Increase Render Distance

- Increase base draw distance to 5000.
- Decrease max draw distance to 15000.
- Use cleaner switch statement to scale distance.
- Increase base draw distance to 5000.
- Increase max draw distance to 15000.
- Add medium draw distance for certain levels.
- Remove cyclorama from depth buffer.
- Remove cyclorama requirement from gLevelClearColor.
- Change the type of gNumEnemyOfKind to int32_t.
- Raise MAX_SUPERTILE_ACTIVE_RANGE to 20.
- Change all values in gLevelSuperTileActiveRange to fit in the 8-20 range.
- Raise MAX_LIQUID_MESHES to 255.
Issue jorio#24.

src/Enemies/Enemy.c

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ static Boolean KillEnemy(ObjNode *theEnemy);
 /*    VARIABLES      */
 /*********************/
 
-short		gNumEnemyOfKind[NUM_ENEMY_KINDS];
+int32_t		gNumEnemyOfKind[NUM_ENEMY_KINDS];
 short		gNumEnemies;
 
 

src/Headers/camera.h

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 //
 
 #define	HITHER_DISTANCE	20.0f
-#define	YON_DISTANCE	2800.0f		// how far the game will render objects in the view frustum
+#define	YON_DISTANCE	5000.0f		// how far the game will render objects in the view frustum
 
 void InitCamera(void);
 void UpdateCamera(void);

src/Headers/game.h

@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ extern	short						gMoney;
 extern	short						gNumBlueClovers;
 extern	short						gNumCollisions;
 extern	short						gNumEnemies;
-extern	short						gNumEnemyOfKind[];
+extern	int32_t						gNumEnemyOfKind[];
 extern	short						gNumGoldClovers;
 extern	short						gNumGreenClovers;
 extern	short						gNumLadyBugsThisArea;

src/Headers/renderer.h

@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ typedef struct RenderModifiers
 
 enum
 {
-	kDrawOrder_Terrain = -128,
-	kDrawOrder_Cyclorama,
+	kDrawOrder_Cyclorama = -128,	// give it a lower value than the terrain to draw it first
+	kDrawOrder_Terrain = -127,
 	kDrawOrder_Fences,
 	kDrawOrder_Shadows,
 	kDrawOrder_Default = 0,

src/Headers/terrain.h

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ enum
 
 #define	TERRAIN_SUPERTILE_UNIT_SIZE	(SUPERTILE_SIZE*TERRAIN_POLYGON_SIZE)		// world unit size of a supertile
 
-#define	MAX_SUPERTILE_ACTIVE_RANGE	5					// max value of gSuperTileActiveRange
+#define	MAX_SUPERTILE_ACTIVE_RANGE	20					// max value of gSuperTileActiveRange
 // The largest map in the game (Night.ter) is 50x40 supertiles == 2000 supertiles.
 // Therefore, the maximum useful value for MAX_SUPERTILE_ACTIVE_RANGE is 23 (because (23*2)**2 == 2116 supertiles)
 

src/Items/Items.c

@@ -94,10 +94,10 @@ void CreateCyclorama(void)
 
 	// Notes on cyclorama status bits:
 	// - HIDDEN because we'll draw it manually in DrawTerrain.
-	// - Don't set NOZWRITE, contrary to the original source code. The cyc does appear to clip
-	// through the terrain and fences on the OS 9 version, effectively reducing draw distance
-	// somewhat. See: faraway fences seen from the starting position in level 4.
-	gNewObjectDefinition.flags 	= STATUS_BIT_DONTCULL | STATUS_BIT_NULLSHADER | STATUS_BIT_NOFOG | STATUS_BIT_HIDDEN;
+	// - NOZWRITE was set in the original source code.
+	// The cyc should not clip through the terrain or fences.
+	// See: faraway fences seen from the starting position in level 4.
+	gNewObjectDefinition.flags 	= STATUS_BIT_DONTCULL | STATUS_BIT_NULLSHADER | STATUS_BIT_NOFOG | STATUS_BIT_NOZWRITE | STATUS_BIT_HIDDEN;
 
 	gCyclorama = MakeNewDisplayGroupObject(&gNewObjectDefinition);
 	gCyclorama->RenderModifiers.drawOrder = kDrawOrder_Cyclorama;

src/Items/Liquids.c

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ static void ApplyJitterToLiquidVertex(TQ3Point3D* p, int type);
 /*    CONSTANTS             */
 /****************************/
 
