Vehicle UX improvements and particle optimizations

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -28,30 +28,28 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Install packages
       run: |
-        dpkg --add-architecture i386
         apt-get update
         DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-          g++-mingw-w64-i686-posix ninja-build wine32 wine cmake ca-certificates
+          g++-mingw-w64-i686-posix ninja-build cmake ca-certificates
 
     - name: Create a build environment
       run: cmake -E make_directory ./build
 
+    # Shaders would need Wine + vkd3d, which crashes on some of them; the packfile ships from the MSVC job
     - name: Configure CMake
       working-directory: ./build
       run: |
         cmake .. \
           -G Ninja \
+          -D ALPINE_BUILD_PACKFILE=OFF \
           -D CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=sccache \
           -D CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=sccache \
           -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$BUILD_TYPE \
           -D CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../cmake/mingw-ubuntu.cmake
 
     - name: Build
       working-directory: ./build
-      run: |
-        export WINEPREFIX=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.wine
-        mkdir -p $WINEPREFIX
-        cmake --build . -j $(nproc)
+      run: cmake --build . -j $(nproc)
 
     - name: Stage artifacts
       shell: bash
@@ -60,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
         out="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/dist/gnu"
         mkdir -p "$out"
 
-        want=(AlpineFaction.dll AlpineEditor.dll AlpineFactionLauncher.exe CrashHandler.exe d3d8to9.dll alpinefaction.vpp)
+        want=(AlpineFaction.dll AlpineEditor.dll AlpineFactionLauncher.exe CrashHandler.exe d3d8to9.dll)
 
         for f in "${want[@]}"; do
           src="$(find "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/build" -type f -name "$f" -print -quit || true)"

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
 
 set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)
 
+option(ALPINE_BUILD_PACKFILE "Compile the shaders and build alpinefaction.vpp" ON)
+
 # Set our target version to Windows 7.
 add_compile_definitions(
     _WIN32_WINNT=0x0601

docs/BUILDING.md

@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ cd build
 cmake .. -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../cmake/mingw-ubuntu.cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
 ```
 
+Compiling the shaders and `alpinefaction.vpp` runs the shader compiler under Wine (vkd3d-shader). Add
+`-DALPINE_BUILD_PACKFILE=OFF` to skip them and build only the binaries; take `alpinefaction.vpp` from a Windows build.
+
 Start build:
 
 ```

docs/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -121,6 +121,18 @@ Version 1.5.0 (Trillium): Not yet released
 - Add `Select All`, `Fit UVs` and `Auto Unwrap`, and a `Color each face` option to the level editor `UV Unwrap` window
 - Add 256 x 256 and 512 x 512 thumbnail sizes and a `Format` filter to the level editor texture browser, make it resizable and scroll it with the mouse wheel
 - Draw the sky in the level editor's `Render Everything` mode when `Draw Sky` is on, as the portal render modes do
+- Improve particle handling and performance:
+  - Stop simulating level-placed decorative particle emitters while they are out of view (`cl_particlecull`)
+  - Step particles at a fixed rate (`cl_particlefixedstep`, `cl_particlerate`)
+  - Test distant particles for world collision less often (`cl_particlecollidelod`)
+  - Raise the particle pool size to 8192 (`cl_particlepoolsize`)
+  - Raise the particle emitter limit from 128 to 8192
+  - Render particles, plankton, rain and snow on the GPU with instancing, and simulate rain and snow motion on the GPU (Direct3D 11 renderer only), toggleable with `dbg_particlegpu`
+  - Add `dbg_particles` overlay and `dbg_particles_log` to measure particle performance, and `dbg_particlewarmup` to toggle replaying a hidden particle emitter when it comes back into view
+- Raise the pitch of hit sounds as consecutive hits land, toggleable with `cl_hitsounds_streakpitch`
+- Raise the limit of simultaneously playing sounds from 64 to 127
+- Ejected shell casings now bounce off the level and play their impact sounds instead of falling through it, toggleable with `cl_shellcollide`, and last 2 seconds by default, adjustable with `cl_shelllifetime`
+- Add `cl_shellcasings` and `cl_magazines` to toggle ejected shell casings and magazines
 - Add `$Looping Sound` `mapname_info.tbl` option to make custom sound files loop
 - Make the `Looping` checkbox on `Play_Sound` and `Music_Start` events work (RFL v306+)
 - Allow `sv_gametype` (`gt`) to start a local game on a level in a chosen game type
@@ -261,6 +273,8 @@ Version 1.5.0 (Trillium): Not yet released
 - Fix the `Material` filter in the level editor texture browser not working properly
 - Fix a very long `Name` filter in the level editor texture browser corrupting the editor's memory
 - Fix the level editor `UV Unwrap` window selecting vertices when a mouse button pressed outside its view is released over it
+- Fix spectate control hints overlapping the team scores in Wipeout
+- Fix long key names in spectate control hints running off the left edge of the screen
 - Fix listen server hosts only seeing automated server messages in the console instead of in chat
 - Fix music not starting while the music volume is muted or very low
 

game_patch/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ set(SRCS
     graphics/d3d11/gr_d3d11_texture.h
     graphics/d3d11/gr_d3d11_dynamic_geometry.cpp
     graphics/d3d11/gr_d3d11_dynamic_geometry.h
+    graphics/d3d11/gr_d3d11_particle.cpp
+    graphics/d3d11/gr_d3d11_particle.h
     graphics/d3d11/gr_d3d11_context.cpp
     graphics/d3d11/gr_d3d11_context.h
     graphics/d3d11/gr_d3d11_shader.cpp
@@ -196,6 +198,8 @@ set(SRCS
     multi/vehicles/vehicle_markers.cpp
     multi/vehicles/vehicle_tracers.h
     multi/vehicles/vehicle_tracers.cpp
+    multi/vehicles/vehicle_fx.cpp
+    multi/vehicles/vehicle_fx.h
     multi/vehicles/vehicle_horn.h
     multi/vehicles/vehicle_horn.cpp
     multi/vehicles/vehicle_physics.h
@@ -348,6 +352,8 @@ set(SRCS
     object/mover.cpp
     object/monitor.cpp
     object/particle.cpp
+    object/particle_sim.cpp
+    object/particle_sim.h
     object/obj_light.cpp
     object/obj_collision.cpp
     object/obj_collision.h