Multi-threading/queueing chunk generation about gaea

[titusio]

The ChunkLoader could only load a limited amount of chunks per frame. We could queue the chunks we want to load instead of loading them right away.

[BenjaTK]

Multi-threading could possibly be added to non-chunked generators too, but idk how.

[RAMENtheNOODLES]

I was fiddling around with this yesterday, and I found out that adding multi-threading will require a pretty significant rewrite to the chunk generation, and even the rendering. Because of me being relatively new to this project, I do not know exactly how everything works, but I think I have a good understanding of what needs to be changed. I'll create a list to help me with figuring out what to work on and also show anyone else what would need to be done for multi-threading/queuing and also allow them to add on to the list if I missed something.

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• Refreshing the required chunks by clearing the array every time is slow, especially if there are only certain chunks changing
• Rendering should be put in a separate thread, but the rendering part of this addon, is one of the things I do not exactly know where to start in terms of making it multi-threaded
• I agree with queuing chunks to be loaded/unloaded later, and the process of loading/unloading chunks should be in it's own thread
• Most of the generators would likely need to be modified to support multi-threading

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I will attempt to get this implemented, but I also hope that this helps anyone who wants to attempt this as well.

[MatiasVME]

I think you have to consider that multi treading is not very web compatible so you also have to consider that it is a toggleable option :S

[BenjaTK]

I was fiddling around with this yesterday, and I found out that adding multi-threading will require a pretty significant rewrite to the chunk generation, and even the rendering. Because of me being relatively new to this project, I do not know exactly how everything works, but I think I have a good understanding of what needs to be changed. I'll create a list to help me with figuring out what to work on and also show anyone else what would need to be done for multi-threading/queuing and also allow them to add on to the list if I missed something.

* Refreshing the required chunks by clearing the array every time is slow, especially if there are only certain chunks changing

* Rendering should be put in a separate thread, but the rendering part of this addon, is one of the things I do not exactly know where to start in terms of making it multi-threaded

* I agree with queuing chunks to be loaded/unloaded later, and the process of loading/unloading chunks should be in it's own thread

* Most of the generators would likely need to be modified to support multi-threading

I will attempt to get this implemented, but I also hope that this helps anyone who wants to attempt this as well.

Hey @RAMENtheNOODLES! Sorry I'm so late, but how did this attempt go?

[DriftWare07]

Loading chunks with a gridmap is very slow. Is there a better renderer to use for this or can I optimize it in some way?