Assets/Scripts/Gameplay/SC_GameManager.cs

@@ -67,8 +67,13 @@ public class GameManager : Script
     stealFoodPopUpDone = false;
     PreviewLevelDone = false;
 
-    AudioHandler.audioClipHandlers["BGMWin"] = Audio.CreateAudioClip("event:/Music/stingers/game_win");
+    var winAudio = Audio.CreateAudioClip("event:/Music/stingers/game_win");
-    AudioHandler.audioClipHandlers["BGMLose"] = Audio.CreateAudioClip("event:/Music/stingers/game_lose");
+    winAudio.DestroyOnSceneExit = false;
+    AudioHandler.audioClipHandlers["BGMWin"] = winAudio;
+
+    var loseAudio = Audio.CreateAudioClip("event:/Music/stingers/game_lose");
+    loseAudio.DestroyOnSceneExit = false;
+    AudioHandler.audioClipHandlers["BGMLose"] = loseAudio;
 
     goingToWin = false;
     goingToLose = false;

Assets/Shaders/ParticleEmit_CS.glsl

@@ -1,24 +1,32 @@
 #version 450
 
+#define PI 3.14159265f
+
 layout(local_size_x = 128) in;
 
 struct EmitterParameters
 {
-  vec4 angularMin;
+  vec4 angularRangesAndOffsets;
-  vec4 angularMax;
+  float minSpeed;
+  float maxSpeed;
+  float rotationSpeed;
+  float rotationDecay;
   vec4 lifeAndSizeRange; // min life, max life, min size, max size
-}
+  float sizeDecay;
+  uint textureIndex;
+  float padding[2];
+};
 
 struct ParticleData
 {
   vec4 position;
-  vec4 rotation;
+  vec4 orientationSpeedDecay;
   vec4 velocity;
   vec4 acceleration;
   vec4 scaleAndDecay;
   float life;
   uint textureIndex;
-}
+};
 
 struct GenericData
 {
@@ -96,22 +104,86 @@ float rand(inout uint state)
   return float(x)*uintBitsToFloat(0x2f800004u);
 }
 
+float map(float value, float inMin, float inMax, float outMin, float outMax) 
+{
+  return outMin + (outMax - outMin) * (value - inMin) / (inMax - inMin);
+}
+
 void main()
 { 
   uint emitterInvocationIndex = gl_GlobalInvocationID.x;
+  vec4 emitterPosition = emitterPushConstant.emitterPosition;
+  vec4 angularRangesAndOffsets = emitterParams.data.angularRangesAndOffsets;
+  float minSpeed = emitterParams.data.minSpeed;
+  float maxSpeed = emitterParams.data.maxSpeed;
 
   if (emitterInvocationIndex >= emitterPushConstant.emissionCount)
     return;
 
+// Freecount will start at max particles. Here we subtract every time we emit.
   int freelistIndex = atomicAdd (freelist.freeCount, -1) - 1;
   if (freelistIndex < 0)
     atomicAdd (freelist.freeCount, 1);
 
   ParticleData particle;
 
-  int index = freelist.freeIndices[freelistIndex];
+  // Get seed for randomization
-  particle.position = emitterPosition;
+  uint pixel_index = uint (emitterPosition.x + emitterPosition.y + floatBitsToUint(genericDataBuffer.data.elapsedTime) * (gl_GlobalInvocationID.x + 1));
-  particle.life = emitterParams.10.0f;
+  uint seed = pcg_hash (pixel_index);
 
