The `check_visibility` system currently follows this algorithm:
1. Store all meshes that were visible last frame in the
`PreviousVisibleMeshes` set.
2. Determine which meshes are visible. For each such visible mesh,
remove it from `PreviousVisibleMeshes`.
3. Mark all meshes that remain in `PreviousVisibleMeshes` as invisible.
This algorithm would be correct if the `check_visibility` were the only
system that marked meshes visible. However, it's not: the shadow-related
systems `check_dir_light_mesh_visibility` and
`check_point_light_mesh_visibility` can as well. This results in the
following sequence of events for meshes that are in a shadow map but
*not* visible from a camera:
A. `check_visibility` runs, finds that no camera contains these meshes,
and marks them hidden, which sets the changed flag.
B. `check_dir_light_mesh_visibility` and/or
`check_point_light_mesh_visibility` run, discover that these meshes
are visible in the shadow map, and marks them as visible, again
setting the `ViewVisibility` changed flag.
C. During the extraction phase, the mesh extraction system sees that
`ViewVisibility` is changed and re-extracts the mesh.
This is inefficient and results in needless work during rendering.
This patch fixes the issue in two ways:
* The `check_dir_light_mesh_visibility` and
`check_point_light_mesh_visibility` systems now remove meshes that they
discover from `PreviousVisibleMeshes`.
* Step (3) above has been moved from `check_visibility` to a separate
system, `mark_newly_hidden_entities_invisible`. This system runs after
all visibility-determining systems, ensuring that
`PreviousVisibleMeshes` contains only those meshes that truly became
invisible on this frame.
This fix dramatically improves the performance of [the Caldera
benchmark], when combined with several other patches I've submitted.
[the Caldera benchmark]:
https://github.com/DGriffin91/bevy_caldera_scene
Currently, our default maximum shadow cascade distance is 1000 m, which
is quite distant compared to that of Unity (150 m), Unreal Engine 5 (200
m), and Godot (100 m). I also adjusted the default first cascade far
bound to be 10 m, which matches that of Unity (10.05 m) and Godot (10
m). Together, these changes should improve the default sharpness of
shadows of directional lights for typical scenes.
## Migration Guide
* The default shadow cascade far distance has been changed from 1000 to
150, and the default first cascade far bound has been changed from 5 to
10, in order to be similar to the defaults of other engines.
Implement procedural atmospheric scattering from [Sebastien Hillaire's
2020 paper](https://sebh.github.io/publications/egsr2020.pdf). This
approach should scale well even down to mobile hardware, and is
physically accurate.
## Co-author: @mate-h
He helped massively with getting this over the finish line, ensuring
everything was physically correct, correcting several places where I had
misunderstood or misapplied the paper, and improving the performance in
several places as well. Thanks!
## Credits
@aevyrie: helped find numerous bugs and improve the example to best show
off this feature :)
Built off of @mtsr's original branch, which handled the transmittance
lut (arguably the most important part)
## Showcase:


## For followup
- Integrate with pcwalton's volumetrics code
- refactor/reorganize for better integration with other effects
- have atmosphere transmittance affect directional lights
- add support for generating skybox/environment map
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Co-authored-by: Emerson Coskey <56370779+EmersonCoskey@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: atlv <email@atlasdostal.com>
Co-authored-by: JMS55 <47158642+JMS55@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Emerson Coskey <coskey@emerlabs.net>
Co-authored-by: Máté Homolya <mate.homolya@gmail.com>
This commit makes Bevy use change detection to only update
`RenderMaterialInstances` and `RenderMeshMaterialIds` when meshes have
been added, changed, or removed. `extract_mesh_materials`, the system
that extracts these, now follows the pattern that
`extract_meshes_for_gpu_building` established.
This improves frame time of `many_cubes` from 3.9ms to approximately
3.1ms, which slightly surpasses the performance of Bevy 0.14.
(Resubmitted from #16878 to clean up history.)

