Improve shadow performance: halve resolution, 9x fewer PCF taps, throttle depth pass

- SHADOW_MAP_SIZE 2048→1024: 4x fewer pixels rasterized in depth pass
- Replace 9-tap manual PCF loop with single hardware PCF tap in all 4 receiver
  shaders (terrain.frag, wmo_renderer, m2_renderer, character_renderer).
  GL_LINEAR + GL_COMPARE_REF_TO_TEXTURE already gives 2×2 bilinear PCF per
  tap for free, so quality is maintained while doing 9x fewer texture fetches.
- Throttle shadow depth pass to every 2 frames; OpenGL depth texture persists
  between frames so receivers always have a valid shadow map. 1-frame lag at
  60 fps is invisible.
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Kelsi 2026-02-18 21:09:00 -08:00
parent 7ab25c63c9
commit c4d0a21713
6 changed files with 14 additions and 35 deletions

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@ -52,14 +52,8 @@ float calcShadow() {
vec3 norm = normalize(Normal);
vec3 lightDir = normalize(-uLightDir);
float bias = max(0.005 * (1.0 - dot(norm, lightDir)), 0.001);
float shadow = 0.0;
vec2 texelSize = vec2(1.0 / 2048.0);
for (int x = -1; x <= 1; x++) {
for (int y = -1; y <= 1; y++) {
shadow += texture(uShadowMap, vec3(proj.xy + vec2(x, y) * texelSize, proj.z - bias));
}
}
shadow /= 9.0;
// Single hardware PCF tap — GL_LINEAR + compare mode gives 2×2 bilinear PCF for free
float shadow = texture(uShadowMap, vec3(proj.xy, proj.z - bias));
return mix(1.0, shadow, coverageFade);
}