while it still remains a good idea to port as many NULL compares and assignments over to nullPtr as feasable, we do still need to sort out how to better support scripted empty, false, and zero assigns for things like objectIDs.
this means we'll need to both fully convert the backend of the parser to support that kind of thing, but also alter most if not all exisiting NULLs. up to and including things like SAFE_DELETE. while that's certainly feasable, given there's aproximatel 400 nullptr assigns/checks prior to this commit, and roughly 1800 of the prior, if it terminates in a script call and not an aip one direct, we'll be dialing that back until such time as fork fully fopcused on converting and resolving any lingering mismatches is completed.
GBitmap Changes:
Added all other formats to gbitmap that we support
gbitmap now supports cubemaps
added converters for all these other formats
added stb_image_resize for extrudemips so we can extrude mipmaps for all other formats
GFXTextureManager
Can now directly make cubemaps and texture arrays based on the GFXTextureProfile
API implementations for all functions that cubemaps and arrays needed
Multiple fixes in files sent by Az but matrix look at function was creating a view matrix that messed up the capture.
Look at function for matrix now returns the correct matrix and bakes looking better
the key part of this issue was to invert the order we were baking the faces. Not much of a fix but it works better than before need to get a proper fix implement
the way the issue is copying X+ into every other face but isnt doing it in the reverse order means the rtv for face 0 must be being replicated into all other faces.
review of per and post bake protocols showed that the CAPTURING shader macro was not being properly recompiled in. as opengl was not playing nice with a simple batch shader recompilation for all effected shaders, a full lightmanager restart is at time of writing required. once we have a proper globally cached scene structure stored off GPU side, we'll want to change GFXShader::addGlobalMacro("CAPTURING", String("1")); on over to dirtying that value in the cached buffer via setting a shader global uniform
review of prefilter examples shows a fixed sample count of 1024 across multiple implementations, so we'll use the standard barring further research into where that number is comming from for a scalar approach
review of gl shaders shows a doubleup in compiled state testing, so slimmed that down and added additional debugging reports
cliffsnotes:
$Core::WetnessTexture = "core/rendering/images/wetMap.png"; //for the influence degree map
probes/skylight have a new canDamp boolean, set to off for probes, on for skylight by default.
:levelinfo has a dampness multiplier (0-1)
kicked up numTextures from 8 to 16 for shaderdata and postfx since that hit the 8 texture-in prior limit, and we've already adopted apis that can handle the higher count
refactored detection of texture sizes for cubemaps
removed the assumption that if we give U32 GFXTextureManager::getTextureDownscalePower( GFXTextureProfile *profile ) no profile, it should go right ahead and downscale anyway
sniped the downscaling strings in the resulting U32 getProbeTexSize(); and void setCubeTexSize(const U32 cubemapFaceSize); until sucj time as we can properly follow up all possible combinations of shiping in one scale, and a customer choosing to use lower resolution textures as the current result is a hard shutoff entirely
fix high-metalness object capture (had the lerp the wrong direction for canceling out NULL-ibl due to full metallic)
use dStrcmp for (Con::getVariable("$Probes::Capturing", "0") comparisons. and early out on rendering probes when we are capturing, not when we aren't.
Ensure that probes are masked to be rendered during bake passes so they can contribute during a bake allowing multibakes
Adjusted order of the connect data for the forward shaders to fix a mis-port issue
Also corrected a string formatting issue with loading static cubemaps on probes that could lead to a crash
Fixed the resources loaded handling so it would correctly initialize the probe's cubemaps even if the initial ghost network packet assigned a cubemap before we fully init'd the client object
Also fixes handling of metal materials during bakes to render properly, and fixes a possible double-up return in findObjectByType, which could cause doubling when getting probes in the scene
Added initial behavior for ImageAssets to hold a list of GFX resources of different texture profiles to avoid mem leaks with incorrect-typed usages
Added function to ImageAsset to get best-fit asset, allowing for fallbacks if the requested assetID is not found
Added function to ShapeAsset to get best-fit asset, allowing for fallbacks if the requested assetID is not found
Disabled fields for dynamic and static shadowmap refresh rates
Moved noShape model to core/rendering/shapes to place it in a more logical module position
Added an include to avoid undefined type compile error and removed unneeded semicolon from zone code
Added call to reload probe textures when a reloadTextures call is made
Adjusted default directional light shadowmap settings to not be as extreme
Added utility function to probe manager to allow any class to request a 'best fit' list of probes that would affect a given location, allowing other classes such as fog or particles to utilize IBL. Also updated probeManager's forward rendering to utilize same function to reduce code duplication.
Shifted shape loader code to utilize assimp for loader consistency and testing
Changed render bin used for SSAO postfx so it runs at the right time
Made Core_Rendering module scan for assets
Updated loose file references to a number of assets to follow proper formatting
Refactored asset import code to follow a more consistent object heirarchy structure on importing assets, allowing more reliable cross-referencing between inbound items
Updated asset import logic for materials/images so that they properly utilize ImageType. Images correctly save out the assigned image type, materials reference the images' type to know what map slot they should be used in. Importer logic also updated to better find-and-add associated images based on type.
Cleaned up a bunch of old, outdated code in the asset importer
Added initial handling for in-place importing of files without needing to process them through the UI.
Added ability to edit module script from RMB context menu if torsion path is set
Updated list field code for variable inspector to utilize correct ownerObject field
Updates probeManager to correctly utilize skylight idx to infer if a skylight is active, and set the SKYLIGHT_ONLY macro correctly, resolving erroneous behavior
Cleaned up some of the guiEditor initialization script to remove redundancy
Cleaned up tools modules loading script to remove redundancy
Fixed BRDF texture binding in forward pass so it doesn't screw with the probes or regular lighting results during bakes
Fixed early-out check on probe manager so probes can be rendered during reflect pass as well.
Reorg'd probe init to flow better and be more robust on load
Cleaned up various parts of the probe render manager to be more stable
Fixed issue with crash on release due to numProbe in loops being 0
Updated glsl probe array shader
Beginning of rework of editor settings
Beginning of conversion of asset import config to similar system as editor settings
Separated baked cubemap load/processing logic into a separate function for clarity
various corrections for when fields change so it properly notifies down to the client
Fixed enable flag logic to actually work
Fixed skylight enable flag so it properly disables if flipped off
