7 changed files with 127 additions and 26 deletions
@@ -270,6 +270,12 @@ de contacts existant les sépare du fond.
  semés sur la roche douce (< 30°) de 12 à 40 m en patch reefs par bruit, une
  `MultiMesh` par tuile et par variante, shader opaque `seabed_coral.gdshader`
  (couleur de sommet × teinte d'instance, marbrure, même colonne d'eau).
+- Particules en suspension (même jour) : `MarineSnow`, émetteur
+  `GPUParticles3D` en espace monde recentré sur la caméra active, boîte de
+  44 × 28 × 44 m, 1 800 flocons de 3 à 9 cm qui coulent à 3,5 cm/s avec
+  turbulence, disques doux additifs en billboard, atténués par la colonne
+  d'eau et fondus en début et fin de vie. Remplace le volume de sphères
+  attaché au sous-marin (qui tournait avec lui).
 - Brouillard, lumière directionnelle et particules de la scène de test
  actuelle sont conservés et réglés par site.
 - Passe lumière du 2026-10-06 (`dive_site.tscn`) : l'ambiance vient d'un ciel
@@ -1,25 +1,10 @@
-[gd_scene load_steps=7 format=3]
+[gd_scene load_steps=5 format=3]

 [ext_resource type="PackedScene" path="res://game/world/sites/dive_site.tscn" id="1_site"]
 [ext_resource type="PackedScene" path="res://game/world/submarine/submarine_actor.tscn" id="2_submarine"]
 [ext_resource type="PackedScene" path="res://game/presentation/cockpit/cockpit_camera_rig.tscn" id="3_camera"]
 [ext_resource type="PackedScene" path="res://game/presentation/cockpit/cockpit_interior.tscn" id="4_cockpit"]

-[sub_resource type="ParticleProcessMaterial" id="SuspendedMotion"]
-emission_shape = 3
-emission_box_extents = Vector3(45, 28, 70)
-direction = Vector3(0.1, 0.04, 0)
-spread = 180.0
-initial_velocity_min = 0.02
-initial_velocity_max = 0.09
-gravity = Vector3(0, 0, 0)
-scale_min = 0.025
-scale_max = 0.08
-
-[sub_resource type="SphereMesh" id="SuspendedParticleMesh"]
-radius = 0.035
-height = 0.07
-
 [node name="DiveWorld" type="Node3D"]

 [node name="DiveSite" parent="." instance=ExtResource("1_site")]
@@ -28,14 +13,6 @@ unique_name_in_owner = true
 [node name="SubmarineActor" parent="." instance=ExtResource("2_submarine")]
 unique_name_in_owner = true

-[node name="SuspendedParticles" type="GPUParticles3D" parent="SubmarineActor"]
-amount = 360
-lifetime = 14.0
-preprocess = 14.0
-visibility_aabb = AABB(-50, -35, -78, 100, 70, 156)
-process_material = SubResource("SuspendedMotion")
-draw_pass_1 = SubResource("SuspendedParticleMesh")
-
 [node name="CockpitInterior" parent="SubmarineActor" instance=ExtResource("4_cockpit")]
 unique_name_in_owner = true

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-[gd_scene load_steps=10 format=3]
+[gd_scene load_steps=11 format=3]

 [ext_resource type="Script" path="res://game/world/sites/dive_site.gd" id="1_site"]
 [ext_resource type="Script" path="res://game/world/sites/bathymetric_terrain_actor.gd" id="2_terrain"]
 [ext_resource type="Shader" path="res://game/world/sites/water_column_fog.gdshader" id="3_water_column"]
 [ext_resource type="Script" path="res://game/world/sites/seabed_flora_actor.gd" id="4_flora"]
+[ext_resource type="Script" path="res://game/world/sites/marine_snow.gd" id="5_snow"]

 [sub_resource type="ShaderMaterial" id="WaterColumnMaterial"]
 shader = ExtResource("3_water_column")
@@ -101,5 +102,8 @@ script = ExtResource("2_terrain")
 unique_name_in_owner = true
 script = ExtResource("4_flora")

