Generating Entities from Layouts — Handmade Hero — Episode Guide

0:01Recap and set the stage for the day

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0:01Recap and set the stage for the day

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0:01Recap and set the stage for the day

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0:58Demo our procedurally laid-out overworld

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0:58Demo our procedurally laid-out overworld

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0:58Demo our procedurally laid-out overworld

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4:38Generate a new map, with the determination to place environmental entities respecting the connectivity graph

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4:38Generate a new map, with the determination to place environmental entities respecting the connectivity graph

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4:38Generate a new map, with the determination to place environmental entities respecting the connectivity graph

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5:29Environment generation: 1) Using the connection line literally

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5:29Environment generation: 1) Using the connection line literally

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5:29Environment generation: 1) Using the connection line literally

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6:58Environment generation: 2) "Jankifying" or making the lines meander

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6:58Environment generation: 2) "Jankifying" or making the lines meander

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6:58Environment generation: 2) "Jankifying" or making the lines meander

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8:02Determine to start by following the lines literally

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8:02Determine to start by following the lines literally

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8:02Determine to start by following the lines literally

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9:41Consider the performance of our entity structure

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9:41Consider the performance of our entity structure

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9:41Consider the performance of our entity structure

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10:30Prepare to generate our connected forest, encompassed by an impenetrable wall

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10:30Prepare to generate our connected forest, encompassed by an impenetrable wall

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10:30Prepare to generate our connected forest, encompassed by an impenetrable wall

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12:15Pull up the code for CreateWorld()

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12:15Pull up the code for CreateWorld()

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12:15Pull up the code for CreateWorld()

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12:27We could generate stuff in the other room types

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12:27We could generate stuff in the other room types

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12:27We could generate stuff in the other room types

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12:37Make CreateItemRoom() call GenerateRoom()

12:59Our item rooms are not close enough to be paged in

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12:59Our item rooms are not close enough to be paged in

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12:59Our item rooms are not close enough to be paged in

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13:23Let CreateOrphanage() generate a far larger room

13:48There's a nav room in our orphanage

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13:48There's a nav room in our orphanage

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13:48There's a nav room in our orphanage

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13:56Make CreateNavRoom() call GenerateRoom()

14:17Our nav room is generated, but offset

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14:17Our nav room is generated, but offset

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14:17Our nav room is generated, but offset

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14:57Reacquaint ourselves with CreateNavRoom() and PlaceDebugMarker()

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14:57Reacquaint ourselves with CreateNavRoom() and PlaceDebugMarker()

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14:57Reacquaint ourselves with CreateNavRoom() and PlaceDebugMarker()

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16:03Our nav rooms are shifted inconsistently

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16:03Our nav rooms are shifted inconsistently

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16:03Our nav rooms are shifted inconsistently

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16:47Wonder if we have a scaling disparity between the debug marker drawing and entity placement

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16:47Wonder if we have a scaling disparity between the debug marker drawing and entity placement

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16:47Wonder if we have a scaling disparity between the debug marker drawing and entity placement

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18:19Reacquaint ourselves with the debug marker drawing in UpdateAndRenderWorld(), to see it is done in a RenderGroup

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18:19Reacquaint ourselves with the debug marker drawing in UpdateAndRenderWorld(), to see it is done in a RenderGroup

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18:19Reacquaint ourselves with the debug marker drawing in UpdateAndRenderWorld(), to see it is done in a RenderGroup

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18:54Expect our room markers to shift with the simulation region

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18:54Expect our room markers to shift with the simulation region

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18:54Expect our room markers to shift with the simulation region

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19:40Try to disable boundaries by making CreateOrphanage() set RoomSpec.Outdoors to true

20:16We still have boundary trees

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20:16We still have boundary trees

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20:16We still have boundary trees

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20:31Try to disable tree creation by making GenerateRoom() set OnEdge to false

20:48Our room markers do not shift with the simulation region

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20:48Our room markers do not shift with the simulation region

