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Suggestion: Change object order.

 
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Twixn
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 3:40 am    Post subject: Suggestion: Change object order. Reply with quote

hey all,

Just a suggestion, but would it be possible to add the ability
to change the order of objects up/down the list? either with a click'n'drag
feature or a simple move up and down buttons.

The reason i ask is for optimization, primarily being able to
'batch' objects together (eg, objects with the same material
etc etc, for less state changes in game).

And also for 'cleanness'...the list to the side of my current level
looks like a bomb hit it and its been reorganized with a rake Razz

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Daaark
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 5:51 am    Post subject: Re: Suggestion: Change object order. Reply with quote

Twixn wrote:
The reason i ask is for optimization, primarily being able to
'batch' objects together (eg, objects with the same material
etc etc, for less state changes in game).


Sort by Material plugin? Idea Does the plugin system support that? I could probably create it.

Batching objects by material is not hard to do when you load your level at runtime, if you need help with that (in c code/ opengl) shoot me a pm.
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Twixn
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I was thinking more along the lines of manually
changing the order....but i spose i could make
a sorter at my end (in my renderer).

Sorting by materials was just an example, i have
a few more things that i need to take into account
when sorting (size, user tag etc).

Also thanks for your offer, but i should be able to
code some kind of sorter myself...i might as well
perform a simple depth sorter aswell.

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Paul-Jan
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The DMF file format is targeted towards re-usability inside DeleD, not towards any particular final rendering solutions.

I don't think such an optimization for rendering speed would be very appropriate there, I consider that something to be solved in the rendering engine (i.e. a post processing step when loading the mesh, or more probably a JIT optimization before actually rendering, like many engines do).... in other words: what you just said Very Happy

An alternative would be writing a dedicated exporter or format converter to a file format specialized for your particular needs.

That said, allowing the user to manually re-order the objects is probably a very good idea anyway, so writing it down Very Happy
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mappy
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 11:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Paul-Jan wrote:
That said, allowing the user to manually re-order the objects is probably a very good idea anyway, so writing it down Very Happy


Also, having the possibility to sort all DeleD lists (scene inspector, materials picker tabs and materials, materials editor tabs and materials, ...) in an alphabetic order would please me.

I've noticed that the prefabs list seems to be sorted, so sorting the scene inspector should be possible ?
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Twixn
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 12:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well, rendering optimization was my prime concern,
but i know thats my problem more than yours Razz

But, my other (not a concern, more of an annoyance) problem
is that the objects list on my levels is a complete mess
Razz

Glad it made it on the list anyway Very Happy

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 2:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, making the list sortable / pre-sorted makes a lot of sense. Some basis searching functionality would come in handy, too.

Mappy: On a side note, the prefab list is a different from the object list in two ways:
- it is simply a list of files in a folder, so it gets sorted for free as long as the user is on NTFS Smile
- more importantly, it is a non-mutable list, where as the scene objects get things added to them. It's always one of those classic business application decisions wether new objects should appear (a) on top (b) on the bottom (c) in the correct sorted location.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 5:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Paul-Jan wrote:
Mappy: On a side note, the prefab list is a different from the object list in two ways:
- it is simply a list of files in a folder, so it gets sorted for free as long as the user is on NTFS Smile


Oh yes, I didn't think of that Smile
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