fixes getViewDistance (#3207)

I have been informed by @akortunov that my addition of `Groundcover::getViewDistance` is not working in some cases. Investigations revealed that some `ViewData` code interacting with my additions had been quite thoroughly optimised in a way that was not sufficiently documented and interfered with the new feature. With this PR we repair `getViewDistance` while preserving such optimisations and add a necessary comment to avoid issues in the future. In addition, we now rebuild views when the global `mViewDistance` changes.

components/terrain/quadtreeworld.cpp

@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ QuadTreeWorld::QuadTreeWorld(osg::Group *parent, osg::Group *compileRoot, Resour
     , mViewDistance(std::numeric_limits<float>::max())
     , mMinSize(1/8.f)
     , mDebugTerrainChunks(debugChunks)
+    , mRevalidateDistance(0.f)
 {
     mChunkManager->setCompositeMapSize(compMapResolution);
     mChunkManager->setCompositeMapLevel(compMapLevel);
@@ -346,22 +347,25 @@ unsigned int getLodFlags(QuadTreeNode* node, int ourLod, int vertexLodMod, const
     return lodFlags;
 }
 
-void loadRenderingNode(ViewData::Entry& entry, ViewData* vd, int vertexLodMod, float cellWorldSize, const osg::Vec4i &gridbounds, const std::vector<QuadTreeWorld::ChunkManager*>& chunkManagers, bool compile, float reuseDistance)
+void QuadTreeWorld::loadRenderingNode(ViewDataEntry& entry, ViewData* vd, float cellWorldSize, const osg::Vec4i &gridbounds, bool compile, float reuseDistance)
 {
     if (!vd->hasChanged() && entry.mRenderingNode)
         return;
 
-    int ourLod = getVertexLod(entry.mNode, vertexLodMod);
+    int ourLod = getVertexLod(entry.mNode, mVertexLodMod);
 
     if (vd->hasChanged())
     {
         // have to recompute the lodFlags in case a neighbour has changed LOD.
-        unsigned int lodFlags = getLodFlags(entry.mNode, ourLod, vertexLodMod, vd);
+        unsigned int lodFlags = getLodFlags(entry.mNode, ourLod, mVertexLodMod, vd);
         if (lodFlags != entry.mLodFlags)
         {
             entry.mRenderingNode = nullptr;
             entry.mLodFlags = lodFlags;
         }
+        // have to revalidate chunks within a custom view distance.
+        if (mRevalidateDistance && entry.mNode->distance(vd->getViewPoint()) <= mRevalidateDistance + reuseDistance)
+            entry.mRenderingNode = nullptr;
     }
 
     if (!entry.mRenderingNode)
@@ -372,9 +376,9 @@ void loadRenderingNode(ViewData::Entry& entry, ViewData* vd, int vertexLodMod, f
         const osg::Vec2f& center = entry.mNode->getCenter();
         bool activeGrid = (center.x() > gridbounds.x() && center.y() > gridbounds.y() && center.x() < gridbounds.z() && center.y() < gridbounds.w());
 
-        for (QuadTreeWorld::ChunkManager* m : chunkManagers)
+        for (QuadTreeWorld::ChunkManager* m : mChunkManagers)
         {
-            if (m->getViewDistance() && entry.mNode->distance(vd->getViewPoint()) > m->getViewDistance() + reuseDistance)
+            if (mRevalidateDistance && m->getViewDistance() && entry.mNode->distance(vd->getViewPoint()) > m->getViewDistance() + reuseDistance)
                 continue;
             osg::ref_ptr<osg::Node> n = m->getChunk(entry.mNode->getSize(), entry.mNode->getCenter(), ourLod, entry.mLodFlags, activeGrid, vd->getViewPoint(), compile);
             if (n) pat->addChild(n);
@@ -398,7 +402,7 @@ void updateWaterCullingView(HeightCullCallback* callback, ViewData* vd, osgUtil:
     static bool debug = getenv("OPENMW_WATER_CULLING_DEBUG") != nullptr;
     for (unsigned int i=0; i<vd->getNumEntries(); ++i)
     {
-        ViewData::Entry& entry = vd->getEntry(i);
+        ViewDataEntry& entry = vd->getEntry(i);
         osg::BoundingBox bb = static_cast<TerrainDrawable*>(entry.mRenderingNode->asGroup()->getChild(0))->getWaterBoundingBox();
         if (!bb.valid())
             continue;
@@ -457,15 +461,15 @@ void QuadTreeWorld::accept(osg::NodeVisitor &nv)
 
