Added handling for rendering objects using an animated shader but without an animator component or an attached rig

SHADE_Engine/src/Assets/Asset Types/Models/SHMeshAsset.h

@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ namespace SHADE
 		std::vector<uint32_t> Indices;
 		std::vector<SHVec4U>  VertexBoneIndices;
 		std::vector<SHVec4>   VertexBoneWeights;
-
+        uint32_t BoneCount;
-    uint32_t boneCount;
 	};
 }

SHADE_Engine/src/Assets/Libraries/Loaders/SHModelLoader.cpp

@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ namespace SHADE
       data.VertexNormals.resize(header.vertexCount);
       data.VertexTexCoords.resize(header.vertexCount);
       data.Indices.resize(header.indexCount);
-      data.boneCount = header.boneCount;
+      data.BoneCount = header.boneCount;
 
       file.read(data.name.data(), header.charCount);
       file.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(data.VertexPositions.data()), vertexVec3Byte);

SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/Batching/SHBatch.cpp

@@ -418,16 +418,31 @@ namespace SHADE
     for (auto& subBatch : subBatches)
     for (auto rendId : subBatch.Renderables)
     {
+      // Get resources
       auto animator = SHComponentManager::GetComponent_s<SHAnimatorComponent>(rendId);
+      auto renderable = SHComponentManager::GetComponent<SHRenderable>(rendId);
+      auto mesh = renderable->GetMesh();
+
+      // Add matrices
+      const int BONE_COUNT = static_cast<int>(mesh->BoneCount);
+      int extraMatricesToAdd = BONE_COUNT;
       if (animator)
       {
+        // Add matrices
         const auto& MATRICES = animator->GetBoneMatrices();
-        boneMatrixData.insert(boneMatrixData.end(), MATRICES.cbegin(), MATRICES.cend());
+        if (MATRICES.size() <= BONE_COUNT)
-      }
-      else
         {
-        // TODO: Populate with empty matrices
+          boneMatrixData.insert(boneMatrixData.end(), MATRICES.cbegin(), MATRICES.cend());
+          extraMatricesToAdd = std::max({0, BONE_COUNT - static_cast<int>(MATRICES.size())});
         }
+      }
+
+      // If we need to patch up with more matrices, add it
+      if (extraMatricesToAdd > 0)
+      {
+        boneMatrixData.insert(boneMatrixData.end(), extraMatricesToAdd, SHMatrix::Identity);
+      }
+
       // We don't have to account for missing animators or reset indices as the renderable list are not updated at this point
     }
 

SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/Interface/SHGraphicsSystem.cpp

@@ -797,9 +797,9 @@ namespace SHADE
   /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
   /* Mesh Registration Functions                                                     */
   /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-  SHADE::Handle<SHADE::SHMesh> SHGraphicsSystem::AddMesh(uint32_t vertexCount, const SHMesh::VertexPosition* const positions, const SHMesh::VertexTexCoord* const texCoords, const SHMesh::VertexTangent* const tangents, const SHMesh::VertexNormal* const normals, uint32_t indexCount, const SHMesh::Index* const indices, const SHMesh::VertexBoneIndices* const boneIndices, const SHMesh::VertexWeights* const boneWeights)
+  SHADE::Handle<SHADE::SHMesh> SHGraphicsSystem::AddMesh(uint32_t vertexCount, const SHMesh::VertexPosition* const positions, const SHMesh::VertexTexCoord* const texCoords, const SHMesh::VertexTangent* const tangents, const SHMesh::VertexNormal* const normals, uint32_t indexCount, const SHMesh::Index* const indices, const SHMesh::VertexBoneIndices* const boneIndices, const SHMesh::VertexWeights* const boneWeights, uint32_t boneCount)
   {
-    return meshLibrary.AddMesh(vertexCount, positions, texCoords, tangents, normals, boneIndices, boneWeights, indexCount, indices);
+    return meshLibrary.AddMesh(vertexCount, positions, texCoords, tangents, normals, boneIndices, boneWeights, indexCount, indices, boneCount);
   }
 
   void SHGraphicsSystem::RemoveMesh(Handle<SHMesh> mesh)

SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/Interface/SHGraphicsSystem.h

@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ namespace SHADE
         
     */ 
     /*******************************************************************************/
-    Handle<SHMesh> AddMesh(uint32_t vertexCount, const SHMesh::VertexPosition* const positions, const SHMesh::VertexTexCoord* const texCoords, const SHMesh::VertexTangent* const tangents, const SHMesh::VertexNormal* const normals, uint32_t indexCount, const SHMesh::Index* const indices, const SHMesh::VertexBoneIndices* const boneIndices = nullptr, const SHMesh::VertexWeights* const boneWeights = nullptr);
+    Handle<SHMesh> AddMesh(uint32_t vertexCount, const SHMesh::VertexPosition* const positions, const SHMesh::VertexTexCoord* const texCoords, const SHMesh::VertexTangent* const tangents, const SHMesh::VertexNormal* const normals, uint32_t indexCount, const SHMesh::Index* const indices, const SHMesh::VertexBoneIndices* const boneIndices = nullptr, const SHMesh::VertexWeights* const boneWeights = nullptr, uint32_t boneCount = 0);
     /*******************************************************************************/
     /*!
 

SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/Interface/SHMeshLibrary.cpp

@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ namespace SHADE
     const SHMesh::VertexNormal* const normals,
     const SHMesh::VertexBoneIndices* const boneIndices,
     const SHMesh::VertexWeights* const boneWeights,
-    uint32_t indexCount, const SHMesh::Index* const indices)
+    uint32_t indexCount, const SHMesh::Index* const indices,
+    uint32_t boneCount)
   {
     isDirty = true;
 
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ namespace SHADE
       boneWeights,
       indexCount,
       indices,
+      boneCount,
       handle
     });
     return handle;
@@ -140,6 +142,7 @@ namespace SHADE
             .VertexCount = static_cast<uint32_t>(addJob.VertexCount),
             .FirstIndex = static_cast<uint32_t>(indexStorage.size()),
             .IndexCount = static_cast<uint32_t>(addJob.IndexCount),
+            .BoneCount = addJob.BoneCount
         };
 
         // Copy into storage

SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/Interface/SHMeshLibrary.h

@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ namespace SHADE
     uint32_t VertexCount;
     uint32_t FirstIndex;
     uint32_t IndexCount;
+    uint32_t BoneCount;
   };
   /***********************************************************************************/
   /*!
@@ -115,7 +116,8 @@ namespace SHADE
                                                  const SHMesh::VertexNormal* const normals,
                                                  const SHMesh::VertexBoneIndices* const boneIndices,
                                                  const SHMesh::VertexWeights* const boneWeights,
-                           uint32_t indexCount,  const SHMesh::Index* const indices);
+                           uint32_t indexCount,  const SHMesh::Index* const indices,
+                           uint32_t boneCount);
     /*******************************************************************************/
     /*!
 
@@ -173,6 +175,7 @@ namespace SHADE
       const SHMesh::VertexWeights*     VertexBoneWeights = nullptr;
       uint32_t                         IndexCount        = 0;
       const SHMesh::Index*             Indices           = nullptr;
+      uint32_t                         BoneCount         = 0;
       Handle<SHMesh>                   Handle;
     };
     /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/Meshes/SHPrimitiveGenerator.cpp

@@ -407,7 +407,8 @@ namespace SHADE
       nullptr,
       nullptr,
       static_cast<uint32_t>(meshData.Indices.size()),
-      meshData.Indices.data()
+      meshData.Indices.data(),
+      0
     );
   }
 

SHADE_Engine/src/Resource/SHResourceManager.hpp

@@ -218,7 +218,8 @@ namespace SHADE
         assetData.Indices.size(),
         assetData.Indices.data(),
         assetData.VertexBoneIndices.empty() ? nullptr : assetData.VertexBoneIndices.data(),
-        assetData.VertexBoneWeights.empty() ? nullptr : assetData.VertexBoneWeights.data()
+        assetData.VertexBoneWeights.empty() ? nullptr : assetData.VertexBoneWeights.data(),
+        assetData.BoneCount
       );
     }
     // Textures