This enables the map importer to map the .ini video definitions to ours.
The mapping generally is as follows:
Intro => BackgroundInfo
Brief => Briefing
Action => GameStart
Win => GameWon
Lose => GameLost
An issue in some Red Alert maps means that this mapping is not always
quite correct. In those maps that do not have a 'Brief' video defined
(scg03a is an example), Westwood has assigned the video that should
probaby have been the 'Action' video to the 'Intro' slot instead. I can
only assume that that was done due to some limitation in the original
game code. Mappers will have to correct that assignment manually in
those cases.
Values for the report are generated by calling ToString on members, we avoid calling this on value types for performance. By instead just copying the value we can delay calling ToString until later and avoid spending time and memory creating strings that usually go unused.
Reinitializing the initial cell info layer for the path search took a fair bit of time. We cache this initial setup so it only has to be done each time the map size changes. A CopyValuesFrom method in CellLayer is provided which copies values between layers by just copying the internal arrays for super speed.
This speeds up InitCellInfo 10x.
Following the same layout as ActorsInBox, this streams the enumerable internally making it cheaper to call if only part of it is required, and also avoids building an intermediate list.
By allowing a palette to be copied to an array, a speedup can be gained in HardwarePalette since palettes can be block copied using native magic rather than having to copy them item by item. We transpose the buffer in HardwarePalette in order to allow a contiguous block copy into this buffer, transposing again in the shader to keep everything correct.
The buffers in SequenceProvider can be freed if Preload is called, since we know everything is loaded. A SequenceProvider is created for each TileSet is use so this saves memory for however many tilesets had been used in the game. This will be at least one for the shellmap, and often more.
The MapCache loading thread is kept alive for 5 seconds after it last generated a map (in anticipation of more requests). Once this time expires the thread is allowed to die, as it is unlikely there will be more requests in the short term. At this time it is ideal to force the changes to be committed to the texture so we can release the buffer. As well as marking the buffer for release, we must access the texture to force the changes stored in the buffer to be written to the texture, after which the buffer can be reclaimed.
Additionally, when starting the MapCache loading thread we must ensure the buffer is created from the main thread since it may query the texture object which has thread affinity. After that the buffer may be modified freely on the loading thread until released.
The managed byte buffer is created on demand, meaning a newly allocated sheet will not waste memory holding onto the buffer until some changes are actually required to be written. This avoids a newly allocated sheet wasting memory on buffers that do not differ from their backing texture.
Upgradeable traits are notified whenever an upgrade of their declared types are granted or revoked. The traits maintain their own internal level counter, which is then used to enable or disable the trait functionality. A trait can register for multiple upgrade types which then all affect the internal level counter.
IDisabledTrait for identifying (and filtering) disabled traits
UpgradableTrait provides an abstract base for traits to support upgrade levels
Added IDisabledTrait support to GlobalButtonOrderGenerator
Includes rework by pchote with alterations.