     for (unsigned int i=0; i<vd->getNumEntries(); ++i)
     {
-        ViewData::Entry& entry = vd->getEntry(i);
-        loadRenderingNode(entry, vd, mVertexLodMod, cellWorldSize, mActiveGrid, mChunkManagers, false, mViewDataMap->getReuseDistance());
+        ViewDataEntry& entry = vd->getEntry(i);
+        loadRenderingNode(entry, vd, cellWorldSize, mActiveGrid, false, mViewDataMap->getReuseDistance());
         entry.mRenderingNode->accept(nv);
     }
 
     if (mHeightCullCallback && isCullVisitor)
         updateWaterCullingView(mHeightCullCallback, vd, static_cast<osgUtil::CullVisitor*>(&nv), mStorage->getCellWorldSize(), !isGridEmpty());
 
-    vd->markUnchanged();
+    vd->setChanged(false);
 
     double referenceTime = nv.getFrameStamp() ? nv.getFrameStamp()->getReferenceTime() : 0.0;
     if (referenceTime != 0.0)
@@ -540,9 +544,9 @@ void QuadTreeWorld::preload(View *view, const osg::Vec3f &viewPoint, const osg::
         const float reuseDistance = std::max(mViewDataMap->getReuseDistance(), std::abs(distanceModifier));
         for (unsigned int i=startEntry; i<vd->getNumEntries() && !abort; ++i)
         {
-            ViewData::Entry& entry = vd->getEntry(i);
+            ViewDataEntry& entry = vd->getEntry(i);
 
-            loadRenderingNode(entry, vd, mVertexLodMod, cellWorldSize, grid, mChunkManagers, true, reuseDistance);
+            loadRenderingNode(entry, vd, cellWorldSize, grid, true, reuseDistance);
             if (pass==0) reporter.addProgress(entry.mNode->getSize());
             entry.mNode = nullptr; // Clear node lest we break the neighbours search for the next pass
         }
@@ -579,6 +583,8 @@ void QuadTreeWorld::addChunkManager(QuadTreeWorld::ChunkManager* m)
 {
     mChunkManagers.push_back(m);
     mTerrainRoot->setNodeMask(mTerrainRoot->getNodeMask()|m->getNodeMask());
+    if (m->getViewDistance())
+        mRevalidateDistance = std::max(m->getViewDistance(), mRevalidateDistance);
 }
 
 void QuadTreeWorld::rebuildViews()
@@ -586,4 +592,12 @@ void QuadTreeWorld::rebuildViews()
     mViewDataMap->rebuildViews();
 }
 
+void QuadTreeWorld::setViewDistance(float viewDistance)
+{
+    if (mViewDistance == viewDistance)
+        return;
+    mViewDistance = viewDistance;
+    mViewDataMap->rebuildViews();
+}
+
 }

components/terrain/quadtreeworld.hpp

@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ namespace Terrain
 {
     class RootNode;
     class ViewDataMap;
+    class ViewData;
+    struct ViewDataEntry;
+    
     class DebugChunkManager;
 
     /// @brief Terrain implementation that loads cells into a Quad Tree, with geometry LOD and texture LOD.
@@ -30,7 +33,7 @@ namespace Terrain
 
         void enable(bool enabled) override;
 
-        void setViewDistance(float distance) override { mViewDistance = distance; }
+        void setViewDistance(float distance) override;
 
         void cacheCell(View *view, int x, int y) override {}
         /// @note Not thread safe.
@@ -60,6 +63,7 @@ namespace Terrain
 
     private:
         void ensureQuadTreeBuilt();
+        void loadRenderingNode(ViewDataEntry& entry, ViewData* vd, float cellWorldSize, const osg::Vec4i &gridbounds, bool compile, float reuseDistance);
 
         osg::ref_ptr<RootNode> mRootNode;
 
@@ -75,6 +79,7 @@ namespace Terrain
         float mMinSize;
         bool mDebugTerrainChunks;
         std::unique_ptr<DebugChunkManager> mDebugChunkManager;
+        float mRevalidateDistance;
     };
 
 }

components/terrain/viewdata.cpp

@@ -12,12 +12,10 @@ ViewData::ViewData()
     , mHasViewPoint(false)
     , mWorldUpdateRevision(0)
 {
-
 }
 
 ViewData::~ViewData()
 {
-
 }
 
 void ViewData::copyFrom(const ViewData& other)
@@ -38,42 +36,17 @@ void ViewData::add(QuadTreeNode *node)
     if (index+1 > mEntries.size())
         mEntries.resize(index+1);
 