-  particles[index] = particle;
+  int index = freelist.freeIndices[freelistIndex];
+
+  // emit particle from emitter position
+  particle.position = vec4 (emitterPosition.xyz, 1.0f);
+
+  vec2 eulerAngles = vec2 (rand(seed) * angularRangesAndOffsets.x + angularRangesAndOffsets.z, 
+                           rand(seed) * angularRangesAndOffsets.y + angularRangesAndOffsets.w);
+
+  // Set its velocity
+  // particle.velocity.xyz = vec3 (cos(eulerAngles.x) * cos(eulerAngles.y), 
+  //                               sin(eulerAngles.x) * cos(eulerAngles.y),
+  //                               sin(eulerAngles.y));
+
+  float bank = eulerAngles.y;
+  float cb = cos(bank);
+  float sb = sin(bank);
+  float ch = cos (eulerAngles.x);
+  float sh = sin (eulerAngles.x);
+  float cp = cos (0.0f);
+  float sp = sin (0.0f);
+
+  particle.velocity.xyz = mat3 (
+                                (ch * cb + sh * sp * sb),  (sb * cp), (-sh * cb + ch * sp * sb), 
+                                (-ch * sb + sh * sp * cb), (cb * cp), ( sb * sh + ch * sp * cb),
+                                (sh * cp),                 (-sp),     (ch * cp)
+                               ) * vec3 (1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
+
+
+  particle.velocity *= map (rand (seed), 0.0f, 1.0f, minSpeed.x, maxSpeed.x);
+
+  // randomize life value that ranges from minLife to maxLife
+  particle.life = map (rand(seed), 0.0f, 1.0f, emitterParams.data.lifeAndSizeRange.x, emitterParams.data.lifeAndSizeRange.y);
+
+  float particleSize = map (rand(seed), 0.0f, 1.0f, emitterParams.data.lifeAndSizeRange.z, emitterParams.data.lifeAndSizeRange.w);
+
+  // Set size of particle
+  particle.scaleAndDecay.x = particleSize;
+  particle.scaleAndDecay.y = particleSize;
+  particle.scaleAndDecay.z = emitterParams.data.sizeDecay;
+  particle.scaleAndDecay.w = emitterParams.data.sizeDecay;
+
+  // Set the texture for the particle
+  particle.textureIndex = emitterParams.data.textureIndex;
+
+  // Set orientation and rotation speed
+  if (emitterParams.data.rotationSpeed != 0.0f)
+    particle.orientationSpeedDecay = vec4 (rand(seed) * PI, emitterParams.data.rotationSpeed, emitterParams.data.rotationDecay, 0.0f);
+  else
+    particle.orientationSpeedDecay = vec4 (0.0f);
+  
+
+  particle.acceleration = vec4 (0.0f, -0.058f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
+  
+
+  inputParticles.data[index] = particle;
 }

Assets/Shaders/ParticleEmit_CS.shshaderb.shmeta

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Name: ParticleEmit_CS
+ID: 49959611
+Type: 2

