particle.h

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#pragma once
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#include "math/vec4.h"
#include "math/mat4.h"
#include "math/bbox.h"
#include "particles/emitterattrs.h"
#include "threading/interlocked.h"
#include "threading/event.h"
 
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namespace Particles
{
    static const SizeT ParticleSystemNumEnvelopeSamples = 192;
    static const SizeT MaxNumRenderedParticles = 65535;
 
    struct Particle
    {
        Math::vec4 position;
        Math::vec4 startPosition;
        Math::vec4 stretchPosition;
        Math::vec4 velocity;
        Math::vec4 uvMinMax;
        Math::vec4 color;
        float rotation;      
        float rotationVariation;
        float size;
        float sizeVariation;
        float oneDivLifeTime;
        float relAge;                       // between 0 and 1, particle is dead if age > 1.0
        float age;                          // absolute age
        float particleId;                   // id for differing particles in vertex shader
    };
 
    typedef unsigned int JOB_ID;
 
    // uniform data for particle system instances, used for job-uniform data as well,
    // so we dont have to copy that much
    struct ParticleJobUniformData
    {
        ParticleJobUniformData()
            : gravity(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f)
            , windVector(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f)
            , stretchToStart(false)
            , stretchTime(0)
            , sampleBuffer(nullptr)
        {};
        Math::vector gravity;
        Math::vector windVector;
        bool stretchToStart;
        float stretchTime;
 
        // static sample buffer
        const float* sampleBuffer;
    };
 
    // each job-slice generates this output
    struct ParticleJobSliceOutputData
    {
        Math::bbox bbox;
        unsigned int numLivingParticles;
        unsigned int numParticlesToRender;
    };
 
    struct ParticleJobContext
    {
        const Particle* inputParticles;
        Particle* outputParticles;
        const ParticleJobUniformData* uniformData;
        float stepTime;
        uint numParticles;
        ParticleJobSliceOutputData* output;
    };
 
    static const SizeT ParticleJobInputElementSize = sizeof(Particle);
 
    static const SizeT ParticleJobInputMaxElementsPerSlice = JobMaxSliceSize / ParticleJobInputElementSize;
    static const SizeT ParticleJobInputSliceSize = ParticleJobInputMaxElementsPerSlice * ParticleJobInputElementSize;
 
} // namespace Particles
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