Lumenarium/todo.txt

TODO FOLDHAUS

- Metaprogramming
    - fix memory layout (remeber to profile before and after)

- Make the DLL truly platform agnostic
    - math.h: present for trig functions (though this is part of the c-std lib, so it should be everywhere)
    - windows.h: only thing left is InterlockedIncrement and InterlockedAdd

- Win32 Platform Layer
    - Enumerate Directory Contents (you started this in win32_foldhaus_fileio.h)

- Internal Log File
    NOTE: This should not be a part of the debug system
    - Save output log to a file continuously
    - Have a window where we can view the log within the app
    - Create a bar that displays the most recent error message
    - :ErrorLogging

- Make sure it works without building in Debug Mode

- Buckets & Lists
    - On second thought, I just really don't like these. Lets get rid of them, and put custom structures in place

- Rendering (Working on this elsewhere)
    - OpenGL 3
    - Vertex Buffers
    - Layers
    - Lighting
    - Clipping (with error checking)

- Camera
    - pan
    - zoom
    - leds always face camera

- Sculptures
    - store scale in the assembly definition file
    - cache led vertex buffers
    - custom sculpture update functions (for motion)
    - placing sculptures
    - editing sculpture files (change universe output)
    - led groups & subgroups - defined in file
    - motion

- Network
    - Handle Error Cases
    - Handle connecting a sculpture after launch
    - Artnet
    - Universe offsets (per sculpture)

- Interface
    - Layout functionality
    - styling
    - text input
    - lister with icon options
    - panel system: destroy panel by extending it beyond its max, not just its min

- Asset Loading
    - Need to figure out which textures are currently in graphics memory and which need to be resubmitted
    - images
    - icon system - integrate with interface

- Sculpture View
    - mouse spatial interaction - handles, and hover for info
    - debug capabilities (toggle strip/led/universe colors)

- Animation System
    - blending between animation
    - layers
        - layer masks by sculpture
    - interface for animation system
        - add/remove layers
        - select blend modes
        - change which layer an animation is on
    - setting start and end of timeline (how long is a loop)
    - clips can have parameters that drive them?
    - clips cannot overlap eachother on the same layer

- Node System
    - automatic node layout
    - blending node layouts
    - workspace -> animation block
    - generating node workspace as code
    - compiling node workspace
    - hotload compiled pattern sets

- Serialization
    - saving scenes
    - saving node graphs
    - saving animation timelines
    - saving projects

- Settings

- Platform Layer
    - Mac Platform Layer

Assembly -> SACN interface
- need to create a data structure in CreateDMXBuffers that prevents duplication of DMXBuffers.
-   - thinking about a dictionary. Key is Universe, length is 256, create parallel arrays as necessary

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
- 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
-     - investigate if node connections can be operated on separately from the node headers
-       - UpdatedThisFrame can probably go into each connection
-  - 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)
- evaluation step (one node at a time)

Hardening
- 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
- separate rendering thread


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

Application
- More efficient HSV <-> RGB

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

Optimization
- patterns are asking to be multithreaded
    - OOH I KNOW HOW TO DO THIS NOW!!! - each layer gets calculated independently, and combined
      so just do each layer on its own thread, then combine as they are finished
- 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`

Lots of work on the meta system. Most changes in src are just due to me putting test data in place 2020-01-19 06:07:59 +00:00			`- Metaprogramming`
Working on Meta System Attempted to tag all panel related procedures 2020-02-02 03:15:04 +00:00			`- fix memory layout (remeber to profile before and after)`

