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Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Samuel Bouchet	d7e69f97ca	Phase 3: PS-based texture blending with winner-takes-all heightmap ... Replace pre-encoded quad blend data (v1) with per-pixel voxel data lookups in the pixel shader. The PS reads voxelDataBuffer (SRV t3) to find neighbor materials dynamically, enabling 2 independent blend axes, stair-priority neighbor detection, and winner-takes-all heightmap-driven transitions. Key design decisions validated through 6 iterations (see blending_experiments.md): - Winner-takes-all: material with highest heightmap score wins 100% (sharp but organic transitions, not smooth gradient) - Symmetric bias: bias = 0.5 - weight ensures equal chance at border - Subtractive corner attenuation (param=0.80): xAdj = xEdge - saturate(yEdge - 0.80) reduces blend at corners naturally - Blend zone = 0.25 voxels from each edge (50% of face) - Debug mode (F4) visualizes blend zones as colors	2026-03-26 12:14:08 +01:00
Samuel Bouchet	45af49a659	Phase 2.2: MDI rendering with CPU-filled indirect args ... Replace per-chunk DrawInstanced loop with a single DrawInstancedIndirectCount. CPU fills indirect args buffer with same frustum+backface cull logic as Phase 2.1. Key discoveries: - Wicked Engine command signature includes push constant (20-byte stride, not 16) - SV_VertexID does not reliably include startVertexLocation with ExecuteIndirect - Solution: pack chunkIndex|(faceIndex<<16) in push constant, VS reconstructs quad offset from GPUChunkInfo lookup - No explicit DX12 barriers needed (implicit promotion from COMMON suffices) Also adds voxel_engine_spec.md and updates references from .docx to .md.	2026-03-25 22:07:22 +01:00
Samuel Bouchet	5f346bb14a	Phase 2: GPU-driven voxel rendering pipeline ... Mega-buffer architecture replacing per-chunk GPU buffers: - Single StructuredBuffer<PackedQuad> for all chunks (2M quads, 16 MB) - StructuredBuffer<GPUChunkInfo> with per-chunk metadata (position, quad offsets, face groups) - VS reads chunk info via push constants (b999) for driver-safe chunk indexing - CPU frustum culling with wi::primitive::Frustum + AABB per chunk - Quads sorted by face direction in greedy mesher (faceOffsets/faceCounts) - GPU frustum + backface cull compute shader (voxelCullCS.hlsl) - GPU binary mesher compute shader baseline (voxelMeshCS.hlsl) - Indirect draw buffers and timestamp query infrastructure - README with build instructions and project architecture	2026-03-25 14:24:05 +01:00