RenderDistance/Procedurallychunkgen PART 3 (bugged/unfinished)

src/client/drawhud.lua

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ function DrawCanevas()
 end
 
 function DrawF3()
-	love.graphics.setColor(0, 0, 0)
+	love.graphics.setColor(1, 1, 1)
 	love.graphics.print(
 		"x: "
 			.. math.floor(ThePlayer.x + 0.5)

src/utils/mouselogic.lua

@@ -19,22 +19,40 @@ function MouseLogicOnPlay(x, y, b)
 		value = PlayerInventory.items[PlayerInventory.hotbarSelect] or 0
 	end
 
-	local cx, cy, cz = pos and pos.x, pos and pos.y, pos and pos.z
 	local chunk = pos and pos.chunk
 
-	-- Check if the block is not placed at Y 128
-	if chunk and ThePlayer and ThePlayer.cursorpos and ThePlayer.cursorHit and cy and cy < 128 then
-		chunk:setVoxel(cx, cy, cz, value, true)
+	if chunk and ThePlayer and ThePlayer.cursorpos and ThePlayer.cursorHit and pos.y and pos.y < 128 then
+		chunk:setVoxel(pos.x, pos.y, pos.z, value, true)
 		LightingUpdate()
-		-- chunk:updateModel(cx, cy, cz)
-		-- LuaCraftPrintLoggingNormal("---")
-		-- LuaCraftPrintLoggingNormal(cx, cy, cz)
-		-- LuaCraftPrintLoggingNormal(cx % ChunkSize, cy % SliceHeight, cz % ChunkSize)
-	elseif pos.x and pos.z and pos.y >= WorldHeight and ThePlayer.cursorpos and ThePlayer.cursorHit == true then
+
+		for _, chunkSlice in ipairs(chunk.slices) do
+			renderChunkSlice(chunkSlice, ThePlayer.x, ThePlayer.y, ThePlayer.z)
+			UpdateNeighboringChunks(chunk, pos.y)
+		end
+	elseif pos and pos.x and pos.z and pos.y >= WorldHeight and ThePlayer.cursorpos and ThePlayer.cursorHit == true then
 		hudMessage = "you cannot place blocks at Y = " .. WorldHeight .. " or more"
 		hudTimeLeft = 3
 	end
 end
+function UpdateNeighboringChunks(chunk, y)
+	local neighborOffsets = {
+		{ -1, 0 },
+		{ 1, 0 },
+		{ 0, -1 },
+		{ 0, 1 },
+	}
+
+	for _, offset in ipairs(neighborOffsets) do
+		local neighborChunk = GetChunkRaw(chunk.x + offset[1], chunk.z + offset[2])
+		if neighborChunk then
+			local sliceIndex = math.floor(y / SliceHeight) + 1
+			local neighborSlice = neighborChunk.slices[sliceIndex]
+			if neighborSlice then
+				neighborSlice.alreadyrendered = false
+			end
+		end
+	end
+end
 
 function KeyPressed(k)
 	-- simplified hotbar number press code, thanks nico-abram!

src/world/chunk.lua

@@ -301,7 +301,6 @@ function NewChunk(x, z)
 		for i = 1, WorldHeight / SliceHeight do
 			sliceUpdates[i] = { false, false, false, false, false }
 		end
-
 		-- find which slices need to be updated
 		for i = 1, #self.changes do
 			local index = math.floor((self.changes[i][2] - 1) / SliceHeight) + 1
@@ -349,39 +348,39 @@ function NewChunk(x, z)
 
 				if sliceUpdates[i][2] then
 					local chunk = GetChunkRaw(self.x - 1, self.z)
-					if chunk ~= nil then
+					if chunk then
 						local neighborSlice = chunk.slices[i]
-						if neighborSlice ~= nil then
+						if neighborSlice then
 							neighborSlice:updateModel()
 						end
 					end
 				end
 
 				if sliceUpdates[i][3] then
 					local chunk = GetChunkRaw(self.x + 1, self.z)
-					if chunk ~= nil then
+					if chunk then
 						local neighborSlice = chunk.slices[i]
-						if neighborSlice ~= nil then
+						if neighborSlice then
 							neighborSlice:updateModel()
 						end
 					end
 				end
 
 				if sliceUpdates[i][4] or sliceUpdates[i][5] then
 					local chunk = GetChunkRaw(self.x, self.z - 1)
-					if chunk ~= nil then
+					if chunk then
 						local neighborSlice = chunk.slices[i]
-						if neighborSlice ~= nil then
+						if neighborSlice then
 							neighborSlice:updateModel()
 						end
 					end
 				end
 
 				if sliceUpdates[i][4] or sliceUpdates[i][5] then
 					local chunk = GetChunkRaw(self.x, self.z + 1)
-					if chunk ~= nil then
+					if chunk then
 						local neighborSlice = chunk.slices[i]
-						if neighborSlice ~= nil then
+						if neighborSlice then
 							neighborSlice:updateModel()
 						end
 					end

src/world/updatelogic.lua

@@ -24,11 +24,19 @@ function UpdateGame(dt)
 
 		local renderChunks = getRenderChunks(playerX, playerY, playerZ)
 		for _, chunk in ipairs(renderChunks) do
-			if chunk.isInitialized and chunk.active and #chunk.changes > 0 then
-				chunk:updateModel()
+			if chunk.isInitialized and chunk.active then
+				-- Only update the model if there are changes
+				if #chunk.changes > 0 then
+					chunk:updateModel()
+				end
+
 				for _, chunkSlice in ipairs(chunk.slices) do
 					if chunkSlice.active then
-						renderChunkSlice(chunkSlice, playerX, playerY, playerZ)
+						if not chunkSlice.alreadyrendered then
+							renderChunkSlice(chunkSlice, playerX, playerY, playerZ)
+						end
+					else
+						chunkSlice.alreadyrendered = false
 					end
 				end
 			end
@@ -38,7 +46,6 @@ function UpdateGame(dt)
 
 		-- update all things in ThingList update queue
 		updateThingList(dt)
-
 		-- update 3D scene with dt only if PhysicsStep is true
 		if PhysicsStep then
 			Scene:update()
@@ -99,7 +106,6 @@ function getRenderChunks(playerX, playerY, playerZ)
 
 	return renderChunks
 end
-
 function renderChunkSlice(chunkSlice, playerX, playerY, playerZ)
 	local model = {}
 
@@ -114,7 +120,7 @@ function renderChunkSlice(chunkSlice, playerX, playerY, playerZ)
 					(chunkSlice.x - 1) * ChunkSize + i - 1, 1 * j * scale, (chunkSlice.z - 1) * ChunkSize + k - 1
 
 				if thisTransparency < 3 then
-					--LuaCraftPrintLoggingNormal("Rendering voxel:", i, j, k, "at position:", x, y, z)
+					-- LuaCraftPrintLoggingNormal("Rendering voxel:", i, j, k, "at position:", x, y, z)
 					TileRendering(chunkSlice, i, j, k, x, y, z, thisLight, model, scale)
 					BlockRendering(chunkSlice, i, j, k, x, y, z, thisTransparency, thisLight, model, scale)
 				end
@@ -123,6 +129,7 @@ function renderChunkSlice(chunkSlice, playerX, playerY, playerZ)
 	end
 
 	chunkSlice.model:setVerts(model)
+	chunkSlice.alreadyrendered = true
 end
 
 function updateThingList(dt)