the GPU (GPU bound). // When GPU bound (fragment bound), changing the window size slightly should // result in a change in FPS. // You can also tell if you are GPU bound, as GPU utilisation will be 100%. // Change in performance = FPS2/FPS1. // e.g. increase of 15 FPS to 30 FPS = 30/15 = 2x or 200% increase. // Not GPU bound: If your bottleneck is not the GPU, you need to measure // GPU utilisation. // GPU utilisation is the GPU load - it will be less than 100%. // Change in performance = utilisation1/utilisation2. // e.g. Drop from 40% to 20% = 40/20 = 2x increase in performance or // doubling of FPS. e.g 40% to 30% = 40/30 = 1.33x increase. // CPU bound FPS limit: You can usually find your CPU bound FPS limit by // reducing window size until FPS stops increasing. This depends on what's // in view. // To Compare performace with WS2: untick the WS3 tick box in render settings, // and make sure both WS2 and WS3 are GPU bound, and not CPU bound. // // Note: // Ensure in-sim menu > view > rendering options > throttle FPS is off. // Ensure vsync is off. // Ensure WS3 OSM roads are off (see testing performance section). // Make sure your power plan is set to maximum or balanced in Windows, or // results could be inaccurate - laptops may be on a power saving plan // by default. // To test: All transitions are off by default. Set both remove squareness and // enable large scale transitions to 1 to get a quality with most features // turned on. // Maximum number of neighbor landclass textures to lookup if neighbors are found. // The more landclass textures are looked up the more pressure on VRAM. // Performance hit varies by altitude and how small the landclass blobs are. // More ground texture lookups may run slower on older generation GPUs - test and see. // Possible values: 0,1,2. Default: 2. To see texture mixing transitions you need 1 or 2. const int max_neighbor_landclass_texture_lookups = 2; // Small scale transition controls // Remove squareness due to landclass texture by growing higher priority neighbors. // This adds 2 extra lookups of the landclass texture, and one math/noise lookup. // Large scale transition searches do not use this - as it triples the number of // landclass texture acceses, as well as adding 1 noise lookup per search point. // This should be expected to be used on old GPUs, except when running at the absolute // lowest graphics quality. It's faster than large scale transition searches. // Possible values: 1:enabled, 0:disabled. Default:0 const int remove_squareness_from_landclass_texture = 0; // Transition at landclass texel scale // Mix in neighbor textures so landclass boundaries are not hard at the // landclass texel scale. // Note: Disable enable large scale transition search, if using this. // This needs extra ground texture lookups. It looks fine with 1 extra lookup. // This can be combined with removing squareness by growing borders. // Possible values: 1:enabled, 0:disabled const int use_landclass_texel_scale_transition_only = 0; // Large scale transition controls // Enable large scale transitions: 1=on, 0=off // Disable use landclass texel scale transition, if using this. const int enable_large_scale_transition_search = 0; // The search pattern is center + n points in four directions forming a cross. // e.g. 1 search point = 1 + 4 * 1 = 5 points total. // 4 search points: 17 total. 