Way better in the structure but still a lot of work to do. However, just by moving variables to better locations, taking things out of loops that don't need to be recalulated, etc. this is already 50% of the CPU/GPU usage as the previous version.

main.cpp

@@ -3,19 +3,38 @@
 static const int SCREEN_HEIGHT=720;
 static const int SCREEN_WIDTH=1280;
 
+Matrix MAP{{8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8},
+    {8,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,8},
+    {8,0,7,0,0,5,6,0,8},
+    {8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8},
+    {8,8,0,0,0,0,0,8,8},
+    {8,0,0,1,3,4,0,0,8},
+    {8,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8},
+    {8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8},
+    {8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8}
+  };
+
 int main() {
+  using KB = sf::Keyboard;
+
   sf::RenderWindow window(sf::VideoMode(SCREEN_WIDTH, SCREEN_HEIGHT), "Zed's Ray Caster Game Thing");
 
-  Raycaster rayview(window);
+  int TILE_SIZE = RAY_VIEW_HEIGHT / matrix::width(MAP);
 
-  using KB = sf::Keyboard;
+  //ZED this should set with a function
-  rayview.load_textures();
+  float player_x = RAY_VIEW_HEIGHT / 2;
+  float player_y = RAY_VIEW_HEIGHT / 2;
+
+  Raycaster rayview(window, MAP);
+  rayview.position_camera(player_x, player_y, TILE_SIZE);
 
   double moveSpeed = 0.1;
   double rotSpeed = 0.1;
 
   while(window.isOpen()) {
     rayview.render();
+    // DRAW GUI
+    window.display();
 
     if(KB::isKeyPressed(KB::W)) {
       rayview.move_forward(moveSpeed);

raycaster.cpp

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "raycaster.hpp"
 
 using namespace fmt;
+using std::make_unique;
 
 #define rgba_color(r,g,b,a) (r<<(0*8))|(g<<(1*8))|(b<<(2*8))|(a<<(3*8))
 #define gray_color(c) rgba_color(c, c, c, 255)
@@ -9,54 +10,14 @@ using namespace fmt;
 #define uDiv 1
 #define vDiv 1
 
-inline void RGBA_brightness(RGBA& pixel, double distance) {
-  pixel.color.r /= distance;
-  pixel.color.g /= distance;
-  pixel.color.b /= distance;
-}
-
 inline size_t pixcoord(int x, int y) {
   return ((y) * RAY_VIEW_WIDTH) + (x);
 }
 
-Raycaster::Raycaster(sf::RenderWindow& window) :
+void TexturePack::load_textures() {
-  $window(window)
+  // ZED: this needs to determine sprite vs. other textures
-{
+  // so it can put the texture into the sprite rec immediately
-  $window.setVerticalSyncEnabled(true);
+  // or....maybe just use SFML's sprite stuff?
-  view_texture.create(RAY_VIEW_WIDTH, RAY_VIEW_HEIGHT);
-  view_sprite.setTexture(view_texture);
-  view_sprite.setPosition(RAY_VIEW_X, 0);
-
-  pixels = new RGBA[RAY_VIEW_WIDTH * RAY_VIEW_HEIGHT];
-
-  SPRITE = {{4.0, 3.55, 0, 8}};
-  MAP = {{8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8},
-    {8,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,8},
-    {8,0,7,0,0,5,6,0,8},
-    {8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8},
-    {8,8,0,0,0,0,0,8,8},
-    {8,0,0,1,3,4,0,0,8},
-    {8,0,0,0,0,0,8,8,8},
-    {8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8},
-    {8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8}
-  };
-
-  TILE_SIZE = RAY_VIEW_HEIGHT / matrix::width(MAP);
-
-  // x and y start position
-  posX = player_x / TILE_SIZE;
-  posY = player_y / TILE_SIZE;
-}
-
-void Raycaster::load_image(std::vector<uint32_t>& texture, const char *filename) {
-  sf::Image img;
-  bool good = img.loadFromFile(filename);
-  dbc::check(good, format("failed to load {}", filename));
-  uint32_t *pixbuf = (uint32_t *)img.getPixelsPtr();
-  std::copy_n(pixbuf, texture.size(), texture.begin());
-}
-
-void Raycaster::load_textures() {
   for(int i = 0; i < NUM_TEXTURES; i++) {
     texture[i].resize(TEXTURE_WIDTH * TEXTURE_HEIGHT);
   }
@@ -72,18 +33,54 @@ void Raycaster::load_textures() {
   load_image(texture[8], "assets/portal.png");
 }
 
