feat(world): render steep tiles on a smooth bicubic surface, sampled in parallel

Tiles holding a slope over 35 degrees are meshed at two vertices per cell
on a clamped Catmull-Rom surface that passes through every grid node, so
cliffs and ledges lose the facets of the heightfield grid while the
collision stays on the grid. The domain field exposes the smooth
elevation and a separable, per-phase-weighted block sampler with linear
edge extrapolation and a one-cell margin for continuous normals; the actor
samples tiles on the worker thread pool and builds meshes afterwards.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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OlivierandClaude Fable 5.1 committed 2026-10-07 00:09:42 +02:00
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@@ -151,6 +151,193 @@ func elevation_at(x_m: float, z_m: float) -> float:
return lerpf(top, bottom, tz)
## Smooth (Catmull-Rom bicubic) elevation: passes through every cell value, so it
## agrees with elevation_at on the grid nodes and bends between them instead of
## creasing. Reproduces planes exactly, including at the grid edges, where the field
## is extrapolated linearly. Each pass is clamped between its two bracketing nodes,
## so the surface never overshoots a step (no dip at the foot of a block, no bump
## above a ledge). Used to render steep tiles at a finer step.
func smooth_elevation_at(x_m: float, z_m: float) -> float:
var column_f := clampf((x_m - _data.origin_x_m) / _data.cell_size_m, 0.0, float(_data.columns - 1))
var row_f := clampf((z_m - _data.origin_z_m) / _data.cell_size_m, 0.0, float(_data.rows - 1))
var column := mini(int(floorf(column_f)), _data.columns - 2)
var row := mini(int(floorf(row_f)), _data.rows - 2)
var weights_x := _catmull_rom_weights(column_f - float(column))
var weights_z := _catmull_rom_weights(row_f - float(row))
var along := PackedFloat32Array()
along.resize(4)
for offset_z in 4:
var sample_row := row - 1 + offset_z
var p1 := _extrapolated_elevation(column, sample_row)
var p2 := _extrapolated_elevation(column + 1, sample_row)
var along_x := (
weights_x[0] * _extrapolated_elevation(column - 1, sample_row)
+ weights_x[1] * p1
+ weights_x[2] * p2
+ weights_x[3] * _extrapolated_elevation(column + 2, sample_row)
)
along[offset_z] = clampf(along_x, minf(p1, p2), maxf(p1, p2))
var result := weights_z[0] * along[0] + weights_z[1] * along[1] + weights_z[2] * along[2] + weights_z[3] * along[3]
return clampf(result, minf(along[1], along[2]), maxf(along[1], along[2]))
## Positions and normals of one cell block on the smooth surface.
class SurfaceBlock extends RefCounted:
var positions := PackedVector3Array()
var normals := PackedVector3Array()
## The cell block [start_column..end_column] x [start_row..end_row] sampled on the smooth
## surface every 1 / subdivision cell, row-major: (cells * subdivision + 1) points per
## axis. The points on the grid nodes equal cell_world_position; the normals are
## central differences on the smooth surface, continuous across tile borders thanks to
## a one-cell margin. The smooth grid is built once for both arrays.
func cell_block_subdivided(
start_column: int, end_column: int, start_row: int, end_row: int, subdivision: int
) -> SurfaceBlock:
var block := SurfaceBlock.new()
if subdivision <= 1:
block.positions = cell_block_positions(start_column, end_column, start_row, end_row)
block.normals = cell_block_normals(start_column, end_column, start_row, end_row)
return block
var first_column := _clamp_column(start_column)
var last_column := _clamp_column(end_column)
var first_row := _clamp_row(start_row)
var last_row := _clamp_row(end_row)
var fine := _fine_block(first_column, last_column, first_row, last_row, subdivision)
var points_x := (last_column - first_column) * subdivision + 1
var points_z := (last_row - first_row) * subdivision + 1
var padded_x := points_x + 2 * subdivision
var step_m := _data.cell_size_m / float(subdivision)
var x0 := _data.origin_x_m + float(first_column) * _data.cell_size_m
var z0 := _data.origin_z_m + float(first_row) * _data.cell_size_m
var twice_step_m := 2.0 * step_m
var positions := PackedVector3Array()
var normals := PackedVector3Array()
positions.resize(points_x * points_z)
normals.resize(points_x * points_z)
var index := 0
for sub_row in points_z:
var fine_row_start := (sub_row + subdivision) * padded_x + subdivision
var z := z0 + float(sub_row) * step_m
for sub_column in points_x:
var at := fine_row_start + sub_column
positions[index] = Vector3(x0 + float(sub_column) * step_m, fine[at], z)
var slope_x := (fine[at + 1] - fine[at - 1]) / twice_step_m
var slope_z := (fine[at + padded_x] - fine[at - padded_x]) / twice_step_m
normals[index] = Vector3(-slope_x, 1.0, -slope_z).normalized()
index += 1
block.positions = positions
block.normals = normals
return block
func cell_block_positions_subdivided(
start_column: int, end_column: int, start_row: int, end_row: int, subdivision: int
) -> PackedVector3Array:
return cell_block_subdivided(start_column, end_column, start_row, end_row, subdivision).positions
func cell_block_normals_subdivided(
start_column: int, end_column: int, start_row: int, end_row: int, subdivision: int
) -> PackedVector3Array:
return cell_block_subdivided(start_column, end_column, start_row, end_row, subdivision).normals
