Faster loading & geometry fixes

game.js

@@ -341,9 +341,9 @@ export function tick(time, gl, params) {
     // expensive stuff, can take several cycles
     try {
         // frame time is typically 16.7ms, so this may lag a bit
-        let timeLeft = 30;
+        let timeLeft = 10;
         const start = performance.now();
-        generateMissingChunks(params.world, campos[2], campos[0], 5);
+        generateMissingChunks(params.world, campos[2], campos[0], timeLeft);
 
         timeLeft -= performance.now() - start;
         updateWorldGeometry(gl, params.world, campos[2], campos[0], timeLeft);

world.js

@@ -250,26 +250,28 @@ export function generateMissingChunks(world, z, x, timeLimit = 10000) {
 
     const start = performance.now();
 
-    for (let i = ic - 8; i < ic + 8; i++) {
-        for (let j = jc - 8; j < jc + 8; j++) {
-            if (world.chunkMap.has(i, j)) {
-                continue;
-            }
-            const chunk = makeChunk(i * 16, j * 16);
-            world.chunks.push(chunk);
-            world.chunkMap.set(i, j, chunk);
+    for (let radius = 1; radius < 8; radius++) {
 
-            invalidateChunkGeometry(world, i - 1, j);
-            invalidateChunkGeometry(world, i + 1, j);
-            invalidateChunkGeometry(world, i, j - 1);
-            invalidateChunkGeometry(world, i, j + 1);
+        for (let i = ic - radius; i < ic + radius; i++) {
+            for (let j = jc - radius; j < jc + radius; j++) {
+                if (world.chunkMap.has(i, j)) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                const chunk = makeChunk(i * 16, j * 16);
+                world.chunks.push(chunk);
+                world.chunkMap.set(i, j, chunk);
 
-            if (performance.now() - start > timeLimit) {
-                throw 'timesup';
+                invalidateChunkGeometry(world, i - 1, j);
+                invalidateChunkGeometry(world, i + 1, j);
+                invalidateChunkGeometry(world, i, j - 1);
+                invalidateChunkGeometry(world, i, j + 1);
+
+                if (radius > 2 && performance.now() - start > timeLimit) {
+                    return;
+                }
             }
         }
     }
-
     return world;
 }
 
@@ -278,6 +280,10 @@ function invalidateChunkGeometry(world, i, j) {
     if (chunk === undefined) {
         return;
     }
+    if (chunk.faces === undefined) {
+        return;
+    }
+    delete chunk.faces;
     if (chunk.buffer === undefined) {
         return;
     }
@@ -285,7 +291,21 @@ function invalidateChunkGeometry(world, i, j) {
     delete chunk.buffer;
 }
 
-export function createChunkFace(block, dir) {
+function addFace(chunk, block, dir) {
+    if (block.type === BlockType.WATER) {
+        const face = createChunkFace(block, dir);
+        if (dir === '+y') {
+            face[1] -= 0.15;
+        }
+        chunk.transparentFaces.push(face);
+
+    } else {
+        chunk.faces.push(createChunkFace(block, dir));
+    }
+}
+
+export function createChunkFace(block, dir, center = null) {
+    center = center ?? faceCenter(block.centerPosition, dir);
     return {
         dir,
         blockIndex: block.blockIndex,
@@ -306,7 +326,7 @@ export function updateWorldGeometry(gl, world, z, x, timeLimit = 10000) {
             for (let j = jc - radius; j < jc + radius; j++) {
                 const chunk = world.chunkMap.get(i, j);
 
-                if (chunk.buffer !== undefined) {
+                if (chunk === undefined || chunk.buffer !== undefined) {
                     continue;
                 }
 
@@ -324,8 +344,8 @@ export function updateWorldGeometry(gl, world, z, x, timeLimit = 10000) {
                 chunk.transparentBuffer = makeBufferFromFaces(gl, chunk.transparentFaces.map(f => f.face));
 
                 // throttle this for fluidity
-                if (performance.now() - start > timeLimit) {
-                    throw 'timesup';
+                if (radius > 2 && performance.now() - start > timeLimit) {
+                    return;
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -491,7 +511,9 @@ export function destroyBlock(world, block) {
         .filter(({ block }) => block.type !== BlockType.AIR &&
             block.type !== BlockType.UNDEFINED)
         .forEach(({ block, dir }) => {
-            block.chunk.faces.push(createChunkFace(block, dir));
+            // TODO: don't add transparent faces twice
+            //       since we "forget" to trim them
+            addFace(block.chunk, block, dir);
             trimFaces(block.chunk);
 
             if (block.chunk.buffer !== undefined) {
@@ -529,15 +551,16 @@ export function makeBlock(world, position, type) {
     neighbors
         .filter(({ block }) => block.type !== BlockType.UNDEFINED)
         .forEach(({ block: nblock, dir, ndir }) => {
-            if (nblock.type === BlockType.AIR) {
-                block.chunk.faces.push(createChunkFace(block, dir));
-            } else {
+            if (nblock.type  === BlockType.AIR ||
+                nblock.type === BlockType.WATER) {
+                addFace(block.chunk, block, dir);
+            }// else {
                 nblock.chunk.faces = nblock.chunk.faces.filter(f => (
                     f.blockIndex !== nblock.blockIndex ||
                     f.dir !== ndir
                 ));
                 refresh(nblock.chunk);
-            }
+            //}
         });
 
     refresh(block.chunk);