10 search points = 41 // The transition distance is the distance from the center to the furtherst // point in any direction. // Landclass transition search distance in meters // Note: transitions occur on both sides of the landclass borders. // The width of the transition is equal to 2x this value. // Default: 100m const float transition_search_distance_in_m = 100.0; // Number of points to search in any direction, in addition to this fragment // Default:4 points. Fewer points results in a less smooth transition (more banding) // Choose the lowest number of points to get a desired transition quality. const int num_search_points_in_a_direction = 4; // Landclass transition weightings options // More options mean slightly more GPU math load // // Use 2nd closest neighbour for transition weighting. // Note this won't lookup a ground texture by itself, just sort through results // Possible values: 1:enable, 0=disable. Default: 1 const int enable_2nd_closest_neighbor_for_large_scale_transition_weights = 0; // Enable dithering to smooth transitions by reducing visible banding // Possible values: 1=enable, 0=disable. Default = 1 const int enable_dithering_for_large_scale_transitions = 1; // Scale of dithering as a faction of the size of the bands - distance between // search points (=transition distance / number of steps) // 0.2 seems to work ok - not real need to tinker with this. // Different values won't change performance. const float dithering_noise_wavelength_as_fraction_of_step_size = 0.2; // Grow the borders of landclasses a bit when large scale transitions are used // Higher priority landclasses grow onto lower priority ones. // Landclass numbers are used as a placeholder for landclass priority. // This works by changing the weighting in the transition region using a // noise lookup // Possibe values: 0=off, 1=on. Default:0 const int grow_landclass_borders_with_large_scale_transition = 0; ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // Advanced controls - these are for testing scenery generation and rendering // Landclass source: // Possible values: Default=1; // 0=Normal landclass texture, 1 = Random landclass squares along s and t axes. // Choose 1 to test impact of searching a texture. You should normally leave // it at default. const int landclass_source = 0; // Random landclass square size in meters. Remember to adjust transition search distance. // Default: 200m const float random_landclass_square_size_in_m = 3.3*transition_search_distance_in_m; // Detiling noise source // Possible values: 0 = texture source, 1 = math source // The texture source still shows some tiling. The math source detiles better, but might // be slightly slower. const int detiling_noise_type = 0; // Development tools - 2 controls, now located at the top of WS30-ALS-ultra.frag: // 1. Reduce haze to almost zero, while preserving lighting. Useful for observing distant tiles. // Keeps the calculation overhead. This can be used for profiling. // 2. Remove haze and lighting and shows just the texture. // Useful for checking texture rendering and scenery. // The compiler will likely optimise out the haze and lighting calculations. // // End of test phase controls ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ////////////////////////// // Test-phase code: // Uniforms used by landclass search functions. // If any uniforms change name or form, remember to update here and in fragment shaders. uniform sampler2D landclass; uniform sampler2DArray textureArray; uniform sampler2D perlin; // Passed from VPBTechnique, not the Effect uniform int tile_level; uniform float tile_width; uniform float tile_height; uniform vec4 dimensionsArray[128]; // These should be sent as uniforms // Tile dimensions in meters // vec2 tile_size = vec2(tile_width , tile_height); // Testing: texture coords are sent flipped right now: vec2 tile_size = vec2(tile_height , tile_width); // These are defined in noise.frag float