+std::vector<uint32_t>& TexturePack::get(size_t num) {
+  return texture[num];
+}
+
+void TexturePack::load_image(std::vector<uint32_t>& texture, const char *filename) {
+  sf::Image img;
+  bool good = img.loadFromFile(filename);
+  dbc::check(good, format("failed to load {}", filename));
+  uint32_t *pixbuf = (uint32_t *)img.getPixelsPtr();
+  std::copy_n(pixbuf, texture.size(), texture.begin());
+}
+
+Sprite &TexturePack::get_sprite(size_t sprite_num) {
+  return SPRITE[sprite_num];
+}
+
+
+
+Raycaster::Raycaster(sf::RenderWindow& window, Matrix &map) :
+  $window(window),
+  $map(map)
+{
+  $window.setVerticalSyncEnabled(true);
+  view_texture.create(RAY_VIEW_WIDTH, RAY_VIEW_HEIGHT);
+  view_sprite.setTexture(view_texture);
+  view_sprite.setPosition(RAY_VIEW_X, 0);
+  pixels = make_unique<RGBA[]>(RAY_VIEW_WIDTH * RAY_VIEW_HEIGHT);
+  textures.load_textures();
+}
+
+void Raycaster::position_camera(float player_x, float player_y, int tile_size) {
+  // x and y start position
+  posX = player_x / tile_size;
+  posY = player_y / tile_size;
+}
+
 void Raycaster::draw_pixel_buffer() {
-  view_texture.update((uint8_t *)pixels, RAY_VIEW_WIDTH, RAY_VIEW_HEIGHT, 0, 0);
+  view_texture.update((uint8_t *)pixels.get(), RAY_VIEW_WIDTH, RAY_VIEW_HEIGHT, 0, 0);
   // BUG: can I do this once and just update it?
   $window.draw(view_sprite);
 }
 
 void Raycaster::clear() {
-  std::fill_n((uint32_t *)pixels, RAY_VIEW_WIDTH * RAY_VIEW_HEIGHT, 0);
+  std::fill_n(pixels.get(), RAY_VIEW_WIDTH * RAY_VIEW_HEIGHT, 0);
   $window.clear();
 }
 
-void Raycaster::cast_rays(Matrix& map) {
+void Raycaster::cast_rays() {
   int w = RAY_VIEW_WIDTH;
   int h = RAY_VIEW_HEIGHT;
   double perpWallDist;
@@ -141,7 +138,7 @@ void Raycaster::cast_rays(Matrix& map) {
         side = 1;
       }
 
-      if(map[mapY][mapX] > 0) hit = 1;
+      if($map[mapY][mapX] > 0) hit = 1;
     }
 
     if(side == 0) {
@@ -158,7 +155,7 @@ void Raycaster::cast_rays(Matrix& map) {
     int drawEnd = lineHeight / 2 + h / 2 + PITCH;
     if(drawEnd >= h) drawEnd = h - 1;
 
-    int texNum = MAP[mapY][mapX] - 1;
+    auto &texture = textures.get($map[mapY][mapX] - 1);
 
     // calculate value of wallX
     double wallX;  // where exactly the wall was hit
@@ -184,8 +181,7 @@ void Raycaster::cast_rays(Matrix& map) {
     for(int y = drawStart; y < drawEnd; y++) {
       int texY = (int)texPos & (TEXTURE_HEIGHT - 1);
       texPos += step;
-      RGBA pixel{.out=texture[texNum][TEXTURE_HEIGHT * texY + texX]};
+      RGBA pixel = texture[TEXTURE_HEIGHT * texY + texX];
-      RGBA_brightness(pixel, perpWallDist);
       pixels[pixcoord(x, y)] = pixel;
     }
 
