Dynamic loading, saving, generating chunks works

src/game/mod.rs

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ mod camera_controller;
 mod player;
 pub mod world;
 use crate::renderer::renderer_view::RendererView;
-use cgmath::Point3;
+use cgmath::Vector3;
 use winit::event::Event;
 use player::Player;
 use world::World;
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ pub struct Game {
     #[allow(unused)]
     world: World,
 
-    prev_pos: Option<Point3<i32>>
+    prev_pos: Option<Vector3<i32>>
 }
 
 impl Game {
@@ -64,16 +64,16 @@ impl Game {
 
         // Update chunks
         let pos = camera.get_position();
-        let pos = Point3{x: pos.x as i32, y: pos.y as i32, z: pos.z as i32};
+        let pos = Vector3{x: pos.x as i32, y: pos.y as i32, z: pos.z as i32};
         if self.prev_pos == None || self.prev_pos != Some(pos) {
             self.prev_pos = Some(pos);
             renderer.get_ui().set_text("World", 0, format!("Position: {}, {}, {}", pos.x, pos.y, pos.z));
 
-            // Load sphere of chunks around player (TODO)
-            let chunk_pos = Point3{x: pos.x / 32, y: pos.y / 32, z: pos.z / 32};
+            // Load sphere of chunks around player
+            let chunk_pos = pos / 32;//Vector3{x: pos.x / 32, y: pos.y / 32, z: pos.z / 32};
             if self.world.load_chunk(chunk_pos) {
-                
-                renderer.write(, block: &WorldBlock)
+                let chunk = self.world.get_chunk(&chunk_pos).unwrap();
+                chunk.write_to(renderer, chunk_pos * 32);
             }
         }
     }

src/game/world/block.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use cgmath::Point3;
+use cgmath::Vector3;
 
 pub const SIZE: usize = 32;
 pub const SIZE_QB: usize = SIZE*SIZE*SIZE;
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ impl WorldBlock {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn set(&mut self, voxel_pos: Point3<usize>, value: u8) {
+    pub fn set(&mut self, voxel_pos: Vector3<usize>, value: u8) {
         self.materials[voxel_pos.x + SIZE * (voxel_pos.y + SIZE * voxel_pos.z)] = value;
     }
 }

src/game/world/chunk.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+use crate::game::RendererView;
 use byteorder::LittleEndian;
 use byteorder::ByteOrder;
-use cgmath::Point3;
+use cgmath::Vector3;
 use lzzzz::lz4;
 use crate::game::world::{WorldBlock, block};
 
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ pub struct WorldChunk {
 impl WorldChunk {
     pub fn new() -> Self {
         Self { 
-            nodes: vec![0_u32; SIZE_QB as usize].into_boxed_slice(),
+            nodes: vec![0_u32; SIZE_QB].into_boxed_slice(),
             blocks: Vec::new()
         }
     }
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ impl WorldChunk {
     }
 
     #[allow(unused)]
-    pub fn all_blocks(&self) -> Vec<(Point3<u32>, &WorldBlock)> {
+    pub fn all_blocks(&self) -> Vec<(Vector3<i32>, &WorldBlock)> {
         self.nodes.iter().enumerate()
             .filter(|(_, n)| **n != 0)
             .map(|(index, node)| {
@@ -96,17 +97,16 @@ impl WorldChunk {
                 let y = idx / SIZE;
                 let x = idx % SIZE;
 
-                let pos = Point3{x: x as u32, y: y as u32, z: z as u32};
-
+                let pos = Vector3{x: x as i32, y: y as i32, z: z as i32};
                 let block = &self.blocks[(*node-1) as usize];
                 (pos, block)
             })
             .collect()
     }
 
-    pub fn get_block_mut(&mut self, block_pos: &Point3<u32>) -> &mut WorldBlock {
+    pub fn get_block_mut(&mut self, block_pos: &Vector3<i32>) -> &mut WorldBlock {
         // Get block index
-        let index = (block_pos.x + SIZE as u32 * (block_pos.y + SIZE as u32 * block_pos.z)) as usize;
+        let index = (block_pos.x + SIZE as i32 * (block_pos.y + SIZE as i32 * block_pos.z)) as usize;
         let mut value = self.nodes[index];
         // Allocate new block
         if value == 0 {
@@ -118,11 +118,17 @@ impl WorldChunk {
         &mut self.blocks[(value-1) as usize]
     }
 