Started making sure that the DLL is truly platform agnostic. Only thing left seems to be math.h for things like trig functions, and windows.h purely for interlockedincrement and interlockedadd 2020-02-05 07:16:41 +00:00			`- Make the DLL truly platform agnostic`
Began working on a new ui layout system. Deprecated a lot of old ui code, in favor of new ui_ code 2020-03-20 07:55:13 +00:00			`- math.h: present for trig functions (though this is part of the c-std lib, so it should be everywhere)`
Splitting out win32 sets of functions into groups to make them simpler to see and create platform layers for 2020-02-05 07:31:43 +00:00			`- windows.h: only thing left is InterlockedIncrement and InterlockedAdd`
Fixed a Function Pointer address problem created by storing a pointer to the address of an animation procedure. When code is reloaded, that pointer becomes invalid, so we just store an index, and switch on the value 2020-02-05 06:50:12 +00:00
Handle releasing the mouse button outside the window when the button was pressed over top of the window. 2020-02-05 07:46:11 +00:00			`- Win32 Platform Layer`
Added memory errors for when files aren't found 2020-02-05 08:03:56 +00:00			`- Enumerate Directory Contents (you started this in win32_foldhaus_fileio.h)`
Splitting out win32 sets of functions into groups to make them simpler to see and create platform layers for 2020-02-05 07:31:43 +00:00
Cleaned up assembly loading. Added a note to handle error logging in the future 2020-02-05 20:29:48 +00:00			`- Internal Log File`
Implemented a basic event log, and used it in various places around the codebase. Also removed foldhaus_memory as it isn't being used 2020-02-06 04:24:34 +00:00			`NOTE: This should not be a part of the debug system`
Cleaned up assembly loading. Added a note to handle error logging in the future 2020-02-05 20:29:48 +00:00			`- Save output log to a file continuously`
			`- Have a window where we can view the log within the app`
			`- Create a bar that displays the most recent error message`
			`- :ErrorLogging`

			`- Make sure it works without building in Debug Mode`

Working on Meta System Attempted to tag all panel related procedures 2020-02-02 03:15:04 +00:00			`- Buckets & Lists`
Began working on a new ui layout system. Deprecated a lot of old ui code, in favor of new ui_ code 2020-03-20 07:55:13 +00:00			`- On second thought, I just really don't like these. Lets get rid of them, and put custom structures in place`
Lots of work on the meta system. Most changes in src are just due to me putting test data in place 2020-01-19 06:07:59 +00:00
Began working on a new ui layout system. Deprecated a lot of old ui code, in favor of new ui_ code 2020-03-20 07:55:13 +00:00			`- Rendering (Working on this elsewhere)`
Lots of work on the meta system. Most changes in src are just due to me putting test data in place 2020-01-19 06:07:59 +00:00			`- OpenGL 3`
			`- Vertex Buffers`
			`- Layers`
			`- Lighting`
			`- Clipping (with error checking)`

todo list cleanup 2020-03-01 23:55:07 +00:00			`- Camera`
			`- pan`
			`- zoom`
			`- leds always face camera`

Lots of work on the meta system. Most changes in src are just due to me putting test data in place 2020-01-19 06:07:59 +00:00			`- Sculptures`
Cleaned up assembly loading. Added a note to handle error logging in the future 2020-02-05 20:29:48 +00:00			`- store scale in the assembly definition file`
Lots of work on the meta system. Most changes in src are just due to me putting test data in place 2020-01-19 06:07:59 +00:00			`- cache led vertex buffers`
			`- custom sculpture update functions (for motion)`
			`- placing sculptures`
			`- editing sculpture files (change universe output)`
Fixed a Function Pointer address problem created by storing a pointer to the address of an animation procedure. When code is reloaded, that pointer becomes invalid, so we just store an index, and switch on the value 2020-02-05 06:50:12 +00:00			`- led groups & subgroups - defined in file`
todo list cleanup 2020-03-01 23:55:07 +00:00			`- motion`
Lots of work on the meta system. Most changes in src are just due to me putting test data in place 2020-01-19 06:07:59 +00:00
			`- Network`
Fixed a Function Pointer address problem created by storing a pointer to the address of an animation procedure. When code is reloaded, that pointer becomes invalid, so we just store an index, and switch on the value 2020-02-05 06:50:12 +00:00			`- Handle Error Cases`
			`- Handle connecting a sculpture after launch`
Lots of work on the meta system. Most changes in src are just due to me putting test data in place 2020-01-19 06:07:59 +00:00			`- Artnet`
			`- Universe offsets (per sculpture)`