@@ -198,10 +194,10 @@ void Raycaster::cast_rays(Matrix& map) {
   for(int i = 0; i < NUM_SPRITES; i++) {
     spriteOrder[i] = i;
     // this is just the distance calculation
-    spriteDistance[i] = ((posX - SPRITE[i].x) *
+    spriteDistance[i] = ((posX - textures.SPRITE[i].x) *
-        (posX - SPRITE[i].x) +
+        (posX - textures.SPRITE[i].x) +
-        (posY - SPRITE[i].y) *
+        (posY - textures.SPRITE[i].y) *
-        (posY - SPRITE[i].y));
+        (posY - textures.SPRITE[i].y));
   }
 
   sort_sprites(spriteOrder, spriteDistance, NUM_SPRITES);
@@ -209,11 +205,10 @@ void Raycaster::cast_rays(Matrix& map) {
   // after sorting the sprites, do the projection
   for(int i = 0; i < NUM_SPRITES; i++) {
     int sprite_index = spriteOrder[i];
-    Sprite& sprite_rec = SPRITE[sprite_index];
+    Sprite& sprite_rec = textures.get_sprite(sprite_index);
     double spriteX = sprite_rec.x - posX;
     double spriteY = sprite_rec.y - posY;
-    int sprite_texture_number = sprite_rec.texture;
+    auto& sprite_texture = textures.get(sprite_rec.texture);
-    auto sprite_texture = texture[sprite_texture_number];
 
     //transform sprite with the inverse camera matrix
     // [ planeX   dirX ] -1                                       [ dirY      -dirX ]
@@ -261,11 +256,11 @@ void Raycaster::cast_rays(Matrix& map) {
           int d = (y - vMoveScreen) * 256 - h * 128 + spriteHeight * 128;
           int texY = ((d * TEXTURE_HEIGHT) / spriteHeight) / 256;
           //get current color from the texture
+          // BUG: this crashes sometimes when the math goes out of bounds
           uint32_t color = sprite_texture[TEXTURE_WIDTH * texY + texX];
           // poor person's transparency, get current color from the texture
           if((color & 0x00FFFFFF) != 0) {
-            RGBA pixel{.out=color};
+            RGBA pixel = color;
-            RGBA_brightness(pixel, perpWallDist);
             pixels[pixcoord(stripe, y)] = pixel;
           }
         }
@@ -277,6 +272,8 @@ void Raycaster::cast_rays(Matrix& map) {
 void Raycaster::draw_ceiling_floor() {
   int screenHeight = RAY_VIEW_HEIGHT;
   int screenWidth = RAY_VIEW_WIDTH;
+  auto& floorTexture = textures.get(textures.floor);
+  auto& ceilingTexture = textures.get(textures.ceiling);
 
   for(int y = screenHeight / 2 + 1; y < screenHeight; ++y) {
     // rayDir for leftmost ray (x=0) and rightmost (x = w)
@@ -329,30 +326,29 @@ void Raycaster::draw_ceiling_floor() {
       // floorX cellX to find the texture x/y. How?
 
       // FLOOR
-      color = texture[floorTexture][TEXTURE_WIDTH * ty + tx];
+      color = floorTexture[TEXTURE_WIDTH * ty + tx];
-      pixels[pixcoord(x, y)].out = color;
+      pixels[pixcoord(x, y)] = color;
 