-    pub fn get_block(&self, block_pos: &Point3<u32>) -> &WorldBlock {
+    pub fn get_block(&self, block_pos: &Vector3<i32>) -> &WorldBlock {
         // Get block index
-        let index = (block_pos.x + SIZE as u32 * (block_pos.y + SIZE as u32 * block_pos.z)) as usize;
+        let index = (block_pos.x + SIZE as i32 * (block_pos.y + SIZE as i32 * block_pos.z)) as usize;
         let value = self.nodes[index];
         // Return block reference
         &self.blocks[(value-1) as usize]
     }
+
+    pub fn write_to(&self, renderer: &mut dyn RendererView, offset: Vector3<i32>) {
+        for (blpos, block) in self.all_blocks() {
+            renderer.write(&(offset + blpos), block);
+        }
+    }
 }

src/game/world/generator.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use cgmath::Point3;
+use cgmath::Vector3;
 use noise::{Perlin, NoiseFn};
 use rand::{Rng, prelude::ThreadRng};
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ impl WorldGen {
     /* 
     *   Generate block
     */
-    pub fn generate(block_pos: &Point3<i32>, block: &mut WorldBlock)  {
+    pub fn generate(block_pos: &Vector3<i32>, block: &mut WorldBlock)  {
         let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
         let noise = Perlin::new();
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ impl WorldGen {
                 let h = map[x][z];
                 //let h = 16; // testing
                 for y in 0..h {
-                    block.set(Point3{x, y, z}, 2);
+                    block.set(Vector3{x, y, z}, 2);
                 }
             }
         }

src/game/world/mod.rs

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 mod generator;
 pub mod chunk;
 pub mod block;
+use std::time::Instant;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::io::Read;
 use std::fs;
-use cgmath::Point3;
+use cgmath::{Point3, Vector3};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use generator::WorldGen;
 use chunk::WorldChunk;
@@ -19,11 +20,7 @@ struct WorldData {
 
 pub struct World {
     data: WorldData,
-    chunks: HashMap<Point3<i32>, WorldChunk>,
-}
-
-fn point_abs(p: &Point3<i32>) -> Point3<u32> {
-    Point3 {x: p.x.abs() as u32, y: p.y.abs() as u32, z: p.z.abs() as u32 }
+    chunks: HashMap<Vector3<i32>, WorldChunk>,
 }
 
 impl World {
@@ -35,12 +32,12 @@ impl World {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn all_blocks(&self) -> Vec<(Point3<i32>, &WorldBlock)> {
+    pub fn all_blocks(&self) -> Vec<(Vector3<i32>, &WorldBlock)> {
         self.chunks.iter().map(|(chunk_pos, chunk)| {
             let off = chunk_pos * chunk::SIZE as i32;
-            let result: Vec<(Point3<i32>, &WorldBlock)> = chunk.all_blocks().iter().map(|(pos, block)| {
+            let result: Vec<(Vector3<i32>, &WorldBlock)> = chunk.all_blocks().iter().map(|(pos, block)| {
                 (
-                    Point3{x: off.x+pos.x as i32, y: off.y+pos.y as i32, z: off.z+pos.z as i32},
+                    Vector3{x: off.x+pos.x as i32, y: off.y+pos.y as i32, z: off.z+pos.z as i32},
                     *block
                 )
             }).collect();
@@ -50,18 +47,14 @@ impl World {
 
     pub fn save(&self) {
         // Get directory
-        let mut dir = dirs::data_local_dir().unwrap();
-        dir.push("Voxelgame");
+        let dir = dirs::data_local_dir().unwrap().join("Voxelgame");
         fs::create_dir_all(&dir).expect("Failed to create directory");
 
         // Save all chunks
         for (pos, chunk) in self.chunks.iter() {
-            let bytes = chunk.to_bytes();
-            let filename = format!("chunk_{}_{}_{}.dat", pos.x, pos.y, pos.z);
-            let path: PathBuf = [dir.to_str().unwrap(), &filename].iter().collect();
-            
+            let path = dir.with_file_name(format!("chunk_{}_{}_{}.dat", pos.x, pos.y, pos.z));
             let mut file = fs::File::create(path).expect("Failed to create file");
-            file.write(&bytes).unwrap();
+            file.write(&chunk.to_bytes()).unwrap();
         }
 
         // Save metadata
@@ -72,41 +65,56 @@ impl World {
     }
 
     /*
-    *   Loads chunk and displays it in the world. 
+    *   Loads chunk into memory
     *   It will try to load the chunk from file, and if that fails it will generate the chunk and save it.  
     */
-    pub fn load_chunk(&mut self, pos: Point3<i32>) -> Option<&WorldChunk> {
+    pub fn load_chunk(&mut self, pos: Vector3<i32>) ->bool {
         // Abort if chunk is already loaded
         if let Some(_) = self.chunks.get(&pos) {
-            return None;
+            return false;
         }
 
         // Try loading chunk from file
         let filename = format!("chunk_{}_{}_{}.dat", pos.x, pos.y, pos.z);
         let filepath = dirs::data_local_dir().unwrap().join("Voxelgame").with_file_name(filename);
         if filepath.is_file() {
+            let timer = Instant::now();
             let mut buff = Vec::new();
             let mut file = fs::File::open(filepath).expect("Failed to open file");
             file.read_to_end(&mut buff).expect("Failed to read file");
             let chunk = WorldChunk::from_bytes(buff);
             self.chunks.insert(pos, chunk);
-            println!("Chunk at {:?} loaded", pos);
-            return Some(&chunk);
+            println!("Chunk at {:?} loaded ({} ms)", pos, timer.elapsed().as_millis());
+            return true;
         }
 