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20:48Our room markers do not shift with the simulation region

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22:34Reconsider it to be a scaling disparity

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22:34Reconsider it to be a scaling disparity

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22:34Reconsider it to be a scaling disparity

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24:49Our debug markers and grid edits occur in totally different spaces

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24:49Our debug markers and grid edits occur in totally different spaces

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24:49Our debug markers and grid edits occur in totally different spaces

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26:17Determine to line up our debug markers and grid edits

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26:17Determine to line up our debug markers and grid edits

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26:17Determine to line up our debug markers and grid edits

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27:39Change PlaceDebugMarker() to position it using ChunkPositionFromTilePosition()

30:51Our map is maybe too big

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30:51Our map is maybe too big

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30:51Our map is maybe too big

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31:03Make PlaceDebugMarker() scale the positions by 0.5

31:30Our map is probably more what we want

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31:30Our map is probably more what we want

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31:30Our map is probably more what we want

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31:44Move the scaling factor from PlaceDebugMarker() out to LayoutOverworld()

33:31We now produce over-long and, again, obstructed connections

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33:31We now produce over-long and, again, obstructed connections

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33:31We now produce over-long and, again, obstructed connections

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34:15Fix LayoutOverworld() to apply the Scale to GeneratorRadius

35:57Generate maps

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35:57Generate maps

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35:57Generate maps

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36:12Generate a buggy map

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36:12Generate a buggy map

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36:12Generate a buggy map

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36:33Wonder if LayoutOverworld() gave up in a loop

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36:33Wonder if LayoutOverworld() gave up in a loop

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36:33Wonder if LayoutOverworld() gave up in a loop

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36:54Decrease the Scale from 1 to 0.5 in LayoutOverworld()

37:10Our map is much tighter, but we still generate obstructed connections

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37:10Our map is much tighter, but we still generate obstructed connections

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37:10Our map is much tighter, but we still generate obstructed connections

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37:34Wonder if making PlaceDebugMarker() use ChunkPositionFromTilePosition() caused our obstructed connection generation

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37:34Wonder if making PlaceDebugMarker() use ChunkPositionFromTilePosition() caused our obstructed connection generation

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37:34Wonder if making PlaceDebugMarker() use ChunkPositionFromTilePosition() caused our obstructed connection generation

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38:22Revert PlaceDebugMarker() to not use ChunkPositionFromTilePosition()

38:44Generate maps

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38:44Generate maps

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38:44Generate maps

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38:51Generate a buggy map

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38:51Generate a buggy map

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38:51Generate a buggy map

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39:46Scour CreateWorld() for any uninitialised values

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39:46Scour CreateWorld() for any uninitialised values

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39:46Scour CreateWorld() for any uninitialised values

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41:33Scour LayoutOverworld() for a cause of our obstructed connections

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41:33Scour LayoutOverworld() for a cause of our obstructed connections

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41:33Scour LayoutOverworld() for a cause of our obstructed connections

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43:09Generate maps, and manage to get a buggy one on startup

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43:09Generate maps, and manage to get a buggy one on startup

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43:09Generate maps, and manage to get a buggy one on startup

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44:06Scour the AddWorldConnection() loop in LayoutOverworld() for bugs

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44:06Scour the AddWorldConnection() loop in LayoutOverworld() for bugs

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44:06Scour the AddWorldConnection() loop in LayoutOverworld() for bugs

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45:00Scour DistanceBetweenLineSegmentAndPointSq() for bugs

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45:00Scour DistanceBetweenLineSegmentAndPointSq() for bugs

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45:00Scour DistanceBetweenLineSegmentAndPointSq() for bugs

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47:10Scan through LayoutOverworld(), describing the white and purple line colouring, and AddWorldConnection()

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47:10Scan through LayoutOverworld(), describing the white and purple line colouring, and AddWorldConnection()

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47:10Scan through LayoutOverworld(), describing the white and purple line colouring, and AddWorldConnection()

