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Diffstat (limited to 'src/main.cpp')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/main.cpp | 157 |
1 files changed, 64 insertions, 93 deletions
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp index 41da310f4..698c5fc71 100644 --- a/src/main.cpp +++ b/src/main.cpp @@ -27,6 +27,33 @@ NOTE: Global locale is now set at initialization NOTE: If VBO (EHM_STATIC) is used, remember to explicitly free the
hardware buffer (it is not freed automatically)
+NOTE: A random to-do list saved here as documentation:
+A list of "active blocks" in which stuff happens. (+=done)
+ + Add a never-resetted game timer to the server
+ + Add a timestamp value to blocks
+ + The simple rule: All blocks near some player are "active"
+ - Do stuff in real time in active blocks
+ + Handle objects
+ - Grow grass, delete leaves without a tree
+ - Spawn some mobs based on some rules
+ - Transform cobble to mossy cobble near water
+ - Run a custom script
+ - ...And all kinds of other dynamic stuff
+ + Keep track of when a block becomes active and becomes inactive
+ + When a block goes inactive:
+ + Store objects statically to block
+ + Store timer value as the timestamp
+ + When a block goes active:
+ + Create active objects out of static objects
+ - Simulate the results of what would have happened if it would have
+ been active for all the time
+ - Grow a lot of grass and so on
+ + Initially it is fine to send information about every active object
+ to every player. Eventually it should be modified to only send info
+ about the nearest ones.
+ + This was left to be done by the old system and it sends only the
+ nearest ones.
+
Old, wild and random suggestions that probably won't be done:
-------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -73,9 +100,6 @@ SUGG: Make the amount of blocks sending to client and the total SUGG: Meshes of blocks could be split into 6 meshes facing into
different directions and then only those drawn that need to be
-SUGG: Calculate lighting per vertex to get a lighting effect like in
- bartwe's game
-
SUGG: Background music based on cellular automata?
http://www.earslap.com/projectslab/otomata
@@ -90,6 +114,8 @@ SUGG: Make a system for pregenerating quick information for mapblocks, so or even generated.
SUGG: Erosion simulation at map generation time
+ - This might be plausible if larger areas of map were pregenerated
+ without lighting (which is slow)
- Simulate water flows, which would carve out dirt fast and
then turn stone into gravel and sand and relocate it.
- How about relocating minerals, too? Coal and gold in
@@ -100,6 +126,16 @@ SUGG: Erosion simulation at map generation time - Simulate rock falling from cliffs when water has removed
enough solid rock from the bottom
+SUGG: For non-mapgen FarMesh: Add a per-sector database to store surface
+ stuff as simple flags/values
+ - Light?
+ - A building?
+ And at some point make the server send this data to the client too,
+ instead of referring to the noise functions
+ - Ground height
+ - Surface ground type
+ - Trees?
+
Gaming ideas:
-------------
@@ -173,12 +209,13 @@ SUGG: Make fetching sector's blocks more efficient when rendering sectors that have very large amounts of blocks (on client)
- Is this necessary at all?
-TODO: Flowing water animation
-
SUGG: Draw cubes in inventory directly with 3D drawing commands, so that
animating them is easier.
SUGG: Option for enabling proper alpha channel for textures
+
+TODO: Flowing water animation
+
TODO: A setting for enabling bilinear filtering for textures
TODO: Better control of draw_control.wanted_max_blocks
@@ -193,6 +230,12 @@ TODO: Artificial (night) light could be more yellow colored than sunlight. SUGG: Somehow make the night less colorful
+TODO: Occlusion culling
+ - At the same time, move some of the renderMap() block choosing code
+ to the same place as where the new culling happens.
+ - Shoot some rays per frame and when ready, make a new list of
+ blocks for usage of renderMap and give it a new pointer to it.
+
Configuration:
--------------
@@ -231,6 +274,7 @@ FIXME: Server sometimes goes into some infinite PeerNotFoundException loop * Fix the problem with the server constantly saving one or a few
blocks? List the first saved block, maybe it explains.
- It is probably caused by oscillating water
+ - TODO: Investigate if this still happens (this is a very old one)
* Make a small history check to transformLiquids to detect and log
continuous oscillations, in such detail that they can be fixed.
@@ -238,44 +282,12 @@ FIXME: The new optimized map sending doesn't sometimes send enough blocks from big caves and such
FIXME: Block send distance configuration does not take effect for some reason
-TODO: Map saving should be done by EmergeThread
-
-SUGG: Map unloading based on sector reference is not very good, it keeps
- unnecessary stuff in memory. I guess. Investigate this.
-
-TODO: When block is placed and it has param_type==CPT_FACEDIR_SIMPLE, set
- the direction accordingly.
