Best approach for large scenes with static mesh ...

2014-09-04T12:22:46+00:00

Hello,

I am building an engine that supports importing mesh from large FBX files. I can get the scene to load fine and have basic interaction with the scene but when I start attempting to interact with the scene even using basic objects I get serious performance degradation.

My goal is to get a walkable scene with static mesh of a range of sizes with basic interactivity.

Therefore I am hoping there may be some optimization tips folks can share. I will also post some of the code below for how I am using Bullet.

I am using "btBvhTriangleMeshShape" objects for my scene and initializing them using a "btTriangleIndexVertexArray" object for initialization.
I was thinking about using "btConvexHullShape" objects instead but then I generally lose certain information such as collision detection for objects with holes in it like walls with windows, etc.

I also wanted to switch to the MultiThreaded version of Bullet but the demo doesn't compile, I get errors like the following:

Code:

1>MultiThreadedDemo.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: __thiscall SpuGatheringCollisionDispatcher::SpuGatheringCollisionDispatcher(class btThreadSupportInterface *,unsigned int,class btCollisionConfiguration *)" (??0SpuGatheringCollisionDispatcher@@QAE@PAVbtThreadSupportInterface@@IPAVbtCollisionConfiguration@@@Z) referenced in function "public: virtual void __thiscall MultiThreadedDemo::initPhysics(void)" (?initPhysics@MultiThreadedDemo@@UAEXXZ)1>MultiThreadedDemo.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: __thiscall Win32ThreadSupport::Win32ThreadSupport(struct Win32ThreadSupport::Win32ThreadConstructionInfo const &)" (??0Win32ThreadSupport@@QAE@ABUWin32ThreadConstructionInfo@0@@Z) referenced in function "class btThreadSupportInterface * __cdecl createSolverThreadSupport(int)" (?createSolverThreadSupport@@YAPAVbtThreadSupportInterface@@H@Z)1>MultiThreadedDemo.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "void __cdecl processCollisionTask(void *,void *)" (?processCollisionTask@@YAXPAX0@Z) referenced in function "public: virtual void __thiscall MultiThreadedDemo::initPhysics(void)" (?initPhysics@MultiThreadedDemo@@UAEXXZ)1>MultiThreadedDemo.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "void * __cdecl createCollisionLocalStoreMemory(void)" (?createCollisionLocalStoreMemory@@YAPAXXZ) referenced in function "public: virtual void __thiscall MultiThreadedDemo::initPhysics(void)" (?initPhysics@MultiThreadedDemo@@UAEXXZ)1>MultiThreadedDemo.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "void __cdecl deleteCollisionLocalStoreMemory(void)" (?deleteCollisionLocalStoreMemory@@YAXXZ) referenced in function "public: void __thiscall MultiThreadedDemo::exitPhysics(void)" (?exitPhysics@MultiThreadedDemo@@QAEXXZ)1>MultiThreadedDemo.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "void __cdecl SolverThreadFunc(void *,void *)" (?SolverThreadFunc@@YAXPAX0@Z) referenced in function "class btThreadSupportInterface * __cdecl createSolverThreadSupport(int)" (?createSolverThreadSupport@@YAPAVbtThreadSupportInterface@@H@Z)1>MultiThreadedDemo.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "void * __cdecl SolverlsMemoryFunc(void)" (?SolverlsMemoryFunc@@YAPAXXZ) referenced in function "class btThreadSupportInterface * __cdecl createSolverThreadSupport(int)" (?createSolverThreadSupport@@YAPAVbtThreadSupportInterface@@H@Z)1>MultiThreadedDemo.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: __thiscall btParallelConstraintSolver::btParallelConstraintSolver(class btThreadSupportInterface *)" (??0btParallelConstraintSolver@@QAE@PAVbtThreadSupportInterface@@@Z) referenced in function "public: virtual void __thiscall MultiThreadedDemo::initPhysics(void)" (?initPhysics@MultiThreadedDemo@@UAEXXZ)

And here is the code I am using for my current scene:

How I am initializing Bullet:

Code:

broadphase = new btDbvtBroadphase();collisionConfiguration = new btDefaultCollisionConfiguration();dispatcher = new btCollisionDispatcher(collisionConfiguration);solver = new btSequentialImpulseConstraintSolver;dynamicsWorld = new btDiscreteDynamicsWorld(dispatcher, broadphase, solver, collisionConfiguration);dynamicsWorld->setGravity(btVector3(0, -9.8f, 0));

How I am stepping the world.

Code:

dynamicsWorld->stepSimulation(DeltaTime, SimulationSpeed);/*Where simulation speed generally set to 7 but can be changed in environment.*/

And here is my code for static mesh:

Code:

btTriangleIndexVertexArray* PhysicsMeshInterface =new btTriangleIndexVertexArray(NumberOfTriangles,(GLint*)IndicesPointer,3 * sizeof(GLint),NumberOfIndVertices,VerticesPointer,3 * sizeof(GLfloat));btBvhTriangleMeshShape* StaticTriangleMeshShape = new btBvhTriangleMeshShape(PhysicsMeshInterface, useQuantizedAabbCompression);        /*        PhysicsShape is a pointer to a "btCollisionShape" object.        */PhysicsShape = StaticTriangleMeshShape;btTransform TransformFromOpenGL;TransformFromOpenGL.setFromOpenGLMatrix(ModelMatrixPointer);PhysicsShapeMotionState = new btDefaultMotionState(TransformFromOpenGL);btAssert((!PhysicsShape || PhysicsShape->getShapeType() != INVALID_SHAPE_PROXYTYPE));/*        ShapeMass and ShapeInertia are "zeroed" out in the constructor for this class instance that wraps around the Bullet Object in my engine.        */        btRigidBody::btRigidBodyConstructionInfo PhysicsShapeCI(ShapeMass, PhysicsShapeMotionState, PhysicsShape, ShapeInertia);PhysicsShapeRigidBody = new btRigidBody(PhysicsShapeCI);PhysicsShapeRigidBody->setRestitution(ShapeRestitution);PhysicsShapeRigidBody->setUserPointer(this);CurrentPhysicsWorld->addRigidBody(PhysicsShapeRigidBody);

Thank you for any time and assistance you can provide.

Statistics: Posted by tmason — Thu Sep 04, 2014 12:22 pm

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