         // Try generating chunk
+        let timer0 = Instant::now();
         let mut chunk = WorldChunk::new();
         for x in 0..32 {
             for z in 0..32 {
-                let bpos = &Point3::<u32>{x,y:0,z};
+                let bpos = Vector3::<i32>{x,y:0,z};
                 let block = chunk.get_block_mut(&bpos);
-                let wpos = &Point3::<i32>{ x: pos.x+bpos.x as i32, y: pos.y+bpos.y as i32, z: pos.z+bpos.z as i32};
-                WorldGen::generate(wpos, block);
+                WorldGen::generate(&(pos*32 + bpos), block);
             }
         }
+
+        // Save
+        let timer1 = Instant::now();
+        let dir = dirs::data_local_dir().unwrap().join("Voxelgame");
+        fs::create_dir_all(&dir).expect("Failed to create directory");
+        let path = dir.with_file_name(format!("chunk_{}_{}_{}.dat", pos.x, pos.y, pos.z));
+        let mut file = fs::File::create(path).expect("Failed to create file");
+        file.write(&chunk.to_bytes()).unwrap();
+
+        // Add to list
         self.chunks.insert(pos, chunk);
-        println!("Chunk at {:?} generated", pos);
-        Some(&chunk)
+
+        // Stats
+        let t1 = timer1.elapsed().as_millis();
+        let t0 = timer0.elapsed().as_millis() - t1;
+        println!("Chunk at {:?} generated ({} ms) and saved ({} ms)", pos, t0, t1);
+        true
     }
 
     pub fn load(&mut self) -> bool {
@@ -124,14 +132,18 @@ impl World {
     }
 
     #[allow(unused)]
-    pub fn get_block(&mut self, block_wpos: &Point3<i32>) -> Option<&WorldBlock> {
+    pub fn get_block(&mut self, block_wpos: &Vector3<i32>) -> Option<&WorldBlock> {
         // Split world space to chunk and block space
         let ch_pos = block_wpos / chunk::SIZE as i32;
-        let bl_pos = point_abs(block_wpos) % chunk::SIZE as u32;
+        let bl_pos = block_wpos % chunk::SIZE as i32;
         // Return block if exists
         if let Some(chunk) = self.chunks.get_mut(&ch_pos) {
             return Some(chunk.get_block(&bl_pos));
         }
         None
     }
+
+    pub fn get_chunk(&mut self, chunk_wpos: &Vector3<i32>) -> Option<&mut WorldChunk> {
+        self.chunks.get_mut(chunk_wpos)
+    }
 }

src/renderer/buffers/content.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::time::Instant;
 use byteorder::{ByteOrder, LittleEndian};
 use std::convert::TryInto;
-use cgmath::Point3;
+use cgmath::Vector3;
 use crate::game::world::block::WorldBlock;
 
 //note: remember to update in main.frag
@@ -102,10 +102,10 @@ impl Content {
     }
 
     #[allow(unused)]
-    pub fn write(&mut self, queue: &wgpu::Queue, block_pos: &Point3<u32>, block: &WorldBlock) {
+    pub fn write(&mut self, queue: &wgpu::Queue, block_pos: &Vector3<i32>, block: &WorldBlock) {
 
         // Get node
-        let index = (block_pos.x + NODE_TEX_SIZE as u32 * (block_pos.y + NODE_TEX_SIZE as u32 * block_pos.z)) as usize;
+        let index = (block_pos.x + NODE_TEX_SIZE as i32 * (block_pos.y + NODE_TEX_SIZE as i32 * block_pos.z)) as usize;
         let mut value = self.node_buffer[index] as usize;
 
         // Allocate new block

src/renderer/renderer_view.rs

@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@ use crate::renderer::UserInterface;
 use crate::renderer::camera::CameraTransform;
 use crate::Renderer;
 use crate::game::world::block::WorldBlock;
-use cgmath::Point3;
+use cgmath::Vector3;
 
 pub trait RendererView {
-    fn write(&mut self, block_pos: &Point3<u32>, block: &WorldBlock);
+    fn write(&mut self, block_pos: &Vector3<i32>, block: &WorldBlock);
     fn get_camera_transform(&mut self) -> &mut dyn CameraTransform;
     fn get_ui(&mut self) -> &mut UserInterface;
 }
 
 impl RendererView for Renderer {
     
-    fn write(&mut self, block_pos: &Point3<u32>, block: &WorldBlock) { 
+    fn write(&mut self, block_pos: &Vector3<i32>, block: &WorldBlock) { 
         self.buffers.content.write(&self.queue, block_pos, block)
     }