Kernels can now be built without patch evaluation when not needed by the
scene (Catmull-Clark subdivision not in use), giving a performance boost
for some devices.
Enable based on --debug-gpu at the command line. Linux already works
this way.
This commit in master (2.78 timeframe) is the smallest change that gets
the desired result. I did a similar commit in blender2.8. Most ongoing
GL debug work will go into 2.8, not 2.7x.
In support of T49089
By calling `tessellate()` from the mesh manager in Cycles we can do pre/post
processing or even threaded tessellation without concerning client side code
with the details.
This way OpenCL devices can also benefit from a smaller memory footprint, when using e.g. bumpmaps (greyscale, 1 channel).
Additional target for my GSoC 2016.
Now we have the 4 component ones first (float4, byte4, half4) followed by the 1 component ones (float, byte, half).
Makes code a bit more consistent and also reduces code a bit when enabling half support on GPU in next commit.
This also exposed a typo in half CPU images for 3D textures, which wasn't used yet, but good to have that one fixed anyway.
Using unit tests is a wrong way to control static behavior of the
application. They should only be used for checking dynamic behavior,
all the rest is easily controllable at compile time.
Doing tests at ocmpile time are actually more robust approach since
we don't have strict policy of runnign unit tests before accepting
any change.
Proper alignment control is coming shortly.
This reverts commit 7c3a06c34918567e6b0ab67bded60725ff63073b.
Since the optimal values depend on the device used, this option doesn't make much sense in the XML.
Therefore, it's now specified via the command line, just like the device itself.
Another issue with the modified particle motion blur fix: since
pre and post are used as validity markers, they must be set even
if there is no actual motion, like the original bool flags were.
Otherwise an object starting to move or stopping is interpreted
as having invalid blur data and hidden.
Displacement is now a per material setting, which means old files will have to
be updated if they had used displacement. Cool side effect of this change is
material previews now show displacement.
Reviewed By: brecht
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D2140
Enables Catmull-Clark subdivision meshes with support for creases and attribute
subdivision. Still waiting on OpenSubdiv to fully support face varying
interpolation for subdividing uv coordinates tho. Also there may be some
inconsistencies with Blender's subdivision which will be resolved at a
later time.
Code for reading patch tables and creating patch maps is borrowed
from OpenSubdiv.
Reviewed By: brecht
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D2111
Adds a descriptor for attributes that can easily be passed around and extended
to contain more data. Will be used for attributes on subdivision meshes.
Reviewed By: brecht
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D2110
Currently cycles cannot correctly render motion blur for objects that appear or
disappear during the shutter window. Until that can be fixed properly, it may be
better to hide such particles rather than let them render as if they were
stationary for half of the frame.
Reviewed By: brecht
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D2125
It is possible that compilation will fail without giving anything in the
log buffer. For this cases giving a tip about error code will be really
handy.
Patch by @Ilia, thanks!
This changes actually lead to 2x slowdown. It's getting a bit annoying
because those are the changes to make pre-maxwell cards render with the
same speed.
The problem happens because smoke collides only with the surface of the
collider and uses incompressible fluid solver. This means that scaling
the collider tries to compress or decompress fluid within the volume of
the collider, which can't be handled by the simulation. Fast rotation
likely also causes transient scaling due to emulation of arcs by chords.
This can be fixed by finding compartments completely isolated by obstacles
from the rest of the domain, and forcing total divergence within each one
to be zero so that equations are solvable. Physical validity is somewhat
dubious, but without this the solver simply breaks down.
From the physics point of view, the effect of the correction should be
similar to opening a hole from every cell to another dimension that lets
an equal amount of air to pass through to balance the change in volume.
Reviewers: miikah, lukastoenne
Reviewed By: lukastoenne
Subscribers: dafassi, scorpion81, #physics
Maniphest Tasks: T43220, T47551
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D2112
As a result of other folding simplifications it may happen that
two type conversion nodes end up directly connected. In some
cases it may be possible to then remove both. A realistic case
might be an optimized out Mix RGB node used to blend vectors.
It seems it's safe to optimize when B is a float3 type
(color, vector), and A is float3 or float.
Reviewers: #cycles, sergey
Reviewed By: #cycles, sergey
Subscribers: sergey
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D2134