-
Environment:
------------
-TODO: A list of "active blocks" in which stuff happens. (+=done)
- + Add a never-resetted game timer to the server
- + Add a timestamp value to blocks
- + The simple rule: All blocks near some player are "active"
- - Do stuff in real time in active blocks
- + Handle objects
- TODO: Make proper hooks in here
- - Grow grass, delete leaves without a tree
- - Spawn some mobs based on some rules
- - Transform cobble to mossy cobble near water
- - Run a custom script
- - ...And all kinds of other dynamic stuff
- + Keep track of when a block becomes active and becomes inactive
- + When a block goes inactive:
- + Store objects statically to block
- + Store timer value as the timestamp
- + When a block goes active:
- + Create active objects out of static objects
- TODO: Make proper hooks in here
- - Simulate the results of what would have happened if it would have
- been active for all the time
- - Grow a lot of grass and so on
- + Initially it is fine to send information about every active object
- to every player. Eventually it should be modified to only send info
- about the nearest ones.
- + This was left to be done by the old system and it sends only the
- nearest ones.
+TODO: Add proper hooks to when adding and removing active blocks
+
+TODO: Finish the ActiveBlockModifier stuff and use it for something
Objects:
--------
@@ -287,6 +299,7 @@ TODO: Get rid of MapBlockObjects and use only ActiveObjects SUGG: MovingObject::move and Player::move are basically the same.
combine them.
+ - NOTE: This is a bit tricky because player has the sneaking ability
- NOTE: Player::move is more up-to-date.
- NOTE: There is a simple move implementation now in collision.{h,cpp}
- NOTE: MovingObject will be deleted (MapBlockObject)
@@ -305,59 +318,25 @@ TODO: Mineral and ground material properties TODO: Flowing water to actually contain flow direction information
- There is a space for this - it just has to be implemented.
-SUGG: Try out the notch way of generating maps, that is, make bunches
- of low-res 3d noise and interpolate linearly.
-
-Mapgen v2 (the current one):
-* Possibly add some kind of erosion and other stuff
-* Better water generation (spread it to underwater caverns but don't
- fill dungeons that don't touch big water masses)
-* When generating a chunk and the neighboring chunk doesn't have mud
- and stuff yet and the ground is fairly flat, the mud will flow to
- the other chunk making nasty straight walls when the other chunk
- is generated. Fix it. Maybe just a special case if the ground is
- flat?
-* Consider not updating this one and make a good mainly block-based
- generator
-
-SUGG: Make two "modified states", one that forces the block to be saved at
- the next save event, and one that makes the block to be saved at exit
- time.
-
-TODO: Add a not_fully_generated flag to MapBlock, which would be set for
- blocks that contain eg. trees from neighboring generations but haven't
- been generated itself. This is required for the future generator.
+TODO: Consider smoothening cave floors after generating them
Misc. stuff:
------------
-- Make sure server handles removing grass when a block is placed (etc)
- - The client should not do it by itself
-- Block cube placement around player's head
-- Protocol version field
-- Consider getting some textures from cisoun's texture pack
- - Ask from Cisoun
-- Make sure the fence implementation and data format is good
- - Think about using same bits for material for fences and doors, for
- example
-- Finish the ActiveBlockModifier stuff and use it for something
-- Move mineral to param2, increment map serialization version, add conversion
-
-TODO: Add a per-sector database to store surface stuff as simple flags/values
- - Light?
- - A building?
- And at some point make the server send this data to the client too,
- instead of referring to the noise functions
- - Ground height
- - Surface ground type
- - Trees?
+TODO: Make sure server handles removing grass when a block is placed (etc)
+ - The client should not do it by itself
+ - NOTE: I think nobody does it currently...
+TODO: Block cube placement around player's head
+TODO: Protocol version field
+TODO: Think about using same bits for material for fences and doors, for
+ example
+TODO: Move mineral to param2, increment map serialization version, add
+ conversion
TODO: Restart irrlicht completely when coming back to main menu from game.
- This gets rid of everything that is stored in irrlicht's caches.
TODO: Merge bahamada's audio stuff (clean patch available)
-TODO: Merge spongie's chest/furnace direction (by hand)
-
TODO: Merge key configuration menu (no clean patch available)
Making it more portable:
@@ -375,9 +354,6 @@ Stuff to do after release: Doing currently:
----------------
-TODO: Use MapBlock::resetUsageTimer() in appropriate places
- (on client and server)
-
======================================================================
*/
@@ -406,16 +382,12 @@ TODO: Use MapBlock::resetUsageTimer() in appropriate places #include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
-//#include <jmutexautolock.h>
#include <locale.h>
#include "main.h"
#include "common_irrlicht.h"
#include "debug.h"
-//#include "map.h"
-//#include "player.h"
#include "test.h"
#include "server.h"
-//#include "client.h"
#include "constants.h"
#include "porting.h"
#include "gettime.h"
@@ -424,11 +396,10 @@ TODO: Use MapBlock::resetUsageTimer() in appropriate places #include "config.h"
#include "guiMainMenu.h"
#include "mineral.h"
-//#include "noise.h"
-//#include "tile.h"
#include "materials.h"
#include "game.h"
#include "keycode.h"
+#include "tile.h"
// This makes textures
ITextureSource *g_texturesource = NULL;
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