---------
Co-authored-by: Charlotte McElwain <charlotte.c.mcelwain@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Alice Cecile <alice.i.cecile@gmail.com>
# Objective
The existing `RelationshipSourceCollection` uses `Vec` as the only
possible backing for our relationships. While a reasonable choice,
benchmarking use cases might reveal that a different data type is better
or faster.
For example:
- Not all relationships require a stable ordering between the
relationship sources (i.e. children). In cases where we a) have many
such relations and b) don't care about the ordering between them, a hash
set is likely a better datastructure than a `Vec`.
- The number of children-like entities may be small on average, and a
`smallvec` may be faster
## Solution
- Implement `RelationshipSourceCollection` for `EntityHashSet`, our
custom entity-optimized `HashSet`.
-~~Implement `DoubleEndedIterator` for `EntityHashSet` to make things
compile.~~
- This implementation was cursed and very surprising.
- Instead, by moving the iterator type on `RelationshipSourceCollection`
from an erased RPTIT to an explicit associated type we can add a trait
bound on the offending methods!
- Implement `RelationshipSourceCollection` for `SmallVec`
## Testing
I've added a pair of new tests to make sure this pattern compiles
successfully in practice!
## Migration Guide
`EntityHashSet` and `EntityHashMap` are no longer re-exported in
`bevy_ecs::entity` directly. If you were not using `bevy_ecs` / `bevy`'s
`prelude`, you can access them through their now-public modules,
`hash_set` and `hash_map` instead.
## Notes to reviewers
The `EntityHashSet::Iter` type needs to be public for this impl to be
allowed. I initially renamed it to something that wasn't ambiguous and
re-exported it, but as @Victoronz pointed out, that was somewhat
unidiomatic.
In
1a8564898f,
I instead made the `entity_hash_set` public (and its `entity_hash_set`)
sister public, and removed the re-export. I prefer this design (give me
module docs please), but it leads to a lot of churn in this PR.
Let me know which you'd prefer, and if you'd like me to split that
change out into its own micro PR.
# Objective
allow setting ambient light via component on cameras.
arguably fixes#7193
note i chose to use a component rather than an entity since it was not
clear to me how to manage multiple ambient sources for a single
renderlayer, and it makes for a very small changeset.
## Solution
- make ambient light a component as well as a resource
- extract it
- use the component if present on a camera, fallback to the resource
## Testing
i added
```rs
if index == 1 {
commands.entity(camera).insert(AmbientLight{
color: Color::linear_rgba(1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0),
brightness: 1000.0,
..Default::default()
});
}
```
at line 84 of the split_screen example
---------
Co-authored-by: François Mockers <mockersf@gmail.com>
# Objective
Stumbled upon a `from <-> form` transposition while reviewing a PR,
thought it was interesting, and went down a bit of a rabbit hole.
## Solution
Fix em
# Objective
Many instances of `clippy::too_many_arguments` linting happen to be on
systems - functions which we don't call manually, and thus there's not
much reason to worry about the argument count.
## Solution
Allow `clippy::too_many_arguments` globally, and remove all lint
attributes related to it.
# Objective
- Fixes https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/issues/16556
- Closes https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/issues/11807
## Solution
- Simplify custom projections by using a single source of truth -
`Projection`, removing all existing generic systems and types.
- Existing perspective and orthographic structs are no longer components
- I could dissolve these to simplify further, but keeping them around
was the fast way to implement this.
- Instead of generics, introduce a third variant, with a trait object.
- Do an object safety dance with an intermediate trait to allow cloning
boxed camera projections. This is a normal rust polymorphism papercut.
You can do this with a crate but a manual impl is short and sweet.
## Testing
- Added a custom projection example
---
## Showcase
- Custom projections and projection handling has been simplified.
- Projection systems are no longer generic, with the potential for many
different projection components on the same camera.
- Instead `Projection` is now the single source of truth for camera
projections, and is the only projection component.
- Custom projections are still supported, and can be constructed with
`Projection::custom()`.
## Migration Guide
- `PerspectiveProjection` and `OrthographicProjection` are no longer
components. Use `Projection` instead.
- Custom projections should no longer be inserted as a component.
Instead, simply set the custom projection as a value of `Projection`
with `Projection::custom()`.
# Objective
Some sort calls and `Ord` impls are unnecessarily complex.
## Solution
Rewrite the "match on cmp, if equal do another cmp" as either a
comparison on tuples, or `Ordering::then_with`, depending on whether the
compare keys need construction.
`sort_by` -> `sort_by_key` when symmetrical. Do the same for
`min_by`/`max_by`.
Note that `total_cmp` can only work with `sort_by`, and not on tuples.
When sorting collected query results that contain
`Entity`/`MainEntity`/`RenderEntity` in their `QueryData`, with that
`Entity` in the sort key:
stable -> unstable sort (all queried entities are unique)
If key construction is not simple, switch to `sort_by_cached_key` when
possible.
Sorts that are only performed to discover the maximal element are
replaced by `max_by_key`.
Dedicated comparison functions and structs are removed where simple.
Derive `PartialOrd`/`Ord` when useful.
Misc. closure style inconsistencies.
## Testing
- Existing tests.
Currently, `check_visibility` is parameterized over a query filter that
