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.
This is called from the inner loop of the pathfinder, so cannot afford
to do actor queries etc. It also didn't have the desired effect --
harvesters still wander through enemy territory even with the bias.
Just rip it out for a perf win.
Depending on the direction we came from, many neighbors are completely
useless. This is the first step to implementing the ideas in 'Jump Point
Search'
V2: Added comment describing what the array is for.