+[node name="MarineSnow" type="GPUParticles3D" parent="."]
+script = ExtResource("5_snow")
+
 [node name="Placements" type="Node3D" parent="."]
 unique_name_in_owner = true
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+class_name MarineSnow
+extends GPUParticles3D
+
+## Suspended particles (marine snow, sediment) around the viewer. The emitter is a
+## world-space box re-centred on the active camera every frame, so flakes keep their
+## own slow drift while the submarine moves through them instead of travelling with
+## it. Sinks a few centimetres per second with a little turbulence, as detritus does.
+
+const BOX_EXTENTS_M := Vector3(16.0, 10.0, 16.0)
+const PARTICLE_COUNT := 2400
+const LIFETIME_S := 16.0
+const SINK_SPEED_M_S := 0.035
+const DRIFT_SPEED_M_S := 0.06
+const FLAKE_SIZE_M := Vector2(0.05, 0.16)
+
+const SNOW_SHADER = preload("res://game/world/sites/marine_snow.gdshader")
+
+
+func _ready() -> void:
+	local_coords = false
+	amount = PARTICLE_COUNT
+	lifetime = LIFETIME_S
+	preprocess = LIFETIME_S
+	fixed_fps = 30
+	visibility_aabb = AABB(-BOX_EXTENTS_M * 1.5, BOX_EXTENTS_M * 3.0)
+	process_material = _process_material()
+	var quad := QuadMesh.new()
+	quad.size = Vector2.ONE
+	var material := ShaderMaterial.new()
+	material.shader = SNOW_SHADER
+	quad.material = material
+	draw_pass_1 = quad
+	emitting = true
+
+
+## A jump larger than the box (spawn, teleport, first camera) would leave the viewer in
+## empty water for a whole lifetime: the emitter restarts and preprocesses in place.
+func _process(_delta: float) -> void:
+	var camera := get_viewport().get_camera_3d() if is_inside_tree() else null
+	if camera == null:
+		return
+	var jumped := global_position.distance_to(camera.global_position) > BOX_EXTENTS_M.y
+	global_position = camera.global_position
+	if jumped:
+		restart()
+
+
+func _process_material() -> ParticleProcessMaterial:
+	var material := ParticleProcessMaterial.new()
+	material.emission_shape = ParticleProcessMaterial.EMISSION_SHAPE_BOX
+	material.emission_box_extents = BOX_EXTENTS_M
+	material.direction = Vector3(1.0, 0.0, 0.3)
+	material.spread = 180.0
+	material.initial_velocity_min = DRIFT_SPEED_M_S * 0.3
+	material.initial_velocity_max = DRIFT_SPEED_M_S
+	material.gravity = Vector3(0.0, -SINK_SPEED_M_S, 0.0)
+	material.turbulence_enabled = true
+	material.turbulence_noise_strength = 0.4
+	material.turbulence_noise_scale = 6.0
+	material.turbulence_noise_speed_random = 0.2
+	material.turbulence_influence_min = 0.02
+	material.turbulence_influence_max = 0.06
+	material.scale_min = FLAKE_SIZE_M.x
+	material.scale_max = FLAKE_SIZE_M.y
+	# Fade in and out through alpha so flakes never pop at the box edge or at respawn.
+	var alpha := Gradient.new()
+	alpha.set_offset(0, 0.0)
+	alpha.set_color(0, Color(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.0))
+	alpha.add_point(0.15, Color(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0))
+	alpha.add_point(0.85, Color(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0))
+	alpha.set_offset(alpha.get_point_count() - 1, 1.0)
+	alpha.set_color(alpha.get_point_count() - 1, Color(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.0))
+	var ramp := GradientTexture1D.new()
+	ramp.gradient = alpha
+	material.color_ramp = ramp
+	return material
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+shader_type spatial;
+render_mode blend_add, depth_draw_never, cull_disabled, unshaded;
+
+// Marine snow: camera-facing soft discs drawn by GPUParticles3D. Each particle is a
+// unit quad; the flake is a radial falloff in UV. Brightness follows the daylight of
+// the water column (so flakes dim with depth) and fades in and out over the life of
+// the particle through COLOR.a set by the process material.
+
+#include "res://game/world/sites/water_light.gdshaderinc"
+
+uniform vec3 flake_color : source_color = vec3(0.78, 0.86, 0.9);
+uniform float flake_strength = 1.4;
+uniform vec3 water_absorption_per_m = vec3(0.11, 0.04, 0.032);
+uniform float reference_depth_m = 24.0;
+uniform float minimum_daylight = 0.08;
+
+varying float brightness;
+
+void vertex() {
+	// Billboard: keep the particle's world position, face the camera.
+	vec3 world_origin = (MODEL_MATRIX * vec4(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0)).xyz;
+	float size = length(MODEL_MATRIX[0].xyz);
+	mat3 view_basis = mat3(INV_VIEW_MATRIX);
+	vec3 world = world_origin + (view_basis[0] * VERTEX.x + view_basis[1] * VERTEX.y) * size;
+	VERTEX = (VIEW_MATRIX * vec4(world, 1.0)).xyz;
+	NORMAL = (VIEW_MATRIX * vec4(view_basis[2], 0.0)).xyz;
+	vec3 transmittance = water_transmittance(-world_origin.y, water_absorption_per_m, reference_depth_m);
+	brightness = water_daylight(transmittance, minimum_daylight) * COLOR.a;
+}
+
+void fragment() {
+	float radial = length(UV - vec2(0.5)) * 2.0;
+	float disc = 1.0 - smoothstep(0.35, 1.0, radial);
+	ALBEDO = flake_color * disc * brightness * flake_strength;
+	ALPHA = disc;
+}
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const DIVE_SITE_SCENE = preload("res://game/world/sites/dive_site.tscn")
 const ZONE1_SITE_PATH := "res://content/sites/zone1_vigilant.tres"
 const SHOWCASE_SITE_PATH := "res://content/sites/terrain_showcase.tres"
 const GROOVE_PROBE_OFFSET_M := 25.0
-const TEST_COUNT := 51
+const TEST_COUNT := 52

 var _failures: Array[String] = []

@@ -210,6 +210,8 @@ func _test_dive_site_scene() -> void:
 	var first_pass := flora.sample_transforms(SeabedFloraActor.Kind.SEAGRASS)
 	flora.configure(field_for_flora, hash(String(definition.site_id)))
 	_expect(first_pass == flora.sample_transforms(SeabedFloraActor.Kind.SEAGRASS), "flora placement is deterministic for a seed")
+	var snow := site.get_node_or_null("MarineSnow") as GPUParticles3D
+	_expect(snow != null and snow.emitting and snow.amount > 0 and not snow.local_coords, "site carries world-space marine snow around the viewer")
 	var water_column := site.get_node_or_null("WaterColumn") as FogVolume
 	_expect(
 		water_column != null and water_column.material is ShaderMaterial