specifies the type of potentially-visible object. This has the
unfortunate side effect that we need a separate system,
`mark_view_visibility_as_changed_if_necessary`, to trigger view
visibility change detection. That system is quite slow because it must
iterate sequentially over all entities in the scene.
This PR moves the query filter from `check_visibility` to a new
component, `VisibilityClass`. `VisibilityClass` stores a list of type
IDs, each corresponding to one of the query filters we used to use.
Because `check_visibility` is no longer specialized to the query filter
at the type level, Bevy now only needs to invoke it once, leading to
better performance as `check_visibility` can do change detection on the
fly rather than delegating it to a separate system.
This commit also has ergonomic improvements, as there's no need for
applications that want to add their own custom renderable components to
add specializations of the `check_visibility` system to the schedule.
Instead, they only need to ensure that the `ViewVisibility` component is
properly kept up to date. The recommended way to do this, and the way
that's demonstrated in the `custom_phase_item` and
`specialized_mesh_pipeline` examples, is to make `ViewVisibility` a
required component and to add the type ID to it in a component add hook.
This patch does this for `Mesh3d`, `Mesh2d`, `Sprite`, `Light`, and
`Node`, which means that most app code doesn't need to change at all.
Note that, although this patch has a large impact on the performance of
visibility determination, it doesn't actually improve the end-to-end
frame time of `many_cubes`. That's because the render world was already
effectively hiding the latency from
`mark_view_visibility_as_changed_if_necessary`. This patch is, however,
necessary for *further* improvements to `many_cubes` performance.
`many_cubes` trace before:

`many_cubes` trace after:

## Migration Guide
* `check_visibility` no longer takes a `QueryFilter`, and there's no
need to add it manually to your app schedule anymore for custom
rendering items. Instead, entities with custom renderable components
should add the appropriate type IDs to `VisibilityClass`. See
`custom_phase_item` for an example.
This PR adds support for *mixed lighting* to Bevy, whereby some parts of
the scene are lightmapped, while others take part in real-time lighting.
(Here *real-time lighting* means lighting at runtime via the PBR shader,
as opposed to precomputed light using lightmaps.) It does so by adding a
new field, `affects_lightmapped_meshes` to `IrradianceVolume` and
`AmbientLight`, and a corresponding field
`affects_lightmapped_mesh_diffuse` to `DirectionalLight`, `PointLight`,
`SpotLight`, and `EnvironmentMapLight`. By default, this value is set to
true; when set to false, the light contributes nothing to the diffuse
irradiance component to meshes with lightmaps.
Note that specular light is unaffected. This is because the correct way
to bake specular lighting is *directional lightmaps*, which we have no
support for yet.
There are two general ways I expect this field to be used:
1. When diffuse indirect light is baked into lightmaps, irradiance
volumes and reflection probes shouldn't contribute any diffuse light to
the static geometry that has a lightmap. That's because the baking tool
should have already accounted for it, and in a higher-quality fashion,
as lightmaps typically offer a higher effective texture resolution than
the light probe does.
2. When direct diffuse light is baked into a lightmap, punctual lights
shouldn't contribute any diffuse light to static geometry with a
lightmap, to avoid double-counting. It may seem odd to bake *direct*
light into a lightmap, as opposed to indirect light. But there is a use
case: in a scene with many lights, avoiding light leaks requires shadow
mapping, which quickly becomes prohibitive when many lights are
involved. Baking lightmaps allows light leaks to be eliminated on static
geometry.
A new example, `mixed_lighting`, has been added. It demonstrates a sofa
(model from the [glTF Sample Assets]) that has been lightmapped offline
using [Bakery]. It has four modes:
1. In *baked* mode, all objects are locked in place, and all the diffuse
direct and indirect light has been calculated ahead of time. Note that
the bottom of the sphere has a red tint from the sofa, illustrating that
the baking tool captured indirect light for it.
2. In *mixed direct* mode, lightmaps capturing diffuse direct and
indirect light have been pre-calculated for the static objects, but the
dynamic sphere has real-time lighting. Note that, because the diffuse
lighting has been entirely pre-calculated for the scenery, the dynamic
sphere casts no shadow. In a real app, you would typically use real-time
lighting for the most important light so that dynamic objects can shadow
the scenery and relegate baked lighting to the less important lights for
which shadows aren't as important. Also note that there is no red tint
on the sphere, because there is no global illumination applied to it. In
an actual game, you could fix this problem by supplementing the
lightmapped objects with an irradiance volume.
3. In *mixed indirect* mode, all direct light is calculated in
real-time, and the static objects have pre-calculated indirect lighting.
This corresponds to the mode that most applications are expected to use.
Because direct light on the scenery is computed dynamically, shadows are
fully supported. As in mixed direct mode, there is no global
illumination on the sphere; in a real application, irradiance volumes
could be used to supplement the lightmaps.
4. In *real-time* mode, no lightmaps are used at all, and all punctual
lights are rendered in real-time. No global illumination exists.
In the example, you can click around to move the sphere, unless you're
in baked mode, in which case the sphere must be locked in place to be
lit correctly.
## Showcase
Baked mode:

Mixed direct mode:

Mixed indirect mode (default):

Real-time mode:

## Migration guide
* The `AmbientLight` resource, the `IrradianceVolume` component, and the
`EnvironmentMapLight` component now have `affects_lightmapped_meshes`
fields. If you don't need to use that field (for example, if you aren't
using lightmaps), you can safely set the field to true.
* `DirectionalLight`, `PointLight`, and `SpotLight` now have
`affects_lightmapped_mesh_diffuse` fields. If you don't need to use that
field (for example, if you aren't using lightmaps), you can safely set
the field to true.
[glTF Sample Assets]:
https://github.com/KhronosGroup/glTF-Sample-Assets/tree/main
[Bakery]:
https://geom.io/bakery/wiki/index.php?title=Bakery_-_GPU_Lightmapper
# Objective
Fixes typos in bevy project, following suggestion in
https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy-website/pull/1912#pullrequestreview-2483499337
## Solution
I used https://github.com/crate-ci/typos to find them.
I included only the ones that feel undebatable too me, but I am not in
game engine so maybe some terms are expected.
I left out the following typos:
- `reparametrize` => `reparameterize`: There are a lot of occurences, I
believe this was expected
- `semicircles` => `hemicircles`: 2 occurences, may mean something
specific in geometry
- `invertation` => `inversion`: may mean something specific
- `unparented` => `parentless`: may mean something specific
- `metalness` => `metallicity`: may mean something specific
## Testing
- Did you test these changes? If so, how? I did not test the changes,
most changes are related to raw text. I expect the others to be tested
by the CI.
- Are there any parts that need more testing? I do not think
- How can other people (reviewers) test your changes? Is there anything
specific they need to know? To me there is nothing to test
- If relevant, what platforms did you test these changes on, and are
there any important ones you can't test?
---
## Migration Guide
> This section is optional. If there are no breaking changes, you can
delete this section.
(kept in case I include the `reparameterize` change here)
- If this PR is a breaking change (relative to the last release of
Bevy), describe how a user might need to migrate their code to support
these changes
- Simply adding new functionality is not a breaking change.
- Fixing behavior that was definitely a bug, rather than a questionable
design choice is not a breaking change.
## Questions
- [x] Should I include the above typos? No
(https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/pull/16702#issuecomment-2525271152)
- [ ] Should I add `typos` to the CI? (I will check how to configure it
properly)
This project looks awesome, I really enjoy reading the progress made,
thanks to everyone involved.
# Objective
PCSS still has some fundamental issues (#16155). We should resolve them
before "releasing" the feature.
## Solution
1. Rename the already-optional `pbr_pcss` cargo feature to
`experimental_pbr_pcss` to better communicate its state to developers.
2. Adjust the description of the `experimental_pbr_pcss` cargo feature
to better communicate its state to developers.
3. Gate PCSS-related light component fields behind that cargo feature,
to prevent surfacing them to developers by default.
# Objective
_If I understand it correctly_, we were checking mesh visibility, as
well as re-rendering point and spot light shadow maps for each view.
This makes it so that M views and N lights produce M x N complexity.
This PR aims to fix that, as well as introduce a stress test for this
specific scenario.
## Solution
- Keep track of what lights have already had mesh visibility calculated
and do not calculate it again;
- Reuse shadow depth textures and attachments across all views, and only
render shadow maps for the _first_ time a light is encountered on a
view;
- Directional lights remain unaltered, since their shadow map cascades
are view-dependent;
- Add a new `many_cameras_lights` stress test example to verify the
solution
## Showcase
110% speed up on the stress test
83% reduction of memory usage in stress test
### Before (5.35 FPS on stress test)
<img width="1392" alt="Screenshot 2024-09-11 at 12 25 57"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/136b0785-e9a4-44df-9a22-f99cc465e126">
### After (11.34 FPS on stress test)
<img width="1392" alt="Screenshot 2024-09-11 at 12 24 35"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b8dd858f-5e19-467f-8344-2b46ca039630">
## Testing
- Did you test these changes? If so, how?
- On my game project where I have two cameras, and many shadow casting
lights I managed to get pretty much double the FPS.
- Also included a stress test, see the comparison above
- Are there any parts that need more testing?
- Yes, I would like help verifying that this fix is indeed correct, and
that we were really re-rendering the shadow maps by mistake and it's
indeed okay to not do that
- How can other people (reviewers) test your changes? Is there anything
specific they need to know?
- Run the `many_cameras_lights` example
- On the `main` branch, cherry pick the commit with the example (`git
cherry-pick --no-commit 1ed4ace01`) and run it
- If relevant, what platforms did you test these changes on, and are
there any important ones you can't test?
- macOS
---------
Co-authored-by: François Mockers <francois.mockers@vleue.com>
# Objective
Bevy seems to want to standardize on "American English" spellings. Not
sure if this is laid out anywhere in writing, but see also #15947.
While perusing the docs for `typos`, I noticed that it has a `locale`
config option and tried it out.
## Solution
Switch to `en-us` locale in the `typos` config and run `typos -w`
## Migration Guide
The following methods or fields have been renamed from `*dependants*` to
`*dependents*`.
- `ProcessorAssetInfo::dependants`
- `ProcessorAssetInfos::add_dependant`
- `ProcessorAssetInfos::non_existent_dependants`
- `AssetInfo::dependants_waiting_on_load`
- `AssetInfo::dependants_waiting_on_recursive_dep_load`
- `AssetInfos::loader_dependants`
- `AssetInfos::remove_dependants_and_labels`
# Objective
Fixes#15560
Fixes (most of) #15570
Currently a lot of examples (and presumably some user code) depend on
toggling certain render features by adding/removing a single component
to an entity, e.g. `SpotLight` to toggle a light. Because of the
retained render world this no longer works: Extract will add any new
components, but when it is removed the entity persists unchanged in the
render world.
## Solution
Add `SyncComponentPlugin<C: Component>` that registers
`SyncToRenderWorld` as a required component for `C`, and adds a
component hook that will clear all components from the render world
entity when `C` is removed. We add this plugin to
`ExtractComponentPlugin` which fixes most instances of the problem. For
custom extraction logic we can manually add `SyncComponentPlugin` for
that component.
We also rename `WorldSyncPlugin` to `SyncWorldPlugin` so we start a
naming convention like all the `Extract` plugins.
In this PR I also fixed a bunch of breakage related to the retained
render world, stemming from old code that assumed that `Entity` would be
the same in both worlds.
I found that using the `RenderEntity` wrapper instead of `Entity` in
data structures when referring to render world entities makes intent
much clearer, so I propose we make this an official pattern.
## Testing
Run examples like
```
cargo run --features pbr_multi_layer_material_textures --example clearcoat
cargo run --example volumetric_fog
```
and see that they work, and that toggles work correctly. But really we
should test every single example, as we might not even have caught all
the breakage yet.
---
## Migration Guide
The retained render world notes should be updated to explain this edge
case and `SyncComponentPlugin`
---------
Co-authored-by: Alice Cecile <alice.i.cecile@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Trashtalk217 <trashtalk217@gmail.com>
# Objective
A big step in the migration to required components: meshes and
materials!
## Solution
As per the [selected
proposal](https://hackmd.io/@bevy/required_components/%2Fj9-PnF-2QKK0on1KQ29UWQ):
- Deprecate `MaterialMesh2dBundle`, `MaterialMeshBundle`, and
`PbrBundle`.
- Add `Mesh2d` and `Mesh3d` components, which wrap a `Handle<Mesh>`.
- Add `MeshMaterial2d<M: Material2d>` and `MeshMaterial3d<M: Material>`,
which wrap a `Handle<M>`.
- Meshes *without* a mesh material should be rendered with a default
material. The existence of a material is determined by
`HasMaterial2d`/`HasMaterial3d`, which is required by
`MeshMaterial2d`/`MeshMaterial3d`. This gets around problems with the
generics.
Previously:
```rust
commands.spawn(MaterialMesh2dBundle {
mesh: meshes.add(Circle::new(100.0)).into(),
material: materials.add(Color::srgb(7.5, 0.0, 7.5)),
transform: Transform::from_translation(Vec3::new(-200., 0., 0.)),
..default()
});
```
Now:
```rust
commands.spawn((
Mesh2d(meshes.add(Circle::new(100.0))),
MeshMaterial2d(materials.add(Color::srgb(7.5, 0.0, 7.5))),
Transform::from_translation(Vec3::new(-200., 0., 0.)),
));
```
If the mesh material is missing, previously nothing was rendered. Now,
it renders a white default `ColorMaterial` in 2D and a
`StandardMaterial` in 3D (this can be overridden). Below, only every
other entity has a material:


Why white? This is still open for discussion, but I think white makes
sense for a *default* material, while *invalid* asset handles pointing
to nothing should have something like a pink material to indicate that
something is broken (I don't handle that in this PR yet). This is kind
of a mix of Godot and Unity: Godot just renders a white material for
non-existent materials, while Unity renders nothing when no materials
exist, but renders pink for invalid materials. I can also change the
default material to pink if that is preferable though.
## Testing
I ran some 2D and 3D examples to test if anything changed visually. I
have not tested all examples or features yet however. If anyone wants to
test more extensively, it would be appreciated!
## Implementation Notes
- The relationship between `bevy_render` and `bevy_pbr` is weird here.
`bevy_render` needs `Mesh3d` for its own systems, but `bevy_pbr` has all
of the material logic, and `bevy_render` doesn't depend on it. I feel
like the two crates should be refactored in some way, but I think that's
out of scope for this PR.
- I didn't migrate meshlets to required components yet. That can
probably be done in a follow-up, as this is already a huge PR.
- It is becoming increasingly clear to me that we really, *really* want
to disallow raw asset handles as components. They caused me a *ton* of
headache here already, and it took me a long time to find every place
that queried for them or inserted them directly on entities, since there
were no compiler errors for it. If we don't remove the `Component`
derive, I expect raw asset handles to be a *huge* footgun for users as
we transition to wrapper components, especially as handles as components
have been the norm so far. I personally consider this to be a blocker
for 0.15: we need to migrate to wrapper components for asset handles
everywhere, and remove the `Component` derive. Also see
https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/issues/14124.
---
## Migration Guide
Asset handles for meshes and mesh materials must now be wrapped in the
`Mesh2d` and `MeshMaterial2d` or `Mesh3d` and `MeshMaterial3d`
components for 2D and 3D respectively. Raw handles as components no
longer render meshes.
Additionally, `MaterialMesh2dBundle`, `MaterialMeshBundle`, and
`PbrBundle` have been deprecated. Instead, use the mesh and material
components directly.
Previously:
```rust
commands.spawn(MaterialMesh2dBundle {
mesh: meshes.add(Circle::new(100.0)).into(),
material: materials.add(Color::srgb(7.5, 0.0, 7.5)),
transform: Transform::from_translation(Vec3::new(-200., 0., 0.)),
..default()
});
```
Now:
```rust
commands.spawn((
Mesh2d(meshes.add(Circle::new(100.0))),
MeshMaterial2d(materials.add(Color::srgb(7.5, 0.0, 7.5))),
Transform::from_translation(Vec3::new(-200., 0., 0.)),
));
```
If the mesh material is missing, a white default material is now used.
Previously, nothing was rendered if the material was missing.
The `WithMesh2d` and `WithMesh3d` query filter type aliases have also
been removed. Simply use `With<Mesh2d>` or `With<Mesh3d>`.
---------
Co-authored-by: Tim Blackbird <justthecooldude@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Carter Anderson <mcanders1@gmail.com>
# Objective
Another step in the migration to required components: lights!
Note that this does not include `EnvironmentMapLight` or reflection
probes yet, because their API hasn't been fully chosen yet.
## Solution
As per the [selected
proposals](https://hackmd.io/@bevy/required_components/%2FLLnzwz9XTxiD7i2jiUXkJg):
- Deprecate `PointLightBundle` in favor of the `PointLight` component
- Deprecate `SpotLightBundle` in favor of the `PointLight` component
- Deprecate `DirectionalLightBundle` in favor of the `DirectionalLight`
component
## Testing
I ran some examples with lights.
---
## Migration Guide
`PointLightBundle`, `SpotLightBundle`, and `DirectionalLightBundle` have
been deprecated. Use the `PointLight`, `SpotLight`, and
`DirectionalLight` components instead. Adding them will now insert the
other components required by them automatically.
# Objective
- Fixes#6370
- Closes#6581
## Solution
- Added the following lints to the workspace:
- `std_instead_of_core`
- `std_instead_of_alloc`
- `alloc_instead_of_core`
- Used `cargo +nightly fmt` with [item level use
formatting](https://rust-lang.github.io/rustfmt/?version=v1.6.0&search=#Item%5C%3A)
to split all `use` statements into single items.
- Used `cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets --all-features --fix
--allow-dirty` to _attempt_ to resolve the new linting issues, and
intervened where the lint was unable to resolve the issue automatically
(usually due to needing an `extern crate alloc;` statement in a crate
root).
- Manually removed certain uses of `std` where negative feature gating
prevented `--all-features` from finding the offending uses.
- Used `cargo +nightly fmt` with [crate level use
formatting](https://rust-lang.github.io/rustfmt/?version=v1.6.0&search=#Crate%5C%3A)
to re-merge all `use` statements matching Bevy's previous styling.
- Manually fixed cases where the `fmt` tool could not re-merge `use`
statements due to conditional compilation attributes.
## Testing
- Ran CI locally
## Migration Guide
The MSRV is now 1.81. Please update to this version or higher.
## Notes
- This is a _massive_ change to try and push through, which is why I've
outlined the semi-automatic steps I used to create this PR, in case this
fails and someone else tries again in the future.
- Making this change has no impact on user code, but does mean Bevy
contributors will be warned to use `core` and `alloc` instead of `std`
where possible.
- This lint is a critical first step towards investigating `no_std`
options for Bevy.
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Co-authored-by: François Mockers <francois.mockers@vleue.com>
[*Percentage-closer soft shadows*] are a technique from 2004 that allow
shadows to become blurrier farther from the objects that cast them. It
works by introducing a *blocker search* step that runs before the normal
shadow map sampling. The blocker search step detects the difference
between the depth of the fragment being rasterized and the depth of the
nearby samples in the depth buffer. Larger depth differences result in a
larger penumbra and therefore a blurrier shadow.
To enable PCSS, fill in the `soft_shadow_size` value in
`DirectionalLight`, `PointLight`, or `SpotLight`, as appropriate. This
shadow size value represents the size of the light and should be tuned
as appropriate for your scene. Higher values result in a wider penumbra
(i.e. blurrier shadows).
When using PCSS, temporal shadow maps
(`ShadowFilteringMethod::Temporal`) are recommended. If you don't use
`ShadowFilteringMethod::Temporal` and instead use
`ShadowFilteringMethod::Gaussian`, Bevy will use the same technique as
`Temporal`, but the result won't vary over time. This produces a rather
noisy result. Doing better would likely require downsampling the shadow
map, which would be complex and slower (and would require PR #13003 to
land first).
In addition to PCSS, this commit makes the near Z plane for the shadow
map configurable on a per-light basis. Previously, it had been hardcoded
to 0.1 meters. This change was necessary to make the point light shadow
map in the example look reasonable, as otherwise the shadows appeared
far too aliased.
A new example, `pcss`, has been added. It demonstrates the
percentage-closer soft shadow technique with directional lights, point
lights, spot lights, non-temporal operation, and temporal operation. The
assets are my original work.
Both temporal and non-temporal shadows are rather noisy in the example,
and, as mentioned before, this is unavoidable without downsampling the
depth buffer, which we can't do yet. Note also that the shadows don't
look particularly great for point lights; the example simply isn't an
ideal scene for them. Nevertheless, I felt that the benefits of the
ability to do a side-by-side comparison of directional and point lights
outweighed the unsightliness of the point light shadows in that example,
so I kept the point light feature in.
Fixes#3631.
[*Percentage-closer soft shadows*]:
https://developer.download.nvidia.com/shaderlibrary/docs/shadow_PCSS.pdf
## Changelog
### Added
* Percentage-closer soft shadows (PCSS) are now supported, allowing
shadows to become blurrier as they stretch away from objects. To use
them, set the `soft_shadow_size` field in `DirectionalLight`,
`PointLight`, or `SpotLight`, as applicable.
* The near Z value for shadow maps is now customizable via the
`shadow_map_near_z` field in `DirectionalLight`, `PointLight`, and
`SpotLight`.
## Screenshots
PCSS off:

PCSS on:

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Co-authored-by: Alice Cecile <alice.i.cecile@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Torstein Grindvik <52322338+torsteingrindvik@users.noreply.github.com>
# Objective
- Fixes#15106
## Solution
- Trivial refactor to rename the method. The duplicate method `push` was
removed as well. This will simpify the API and make the semantics more
clear. `Add` implies that the action happens immediately, whereas in
reality, the command is queued to be run eventually.
- `ChildBuilder::add_command` has similarly been renamed to
`queue_command`.
## Testing
Unit tests should suffice for this simple refactor.
---
## Migration Guide
- `Commands::add` and `Commands::push` have been replaced with
`Commnads::queue`.
- `ChildBuilder::add_command` has been renamed to
`ChildBuilder::queue_command`.
# Objective
- Fixes#15236
## Solution
- Use bevy_math::ops instead of std floating point operations.
## Testing
- Did you test these changes? If so, how?
Unit tests and `cargo run -p ci -- test`
- How can other people (reviewers) test your changes? Is there anything
specific they need to know?
Execute `cargo run -p ci -- test` on Windows.
- If relevant, what platforms did you test these changes on, and are
there any important ones you can't test?
Windows
## Migration Guide
- Not a breaking change
- Projects should use bevy math where applicable
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Co-authored-by: Alice Cecile <alice.i.cecile@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: IQuick 143 <IQuick143cz@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Joona Aalto <jondolf.dev@gmail.com>
# Objective
The names of numerous rendering components in Bevy are inconsistent and
a bit confusing. Relevant names include:
- `AutoExposureSettings`
- `AutoExposureSettingsUniform`
- `BloomSettings`
- `BloomUniform` (no `Settings`)
- `BloomPrefilterSettings`
- `ChromaticAberration` (no `Settings`)
- `ContrastAdaptiveSharpeningSettings`
- `DepthOfFieldSettings`
- `DepthOfFieldUniform` (no `Settings`)
- `FogSettings`
- `SmaaSettings`, `Fxaa`, `TemporalAntiAliasSettings` (really
inconsistent??)
- `ScreenSpaceAmbientOcclusionSettings`
- `ScreenSpaceReflectionsSettings`
- `VolumetricFogSettings`
Firstly, there's a lot of inconsistency between `Foo`/`FooSettings` and
`FooUniform`/`FooSettingsUniform` and whether names are abbreviated or
not.
Secondly, the `Settings` post-fix seems unnecessary and a bit confusing
semantically, since it makes it seem like the component is mostly just
auxiliary configuration instead of the core *thing* that actually
enables the feature. This will be an even bigger problem once bundles
like `TemporalAntiAliasBundle` are deprecated in favor of required
components, as users will expect a component named `TemporalAntiAlias`
(or similar), not `TemporalAntiAliasSettings`.
## Solution
Drop the `Settings` post-fix from the component names, and change some
names to be more consistent.
- `AutoExposure`
- `AutoExposureUniform`
- `Bloom`
- `BloomUniform`
- `BloomPrefilter`
- `ChromaticAberration`
- `ContrastAdaptiveSharpening`
- `DepthOfField`
- `DepthOfFieldUniform`
- `DistanceFog`
- `Smaa`, `Fxaa`, `TemporalAntiAliasing` (note: we might want to change
to `Taa`, see "Discussion")
- `ScreenSpaceAmbientOcclusion`
- `ScreenSpaceReflections`
- `VolumetricFog`
I kept the old names as deprecated type aliases to make migration a bit
less painful for users. We should remove them after the next release.
(And let me know if I should just... not add them at all)
I also added some very basic docs for a few types where they were
missing, like on `Fxaa` and `DepthOfField`.
## Discussion
- `TemporalAntiAliasing` is still inconsistent with `Smaa` and `Fxaa`.
Consensus [on
Discord](https://discord.com/channels/691052431525675048/743663924229963868/1280601167209955431)
seemed to be that renaming to `Taa` would probably be fine, but I think
it's a bit more controversial, and it would've required renaming a lot
of related types like `TemporalAntiAliasNode`,
`TemporalAntiAliasBundle`, and `TemporalAntiAliasPlugin`, so I think
it's better to leave to a follow-up.
- I think `Fog` should probably have a more specific name like
`DistanceFog` considering it seems to be distinct from `VolumetricFog`.
~~This should probably be done in a follow-up though, so I just removed
the `Settings` post-fix for now.~~ (done)
---
## Migration Guide
Many rendering components have been renamed for improved consistency and
clarity.
- `AutoExposureSettings` → `AutoExposure`
- `BloomSettings` → `Bloom`
- `BloomPrefilterSettings` → `BloomPrefilter`
- `ContrastAdaptiveSharpeningSettings` → `ContrastAdaptiveSharpening`
- `DepthOfFieldSettings` → `DepthOfField`
- `FogSettings` → `DistanceFog`
- `SmaaSettings` → `Smaa`
- `TemporalAntiAliasSettings` → `TemporalAntiAliasing`
- `ScreenSpaceAmbientOcclusionSettings` → `ScreenSpaceAmbientOcclusion`
- `ScreenSpaceReflectionsSettings` → `ScreenSpaceReflections`
- `VolumetricFogSettings` → `VolumetricFog`
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Co-authored-by: Carter Anderson <mcanders1@gmail.com>
# Objective
`NoFrustumCulling` prevents meshes from being considered out of view
based on AABBs (sometimes useful for skinned meshes which don't
recalculate AABBs currently). it currently only applies for primary view
rendering, not for shadow rendering which can result in missing shadows.
## Solution
Add checks for `NoFrustumCulling` to `check_dir_light_mesh_visibility`
and `check_point_light_mesh_visibility` so that `NoFrustumCulling`
entities are rendered to all shadow views as well as all primary views.
# Objective
As discussed in https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/issues/7386, system
order ambiguities within `DefaultPlugins` are a source of bugs in the
engine and badly pollute diagnostic output for users.
We should eliminate them!
This PR is an alternative to #15027: with all external ambiguities
silenced, this should be much less prone to merge conflicts and the test
output should be much easier for authors to understand.
Note that system order ambiguities are still permitted in the
`RenderApp`: these need a bit of thought in terms of how to test them,
and will be fairly involved to fix. While these aren't *good*, they'll
generally only cause graphical bugs, not logic ones.
## Solution
All remaining system order ambiguities have been resolved.
Review this PR commit-by-commit to see how each of these problems were
fixed.
## Testing
`cargo run --example ambiguity_detection` passes with no panics or
logging!
# Objective
- After #13894, I noticed the performance of `many_lights `dropped from
120+ to 60+. I reviewed the PR but couldn't identify any mistakes. After
profiling, I discovered that `Hashmap::Clone `was very slow when its not
empty, causing `extract_light` to increase from 3ms to 8ms.
- Lighting only checks visibility for 3D Meshes. We don't need to
maintain a TypeIdMap for this, as it not only impacts performance
negatively but also reduces ergonomics.
## Solution
- use VisibleMeshEntities for lighint visibility checking.
## Performance
cargo run --release --example many_lights --features bevy/trace_tracy
name="bevy_pbr::light::check_point_light_mesh_visibility"}

system{name="bevy_pbr::render::light::extract_lights"}

## Migration Guide
> now `SpotLightBundle` , `CascadesVisibleEntities `and
`CubemapVisibleEntities `use VisibleMeshEntities instead of
`VisibleEntities`
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Co-authored-by: Alice Cecile <alice.i.cecile@gmail.com>
# Objective
- Second part of #13900
- based on #13905
## Solution
- check_dir_light_mesh_visibility defers setting the entity's
`ViewVisibility `so that Bevy can schedule it to run in parallel with
`check_point_light_mesh_visibility`.
- Reduce HashMap lookups for directional light checking as much as
possible
- Use `par_iter `to parallelize the checking process within each system.
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Co-authored-by: Kristoffer Søholm <k.soeholm@gmail.com>
# Objective
- Fixes#11933.
- Related: #12280.
## Solution
- Specify that, after applying `AmbientLight`, the resulting units are
in cd/m^2.
- This is based on [@fintelia's
comment](https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/issues/11933#issuecomment-1995427587),
and will need to be verified.
---
## Changelog
- Specified units for `AmbientLight`'s `brightness` field.
# Objective
- first part of #13900
## Solution
- split `check_light_mesh_visibility `into
`check_dir_light_mesh_visibility `and
`check_point_light_mesh_visibility` for better review
# Objective
- After #12582 , Bevy split visibleEntities into a TypeIdMap for
different types of entities, but the behavior in
`check_light_mesh_visibility `simply calls HashMap::clear(), which will
reallocate memory every frame.
## Testing
cargo run --release --example many_cubes --features bevy/trace_tracy --
--shadows
~10% win in `check_light_mesh_visibilty`

