Improve terrain rendering, handle bug with no detail

Engine/source/gfx/gfxTextureArray.cpp

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ void GFXTextureArray::set(U32 width, U32 height, U32 size, GFXFormat format, U32
 
 bool GFXTextureArray::fromTextureArray(const Vector<GFXTexHandle>& textureArray, U32 capacity)
 {
+   PROFILE_SCOPE(GFXTextureArray_fromTextureArray)
    bool success = true;
 
    // Not initialized, infer it from the given array of textures
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@ bool GFXTextureArray::fromTextureArray(const Vector<GFXTexHandle>& textureArray,
 
 void GFXTextureArray::setTexture(const GFXTexHandle& texture, U32 slot)
 {
+   PROFILE_SCOPE(GFXTextureArray_setTexture)
    GFXTexHandle handle = texture;
    if (texture->getPath().isNotEmpty())
    {

Engine/source/terrain/glsl/terrFeatureGLSL.cpp

@@ -1290,9 +1290,13 @@ void TerrainHeightMapBlendGLSL::processVert(
 
    MultiLine* meta = new MultiLine;
    
-   // Make sure the world to tangent transform
+   // Handle an edge-case when there are no detail-maps available
-   // is created and available for the pixel shader.
+   if (fd.features.getNextFeatureIndex(MFT_TerrainDetailMap, -1) >= 0)
-   getOutViewToTangent(componentList, meta, fd);
+   {
+      // Make sure the world to tangent transform
+      // is created and available for the pixel shader.
+      getOutViewToTangent(componentList, meta, fd);
+   }
 
    output = meta;
 }

Engine/source/terrain/hlsl/terrFeatureHLSL.cpp

@@ -1370,9 +1370,13 @@ void TerrainHeightMapBlendHLSL::processVert(Vector<ShaderComponent*>& componentL
 
    MultiLine* meta = new MultiLine;
 
-   // Make sure the world to tangent transform
+   // Handle an edge-case when there are no detail-maps available
-   // is created and available for the pixel shader.
+   if (fd.features.getNextFeatureIndex(MFT_TerrainDetailMap, -1) >= 0)
-   getOutViewToTangent(componentList, meta, fd);
+   {
+      // Make sure the world to tangent transform
+      // is created and available for the pixel shader.
+      getOutViewToTangent(componentList, meta, fd);
+   }
 
    output = meta;
 }

Engine/source/terrain/terrCellMaterial.cpp

@@ -675,16 +675,53 @@ bool TerrainCellMaterial::_initShader(bool deferredMat,
 void TerrainCellMaterial::_updateMaterialConsts( )
 {
    PROFILE_SCOPE( TerrainCellMaterial_UpdateMaterialConsts );
-   if (mMaterialInfos.empty())
+
+   int detailMatCount = 0;
+   for (MaterialInfo* materialInfo : mMaterialInfos)
+   {
+      if (materialInfo == NULL)
+         continue;
+
+      TerrainMaterial* mat = materialInfo->mat;
+
+      if (mat == NULL)
+         continue;
+
+      // We only include materials that 
+      // have more than a base texture.
+      if (mat->getDetailSize() <= 0 ||
+         mat->getDetailDistance() <= 0 ||
+         mat->getDetailMap().isEmpty())
+         continue;
+
+      detailMatCount++;
+   }
+
+   if (detailMatCount == 0)
    {
       return;
    }
-   AlignedArray<Point4F> detailInfoArray(mMaterialInfos.size(), sizeof(Point4F));
-   AlignedArray<Point4F> detailScaleAndFadeArray(mMaterialInfos.size(), sizeof(Point4F));
 
-   for ( U32 j=0; j < mMaterialInfos.size(); j++ )
+   AlignedArray<Point4F> detailInfoArray(detailMatCount, sizeof(Point4F));
+   AlignedArray<Point4F> detailScaleAndFadeArray(detailMatCount, sizeof(Point4F));
+
+   int detailIndex = 0;
+   for (MaterialInfo* matInfo : mMaterialInfos)
    {
-      MaterialInfo *matInfo = mMaterialInfos[j];
+      if (matInfo == NULL)
+         continue;
+
+      TerrainMaterial* mat = matInfo->mat;
+
+      if (mat == NULL)
+         continue;
+
+      // We only include materials that 
+      // have more than a base texture.
+      if (mat->getDetailSize() <= 0 ||
+         mat->getDetailDistance() <= 0 ||
+         mat->getDetailMap().isEmpty())
+         continue;
 
       F32 detailSize = matInfo->mat->getDetailSize();
       F32 detailScale = 1.0f;
@@ -716,11 +753,19 @@ void TerrainCellMaterial::_updateMaterialConsts( )
                                         matInfo->mat->getDetailStrength(),
                                         matInfo->mat->getParallaxScale(), 0 );
 
-      detailScaleAndFadeArray[j] = detailScaleAndFade;
+      detailScaleAndFadeArray[detailIndex] = detailScaleAndFade;
-      detailInfoArray[j] = detailIdStrengthParallax;
+      detailInfoArray[detailIndex] = detailIdStrengthParallax;
 
-      mConsts->setSafe(matInfo->mBlendDepthConst, matInfo->mat->getBlendDepth());
+      if (matInfo->mBlendDepthConst != NULL)
-      mConsts->setSafe(matInfo->mBlendContrastConst, matInfo->mat->getBlendContrast());
+      {
+         mConsts->setSafe(matInfo->mBlendDepthConst, matInfo->mat->getBlendDepth());
+      }
+
+      if (matInfo->mBlendContrastConst != NULL)
+      {
+         mConsts->setSafe(matInfo->mBlendContrastConst, matInfo->mat->getBlendContrast());
+      }
+      detailIndex++;
    }
 
    mConsts->setSafe(mDetailInfoVArrayConst, detailScaleAndFadeArray);
@@ -739,11 +784,6 @@ bool TerrainCellMaterial::setupPass(   const SceneRenderState *state,
       return false;
    }
 
-   if (mMaterialInfos.size() > 4)
-   {
-      int a = 2 + 2;
-   }
-
    mCurrPass++;
 
    _updateMaterialConsts();

Engine/source/terrain/terrCellMaterial.h

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ protected:
    public:
 
       MaterialInfo()
-         :mat(NULL), layerId(0)
+         :mat(NULL), layerId(0), mBlendDepthConst(NULL), mBlendContrastConst(NULL)
       {
       }
 
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ protected:
 
       TerrainMaterial *mat;
       U32 layerId;
-      GFXShaderConstHandle* mBlendDepthConst;
+      GFXShaderConstHandle *mBlendDepthConst;
-      GFXShaderConstHandle* mBlendContrastConst;
+      GFXShaderConstHandle *mBlendContrastConst;
    };
 
    ///