updating node buffer max once per frame

src/renderer/buffers/content.rs

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ pub const NODE_TEX_SIZE: usize = 48; // 32x32x32 nodes in texture
 pub struct Content {
     node_buffer: Box<[u32]>,
     node_texture: wgpu::Texture,
+    node_dirty: bool,
     block_freeidx: usize,
     block_texture: wgpu::Texture,
     pub bind_layout: wgpu::BindGroupLayout,
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ impl Content {
 
         // Done
         let block_freeidx = 0;
-        Self { node_buffer, node_texture, block_freeidx, block_texture, bind_layout, bind_group }
+        Self { node_buffer, node_dirty: false, node_texture, block_freeidx, block_texture, bind_layout, bind_group }
     }
 
     #[allow(unused)]
@@ -84,9 +85,10 @@ impl Content {
             self.node_buffer[index] = value as u32;
             self.block_freeidx = value;
             //println!("Alloc: {}", value);
-        }
 
-        //println!("Index: {} Value: {}", index, value);
+            // Mark node buffer as dirty
+            self.node_dirty = true;
+        }
 
         // Calculate position in block texture
         let y = ((value-1) % BLOCK_TEX_SIZE * BLOCK_SIZE) as u32;
@@ -102,6 +104,11 @@ impl Content {
             wgpu::TextureCopyView { texture: &self.block_texture, mip_level: 0, origin: block_origin }, &block_bytes,
             wgpu::TextureDataLayout { offset: 0, bytes_per_row: block_size.width, rows_per_image: block_size.height }, block_size
         );
+    }
+
+    pub fn update(&mut self, queue: &wgpu::Queue) {
+        if self.node_dirty {
+            self.node_dirty = false;
 
             // Convert u32 node buffer to u8
             let node_size = wgpu::Extent3d { width: NODE_TEX_SIZE as u32, height: NODE_TEX_SIZE as u32, depth: NODE_TEX_SIZE as u32 };
@@ -114,4 +121,5 @@ impl Content {
                 wgpu::TextureDataLayout { offset: 0, bytes_per_row: 4*node_size.width, rows_per_image: node_size.height }, node_size
             );
         }
+    }
 }

src/renderer/mod.rs

@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ impl Renderer {
         self.buffers.uniforms.values.update(&self.camera, self.start.elapsed().as_secs_f32());
         self.queue.write_buffer(&self.buffers.uniforms.buffer, 0, bytemuck::cast_slice(&[self.buffers.uniforms.values]));
 
+        // Update content
+        self.buffers.content.update(&self.queue);
+
         // Get next frame to render to
         let frame = self.swapchain.get_current_frame()?.output;