rand2D(in vec2 co); float Noise2D(in vec2 coord, in float wavelength); // Create random landclasses without a texture lookup to stress test. // Each square of square_size in m is assigned a random landclass value. int get_random_landclass(in vec2 co, in vec2 tile_size) { float r = rand2D( floor(vec2(co.s*tile_size.x, co.t*tile_size.y)/random_landclass_square_size_in_m) ); int lc = int(r*48.0); // only 48 landclasses mapped so far return lc; } // Look up texture coordinates and stretching scale of ground textures void get_ground_texture_data(in int textureIndex, in vec2 tile_coord, out vec2 st, out vec2 g_texture_scale, inout vec2 dx, inout vec2 dy) { // Look up stretching dimensions of ground textures in m - scaled to // fit in [0..1], so rescale vec2 g_texture_stretch_dim = dimensionsArray[textureIndex].st; g_texture_scale = tile_size.xy / g_texture_stretch_dim.xy; // Correct partial derivatives to account for stretching of different textures dx = dx * g_texture_scale; dy = dy * g_texture_scale; // Ground texture coords st = g_texture_scale * tile_coord.st; } // Rotate texture using the perlin texture as a mask to reduce tiling. // type=0: use perlin texture, type = 1: use Noise2D to avoid texture lookup // Testing: if this or get_ground_texture_data used in final WS3 to handle // many base texture lookups, see if optimising to handle many inputs helps // (vectorising Noise2D versus just many texture calls) vec2 detile_texcoords_with_perlin_noise(in vec2 st, in vec2 ground_texture_scale, in vec2 tile_coord, inout vec2 dx, inout vec2 dy) { vec2 pnoise; // Ratio tile dimensions are stretched relative to s. // Tiles may not have equal dimensions. vec2 stretch_r = tile_size.st/tile_size.s; // Note: unresolved texture discontinuties (i.e. mipmap problems) with unequal stretch factors const vec2 local_stretch_factors = vec2(8.0, 8.0 /*16.0*/); if (detiling_noise_type==1) { pnoise[0] = texture(perlin, st / local_stretch_factors[0]).r; pnoise[1] = texture(perlin, - st / local_stretch_factors[1]).r; } else { //Testing: Non texture alternative // Estimate of wavelength in /Textures/perlin.png in normalised texture coords const float ptex_wavelength = (1.0/7.0); pnoise[0] = Noise2D(st / (local_stretch_factors[0]), ptex_wavelength); pnoise[1] = Noise2D(-st / (local_stretch_factors[1]), ptex_wavelength); } if (pnoise[0] >= 0.5) { st = ground_texture_scale.st * (tile_coord * stretch_r).ts; // Get back original partial derivatives by undoing // previous texture stretching adjustment done in get_ground_data dx = dx / ground_texture_scale.st; dy = dy / ground_texture_scale.st; // Recalculate new derivatives dx = dx.ts * ground_texture_scale.st * stretch_r.ts; dy = dy.ts * ground_texture_scale.st * stretch_r.ts; } if (pnoise[1] >= 0.5) { st = -st; dx = -dx; dy = -dy; } return st; } // Lookup a ground texture at a point based on the landclass at that point, without visible // seams at coordinate discontinuities or at landclass boundaries where texture are switched. // The partial derivatives of the tile_coord at the fragment is needed to adjust for // the stretching of different textures, so that the correct mip-map level is looked // up and there are no seams. vec4 lookup_ground_texture_array(in vec2 tile_coord, in int landclass_id, in vec2 dx, in vec2 dy) { // Testing: may be able to save 1 or 2 op slots by combining dx/dy in a vec4 and // using swizzles which are free, but mostly operations are working independenly on s and t. // Only 1 place so far that just multiplies everything by a scalar. vec2 st; vec2 g_texture_scale; vec4 texel; int lc = landclass_id; get_ground_texture_data(lc, tile_coord, st, g_texture_scale, dx, dy); st = detile_texcoords_with_perlin_noise(st, g_texture_scale, tile_coord, dx, dy); //texel = texture(textureArray, vec3(st, lc)); //texel = textureLod(textureArray, vec3(st, lc), 12.0); texel = textureGrad(textureArray, vec3(st, lc), dx, dy); return texel; } // Landclass sources: texture or random int read_landclass_id(in vec2 tile_coord) { vec2 dx = dFdx(tile_coord.st); vec2 dy = dFdy(tile_coord.st); int lc; if (landclass_source == 0) lc = (int(texture2D(landclass, tile_coord.st).g * 255.0 + 0.5)); else lc = (get_random_landclass(tile_coord.st, tile_size)); return lc; } int read_landclass_id_non_pixelated(in vec2 tile_coord, const in float landclass_texel_size_m) { vec2 c0 = tile_coord; vec2 sz = tile_size; vec2 tsz = vec2(landclass_texel_size_m)/tile_size; // Landclass sources: texture or random int lc = read_landclass_id(c0); return lc; } // Determine whether to grow a neighbor landclass onto current. // 1 = grow neighbor, 0 = don't grow neighbor float get_growth_priority(in int current_landclass, in int neighbor_landclass) { int lc1 = current_landclass; int lc2 = neighbor_landclass; return ((lc1 < lc2)?1.0:0.0); } // Determine whether to grow a one of 2 neighbor landclasses onto current. // 1 = grow neighbor, 0 = don't grow neighbor float get_growth_priority(in int current_landclass, in int neighbor_landclass1, in int neighbor_landclass2) { int lc1 = current_landclass; int lc2 = neighbor_landclass1; int lc3 = neighbor_landclass2; return ((lc1 < max(lc2,lc3))?1.0:0.0); } int lookup_landclass_id(in vec2 tile_coord, in vec2 dx, in vec2 dy, out ivec4 neighbor_texel_landclass_ids, out int number_of_unique_neighbors_found, out vec4 landclass_neighbor_texel_weights) { // To do: fix landclass border artifacts, with all shaders. do small scale texel mixing for 2 neighbors // Number of unique neighbours found int num_n = 0; vec2 c0 = tile_coord; vec2 sz = tile_size; // Landclass sources: texture or random int lc = read_landclass_id(c0); int output_landclass = lc; // Landclasses of up to 4 neighbor texels ivec4 lc_n = ivec4(lc); // Landclasses sorted ivec4 lc_n_s; // Combined weight from 2 neighbor texels float w = 0.0; // Landclass neighbor weights - for texel mixing only vec4 lc_n_w = vec4(0.0); // Test phase controls if ( (remove_squareness_from_landclass_texture == 1) || ( (use_landclass_texel_scale_transition_only == 1) && (enable_large_scale_transition_search == 0) ) ) { // Remove squareness from the landclass texture due to nearest neighbour interpolation // A landclass with higher growth priority grows on to an adjacent landclass // with lower priority // Landclass texture dimensions, in texels - Needs glsl 1.30+ // Probably best to just send as uniforms if texture sizes don't vary, or are fixed per terrain LoD level. vec2 texture_dim_tx = vec2(textureSize(landclass, 0)); // Coordinates of current fragment, in texels vec2 c0_tx = c0 * texture_dim_tx; // Coordinates of the center of the current texel, in texels // centers are n+(0.5,0.5) for n = 0,1,2... vec2 ct_c0_tx = floor(c0_tx) + 0.5; // center in normalised tex coords vec2 ct_c0 = ct_c0_tx/texture_dim_tx; // Landclass at center of current texel - same anywhere within a texel int lc_ct = lc; // Coords of centers of closest neighbors, in texels vec2 c_n_tx[2]; // Coordinate of fragment relative to center of texel, in texels vec2 c0_rel_ct_tx = c0_tx - ct_c0_tx; float dist_ct = length(c0_rel_ct_tx); // need to avoid division by 0? if (dist_ct < 0.00001) dist_ct += 0.00001; // Choose closest neighbor based on angle wrt. to // c0, center of texel, and s & t axes. // Choose the texel in the direction of the largest s & t