render perf improvement: BufferSubData, and don't use the same buffer back-to-back

OpenRA.FileFormats/Graphics/IGraphicsDevice.cs

@@ -52,13 +52,13 @@ namespace OpenRA.FileFormats.Graphics
 	public interface IVertexBuffer<T>
 	{
 		void Bind();
-		void SetData( T[] vertices );
+		void SetData( T[] vertices, int length );
 	}
 
 	public interface IIndexBuffer
 	{
 		void Bind();
-		void SetData( ushort[] indices );
+		void SetData( ushort[] indices, int length );
 	}
 
 	public interface IShader

OpenRA.Game/Graphics/LineRenderer.cs

@@ -16,42 +16,41 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 	public class LineRenderer
 	{
 		Renderer renderer;
-		IVertexBuffer<Vertex> vertexBuffer;
-		IIndexBuffer indexBuffer;            /* kindof a waste of space, but the GPU likes indexing, oh well */
 
-		const int linesPerBatch = 1024;
+		Vertex[] vertices = new Vertex[ Renderer.TempBufferSize ];
-
+		ushort[] indices = new ushort[ Renderer.TempBufferSize ];
-		Vertex[] vertices = new Vertex[ 2 * linesPerBatch ];
-		ushort[] indices = new ushort[ 2 * linesPerBatch ];
-		int lines = 0;
 		int nv = 0, ni = 0;
 
 		public LineRenderer( Renderer renderer )
 		{
 			this.renderer = renderer;
-			vertexBuffer = renderer.Device.CreateVertexBuffer(vertices.Length );
-			indexBuffer = renderer.Device.CreateIndexBuffer( indices.Length );
 		}
 
 		public void Flush()
 		{
-			if( lines > 0 )
+			if( ni > 0 )
 			{
 				renderer.LineShader.Render( () =>
 				{
-					vertexBuffer.SetData( vertices );
+					var vb = renderer.GetTempVertexBuffer();
-					indexBuffer.SetData( indices );
+					var ib = renderer.GetTempIndexBuffer();
-					renderer.DrawBatch( vertexBuffer, indexBuffer,
+					vb.SetData( vertices, nv );
+					ib.SetData( indices, ni );
+					renderer.DrawBatch( vb, ib,
 					nv, ni / 2, PrimitiveType.LineList );
 				} );
 
 				nv = 0; ni = 0;
-				lines = 0;
 			}
 		}
 
 		public void DrawLine( float2 start, float2 end, Color startColor, Color endColor )
 		{
+			if( ni + 2 > Renderer.TempBufferSize )
+				Flush();
+			if( nv + 2 > Renderer.TempBufferSize )
+				Flush();
+
 			indices[ ni++ ] = (ushort)nv;
 
 			vertices[ nv++ ] = new Vertex( start,
@@ -63,9 +62,6 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 			vertices[ nv++ ] = new Vertex( end,
 			new float2( endColor.R / 255.0f, endColor.G / 255.0f ),
 			new float2( endColor.B / 255.0f, endColor.A / 255.0f ) );
-
-			if( ++lines >= linesPerBatch )
-				Flush();
 		}
 		
 		public void FillRect( RectangleF r, Color color )

OpenRA.Game/Graphics/Renderer.cs

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ using OpenRA.FileFormats;
 using OpenRA.FileFormats.Graphics;
 using OpenRA.Support;
 using System.Windows.Forms;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 
 namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 {
@@ -37,6 +38,12 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 
 		public readonly SpriteFont RegularFont, BoldFont, TitleFont;
 
+		internal const int TempBufferSize = 8192;
+		const int TempBufferCount = 8;
+
+		Queue<IVertexBuffer<Vertex>> tempBuffersV = new Queue<IVertexBuffer<Vertex>>();
+		Queue<IIndexBuffer> tempBuffersI = new Queue<IIndexBuffer>();
+
 		public Renderer()
 		{
 			SpriteShader = device.CreateShader(FileSystem.Open("shaders/world-shp.fx"));
@@ -52,6 +59,12 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 			RegularFont = new SpriteFont("FreeSans.ttf", 14);
 			BoldFont = new SpriteFont("FreeSansBold.ttf", 14);
 			TitleFont = new SpriteFont("titles.ttf", 48);
+
+			for( int i = 0 ; i < TempBufferCount ; i++ )
+			{
+				tempBuffersV.Enqueue( device.CreateVertexBuffer( TempBufferSize ) );
+				tempBuffersI.Enqueue( device.CreateIndexBuffer( TempBufferSize ) );
+			}
 		}
 
 		public IGraphicsDevice Device { get { return device; } }
@@ -116,10 +129,6 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 			LineRenderer.Flush();
 		}
 
-
-
-
-
 		static IGraphicsDevice device;
 
 		public static Size Resolution { get { return device.WindowSize; } }
@@ -154,5 +163,19 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 			}
 			throw new NotImplementedException();
 		}
+
+		internal IVertexBuffer<Vertex> GetTempVertexBuffer()
+		{
+			var ret = tempBuffersV.Dequeue();
+			tempBuffersV.Enqueue( ret );
+			return ret;
+		}
+
+		internal IIndexBuffer GetTempIndexBuffer()
+		{
+			var ret = tempBuffersI.Dequeue();
+			tempBuffersI.Enqueue( ret );
+			return ret;
+		}
 	}
 }

OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SpriteRenderer.cs

@@ -14,26 +14,18 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 {
 	public class SpriteRenderer
 	{
-		IVertexBuffer<Vertex> vertexBuffer;
-		IIndexBuffer indexBuffer;
 		Renderer renderer;
 		IShader shader;
 
-		const int spritesPerBatch = 1024;
+		Vertex[] vertices = new Vertex[Renderer.TempBufferSize];
-
+		ushort[] indices = new ushort[Renderer.TempBufferSize];
-		Vertex[] vertices = new Vertex[4 * spritesPerBatch];
-		ushort[] indices = new ushort[6 * spritesPerBatch];
 		Sheet currentSheet = null;
-		int sprites = 0;
 		int nv = 0, ni = 0;
 
 		public SpriteRenderer(Renderer renderer, IShader shader)
 		{
 			this.renderer = renderer;
 			this.shader = shader;
-
-			vertexBuffer = renderer.Device.CreateVertexBuffer( vertices.Length );
-			indexBuffer = renderer.Device.CreateIndexBuffer( indices.Length );
 		}
 
 		public SpriteRenderer(Renderer renderer)
@@ -41,14 +33,16 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 
 		public void Flush()
 		{
-			if (sprites > 0)
+			if (ni > 0)
 			{
 				shader.SetValue( "DiffuseTexture", currentSheet.Texture );
 				shader.Render(() =>
 				{
-					vertexBuffer.SetData(vertices);
+					var vb = renderer.GetTempVertexBuffer();
-					indexBuffer.SetData(indices);
+					var ib = renderer.GetTempIndexBuffer();
-					renderer.DrawBatch(vertexBuffer, indexBuffer,
+					vb.SetData(vertices, nv);
+					ib.SetData(indices, ni);
+					renderer.DrawBatch(vb, ib,
 						new Range<int>(0, nv),
 						new Range<int>(0, ni),
 						PrimitiveType.TriangleList,
@@ -57,7 +51,6 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 
 				nv = 0; ni = 0;
 				currentSheet = null;
-				sprites = 0;
 			}
 		}
 				
@@ -76,11 +69,14 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 			if (s.sheet != currentSheet)
 				Flush();
 
+			if( nv + 4 > Renderer.TempBufferSize )
+				Flush();
+			if( ni + 6 > Renderer.TempBufferSize )
+				Flush();
+
 			currentSheet = s.sheet;
 			Util.FastCreateQuad(vertices, indices, location.ToInt2(), s, paletteIndex, nv, ni, size);
 			nv += 4; ni += 6;
-			if (++sprites >= spritesPerBatch)
-				Flush();
 		}
 		
 		

OpenRA.Game/Graphics/TerrainRenderer.cs

@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 				}
 
 			vertexBuffer = Game.Renderer.Device.CreateVertexBuffer( vertices.Length );
-			vertexBuffer.SetData( vertices );
+			vertexBuffer.SetData( vertices, nv );
 
 			indexBuffer = Game.Renderer.Device.CreateIndexBuffer( indices.Length );
-			indexBuffer.SetData( indices );
+			indexBuffer.SetData( indices, ni );
 		}
 
 		public void Draw( Viewport viewport )

OpenRA.Gl/IndexBuffer.cs

@@ -22,13 +22,21 @@ namespace OpenRA.GlRenderer
 		{
 			Gl.glGenBuffers(1, out buffer);
 			GraphicsDevice.CheckGlError();
-		}
-
-		public void SetData(ushort[] data)
-		{
 			Bind();
 			Gl.glBufferData(Gl.GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER,
-				new IntPtr(2 * data.Length), data, Gl.GL_DYNAMIC_DRAW);
+				new IntPtr(2 * size),
+				new ushort[ size ],
+				Gl.GL_DYNAMIC_DRAW);
+			GraphicsDevice.CheckGlError();
+		}
+
+		public void SetData(ushort[] data, int length)
+		{
+			Bind();
+			Gl.glBufferSubData(Gl.GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER,
+				IntPtr.Zero,
+				new IntPtr(2 * length),
+				data);
 			GraphicsDevice.CheckGlError();
 		}
 

OpenRA.Gl/VertexBuffer.cs

@@ -24,13 +24,21 @@ namespace OpenRA.GlRenderer
 		{
 			Gl.glGenBuffers(1, out buffer);
 			GraphicsDevice.CheckGlError();
-		}
-
-		public void SetData(T[] data)
-		{
 			Bind();
 			Gl.glBufferData(Gl.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER,
-				new IntPtr(Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(T)) * data.Length), data, Gl.GL_DYNAMIC_DRAW);
+				new IntPtr(Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(T)) * size),
+				new T[ size ],
+				Gl.GL_DYNAMIC_DRAW);
+			GraphicsDevice.CheckGlError();
+		}
+
+		public void SetData(T[] data, int length)
+		{
+			Bind();
+			Gl.glBufferSubData(Gl.GL_ARRAY_BUFFER,
+				IntPtr.Zero,
+				new IntPtr(Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(T)) * length),
+				data);
 			GraphicsDevice.CheckGlError();
 		}