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48:12Seek a pattern in our buggy map generation

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48:12Seek a pattern in our buggy map generation

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48:12Seek a pattern in our buggy map generation

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49:49Wonder if our rooms got moved after connection

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49:49Wonder if our rooms got moved after connection

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49:49Wonder if our rooms got moved after connection

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51:20Try disabling the if(Viable) check in LayoutOverworld() to aid debugging our obstructed connection generation

52:03Check out our rejected, red connection lines

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52:03Check out our rejected, red connection lines

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52:03Check out our rejected, red connection lines

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53:22Check out our rejected, red connection lines on a buggy map

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53:22Check out our rejected, red connection lines on a buggy map

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53:22Check out our rejected, red connection lines on a buggy map

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53:52Try toggling off the connection removal of unnecessary nav rooms in LayoutOverworld()

55:11Generate a plethora of non-buggy maps

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55:11Generate a plethora of non-buggy maps

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55:11Generate a plethora of non-buggy maps

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55:43Wonder if there actually is a room 0

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55:43Wonder if there actually is a room 0

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55:43Wonder if there actually is a room 0

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55:51Generate another plethora of non-buggy maps

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55:51Generate another plethora of non-buggy maps

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55:51Generate another plethora of non-buggy maps

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56:23Investigate how setting the two rooms to 0 can generate obstructed connections

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56:23Investigate how setting the two rooms to 0 can generate obstructed connections

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56:23Investigate how setting the two rooms to 0 can generate obstructed connections

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58:48It is an indexing bug: Setting LocA->Type to WorldLoc_None, thus not creating a room, throws the connection indices off-by-1

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58:48It is an indexing bug: Setting LocA->Type to WorldLoc_None, thus not creating a room, throws the connection indices off-by-1

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58:48It is an indexing bug: Setting LocA->Type to WorldLoc_None, thus not creating a room, throws the connection indices off-by-1

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1:00:35Leave the connection removal of unnecessary nav rooms toggled off, and add a TODO to track indices correctly

1:03:36Enable LayoutOverworld() to scale the map after the fact

1:04:39Generate a map

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1:04:39Generate a map

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1:04:39Generate a map

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1:04:44Decrease the WorldScale from 1 to 0.5 in LayoutOverworld()

1:04:55Our world is now more smooshed

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1:04:55Our world is now more smooshed

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1:04:55Our world is now more smooshed

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1:05:09Introduce TileFromPoint() to line up the debug markers and grid edits coordinate systems

1:07:45Make CreateOrphanage() use TileFromPoint()

1:08:47Our orphanage remains lined up

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1:08:47Our orphanage remains lined up

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1:08:47Our orphanage remains lined up

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1:08:53Make CreateItemRoom(), CreateMonsterGenerator() and CreateDungeon() use TileFromPoint()

1:09:45Our rooms' generated entities all line up with their debug markers

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1:09:45Our rooms' generated entities all line up with their debug markers

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1:09:45Our rooms' generated entities all line up with their debug markers

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1:10:13Determine to fill in the connective tissue between rooms

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1:10:13Determine to fill in the connective tissue between rooms

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1:10:13Determine to fill in the connective tissue between rooms

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1:15:17Consider subdividing the map into a coarse grid and rasterising each populated region

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1:15:17Consider subdividing the map into a coarse grid and rasterising each populated region

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1:15:17Consider subdividing the map into a coarse grid and rasterising each populated region

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1:16:14Make LayoutOverworld() compute the union between all locations, for CreateWorld() to generate as a world room, augmenting world_generator with WorldBounds

1:22:45Hit a read access violation in CreateWorld()

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1:22:45Hit a read access violation in CreateWorld()

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1:22:45Hit a read access violation in CreateWorld()

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1:23:12Fix CreateWorld() to call EndWorldGen() at the very end

1:23:24Our map is now outlined

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1:23:24Our map is now outlined

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1:23:24Our map is now outlined