component. // NB: This method will select a diagonal neighbor if // both components of c0_rel_ct_tx are equal to cos(45). // Testing: look for a way that uses fewer instructions, // maybe calculating 2 neighbors at once using a vec4. //vec2 a = abs(c0_rel_ct_tx); //offset_ct0 = ((a.s > a.t)?vec2(1.0,0.0):vec2(0.0,1.0))*sign(c0_rel_ct_tx); // Vectorisable const float cos45deg = cos(radians(45.0)); vec2 offset_ct0 = step(cos45deg, abs(c0_rel_ct_tx/dist_ct)) *sign(c0_rel_ct_tx); c_n_tx[0] = (ct_c0_tx + offset_ct0); // Landclass of closest neighbor lc_n[0] = read_landclass_id(c_n_tx[0]/texture_dim_tx); // Choose 2nd closest neighbor // Choose texels in the direction of the smaller of s & t components vec2 offset_ct1 = abs(offset_ct0.ts)*step(0.0, abs(c0_rel_ct_tx/dist_ct)) * sign(c0_rel_ct_tx); c_n_tx[1] = (ct_c0_tx + offset_ct1); // Land class of 2nd closest neighbor lc_n[1] = read_landclass_id(c_n_tx[1]/texture_dim_tx); // Distinct neighbors found // Testing: possible optimisation, use booleans. // Needs ivec4/1.30+, or vec4/1.20 - reliably supported by old compilers? // bvec4 n_found = notEqual(lc_n, ivec4(lc)); ivec4 n_found = ivec4(((lc_n[0] != lc)?1:0), ((lc_n[1] != lc)?1:0), 0, 0); num_n = n_found[0]+ n_found[1]; //if (any(n_found)) if ((n_found[0] == 1) || (n_found[1] == 1)) { // Weights for influence from neighbor landclasses // The distance away from the neighbor texel side is used to determine influence. // w_n: 0.5 at minimum possible distance, 0.0 at maximum possible distance // Neighbor weights vec4 w_n = vec4(0.0); // Method 1: // Use distance from side of neighbor texel for mixing // This is has some issues, including with corners vec2 dir0 = offset_ct0; vec2 dir1 = offset_ct1; // Distance from side of neighbor texel, in texels vec2 d0 = dir0*c0_rel_ct_tx; vec2 d1 =dir1*c0_rel_ct_tx; w_n[0] = max(d0.x, d0.y); w_n[1] = max(d1.x, d1.y); /* //Method 2: // use distance from center of neighbor texel for mixing // This doesn't really give better results than 1 // Distance from center of neighbor texels, in texels vec2 dist_n_tx = vec2(0.0); dist_n_tx[0] = length(c0_tx - c_n_tx[0]); dist_n_tx[1] = length(c0_tx - c_n_tx[1]); // Weighting for closest neighbor - [0.5 to 0.0] as distance goes from [min to max] const float max_dist = sqrt(0.5*0.5+1.0); const float min_dist = 0.5; w_n[0] = (dist_n_tx[0]-min_dist)/(max_dist - min_dist); w_n[0] = mix(0.5, 0.0, w_n[0]); // Weighting for 2nd closest neighbor - [0.5 to 0.0] as distance goes from [min to max] //const float max_dist1 = sqrt(0.5*0.5+1.0); //const float min_dist = 0.5; w_n[1] = (dist_n_tx[1]-min_dist)/(max_dist-min_dist); w_n[1] = mix(0.5, 0.0, w_n[1]); */ // Use weighting only if neighbour is different from landclass for this fragment // Testing: Can be omitted if not doing texture mixing as it doesn't really // make a difference. w_n = w_n * vec4(n_found); // Combined weighting - increase w_n[0] if the 2nd closest neigbour is // different such that w_n[0] remains under 0.5 w = w_n[0]; w = w + (0.5-w)*2.0*w_n[1]; // Sort landclasses and weights lc_n_s = lc_n; // If closest neighbour is lc, move 2nd closest neighbour to closest slot, and // clear the 2nd closest slot if (n_found[0] == 0) { lc_n_s.xy = lc_n.yz; w_n.xy = w_n.yz; } // Testing phase controls if ( (use_landclass_texel_scale_transition_only == 1) && (max_neighbor_landclass_texture_lookups > 0) && (enable_large_scale_transition_search == 0) ) { // Assign mix factors for transitions by mixing texels // [0]: 0 to 0.5 // [1]: split [0 to 1] between closest and 2nd closest landclass lc_n_w[0] = w; lc_n_w[1] = w_n[1]/(w_n[0]+w_n[1]); } } // Testing controls: End if ((remove_squareness_from_landclass_texture == 1) || (use_landclass_texel_scale_transition_only == 1)) if (remove_squareness_from_landclass_texture == 1) { // Turn neighbor growth off at longer ranges, otherwise there is flickering noise // Testing: The exact cutoff could be done sooner to save some performance - needs // to be part of a larger solution to similar issues. User should set a tolerance factor. float lod_factor = min(length(vec2(dx.s, dy.s)),length(vec2(dx.t, dy.t))); // Estimate of frequency of growth noise in texels - i.e. how many peaks and troughs fit in one texel const float frequency_g_n = 1000.0; const float cutoff = 1.0/frequency_g_n; if (lod_factor < cutoff) { // Decide whether to grow neighbor on to lc float grow_n = get_growth_priority(lc,lc_n[0]); // Noise on the scale of landclass texels in the texture // Testing: reduce instructions if this method is to be used. // To look at: corner visuals & sharp diagonals. // Minimum wavelength of transition noise const float wl_tn = (1.0/8.0); float tn = Noise2D(c0*texture_dim_tx, wl_tn); // old val 1.6 float threshold = mix(1.0,0.0, w); float neighbor_growth_weight = (0.3*2.0)*w*step(threshold-0.15, tn); // Growth factor float g = ((grow_n > 0.0)?neighbor_growth_weight:-neighbor_growth_weight); //g = sqrt(abs(g))*sign(g); // Neighbor growth value float v; //v=w+g; v = w*(0.7+50.5*g); // Whether or not to grow neighbour onto nearby pixel // To do - mix factor between different neighbour lanclasses // when using an extra ground texture lookup if (v > 0.5) output_landclass = lc_n_s[0]; // Testing phase controls if ( (use_landclass_texel_scale_transition_only == 1) && (max_neighbor_landclass_texture_lookups > 0) && (enable_large_scale_transition_search == 0) ) { lc_n_w[0] = 0.0; /* // Adjust mix factor weights and swap landclasses for extrusions // Method 1: lc_n_w[0] = (w-0.5*neighbor_growth_weight); if (v > 0.5) lc_n_s[0] = lc; */ // Method 2: // Mix in neighbour texel, instead of change output landclass. // Undo previous output class assignment output_landclass = lc; // Reduce flickering noise due to small detail added when far away. Contrasting colors mean more visible issues. // Fade 0 to 1 as lod_factor goes from 1.0 to 4.0 // The goal is to avoid flickering with worst case texture filtering and supersampling. // Testing: However, the quicker the detil fades, the more square distant ladnclasses look. // Right now the noise function generates too many high frequency components (small detail) //const float mmax = 4000.0; const float mmin = mmax-1000.0; /* no flickering */ const float mmax = 3000.0; const float mmin = mmax-1000.0; /* bit of filckering */ float fade = smoothstep(mmin, mmax, 1.0/lod_factor); lc_n_w[0] = (w-0.5*3.333*0.9*(neighbor_growth_weight*fade)); if (v > 0.5) lc_n_w[0] = w+0.4*fade; } } // End if (lod_factor > some value) } // Testing code: End if (remove_squareness_from_landclass_texture == 1) } // End if (nfound[0] == 1) || (n_found[1] == 1) landclass_neighbor_texel_weights = lc_n_w; neighbor_texel_landclass_ids = lc_n_s; number_of_unique_neighbors_found = num_n; return output_landclass; } // Look up the landclass id [0 .. 