## Smooth heights of the block padded by one cell on every side, row-major with
## (cells + 2) * subdivision + 1 points per axis. Separable Catmull-Rom with the
## weights of each sub-cell phase computed once: no per-point function calls.
func _fine_block(first_column: int, last_column: int, first_row: int, last_row: int, subdivision: int) -> PackedFloat32Array:
var cells_x := last_column - first_column + 2
var cells_z := last_row - first_row + 2
var source_x := cells_x + 4
var source_z := cells_z + 4
var source_column0 := first_column - 2
var source_row0 := first_row - 2
var fine_x := cells_x * subdivision + 1
var fine_z := cells_z * subdivision + 1
var phase_weights: Array[PackedFloat32Array] = []
for phase in subdivision:
phase_weights.append(_catmull_rom_weights(float(phase) / float(subdivision)))
# Source samples with linear extrapolation outside the grid.
var source := PackedFloat32Array()
source.resize(source_x * source_z)
for sz in source_z:
for sx in source_x:
source[sz * source_x + sx] = _extrapolated_elevation(source_column0 + sx, source_row0 + sz)
# Pass 1: along x, for every source row.
var along := PackedFloat32Array()
along.resize(fine_x * source_z)
for sz in source_z:
var row_start := sz * source_x
var out_start := sz * fine_x
for cell in cells_x:
var p0 := source[row_start + cell]
var p1 := source[row_start + cell + 1]
var p2 := source[row_start + cell + 2]
var p3 := source[row_start + cell + 3]
var low := minf(p1, p2)
var high := maxf(p1, p2)
for phase in subdivision:
var w := phase_weights[phase]
along[out_start + cell * subdivision + phase] = clampf(w[0] * p0 + w[1] * p1 + w[2] * p2 + w[3] * p3, low, high)
along[out_start + cells_x * subdivision] = source[row_start + cells_x + 1]
# Pass 2: along z, for every fine column.
var fine := PackedFloat32Array()
fine.resize(fine_x * fine_z)
for cell in cells_z:
for phase in subdivision:
var w := phase_weights[phase]
var out_row := (cell * subdivision + phase) * fine_x
var r0 := cell * fine_x
var r1 := r0 + fine_x
var r2 := r1 + fine_x
var r3 := r2 + fine_x
for fx in fine_x:
var a1 := along[r1 + fx]
var a2 := along[r2 + fx]
fine[out_row + fx] = clampf(
w[0] * along[r0 + fx] + w[1] * a1 + w[2] * a2 + w[3] * along[r3 + fx],
minf(a1, a2),
maxf(a1, a2)
)
var last_out := cells_z * subdivision * fine_x
var last_source := (cells_z + 1) * fine_x
for fx in fine_x:
fine[last_out + fx] = along[last_source + fx]
return fine
## Cell elevation, extended past the grid by linear extrapolation so the smooth surface
## keeps reproducing planes at the edges.
func _extrapolated_elevation(column: int, row: int) -> float:
var columns := _data.columns
var rows := _data.rows
var c := clampi(column, 0, columns - 1)
var r := clampi(row, 0, rows - 1)
var value := _data.elevations_m[r * columns + c]
if column < 0:
value += float(column) * (_data.elevations_m[r * columns + 1] - _data.elevations_m[r * columns])
elif column > columns - 1:
value += float(column - columns + 1) * (_data.elevations_m[r * columns + columns - 1] - _data.elevations_m[r * columns + columns - 2])
if row < 0:
value += float(row) * (_data.elevations_m[columns + c] - _data.elevations_m[c])
elif row > rows - 1:
value += float(row - rows + 1) * (_data.elevations_m[(rows - 1) * columns + c] - _data.elevations_m[(rows - 2) * columns + c])
return value
static func _catmull_rom_weights(t: float) -> PackedFloat32Array:
var t2 := t * t
var t3 := t2 * t
return PackedFloat32Array([
0.5 * (-t + 2.0 * t2 - t3),
0.5 * (2.0 - 5.0 * t2 + 3.0 * t3),
0.5 * (t + 4.0 * t2 - 3.0 * t3),
0.5 * (-t2 + t3),
])
func material_at(x_m: float, z_m: float) -> int:
var column := int(roundf((x_m - _data.origin_x_m) / _data.cell_size_m))
var row := int(roundf((z_m - _data.origin_z_m) / _data.cell_size_m))