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1:23:36Increase the WorldScale from 0.5 to 0.7 in LayoutOverworld()

1:23:58We now have a perimeter within which we may march and generate entities

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1:23:58We now have a perimeter within which we may march and generate entities

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1:23:58We now have a perimeter within which we may march and generate entities

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1:24:43Determine to march through and rasterise everything

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1:24:43Determine to march through and rasterise everything

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1:24:43Determine to march through and rasterise everything

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1:25:46Reduce CreateNavRoom(), CreateItemRoom(), CreateMonsterGenerator() and CreateDungeon() to only call PlaceDebugMarker()

1:26:25Our rooms are no longer filled in

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1:26:25Our rooms are no longer filled in

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1:26:25Our rooms are no longer filled in

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1:26:31Introduce GenerateBlock() to generate environmental entities throughout the block, for CreateOrphanage() to call

1:39:54Hit our !World->UnpackedIsOpen assertion in EnsureRegionIsUnpacked()

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1:39:54Hit our !World->UnpackedIsOpen assertion in EnsureRegionIsUnpacked()

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1:39:54Hit our !World->UnpackedIsOpen assertion in EnsureRegionIsUnpacked()

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1:40:01Make GenerateBlock() call EndGridEdit() at the very end

1:40:27The camera begins not set to anything

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1:40:27The camera begins not set to anything

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1:40:27The camera begins not set to anything

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1:40:34Make GenerateBlock() put the camera somewhere

1:41:21We have a patch of grass as the orphanage

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1:41:21We have a patch of grass as the orphanage

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1:41:21We have a patch of grass as the orphanage

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1:41:42Make GenerateBlock() place trees on non-walkable tiles, using IsOnEdge() as the IsWalkable() test

1:42:39Trees are placed around the edge

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1:42:39Trees are placed around the edge

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1:42:39Trees are placed around the edge

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1:42:54Make GenerateBlock() use the room locations and connection lines as its IsWalkable() tests, to generate environmental entities there

1:46:50Our orphanage remains as a patch of grass

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1:46:50Our orphanage remains as a patch of grass

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1:46:50Our orphanage remains as a patch of grass

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1:47:05Make CreateWorld() rather than CreateOrphanage() call GenerateBlock()

1:47:47nickito97 I'm scared of doing anything with enough tomato in a seasoned wok

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1:47:47nickito97 I'm scared of doing anything with enough tomato in a seasoned wok

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1:47:47nickito97 I'm scared of doing anything with enough tomato in a seasoned wok

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1:47:57Make CreateWorld() subdivide the world into blocks, on which to call GenerateBlock()

1:52:28Crash in AddEntity()

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1:52:28Crash in AddEntity()

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1:52:28Crash in AddEntity()

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1:52:45Compile in -Od

1:53:02Hit the InvalidCodePath in AcquireUnpackedEntitySlot()

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1:53:02Hit the InvalidCodePath in AcquireUnpackedEntitySlot()

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1:53:02Hit the InvalidCodePath in AcquireUnpackedEntitySlot()

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1:53:21Check EndGridEdit() for bugs related to AcquireUnpackedEntitySlot()

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1:53:21Check EndGridEdit() for bugs related to AcquireUnpackedEntitySlot()

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1:53:21Check EndGridEdit() for bugs related to AcquireUnpackedEntitySlot()

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1:54:20Investigate our InvalidCodePath hit in AcquireUnpackedEntitySlot()

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1:54:20Investigate our InvalidCodePath hit in AcquireUnpackedEntitySlot()

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1:54:20Investigate our InvalidCodePath hit in AcquireUnpackedEntitySlot()

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1:57:48Break on the CountExceeded check in EnsureRegionIsUnpacked()

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1:57:48Break on the CountExceeded check in EnsureRegionIsUnpacked()

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1:57:48Break on the CountExceeded check in EnsureRegionIsUnpacked()

