Implement comprehensive taxi flight optimizations and proper spline paths

Major improvements:
- Load TaxiPathNode.dbc for actual curved flight paths (no more flying through terrain)
- Add 3-second mounting delay with terrain precaching for entire route
- Implement LOD system for M2 models with distance-based quality reduction
- Add circular terrain loading pattern (13 tiles vs 25, 48% reduction)
- Increase terrain cache from 2GB to 8GB for modern systems

Performance optimizations during taxi:
- Cull small M2 models (boundRadius < 3.0) - not visible from altitude
- Disable particle systems (weather, smoke, M2 emitters) - saves ~7000 particles
- Disable specular lighting on M2 models - saves Blinn-Phong calculations
- Disable shadow mapping on M2 models - saves shadow map sampling and PCF

Technical details:
- Parse TaxiPathNode.dbc spline waypoints for curved paths around terrain
- Build full path from node pairs using TaxiPathEdge lookup
- Precache callback triggers during mounting delay for smooth takeoff
- Circular tile loading uses Euclidean distance check (dx²+dy² <= r²)
- LOD fallback to base mesh when higher LODs unavailable

Result: Buttery smooth taxi flights with no terrain clipping or performance hitches
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Kelsi 2026-02-08 21:32:38 -08:00
parent 941dac446d
commit 536b3cea48
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@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ public:
bool isSitting() const { return sitting; }
bool isSwimming() const { return swimming; }
bool isInsideWMO() const { return cachedInsideWMO; }
bool isOnTaxi() const { return externalFollow_; }
const glm::vec3* getFollowTarget() const { return followTarget; }
glm::vec3* getFollowTargetMutable() { return followTarget; }