Lumenarium/todo.txt

TODO FOLDHAUS

YOU WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF


BUGS
- Typing a period into a float value doesn't register. Problem here is that we arent' translating key presses into characters at the win32 layer. Need to do that.

Switch To Nodes
x output should generate a node_specification
x go back to calling SpecificationIndex Type
- BUG: Connect a solid color node to output then try and pick a color. I think temporary node buffers are
-      overwriting other data when they get evaluated. Bigger solution is to create a system of working
-      led buffers that get assigned to nodes as needed.
- gonna need to remove output node from the node lister
- delete nodes
-  - Simplify node storage
-     x don't pull node names into the struct, just reference the specification
-     x separate storage of node headers from connections
-     - investigate if node connections can be operated on separately from the node headers
-       - UpdatedThisFrame can probably go into each connection
-     x connections shouldn't store their own values, they should just point into permanent storage
-  - Allow insertion/deletion within connection table
-  - Allow inerstion/deletion within header table
-  - maintain free list of connections and headers
- separate node functionality from drawing the nodes
-   - pull node position, size, etc out into a parallel data structure. after split names: node_header, interface_node
-   - create separate files: foldhaus_node_engine, foldhaus_node_gui
-   - store interface_nodes in binary tree
-   - allow panning and zooming around the node canvas
-   - Investigate why we're giving nodes bounds :NodesDontNeedToKnowTheirBounds 
- selector node (has a list of connections that it can switch between)
- Serialize Nodes
- evaluation step (one node at a time)

Hardening
- turn the default sculpture view into an operation mode ? (have to think about this)
- Then we want to think about separating out mode render functions from mode update functions. Not sure its necessary but having something that operates like an update funciton but is called render is weird. Might want some sort of coroutine functionality in place, where modes can add and remove optional, parallel
update functions
- memory visualization
-  - Log memory allocations
- separate rendering thread
- cache led positions. Only update if they are moving
- :HotCodeReloading

UI Improvements
- highlight node field under active edit
- Mouse Held Commands
- Actual cursor states
- shift drag to 10x drag speed
- Text editing improvements
-   - draw cursor in node field under active edit
-   - better/intelligent zero padding

API Improvements

Application
- More efficient HSV <-> RGB
- Save and load a session
- Don't render if the window isn't visible

Development
- Fix your scope time tracker to account for threads.
- Nest scope times so you can see totals/dig in

Interface
- fullscreen
- In world interface elements
-   - Handles for Patterns
-   - UI Popups
-   - Value modifiers
- Scroll view
- Update the text system - use system fonts

Structure
- motion

Renderer
- Render layers
- Mouse Picking - point at a led and see info about it
- Camera: pan
- Camera: zoom
- Camera: leds always face camera

Resource Management
- TODO: Need to figure out which textures are currently in graphics memory and which need to be resubmitted
- Icons

Animation
- timeline
- create clips that play
- clips can have parameters that drive them?
- clips should have prerequesites
-  - channels active
-  - patterns active in the channel
-  - when a clip is playing, it should just take over the whole structure

Command Line
- select a channel/pattern

Optimization
- investigate the memory access pattern of the SACN / LED systems. Guessing they are very slow
- look into why debug logging functions seems to incur a large hit on framrate
- patterns are asking to be multithreaded
- probably want to convert as much color functions to use u32 Packed Colors
-  - Probably want to think about this more. What about supporting different color depths
-    for different output devices?

Name
- Splash screen (like blender) (thisll be fun)
-  - Image importer (stb image? or find a png > bmp converter for the image you have)
-  - Display on startup
Quickly got the search lister to use the correct index when filtering the list. 2019-10-30 16:10:15 +00:00			`TODO FOLDHAUS`

Created basic scope list view 2019-11-11 20:02:24 +00:00			`YOU WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF`

lots of little fixes 2019-11-03 21:12:25 +00:00
Made modes work with hot code reloading, dealt with a bug in the search lister that allowed you to select an item from an empty list, pulled NodeRenderSettings back out into app_state, and generally filled out the operation mode system. 2019-11-02 17:29:51 +00:00			`BUGS`
			`- Typing a period into a float value doesn't register. Problem here is that we arent' translating key presses into characters at the win32 layer. Need to do that.`
Fixed up a bunch of node lister, search lister, and text entry stuff. Began playing with modes 2019-11-01 11:17:46 +00:00
lots of little fixes 2019-11-03 21:12:25 +00:00			`Switch To Nodes`
Did a bunch of stuff with nodes 2019-11-12 04:34:56 +00:00			`x output should generate a node_specification`
			`x go back to calling SpecificationIndex Type`
			`- BUG: Connect a solid color node to output then try and pick a color. I think temporary node buffers are`
			`- overwriting other data when they get evaluated. Bigger solution is to create a system of working`
			`- led buffers that get assigned to nodes as needed.`
			`- gonna need to remove output node from the node lister`
Planning 2019-11-11 20:55:59 +00:00			`- delete nodes`
			`- - Simplify node storage`
Stopped storing copies of nodes names in memory with them. They now just point at the specifications name 2019-11-11 22:42:14 +00:00			`- x don't pull node names into the struct, just reference the specification`
Did a bunch of stuff with nodes 2019-11-12 04:34:56 +00:00			`- x separate storage of node headers from connections`
Planning 2019-11-11 20:55:59 +00:00			`- - investigate if node connections can be operated on separately from the node headers`
Did a bunch of stuff with nodes 2019-11-12 04:34:56 +00:00			`- - UpdatedThisFrame can probably go into each connection`
			`- x connections shouldn't store their own values, they should just point into permanent storage`
Planning 2019-11-11 20:55:59 +00:00			`- - Allow insertion/deletion within connection table`
			`- - Allow inerstion/deletion within header table`
			`- - maintain free list of connections and headers`
lots of little fixes 2019-11-03 21:12:25 +00:00			`- separate node functionality from drawing the nodes`
Planning 2019-11-11 20:55:59 +00:00			`- - pull node position, size, etc out into a parallel data structure. after split names: node_header, interface_node`
			`- - create separate files: foldhaus_node_engine, foldhaus_node_gui`
			`- - store interface_nodes in binary tree`
			`- - allow panning and zooming around the node canvas`
lots of little fixes 2019-11-03 21:12:25 +00:00			`- - Investigate why we're giving nodes bounds :NodesDontNeedToKnowTheirBounds`
			`- selector node (has a list of connections that it can switch between)`
			`- Serialize Nodes`
			`- evaluation step (one node at a time)`