We want to use the clustering infrastructure for light probes and decals
as well, not just point lights. This patch builds on top of #13640 and
performs the rename.
To make this series easier to review, this patch makes no code changes.
Only identifiers and comments are modified.
## Migration Guide
* In the PBR shaders, `point_lights` is now known as
`clusterable_objects`, `PointLight` is now known as `ClusterableObject`,
and `cluster_light_index_lists` is now known as
`clusterable_object_index_lists`.
# Objective
- Fixes#10909
- Fixes#8492
## Solution
- Name all matrices `x_from_y`, for example `world_from_view`.
## Testing
- I've tested most of the 3D examples. The `lighting` example
particularly should hit a lot of the changes and appears to run fine.
---
## Changelog
- Renamed matrices across the engine to follow a `y_from_x` naming,
making the space conversion more obvious.
## Migration Guide
- `Frustum`'s `from_view_projection`, `from_view_projection_custom_far`
and `from_view_projection_no_far` were renamed to
`from_clip_from_world`, `from_clip_from_world_custom_far` and
`from_clip_from_world_no_far`.
- `ComputedCameraValues::projection_matrix` was renamed to
`clip_from_view`.
- `CameraProjection::get_projection_matrix` was renamed to
`get_clip_from_view` (this affects implementations on `Projection`,
`PerspectiveProjection` and `OrthographicProjection`).
- `ViewRangefinder3d::from_view_matrix` was renamed to
`from_world_from_view`.
- `PreviousViewData`'s members were renamed to `view_from_world` and
`clip_from_world`.
- `ExtractedView`'s `projection`, `transform` and `view_projection` were
renamed to `clip_from_view`, `world_from_view` and `clip_from_world`.
- `ViewUniform`'s `view_proj`, `unjittered_view_proj`,
`inverse_view_proj`, `view`, `inverse_view`, `projection` and
`inverse_projection` were renamed to `clip_from_world`,
`unjittered_clip_from_world`, `world_from_clip`, `world_from_view`,
`view_from_world`, `clip_from_view` and `view_from_clip`.
- `GpuDirectionalCascade::view_projection` was renamed to
`clip_from_world`.
- `MeshTransforms`' `transform` and `previous_transform` were renamed to
`world_from_local` and `previous_world_from_local`.
- `MeshUniform`'s `transform`, `previous_transform`,
`inverse_transpose_model_a` and `inverse_transpose_model_b` were renamed
to `world_from_local`, `previous_world_from_local`,
`local_from_world_transpose_a` and `local_from_world_transpose_b` (the
`Mesh` type in WGSL mirrors this, however `transform` and
`previous_transform` were named `model` and `previous_model`).
- `Mesh2dTransforms::transform` was renamed to `world_from_local`.
- `Mesh2dUniform`'s `transform`, `inverse_transpose_model_a` and
`inverse_transpose_model_b` were renamed to `world_from_local`,
`local_from_world_transpose_a` and `local_from_world_transpose_b` (the
`Mesh2d` type in WGSL mirrors this).
- In WGSL, in `bevy_pbr::mesh_functions`, `get_model_matrix` and
`get_previous_model_matrix` were renamed to `get_world_from_local` and
`get_previous_world_from_local`.
- In WGSL, `bevy_sprite::mesh2d_functions::get_model_matrix` was renamed
to `get_world_from_local`.
As a prerequisite for decals and clustering of light probes, we want
clustering to operate on objects other than lights. (Currently, it only
operates on point and spot lights.) This necessitates a large
refactoring, so I'm splitting it up into small steps.
The first such step is to separate clustering from lighting by moving
clustering-related types and functions out of lighting and into their
own module subtree within the `bevy_pbr` crate. (Ultimately, we may want
to move it to `bevy_render`, but that requires more work and can be a
followup.)
No code changes have been made other than adjusting import lists and
moving code. This is to make this code easy to review. Ultimately, I
want to rename "light" to "clusterable object" in most cases, but doing
that at the same time as moving the code would make reviewing harder. So
instead I'm moving the code first and will follow this up with renaming.
## Migration Guide
* Clustering-related types and functions (e.g.
`assign_lights_to_clusters`) have moved under `bevy_pbr::cluster`, in
preparation for the ability to cluster objects other than lights.
This commit implements a more physically-accurate, but slower, form of
fog than the `bevy_pbr::fog` module does. Notably, this *volumetric fog*
allows for light beams from directional lights to shine through,
creating what is known as *light shafts* or *god rays*.
To add volumetric fog to a scene, add `VolumetricFogSettings` to the
camera, and add `VolumetricLight` to directional lights that you wish to
be volumetric. `VolumetricFogSettings` has numerous settings that allow
you to define the accuracy of the simulation, as well as the look of the
fog. Currently, only interaction with directional lights that have
shadow maps is supported. Note that the overhead of the effect scales
directly with the number of directional lights in use, so apply
`VolumetricLight` sparingly for the best results.
The overall algorithm, which is implemented as a postprocessing effect,
is a combination of the techniques described in [Scratchapixel] and
[this blog post]. It uses raymarching in screen space, transformed into
shadow map space for sampling and combined with physically-based
modeling of absorption and scattering. Bevy employs the widely-used
[Henyey-Greenstein phase function] to model asymmetry; this essentially
allows light shafts to fade into and out of existence as the user views
them.
Volumetric rendering is a huge subject, and I deliberately kept the
scope of this commit small. Possible follow-ups include:
1. Raymarching at a lower resolution.
2. A post-processing blur (especially useful when combined with (1)).
3. Supporting point lights and spot lights.
4. Supporting lights with no shadow maps.
5. Supporting irradiance volumes and reflection probes.
6. Voxel components that reuse the volumetric fog code to create voxel
shapes.
7. *Horizon: Zero Dawn*-style clouds.
These are all useful, but out of scope of this patch for now, to keep
things tidy and easy to review.
A new example, `volumetric_fog`, has been added to demonstrate the
effect.
## Changelog
### Added
* A new component, `VolumetricFog`, is available, to allow for a more
physically-accurate, but more resource-intensive, form of fog.
* A new component, `VolumetricLight`, can be placed on directional
lights to make them interact with `VolumetricFog`. Notably, this allows
such lights to emit light shafts/god rays.


