From d852ea78f978df5295941b1bb2e2dd4138ef2e58 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "madmaxoft@gmail.com"
 <madmaxoft@gmail.com@0a769ca7-a7f5-676a-18bf-c427514a06d6>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:27:15 +0000
Subject: Generator: Added notes of failed optimization attempts

git-svn-id: http://mc-server.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@1404 0a769ca7-a7f5-676a-18bf-c427514a06d6
---
 source/Generating/CompoGen.cpp | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
 source/Generating/CompoGen.h   |  3 +--
 source/Generating/HeiGen.cpp   |  6 +++++
 3 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

(limited to 'source')

diff --git a/source/Generating/CompoGen.cpp b/source/Generating/CompoGen.cpp
index 2e0ec5d18..4997910ed 100644
--- a/source/Generating/CompoGen.cpp
+++ b/source/Generating/CompoGen.cpp
@@ -192,6 +192,13 @@ void cCompoGenBiomal::ComposeTerrain(cChunkDesc & a_ChunkDesc)
 
 	int ChunkX = a_ChunkDesc.GetChunkX();
 	int ChunkZ = a_ChunkDesc.GetChunkZ();
+	
+	/*
+	_X 2013_04_22:
+	There's no point in generating the whole cubic noise at once, because the noise values are used in
+	only about 20 % of the cases, so the speed gained by precalculating is lost by precalculating too much data
+	*/
+	
 	for (int z = 0; z < cChunkDef::Width; z++)
 	{
 		for (int x = 0; x < cChunkDef::Width; x++)
@@ -256,7 +263,14 @@ void cCompoGenBiomal::ComposeTerrain(cChunkDesc & a_ChunkDesc)
 					default:
 					{
 						// Fill with water, sand/dirt/clay mix and stone
-						FillColumnWaterMix(ChunkX, ChunkZ, x, z, Height, a_ChunkDesc.GetBlockTypes());
+						if (m_Noise.CubicNoise2D(0.1f * (cChunkDef::Width * ChunkX + x), 0.1f * (cChunkDef::Width * ChunkZ + z)) < 0)
+						{
+							FillColumnWaterSand(x, z, Height, a_ChunkDesc.GetBlockTypes());
+						}
+						else
+						{
+							FillColumnWaterDirt(x, z, Height, a_ChunkDesc.GetBlockTypes());
+						}
 						break;
 					}
 				}  // switch (biome)
@@ -347,32 +361,25 @@ void cCompoGenBiomal::FillColumnWaterSand(int a_RelX, int a_RelZ, int a_Height,
 
 
 
-void cCompoGenBiomal::FillColumnWaterMix(int a_ChunkX, int a_ChunkZ, int a_RelX, int a_RelZ, int a_Height, cChunkDef::BlockTypes & a_BlockTypes)
+void cCompoGenBiomal::FillColumnWaterDirt(int a_RelX, int a_RelZ, int a_Height, cChunkDef::BlockTypes & a_BlockTypes)
 {
-	if (m_Noise.CubicNoise2D(0.5f * (cChunkDef::Width * a_ChunkX + a_RelX), 0.5f * (cChunkDef::Width * a_ChunkZ + a_RelZ)) < 0)
+	// Dirt
+	BLOCKTYPE Pattern[] =
+	{
+		E_BLOCK_DIRT,
+		E_BLOCK_DIRT,
+		E_BLOCK_DIRT,
+		E_BLOCK_DIRT,
+	} ;
+	FillColumnPattern(a_RelX, a_RelZ, a_Height, a_BlockTypes, Pattern, ARRAYCOUNT(Pattern));
+
+	for (int y = a_Height - ARRAYCOUNT(Pattern); y > 0; y--)
 	{
-		FillColumnWaterSand(a_RelX, a_RelZ, a_Height, a_BlockTypes);
+		cChunkDef::SetBlock(a_BlockTypes, a_RelX, y, a_RelZ, E_BLOCK_STONE);
 	}
-	else
+	for (int y = a_Height + 1; y <= m_SeaLevel + 1; y++)
 	{
-		// Dirt
-		BLOCKTYPE Pattern[] =
-		{
-			E_BLOCK_DIRT,
-			E_BLOCK_DIRT,
-			E_BLOCK_DIRT,
-			E_BLOCK_DIRT,
-		} ;
-		FillColumnPattern(a_RelX, a_RelZ, a_Height, a_BlockTypes, Pattern, ARRAYCOUNT(Pattern));
-	
-		for (int y = a_Height - ARRAYCOUNT(Pattern); y > 0; y--)
-		{
-			cChunkDef::SetBlock(a_BlockTypes, a_RelX, y, a_RelZ, E_BLOCK_STONE);
-		}
-		for (int y = a_Height + 1; y <= m_SeaLevel + 1; y++)
-		{
-			cChunkDef::SetBlock(a_BlockTypes, a_RelX, y, a_RelZ, E_BLOCK_STATIONARY_WATER);
-		}
+		cChunkDef::SetBlock(a_BlockTypes, a_RelX, y, a_RelZ, E_BLOCK_STATIONARY_WATER);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/source/Generating/CompoGen.h b/source/Generating/CompoGen.h
index 9880ce1a0..57233e2fd 100644
--- a/source/Generating/CompoGen.h
+++ b/source/Generating/CompoGen.h
@@ -111,8 +111,7 @@ protected:
 	void FillColumnSand     (int a_RelX, int a_RelZ, int a_Height, cChunkDef::BlockTypes & a_BlockTypes);
 	void FillColumnMycelium (int a_RelX, int a_RelZ, int a_Height, cChunkDef::BlockTypes & a_BlockTypes);
 	void FillColumnWaterSand(int a_RelX, int a_RelZ, int a_Height, cChunkDef::BlockTypes & a_BlockTypes);
-	
-	void FillColumnWaterMix (int a_ChunkX, int a_ChunkZ, int a_RelX, int a_RelZ, int a_Height, cChunkDef::BlockTypes & a_BlockTypes);
+	void FillColumnWaterDirt(int a_RelX, int a_RelZ, int a_Height, cChunkDef::BlockTypes & a_BlockTypes);
 	
 	void FillColumnPattern  (int a_RelX, int a_RelZ, int a_Height, cChunkDef::BlockTypes & a_BlockTypes, const BLOCKTYPE * a_Pattern, int a_PatternSize);
 } ;
diff --git a/source/Generating/HeiGen.cpp b/source/Generating/HeiGen.cpp
index 085459ad7..baf013a16 100644
--- a/source/Generating/HeiGen.cpp
+++ b/source/Generating/HeiGen.cpp
@@ -228,6 +228,12 @@ void cHeiGenBiomal::GenHeightMap(int a_ChunkX, int a_ChunkZ, cChunkDef::HeightMa
 		}  // for x
 	}  // for z
 	
+	/*
+	_X 2013_04_22:
+	There's no point in precalculating the entire perlin noise arrays, too many values are calculated uselessly,
+	resulting in speed DEcrease.
+	*/
+	
 	/*
 	// Linearly interpolate 4x4 blocks of heightmap:
 	// This is fast, but really ugly! Do not use!
-- 
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