255] for this particular fragment. // Lookup id of any neighbouring landclass that is within the search distance. // Searches are performed in upto 4 directions right now, but only one landclass is looked up // Create a mix factor werighting the influences of nearby landclasses void get_landclass_id(in vec2 tile_coord, const in float landclass_texel_size_m, in vec2 dx, in vec2 dy, out int landclass_id, out ivec4 neighbor_landclass_ids, out int num_unique_neighbors,out vec4 mix_factor ) { // Each tile has 1 texture containing landclass ids stetched over it // Landclass source type: 0=texture, 1=random squares // Controls are defined at global scope. const int landclass_source float ts = landclass_texel_size_m; vec2 sz = tile_size; // Number of unique neighbors found int num_n = 0; // Only used for mixing textures of neighboring texels: // Landclass ids of neigbors in neighboring texels ivec4 lc_n_tx; // Weights of neighbour landclass texels vec4 lc_n_w; // Number of unique neighbors in neighboring texels int num_n_tx = 0; int lc = lookup_landclass_id(tile_coord, dx, dy, lc_n_tx, num_n_tx, lc_n_w); // Neighbor landclass ids ivec4 lc_n = ivec4(lc); // Mix factors: texels are mixed in from furthest, to closest // mfact[1]: [0 to 1] mixing 1st and 2nd closest texels // mfact[0]: [0 to 0.5] texel and previous neighbour contributions vec4 mfact = vec4(0.0); // Testing phase controls if ( (use_landclass_texel_scale_transition_only == 1) && (max_neighbor_landclass_texture_lookups > 0) && (enable_large_scale_transition_search == 0) ) { // Use the ground texture lookups to do a transition on the scale of // the landclass textures instead of doing a large scale transition num_n = num_n_tx; lc_n = lc_n_tx; mfact = lc_n_w; } // Testing phase controls if ( (enable_large_scale_transition_search == 1) && (max_neighbor_landclass_texture_lookups > 0) && (use_landclass_texel_scale_transition_only == 0) ) { // Transition search const int n = num_search_points_in_a_direction; const float search_dist = transition_search_distance_in_m; vec2 step_size_m = vec2(search_dist/float(n)); // step size in tile coords vec2 steps = step_size_m.st / tile_size.st; vec2 c0 = tile_coord; // Min number of points (loop counter value (i)) before // a different landclass is found ivec4 mi = ivec4(n+1); // landclass - l can be accessed as an array e.g. l[0]=l.x ivec4 l = ivec4(lc); // Search in 4 directions. These for loops likely need unrolling, // and optimising to use minimum instructions, if they are // to be used outside of testing the search concept. // The texture access patterns may be suboptimal as well. // Travelling along s and t axes might work better. // Note: this returns the closest neighbor. There could be blobs // of multiple neighbors, or a tiny islands of neighbors among this // landclass. // +s direction vec2 dir = vec2(steps.s, 0.0); for (int i=1;i<=n;i++) { vec2 c = c0+float(i)*dir; int v = read_landclass_id(c); if ((v != lc) && (mi[0] > n)) {l[0] = v; mi[0] = i; } } // -s direction dir = vec2(-steps.s, 0.0); for (int i=1;i<=n;i++) { vec2 c = c0+float(i)*dir; int v = read_landclass_id(c); if ((v != lc) && (mi[1] > n)) {l[1] = v; mi[1] = i; } } // +t direction dir = vec2(0.0, steps.t); for (int i=1;i<=n;i++) { vec2 c = c0+float(i)*dir; int v = read_landclass_id(c); if ((v != lc) && (mi[2] > n)) {l[2] = v; mi[2] = i; } } // -t direction dir = vec2(0.0, -steps.t); for (int i=1;i<=n;i++) { vec2 c = c0+float(i)*dir; int v = read_landclass_id(c); if ((v != lc) && (mi[3] > n)) {l[3] = v; mi[3] = i; } } // Set neighbour landclass // Choose closest neighbor // min number of steps before a neighbor was found in any direction int mns = n+1; // index of mi[] with min number of steps int idx1=-1; for (int j=0;j<4;j++) { if (mi[j] < mns) {mns = mi[j]; idx1 = j; lc_n[0] = l[j]; num_n=1;} } // Transitions: // Possible landclass property: Transition distance or weighting // e.g. larger transition between sand/grass terrain compared to forest/agriculture // Find mix factor and increase influence for 2, 3 or 4 nearby landclass blobs. // If one neighbor landclass texture is looked up, even if the nearby landclasses // are different only one texture