[Scratchapixel]:
https://www.scratchapixel.com/lessons/3d-basic-rendering/volume-rendering-for-developers/intro-volume-rendering.html
[this blog post]: https://www.alexandre-pestana.com/volumetric-lights/
[Henyey-Greenstein phase function]:
https://www.pbr-book.org/4ed/Volume_Scattering/Phase_Functions#TheHenyeyndashGreensteinPhaseFunction
# Objective
Remove the limit of `RenderLayer` by using a growable mask using
`SmallVec`.
Changes adopted from @UkoeHB's initial PR here
https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/pull/12502 that contained additional
changes related to propagating render layers.
Changes
## Solution
The main thing needed to unblock this is removing `RenderLayers` from
our shader code. This primarily affects `DirectionalLight`. We are now
computing a `skip` field on the CPU that is then used to skip the light
in the shader.
## Testing
Checked a variety of examples and did a quick benchmark on `many_cubes`.
There were some existing problems identified during the development of
the original pr (see:
https://discord.com/channels/691052431525675048/1220477928605749340/1221190112939872347).
This PR shouldn't change any existing behavior besides removing the
layer limit (sans the comment in migration about `all` layers no longer
being possible).
---
## Changelog
Removed the limit on `RenderLayers` by using a growable bitset that only
allocates when layers greater than 64 are used.
## Migration Guide
- `RenderLayers::all()` no longer exists. Entities expecting to be
visible on all layers, e.g. lights, should compute the active layers
that are in use.
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Co-authored-by: robtfm <50659922+robtfm@users.noreply.github.com>
Implement visibility ranges, also known as hierarchical levels of detail
(HLODs).
This commit introduces a new component, `VisibilityRange`, which allows
developers to specify camera distances in which meshes are to be shown
and hidden. Hiding meshes happens early in the rendering pipeline, so
this feature can be used for level of detail optimization. Additionally,
this feature is properly evaluated per-view, so different views can show
different levels of detail.
This feature differs from proper mesh LODs, which can be implemented
later. Engines generally implement true mesh LODs later in the pipeline;
they're typically more efficient than HLODs with GPU-driven rendering.
However, mesh LODs are more limited than HLODs, because they require the
lower levels of detail to be meshes with the same vertex layout and
shader (and perhaps the same material) as the original mesh. Games often
want to use objects other than meshes to replace distant models, such as
*octahedral imposters* or *billboard imposters*.
The reason why the feature is called *hierarchical level of detail* is
that HLODs can replace multiple meshes with a single mesh when the
camera is far away. This can be useful for reducing drawcall count. Note
that `VisibilityRange` doesn't automatically propagate down to children;
it must be placed on every mesh.
Crossfading between different levels of detail is supported, using the
standard 4x4 ordered dithering pattern from [1]. The shader code to
compute the dithering patterns should be well-optimized. The dithering
code is only active when visibility ranges are in use for the mesh in
question, so that we don't lose early Z.
Cascaded shadow maps show the HLOD level of the view they're associated
with. Point light and spot light shadow maps, which have no CSMs,
display all HLOD levels that are visible in any view. To support this
efficiently and avoid doing visibility checks multiple times, we
precalculate all visible HLOD levels for each entity with a
`VisibilityRange` during the `check_visibility_range` system.
A new example, `visibility_range`, has been added to the tree, as well
as a new low-poly version of the flight helmet model to go with it. It
demonstrates use of the visibility range feature to provide levels of
detail.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordered_dithering#Threshold_map
[^1]: Unreal doesn't have a feature that exactly corresponds to
visibility ranges, but Unreal's HLOD system serves roughly the same
purpose.
## Changelog
### Added
* A new `VisibilityRange` component is available to conditionally enable
entity visibility at camera distances, with optional crossfade support.
This can be used to implement different levels of detail (LODs).
## Screenshots
High-poly model:

Low-poly model up close:

Crossfading between the two:

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Co-authored-by: Carter Anderson <mcanders1@gmail.com>
This commit splits `VisibleEntities::entities` into four separate lists:
one for lights, one for 2D meshes, one for 3D meshes, and one for UI
elements. This allows `queue_material_meshes` and similar methods to
avoid examining entities that are obviously irrelevant. In particular,
this separation helps scenes with many skinned meshes, as the individual
bones are considered visible entities but have no rendered appearance.
Internally, `VisibleEntities::entities` is a `HashMap` from the `TypeId`
representing a `QueryFilter` to the appropriate `Entity` list. I had to
do this because `VisibleEntities` is located within an upstream crate
from the crates that provide lights (`bevy_pbr`) and 2D meshes
(`bevy_sprite`). As an added benefit, this setup allows apps to provide
their own types of renderable components, by simply adding a specialized
`check_visibility` to the schedule.
This provides a 16.23% end-to-end speedup on `many_foxes` with 10,000
foxes (24.06 ms/frame to 20.70 ms/frame).
## Migration guide
* `check_visibility` and `VisibleEntities` now store the four types of
renderable entities--2D meshes, 3D meshes, lights, and UI
elements--separately. If your custom rendering code examines
`VisibleEntities`, it will now need to specify which type of entity it's
interested in using the `WithMesh2d`, `WithMesh`, `WithLight`, and
`WithNode` types respectively. If your app introduces a new type of
renderable entity, you'll need to add an explicit call to
`check_visibility` to the schedule to accommodate your new component or
components.
## Analysis
`many_foxes`, 10,000 foxes: `main`:

`many_foxes`, 10,000 foxes, this branch:

`queue_material_meshes` (yellow = this branch, red = `main`):

`queue_shadows` (yellow = this branch, red = `main`):

I ported the two existing PCF techniques to the cubemap domain as best I
could. Generally, the technique is to create a 2D orthonormal basis
using Gram-Schmidt normalization, then apply the technique over that
basis. The results look fine, though the shadow bias often needs
adjusting.
For comparison, Unity uses a 4-tap pattern for PCF on point lights of
(1, 1, 1), (-1, -1, 1), (-1, 1, -1), (1, -1, -1). I tried this but
didn't like the look, so I went with the design above, which ports the
2D techniques to the 3D domain. There's surprisingly little material on
point light PCF.
I've gone through every example using point lights and verified that the
shadow maps look fine, adjusting biases as necessary.
Fixes#3628.
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## Changelog
### Added
* Shadows from point lights now support percentage-closer filtering
(PCF), and as a result look less aliased.
### Changed
* `ShadowFilteringMethod::Castano13` and
`ShadowFilteringMethod::Jimenez14` have been renamed to
`ShadowFilteringMethod::Gaussian` and `ShadowFilteringMethod::Temporal`
respectively.
## Migration Guide
* `ShadowFilteringMethod::Castano13` and
`ShadowFilteringMethod::Jimenez14` have been renamed to
`ShadowFilteringMethod::Gaussian` and `ShadowFilteringMethod::Temporal`
respectively.
# Objective
Follow up from PR #12369 to extract lighting structs from light/mod.rs
into their own file.
Part of the Purdue Refactoring Team's goals issue #12349
## Solution
- Moved PointLight from light/mod.rs to light/point_light.rs
- Moved SpotLight from light/mod.rs to light/spot_light.rs
- Moved DirectionalLight from light/mod.rs to light/directional_light.rs
# Objective
Beginning of refactoring of light.rs in bevy_pbr, as per issue #12349
Create and move light.rs to its own directory, and extract AmbientLight
struct.
## Solution
- moved light.rs to light/mod.rs
- extracted AmbientLight struct to light/ambient_light.rs