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iVisibilityCuller Struct Reference
[Visibility]

This interface represents a visibility culling system. More...

#include <iengine/viscull.h>

Inheritance diagram for iVisibilityCuller:

List of all members.

Public Member Functions

virtual void BeginPrecacheCulling ()=0
 Begins precache culling.
virtual void EndPrecacheCulling ()=0
 Ends precache culling.
virtual bool IntersectSegment (const csVector3 &start, const csVector3 &end, csVector3 &isect, float *pr=0, iMeshWrapper **p_mesh=0, int *poly_idx=0, bool accurate=true)=0
 Intersect a beam using this culler and return the intersection point, the mesh and optional polygon index.
virtual csPtr
< iVisibilityObjectIterator
IntersectSegment (const csVector3 &start, const csVector3 &end, bool accurate=false)=0
 Intersect a segment with all objects in the visibility culler and return them all in an iterator.
virtual csPtr
< iVisibilityObjectIterator
IntersectSegmentSloppy (const csVector3 &start, const csVector3 &end)=0
 Intersect a segment with all objects in the visibility culler and return them all in an iterator.
virtual const char * ParseCullerParameters (iDocumentNode *node)=0
 Parse a document node with additional parameters for this culler.
virtual void PrecacheCulling ()=0
 Precache visibility culling.
virtual void RegisterVisObject (iVisibilityObject *visobj)=0
 Register a visibility object with this culler.
virtual void RenderViscull (iRenderView *rview, iShaderVariableContext *shadervars)=0
 Perform any rendering required by this culler.
virtual void Setup (const char *name)=0
 Setup all data for this visibility culler.
virtual void UnregisterVisObject (iVisibilityObject *visobj)=0
 Unregister a visibility object with this culler.
virtual void VisTest (csPlane3 *plane, int num_planes, iVisibilityCullerListener *viscallback)=0
 Notify the visibility callback of all objects that are in the volume formed by the set of planes.
virtual csPtr
< iVisibilityObjectIterator
VisTest (csPlane3 *plane, int num_planes)=0
 Mark all objects as visible that are in the volume formed by the set of planes.
virtual void VisTest (const csSphere &sphere, iVisibilityCullerListener *viscallback)=0
 Notify the visibility callback of all objects that intersect with the given bounding sphere.
virtual csPtr
< iVisibilityObjectIterator
VisTest (const csSphere &sphere)=0
 Mark all objects as visible that intersect with the given bounding sphere.
virtual csPtr
< iVisibilityObjectIterator
VisTest (const csBox3 &box)=0
 Mark all objects as visible that intersect with the given bounding box.
virtual bool VisTest (iRenderView *irview, iVisibilityCullerListener *viscallback, int renderWidth=0, int renderHeight=0)=0
 Do the visibility test from a given viewpoint.

Detailed Description

This interface represents a visibility culling system.

To use it you first register visibility objects (which are all the objects for which you want to test visibility) to this culler. A visibility culler can usually also support shadow calculation.

Main creators of instances implementing this interface:

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Main users of this interface:

Definition at line 113 of file viscull.h.


Member Function Documentation

virtual void iVisibilityCuller::BeginPrecacheCulling (  )  [pure virtual]

Begins precache culling.

virtual void iVisibilityCuller::EndPrecacheCulling (  )  [pure virtual]

Ends precache culling.

virtual bool iVisibilityCuller::IntersectSegment ( const csVector3 start,
const csVector3 end,
csVector3 isect,
float *  pr = 0,
iMeshWrapper **  p_mesh = 0,
int *  poly_idx = 0,
bool  accurate = true 
) [pure virtual]

Intersect a beam using this culler and return the intersection point, the mesh and optional polygon index.

If the returned mesh is 0 then this means that the object belonging to the culler itself was hit. Some meshes don't support returning polygon indices in which case that field will always be -1. If accurate is false then a less accurate (and faster) method is used. In that case the polygon index will never be filled.

virtual csPtr<iVisibilityObjectIterator> iVisibilityCuller::IntersectSegment ( const csVector3 start,
const csVector3 end,
bool  accurate = false 
) [pure virtual]

Intersect a segment with all objects in the visibility culler and return them all in an iterator.

If accurate is true then a more accurate (and slower) method is used.

virtual csPtr<iVisibilityObjectIterator> iVisibilityCuller::IntersectSegmentSloppy ( const csVector3 start,
const csVector3 end 
) [pure virtual]

Intersect a segment with all objects in the visibility culler and return them all in an iterator.

This function is less accurate then IntersectSegment() because it might also return objects that are not even hit by the beam but just close to it.

virtual const char* iVisibilityCuller::ParseCullerParameters ( iDocumentNode node  )  [pure virtual]

Parse a document node with additional parameters for this culler.

Returns error message on error or 0 otherwise.

virtual void iVisibilityCuller::PrecacheCulling (  )  [pure virtual]

Precache visibility culling.

This can be useful in case you want to ensure that render speed doesn't get any hickups as soon as a portal to this sector becomes visible. iEngine->PrecacheDraw() will call this function..

virtual void iVisibilityCuller::RegisterVisObject ( iVisibilityObject visobj  )  [pure virtual]

Register a visibility object with this culler.

If this visibility object also supports iShadowCaster and this visibility culler supports shadow casting then it will automatically get registered as a shadow caster as well. Same for iShadowReceiver.

virtual void iVisibilityCuller::RenderViscull ( iRenderView rview,
iShaderVariableContext shadervars 
) [pure virtual]

Perform any rendering required by this culler.

virtual void iVisibilityCuller::Setup ( const char *  name  )  [pure virtual]

Setup all data for this visibility culler.

This needs to be called before the culler is used for the first time. The given name will be used to cache the data.

virtual void iVisibilityCuller::UnregisterVisObject ( iVisibilityObject visobj  )  [pure virtual]

Unregister a visibility object with this culler.

virtual void iVisibilityCuller::VisTest ( csPlane3 plane,
int  num_planes,
iVisibilityCullerListener viscallback 
) [pure virtual]

Notify the visibility callback of all objects that are in the volume formed by the set of planes.

Can be used for frustum intersection, box intersection, ....

Remarks:
Warning! This function can only use up to 32 planes.
virtual csPtr<iVisibilityObjectIterator> iVisibilityCuller::VisTest ( csPlane3 plane,
int  num_planes 
) [pure virtual]

Mark all objects as visible that are in the volume formed by the set of planes.

Can be used for frustum intersection, box intersection, .... Warning! This function can only use up to 32 planes.

virtual void iVisibilityCuller::VisTest ( const csSphere sphere,
iVisibilityCullerListener viscallback 
) [pure virtual]

Notify the visibility callback of all objects that intersect with the given bounding sphere.

virtual csPtr<iVisibilityObjectIterator> iVisibilityCuller::VisTest ( const csSphere sphere  )  [pure virtual]

Mark all objects as visible that intersect with the given bounding sphere.

virtual csPtr<iVisibilityObjectIterator> iVisibilityCuller::VisTest ( const csBox3 box  )  [pure virtual]

Mark all objects as visible that intersect with the given bounding box.

virtual bool iVisibilityCuller::VisTest ( iRenderView irview,
iVisibilityCullerListener viscallback,
int  renderWidth = 0,
int  renderHeight = 0 
) [pure virtual]

Do the visibility test from a given viewpoint.

This will first clear the visible flag on all registered objects and then it will mark all visible objects. If this function returns false then all objects are visible.


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