will get prominence // At the boundary between landclasses there should be 50% influence. // If needed it's possible to add a dominance factor. // mi ranges from n+1 to 1. Mix factor ranges from [0.0 to 0.5] // 3 point search example: // [Num steps=Mixfactor value]: [no neighbor found = 0.0], [1 = 0.25], [2 = 0.5] // Calculate weights: map [n+1 to 1] to [0.0 to 0.5] vec4 w = 0.5*(1.0-(vec4(mi-1)/float(n))); // Calculate mix factor to draw one neighbor landclass float mf1=0.0; // Method 1: float max_w = max(max(max(w[0],w[1]),w[2]),w[3]); //mf1 = max_w; // Method 2: add up the influence and clamp to 0.5 //mf1 = min(w.x+w.y+w.z+w.w, 0.5); // Method 3: weight influence without going over limit or needing to clamp // Example with influence [0 to 1]: // 2 neighbors with 0.5 influence: 0.75 . 3 neighbors with 0.5 = 87.25 // of course influence is [0 to 0.5] but idea is the same mf1 = w[0]; mf1 += (0.5-mf1)*w[1]; mf1 += (0.5-mf1)*w[2]; mf1 += (0.5-mf1)*w[3]; // Mix factors: texels are mixed in from furthest, to closest // mfact[0]: [0 to 0.5] texel and previous neighbour contributions // mfact[1]: [0 to 1] mixing 1st and 2nd closest texels mfact[0] = mf1; // Test phase controls: if (enable_2nd_closest_neighbor_for_large_scale_transition_weights == 1) { // Calculate mix factor for the case of two neighbour landclasses // index of mi[] with the 2nd lowest number of steps int idx2=-1; if (idx1 != -1) { // Choose 2nd closest neighbor // Testing: look at a way to find 2 closest neighbors with less instructions // 2nd lowest number of steps int mns2 = n+1; for (int j=0;j<4;j++) { if ((mi[j] < mns2) && (mi[j] >= mns) && (j != idx1)) {mns2 = mi[j]; lc_n[1] = l[j]; idx2=j; num_n=2;} } } // If two neighbors are found split available mix factor (mf1) by relative weights if (idx2 != -1) { float rw = w[idx2]/(w[idx1]+w[idx2]); mfact[1] = rw; } } // End if (enable_2nd_closest_neighbor_for_large_scale_transition_weights == 1) // Test phase controls if (enable_dithering_for_large_scale_transitions == 1) { // Add noise to change transition float tnoise1= Noise2D(tile_coord, dithering_noise_wavelength_as_fraction_of_step_size*steps.x); float noise = 0.5*(1.0-tnoise1)/float(n); mfact[0]=mfact[0]+noise; mfact[0]=clamp(mfact[0],0.0,0.5); } // Test phase controls if (grow_landclass_borders_with_large_scale_transition == 1) { // Grow landclass borders with noise so landclass blobs that are too artificial // looking or coarse look natural. // A landclass with higher growth priority grows on to an adjacent landclass // with lower priority // Decide whether to grow neighbor on to lc float grow_n = get_growth_priority(lc,lc_n[0],lc_n[1]); // Noise on the scale of landclass texels in the texture float tnoise2 = Noise2D(tile_coord, 0.4*transition_search_distance_in_m/tile_size.x); float threshold = mix(1.0,0.0, mfact[0]); float neighbor_growth_mixf = 0.3*mix(0.0,1.0,mfact[0]*2.0)*step(threshold-0.15,tnoise2); mfact[0] = mfact[0]+((grow_n > 0.0)?neighbor_growth_mixf:-neighbor_growth_mixf); mfact[0] = clamp(mfact[0],0.0,1.0); // Decide whether to extrude furthest neighbor or closest neighbor onto lc float grow_n1 = get_growth_priority(lc_n[0],lc_n[1]); mfact[1] = mfact[1]+((grow_n > 0.0)?neighbor_growth_mixf:+neighbor_growth_mixf); mfact[1] = clamp(mfact[1],0.0,1.0); } // Testing: End if (grow_landclass_borders_with_large_scale_transition == 1) } // Testing: End if ((enable_large_scale_transition_search == 1) && (max_neighbor_landclass_texture_lookups > 0)) //lc = int(t); //mfact[2] = t; landclass_id = lc; neighbor_landclass_ids=lc_n; num_unique_neighbors = num_n; mix_factor = mfact; } // End Test-phase code ////////////////////////