       // CEILING
-      color = texture[ceilingTexture][TEXTURE_WIDTH * ty + tx];
+      color = ceilingTexture[TEXTURE_WIDTH * ty + tx];
-      pixels[pixcoord(x, screenHeight - y - 1)].out = color;
+      pixels[pixcoord(x, screenHeight - y - 1)] = color;
     }
   }
 }
 
 void Raycaster::render() {
   draw_ceiling_floor();
-  cast_rays(MAP);
+  cast_rays();
   draw_pixel_buffer();
-  $window.display();
 }
 
 bool Raycaster::empty_space(int new_x, int new_y) {
-  dbc::check((size_t)new_x < matrix::width(MAP),
+  dbc::check((size_t)new_x < matrix::width($map),
-      format("x={} too wide={}", new_x, matrix::width(MAP)));
+      format("x={} too wide={}", new_x, matrix::width($map)));
-  dbc::check((size_t)new_y < matrix::height(MAP),
+  dbc::check((size_t)new_y < matrix::height($map),
-      format("y={} too high={}", new_y, matrix::height(MAP)));
+      format("y={} too high={}", new_y, matrix::height($map)));
 
-  return MAP[new_y][new_x] == 0;
+  return $map[new_y][new_x] == 0;
 }
 
 

raycaster.hpp

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <array>
 #include "dbc.hpp"
+#include <memory>
 
 using matrix::Matrix;
 
@@ -31,32 +32,24 @@ struct Sprite {
 #define RAY_VIEW_X (1280 - RAY_VIEW_WIDTH)
 #define RAY_VIEW_Y 0
 
-union RGBA {
+using RGBA = uint32_t;
-  struct {
-    uint8_t r;
-    uint8_t g;
-    uint8_t b;
-    uint8_t a;
-  } color;
 
-  uint32_t out;
+struct TexturePack {
-};
-
-struct Raycaster {
-  std::vector<Sprite> SPRITE;
   std::vector<uint32_t> texture[NUM_TEXTURES];
-  Matrix MAP;
+  std::vector<Sprite> SPRITE{{4.0, 3.55, 0, 8}};
-  int PITCH=0;
+  const int floor = 3;
-  // I chose fixed textures for this instead
+  const int ceiling = 6;
-  const int floorTexture = 3;
-  const int ceilingTexture = 6;
 
-  float player_x = RAY_VIEW_HEIGHT / 2;
+  void load_textures();
-  float player_y = RAY_VIEW_HEIGHT / 2;
+  void load_image(std::vector<uint32_t>& texture, const char *filename);
+  Sprite &get_sprite(size_t sprite_num);
+  std::vector<uint32_t>& get(size_t num);
+};
 
-  // x and y start position
+struct Raycaster {
-  double posX;
+  TexturePack textures;
-  double posY;
+  double posX = 0;
+  double posY = 0;
 
   // initial direction vector
   double dirX = -1;
@@ -66,9 +59,12 @@ struct Raycaster {
   double planeX = 0;
   double planeY = 0.66;
 
+  //ZED allocate this on the heap
   std::array<double, RAY_VIEW_WIDTH> ZBuffer;
-  RGBA *pixels = nullptr;
+  //ZED: USE smart pointer for this
+  std::unique_ptr<RGBA[]> pixels = nullptr;
 
+  //ZED: heap too?
   int spriteOrder[NUM_SPRITES];
   double spriteDistance[NUM_SPRITES];
 
@@ -76,25 +72,23 @@ struct Raycaster {
   sf::Sprite view_sprite;
 
   sf::RenderWindow& $window;
-  int TILE_SIZE;
+  Matrix& $map;
-
+  int PITCH=0;
-  Raycaster(sf::RenderWindow& window);
 
-  void load_image(std::vector<uint32_t>& texture, const char *filename);
+  Raycaster(sf::RenderWindow& window, Matrix &map);
-  void load_textures();
 
   void draw_pixel_buffer();
-
   void clear();
-
+  void cast_rays();
-  void cast_rays(Matrix& map);
-
   void draw_ceiling_floor();
   void render();
   bool empty_space(int new_x, int new_y);
   void sort_sprites(int* order, double* dist, int amount);
+
+  // ZED these can be one or two functions
   void move_forward(double moveSpeed);
   void move_backward(double moveSpeed);
   void rotate_right(double rotSpeed);
   void rotate_left(double rotSpeed);
+  void position_camera(float player_x, float player_y, int tile_size);
 };