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1:59:05Try unsuccessfully to break on the IsOutsideVolume assertion in EnsureRegionIsUnpacked() before hitting the InvalidCodePath in AcquireUnpackedEntitySlot()

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1:59:05Try unsuccessfully to break on the IsOutsideVolume assertion in EnsureRegionIsUnpacked() before hitting the InvalidCodePath in AcquireUnpackedEntitySlot()

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1:59:05Try unsuccessfully to break on the IsOutsideVolume assertion in EnsureRegionIsUnpacked() before hitting the InvalidCodePath in AcquireUnpackedEntitySlot()

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2:01:59Fix CreateWorld() to subdivide the world into different blocks to pass to GenerateBlock()

2:02:30Run successfully without hitting an InvalidCodePath

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2:02:30Run successfully without hitting an InvalidCodePath

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2:02:30Run successfully without hitting an InvalidCodePath

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2:02:53Fix CreateWorld() to offset the block subdivisions by MinTileI

2:03:14filiadelski Everyone is fired

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2:03:14filiadelski Everyone is fired

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2:03:14filiadelski Everyone is fired

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2:03:16thesandvichmaker Just throw any leftover vegetables in

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2:03:16thesandvichmaker Just throw any leftover vegetables in

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2:03:16thesandvichmaker Just throw any leftover vegetables in

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2:03:19Our room connections are filled with environmental entities, but entities do not get streamed in

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2:03:19Our room connections are filled with environmental entities, but entities do not get streamed in

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2:03:19Our room connections are filled with environmental entities, but entities do not get streamed in

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2:04:02Uncomment the hero's head light in AddPlayer()

2:04:45Our room connections remain filled correctly, only lacking entity streaming

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2:04:45Our room connections remain filled correctly, only lacking entity streaming

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2:04:45Our room connections remain filled correctly, only lacking entity streaming

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2:06:59Decrease BlockDim from 32 to 16 in CreateWorld()

2:07:24Hit a write access violation on AcquireUnpackedEntitySlot() upon moving between sim regions

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2:07:24Hit a write access violation on AcquireUnpackedEntitySlot() upon moving between sim regions

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2:07:24Hit a write access violation on AcquireUnpackedEntitySlot() upon moving between sim regions

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2:07:56Run in -Od and hit the InvalidCodePath in AcquireUnpackedEntitySlot()

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2:07:56Run in -Od and hit the InvalidCodePath in AcquireUnpackedEntitySlot()

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2:07:56Run in -Od and hit the InvalidCodePath in AcquireUnpackedEntitySlot()

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2:08:47End it there

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2:08:47End it there

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2:08:47End it there

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2:09:02Compile in -O2, and consider removing the 3rd dimension

2:09:18Traverse our forest

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2:09:18Traverse our forest

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2:09:18Traverse our forest

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2:09:55Inflate our WorldBounds in LayoutOverworld()

2:10:26Traverse our forest

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2:10:26Traverse our forest

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2:10:26Traverse our forest

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2:10:38Determine to remove Z next week

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2:10:38Determine to remove Z next week

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2:10:38Determine to remove Z next week

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2:10:50Consider our start-up performance to be good

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2:10:50Consider our start-up performance to be good

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2:10:50Consider our start-up performance to be good

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2:11:46sagian2005 Is there going to be a stream next week? I actually try to plan my Sunday around the stream

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2:11:46sagian2005 Is there going to be a stream next week? I actually try to plan my Sunday around the stream

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2:11:46sagian2005 Is there going to be a stream next week? I actually try to plan my Sunday around the stream

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2:11:54Plug the Molly Movie Club¹ stream here² on Friday 30th September 2022

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2:11:54Plug the Molly Movie Club¹ stream here² on Friday 30th September 2022

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2:11:54Plug the Molly Movie Club¹ stream here² on Friday 30th September 2022

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2:13:21Determine to remove Z and update entity streaming next week

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2:13:21Determine to remove Z and update entity streaming next week

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2:13:21Determine to remove Z and update entity streaming next week

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