-#define MAX_LIQUID_MESHES		32
+#define MAX_LIQUID_MESHES		255
 #define MAX_LIQUID_SIZE			20
 #define MAX_LIQUID_TRIANGLES	(MAX_LIQUID_SIZE*MAX_LIQUID_SIZE*2)
 #define MAX_LIQUID_VERTS		((MAX_LIQUID_SIZE+1)*(MAX_LIQUID_SIZE+1))

src/System/Main.c

@@ -113,12 +113,12 @@ static const bool	gLevelHasCeiling[NUM_LEVEL_TYPES] =
 
 static const Byte	gLevelSuperTileActiveRange[NUM_LEVEL_TYPES] =
 {
-	5,						// garden
-	4,						// boat
-	5,						// dragonfly
-	4,						// hive
-	4,						// night
-	4						// anthill
+	20,						// garden
+	16,						// boat
+	20,						// dragonfly
+	8,						// hive
+	16,						// night
+	8						// anthill
 };
 
 static const float	gLevelFogStart[NUM_LEVEL_TYPES] =
@@ -144,11 +144,11 @@ static const float	gLevelFogEnd[NUM_LEVEL_TYPES] =
 
 static const float	gLevelAutoFadeStart[NUM_LEVEL_TYPES] =
 {
-	YON_DISTANCE+400,		// garden
+	YON_DISTANCE+5500,		// garden
 	0,						// boat
 	0,						// dragonfly
 	0,						// hive
-	YON_DISTANCE-250,		// night
+	YON_DISTANCE+4000,		// night
 	0,						// anthill
 };
 
@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ static const TQ3ColorRGBA	gLevelFogColor[NUM_LEVEL_TYPES] =
 // Source port addition: on rare occasions you get to see the void "above" the cyclorama.
 // To camouflage this, we make the clear color roughly match the color at the top of the cyc.
 // This is not necessarily the same color as the fog!
-// NOTE: If there's no cyc in a level, this value is ignored and the fog color is used instead.
-static const TQ3ColorRGBA	gLevelClearColorWithCyc[NUM_LEVEL_TYPES] =
+// NOTE: If there's no cyc in a level, this value is still used.
+static const TQ3ColorRGBA	gLevelClearColor[NUM_LEVEL_TYPES] =
 {
 	{ 0.352f, 0.380f, 1.000f, 1.000f },				// garden		(DIFFERENT FROM FOG)
 	{ 0.900f, 0.900f, 0.850f, 1.000f },				// boat			(same)
@@ -466,15 +466,21 @@ QD3DSetupInputType	viewDef;
 	gBestCheckPoint			= -1;								// no checkpoint yet
 
 
-	if (gSuperTileActiveRange == 5)								// set yon clipping value
-	{
-		gCurrentYon = YON_DISTANCE + 1700;
-		gCycScale = 81;
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		gCurrentYon = YON_DISTANCE;
-		gCycScale = 50;
+	switch (gLevelType)											// set yon clipping value
+		case LEVEL_TYPE_LAWN:									// high visibility outdoor levels
+		case LEVEL_TYPE_FOREST:
+			gCurrentYon = YON_DISTANCE + 10000;
+			gCycScale = 300;									// gCycScale = (0.02f * gCurrentYon)
+			break;
+		case LEVEL_TYPE_POND:									// low visibility outdoor levels
+		case LEVEL_TYPE_NIGHT:
+			gCurrentYon = YON_DISTANCE + 5000;
+			gCycScale = 200;
+			break;
+		default:												// indoor levels
+			gCurrentYon = YON_DISTANCE;
+			gCycScale = 100;
+			break;
 	}
 
 
@@ -552,11 +558,8 @@ QD3DSetupInputType	viewDef;
 	viewDef.lights.fogMode		= kQ3FogModePlaneBasedLinear;  // Source port note: plane-based linear fog accurately reproduces fog rendering on real Macs
 
 	// Source port addition: camouflage seam in sky with custom clear color that roughly matches top of cyc
-	if (gUseCyclorama)
-	{
-		viewDef.lights.useCustomFogColor = true;	// need this so fog color will be different from clear color
-		viewDef.view.clearColor = gLevelClearColorWithCyc[gLevelType];
-	}
+	viewDef.lights.useCustomFogColor = true;	// need this so fog color will be different from clear color
+	viewDef.view.clearColor = gLevelClearColor[gLevelType];
 
 //	if (gUseCyclorama && (gLevelType != LEVEL_TYPE_FOREST) && (gLevelType != LEVEL_TYPE_NIGHT))
 //		viewDef.view.dontClear		= true;