-    Entry& entry = mEntries[index];
+    ViewDataEntry& entry = mEntries[index];
     if (entry.set(node))
         mChanged = true;
 }
 
-unsigned int ViewData::getNumEntries() const
-{
-    return mNumEntries;
-}
-
-ViewData::Entry &ViewData::getEntry(unsigned int i)
-{
-    return mEntries[i];
-}
-
-bool ViewData::hasChanged() const
-{
-    return mChanged;
-}
-
-bool ViewData::hasViewPoint() const
-{
-    return mHasViewPoint;
-}
-
 void ViewData::setViewPoint(const osg::Vec3f &viewPoint)
 {
     mViewPoint = viewPoint;
     mHasViewPoint = true;
 }
 
-const osg::Vec3f& ViewData::getViewPoint() const
-{
-    return mViewPoint;
-}
-
 // NOTE: As a performance optimisation, we cache mRenderingNodes from previous frames here.
 // If this cache becomes invalid (e.g. through mWorldUpdateRevision), we need to use clear() instead of reset().
 void ViewData::reset()
@@ -110,14 +83,13 @@ bool ViewData::contains(QuadTreeNode *node) const
     return false;
 }
 
-ViewData::Entry::Entry()
+ViewDataEntry::ViewDataEntry()
     : mNode(nullptr)
     , mLodFlags(0)
 {
-
 }
 
-bool ViewData::Entry::set(QuadTreeNode *node)
+bool ViewDataEntry::set(QuadTreeNode *node)
 {
     if (node == mNode)
         return false;
@@ -173,6 +145,7 @@ ViewData *ViewDataMap::getViewData(osg::Object *viewer, const osg::Vec3f& viewPo
             }
             vd->setViewPoint(viewPoint);
             vd->setActiveGrid(activeGrid);
+            vd->setChanged(true);
             needsUpdate = true;
         }
     }

components/terrain/viewdata.hpp

@@ -13,6 +13,18 @@ namespace Terrain
 
     class QuadTreeNode;
 
+    struct ViewDataEntry
+    {
+        ViewDataEntry();
+
+        bool set(QuadTreeNode* node);
+
+        QuadTreeNode* mNode;
+
+        unsigned int mLodFlags;
+        osg::ref_ptr<osg::Node> mRenderingNode;
+    };
+
     class ViewData : public View
     {
     public:
@@ -31,33 +43,22 @@ namespace Terrain
 
         void copyFrom(const ViewData& other);
 
-        struct Entry
-        {
-            Entry();
-
-            bool set(QuadTreeNode* node);
-
-            QuadTreeNode* mNode;
-
-            unsigned int mLodFlags;
-            osg::ref_ptr<osg::Node> mRenderingNode;
-        };
-
-        unsigned int getNumEntries() const;
-
-        Entry& getEntry(unsigned int i);
+        unsigned int getNumEntries() const { return mNumEntries; }
+        ViewDataEntry& getEntry(unsigned int i) { return mEntries[i]; }
 
         double getLastUsageTimeStamp() const { return mLastUsageTimeStamp; }
         void setLastUsageTimeStamp(double timeStamp) { mLastUsageTimeStamp = timeStamp; }
 
-        /// @return Have any nodes changed since the last frame
-        bool hasChanged() const;
-        void markUnchanged() { mChanged = false; }
+        /// Indicates at least one mNode of mEntries has changed or the view point has moved beyond mReuseDistance.
+        /// @note Such changes may necessitate a revalidation of cached mRenderingNodes elsewhere depending
+        /// on the parameters that affect the creation of mRenderingNode.
+        bool hasChanged() const { return mChanged; }
+        void setChanged(bool changed) { mChanged = changed; }
 
-        bool hasViewPoint() const;
+        bool hasViewPoint() const { return mHasViewPoint; }
 
         void setViewPoint(const osg::Vec3f& viewPoint);
-        const osg::Vec3f& getViewPoint() const;
+        const osg::Vec3f& getViewPoint() const { return mViewPoint; }
 
         void setActiveGrid(const osg::Vec4i &grid) { if (grid != mActiveGrid) {mActiveGrid = grid;mEntries.clear();mNumEntries=0;} }
         const osg::Vec4i &getActiveGrid() const { return mActiveGrid;}
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ namespace Terrain
         void setWorldUpdateRevision(int updateRevision) { mWorldUpdateRevision = updateRevision; }
 
     private:
-        std::vector<Entry> mEntries;
+        std::vector<ViewDataEntry> mEntries;
         unsigned int mNumEntries;
         double mLastUsageTimeStamp;
         bool mChanged;