			`- Interface`
			`- Layout functionality`
			`- styling`
			`- text input`
			`- lister with icon options`
Added some notes to various parts of the code base. Also simplified test patterns to ensure that we don't need to use leds_in_universe_range anywhere except in DMX buffer preparation 2020-02-05 20:20:03 +00:00			`- panel system: destroy panel by extending it beyond its max, not just its min`
Lots of work on the meta system. Most changes in src are just due to me putting test data in place 2020-01-19 06:07:59 +00:00
Updated gitignore, removed irrelevant member from panel_result 2020-02-15 23:06:51 +00:00			`- Asset Loading`
todo list cleanup 2020-03-01 23:55:07 +00:00			`- Need to figure out which textures are currently in graphics memory and which need to be resubmitted`
Updated gitignore, removed irrelevant member from panel_result 2020-02-15 23:06:51 +00:00			`- images`
			`- icon system - integrate with interface`

Lots of work on the meta system. Most changes in src are just due to me putting test data in place 2020-01-19 06:07:59 +00:00			`- Sculpture View`
			`- mouse spatial interaction - handles, and hover for info`
			`- debug capabilities (toggle strip/led/universe colors)`

			`- Animation System`
			`- blending between animation`
			`- layers`
			`- layer masks by sculpture`
Updated todo list. Enforced execution order of animation blocks - they now execute in layer order, from top to bottom. 2020-03-08 00:29:07 +00:00			`- interface for animation system`
			`- add/remove layers`
			`- select blend modes`
			`- change which layer an animation is on`
Implemented Snapping Animation Clips 2020-02-29 23:43:06 +00:00			`- setting start and end of timeline (how long is a loop)`
todo list cleanup 2020-03-01 23:55:07 +00:00			`- clips can have parameters that drive them?`
Implemented the structure for different layers to have blend modes. We now copy the led buffer for each assembly once per layer that has an active animation in it. The animations edit these temporary buffers, which are then blended together after all layers have created buffers, for each assembly. 2020-03-08 21:44:28 +00:00			`- clips cannot overlap eachother on the same layer`
Lots of work on the meta system. Most changes in src are just due to me putting test data in place 2020-01-19 06:07:59 +00:00
			`- Node System`
			`- automatic node layout`
			`- blending node layouts`
			`- workspace -> animation block`
			`- generating node workspace as code`
			`- compiling node workspace`
			`- hotload compiled pattern sets`

			`- Serialization`
			`- saving scenes`
			`- saving node graphs`
			`- saving animation timelines`
			`- saving projects`

			`- Settings`

			`- Platform Layer`
			`- Mac Platform Layer`

Decoupled assembly from sacn. 2019-11-23 00:07:25 +00:00			`Assembly -> SACN interface`
Got assemblies to unload again 2019-11-23 07:57:30 +00:00			`- need to create a data structure in CreateDMXBuffers that prevents duplication of DMXBuffers.`
			`- - thinking about a dictionary. Key is Universe, length is 256, create parallel arrays as necessary`
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			`- 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`
			`- - 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`
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)`
			`- 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			`- 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`
			`- separate rendering thread`
Splitting out win32 sets of functions into groups to make them simpler to see and create platform layers for 2020-02-05 07:31:43 +00:00
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`
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
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`

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

			`Optimization`
			`- patterns are asking to be multithreaded`
Updated gs_vector_matrix 2020-03-20 04:50:11 +00:00			`- OOH I KNOW HOW TO DO THIS NOW!!! - each layer gets calculated independently, and combined`
			`so just do each layer on its own thread, then combine as they are finished`
Quickly got the search lister to use the correct index when filtering the list. 2019-10-30 16:10:15 +00:00			`- 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`