Quickly got the search lister to use the correct index when filtering the list. 2019-10-30 16:10:15 +00:00			`Hardening`
Made modes work with hot code reloading, dealt with a bug in the search lister that allowed you to select an item from an empty list, pulled NodeRenderSettings back out into app_state, and generally filled out the operation mode system. 2019-11-02 17:29:51 +00:00			`- turn the default sculpture view into an operation mode ? (have to think about this)`
			`- Then we want to think about separating out mode render functions from mode update functions. Not sure its necessary but having something that operates like an update funciton but is called render is weird. Might want some sort of coroutine functionality in place, where modes can add and remove optional, parallel`
			`update functions`
Quickly got the search lister to use the correct index when filtering the list. 2019-10-30 16:10:15 +00:00			`- memory visualization`
Made nodes selectable 2019-11-02 20:17:23 +00:00			`- - Log memory allocations`
Quickly got the search lister to use the correct index when filtering the list. 2019-10-30 16:10:15 +00:00			`- separate rendering thread`
			`- cache led positions. Only update if they are moving`
Stopped storing copies of nodes names in memory with them. They now just point at the specifications name 2019-11-11 22:42:14 +00:00			`- :HotCodeReloading`
Quickly got the search lister to use the correct index when filtering the list. 2019-10-30 16:10:15 +00:00
Made modes work with hot code reloading, dealt with a bug in the search lister that allowed you to select an item from an empty list, pulled NodeRenderSettings back out into app_state, and generally filled out the operation mode system. 2019-11-02 17:29:51 +00:00			`UI Improvements`
			`- highlight node field under active edit`
Made nodes selectable 2019-11-02 20:17:23 +00:00			`- Mouse Held Commands`
			`- Actual cursor states`
Stopped storing copies of nodes names in memory with them. They now just point at the specifications name 2019-11-11 22:42:14 +00:00			`- shift drag to 10x drag speed`
Planning 2019-11-11 20:55:59 +00:00			`- Text editing improvements`
			`- - draw cursor in node field under active edit`
			`- - better/intelligent zero padding`
Made nodes selectable 2019-11-02 20:17:23 +00:00
			`API Improvements`
Quickly got the search lister to use the correct index when filtering the list. 2019-10-30 16:10:15 +00:00
			`Application`
			`- More efficient HSV <-> RGB`
			`- Save and load a session`
			`- Don't render if the window isn't visible`

			`Development`
			`- Fix your scope time tracker to account for threads.`
			`- Nest scope times so you can see totals/dig in`

			`Interface`
			`- fullscreen`
			`- In world interface elements`
			`- - Handles for Patterns`
			`- - UI Popups`
			`- - Value modifiers`
			`- Scroll view`
			`- Update the text system - use system fonts`

			`Structure`
			`- motion`

			`Renderer`
Created basic scope list view 2019-11-11 20:02:24 +00:00			`- Render layers`
Quickly got the search lister to use the correct index when filtering the list. 2019-10-30 16:10:15 +00:00			`- Mouse Picking - point at a led and see info about it`
			`- Camera: pan`
			`- Camera: zoom`
			`- Camera: leds always face camera`

			`Resource Management`
			`- TODO: Need to figure out which textures are currently in graphics memory and which need to be resubmitted`
			`- Icons`

			`Animation`
			`- timeline`
			`- create clips that play`
			`- clips can have parameters that drive them?`
			`- clips should have prerequesites`
			`- - channels active`
			`- - patterns active in the channel`
			`- - when a clip is playing, it should just take over the whole structure`

			`Command Line`
			`- select a channel/pattern`

			`Optimization`
Created basic scope list view 2019-11-11 20:02:24 +00:00			`- investigate the memory access pattern of the SACN / LED systems. Guessing they are very slow`
			`- look into why debug logging functions seems to incur a large hit on framrate`
Quickly got the search lister to use the correct index when filtering the list. 2019-10-30 16:10:15 +00:00			`- patterns are asking to be multithreaded`
			`- probably want to convert as much color functions to use u32 Packed Colors`
			`- - Probably want to think about this more. What about supporting different color depths`
Got nodes to update when the node view isn't open 2019-11-02 17:47:27 +00:00			`- for different output devices?`

			`Name`
			`- Splash screen (like blender) (thisll be fun)`
			`- - Image importer (stb image? or find a png > bmp converter for the image you have)`
			`- - Display on startup`