Assets/Shaders/ParticleUpdateRandomAcc_CS.glsl

@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+#version 450
+
+layout(local_size_x = 128) in;
+
+struct DrawArraysIndirectArgs
+{
+  uint count;
+  uint instanceCount;
+  uint first;
+  uint baseInstance;
+};
+
+struct ParticleData
+{
+  vec4 position;
+  vec4 orientationSpeedDecay;
+  vec4 velocity;
+  vec4 acceleration;
+  vec4 scaleAndDecay;
+  float life;
+  uint textureIndex;
+};
+
+struct GenericData
+{
+  //! Delta time
+  float dt;
+
+  //! Elapsed time of the application
+  float elapsedTime;
+
+  //! Viewport width of the scene (excluding imgui, that means smaller than window)
+  uint viewportWidth;
+
+  //! Ditto but for height
+  uint viewportHeight;
+};
+
+layout(set = 1, binding = 0) uniform CameraData
+{
+  vec4 position; 
+  mat4 vpMat;
+  mat4 viewMat;
+  mat4 projMat;
+} cameraData;
+
+
+layout (set = 0, binding = 0) uniform GenericDataBuffer
+{
+  GenericData data;
+} genericDataBuffer;
+
+layout (std430, set = 2, binding = 1) coherent restrict readonly buffer ParticlesInputBuffer
+{
+  ParticleData data[];
+} inputParticles;
+
+// output buffer not needed
+layout (std430, set = 2, binding = 2) coherent restrict buffer ParticlesOutputBuffer
+{
+  ParticleData data[];
+} outputParticles;
+
+layout (std430, set = 2, binding = 3) coherent restrict buffer ParticlesFreelistBuffer
+{
+  int freeCount;
+  int freeIndices[];
+
+} freelist;
+
+layout (std430, set = 2, binding = 4) coherent restrict buffer IndicesData
+{
+  uint indices[];
+};
+
+layout (std140, set = 2, binding = 5) coherent restrict buffer IndirectDrawArgs
+{
+  DrawArraysIndirectArgs indirectArgs;
+}; 
+
+// push constants
+layout(std140, push_constant) uniform EmitterPushConstant
+{
+  vec4 emitterPosition;
+  uint emissionCount;
+
+} emitterPushConstant;
+
+uint pcg_hash(uint seed)
+{
+  uint state = seed * 747796405u + 2891336453u;
+  uint word = ((state >> ((state >> 28u) + 4u)) ^ state) * 277803737u;
+  return (word >> 22u) ^ word;
+}
+
+// Used to advance the PCG state.
+uint rand_pcg(inout uint rng_state)
+{
+  uint state = rng_state;
+  rng_state = rng_state * 747796405u + 2891336453u;
+  uint word = ((state >> ((state >> 28u) + 4u)) ^ state) * 277803737u;
+  return (word >> 22u) ^ word;
+}
+
+// Advances the prng state and returns the corresponding random float.
+float rand(inout uint state)
+{
+  uint x = rand_pcg(state);
+  state = x;
+  return float(x)*uintBitsToFloat(0x2f800004u);
+}
+
+void main()
+{ 
+  uint index = gl_GlobalInvocationID.x;
+
+  ParticleData particle = inputParticles.data[index];
+
+    // Get seed for randomization
+  uint pixel_index = uint (particle.position.x + particle.position.y + floatBitsToUint(genericDataBuffer.data.elapsedTime) * (gl_GlobalInvocationID.x + 1));
+  uint seed = pcg_hash (pixel_index);
+
+  if (particle.life > 0.0f)
+  {
+    // update position from velocity
+    particle.position += particle.velocity * genericDataBuffer.data.dt;
+    particle.velocity += vec4 (rand(seed) * particle.acceleration.x, rand(seed) * particle.acceleration.y, rand(seed) * particle.acceleration.z, 1.0f);
+    particle.life -= genericDataBuffer.data.dt;
+    
+    if (particle.life < 0.0f || particle.scaleAndDecay.x < 0.0f || particle.scaleAndDecay.y < 0.0f)
+    {
+      particle.life = 0.0f;
+      particle.position.x = 9999.0f;
+      
+      outputParticles.data[index] = particle;
+      freelist.freeIndices[atomicAdd(freelist.freeCount, 1)] = int (index);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    uint drawIndex = atomicAdd (indirectArgs.instanceCount, 1);
+    indices[drawIndex] = index;
+
+  }
+
+  outputParticles.data[index] = particle;
+}

Assets/Shaders/ParticleUpdateRandomAcc_CS.shshaderb.shmeta

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Name: ParticleUpdateRandomAcc_CS
+ID: 35838633
+Type: 2

Assets/Shaders/ParticleUpdate_CS.glsl

@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ struct DrawArraysIndirectArgs
 struct ParticleData
 {
   vec4 position;
-  vec4 rotation;
+  vec4 orientationSpeedDecay;
   vec4 velocity;
   vec4 acceleration;
   vec4 scaleAndDecay;
   float life;
   uint textureIndex;
-}
+};
 
 struct GenericData
 {
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ layout (std430, set = 2, binding = 4) coherent restrict buffer IndicesData
   uint indices[];
 };
 
-layout (std140, set = 2, binding = 5) coherent restrict uniform IndirectDrawArgs
+layout (std140, set = 2, binding = 5) coherent restrict buffer IndirectDrawArgs
 {
   DrawArraysIndirectArgs indirectArgs;
-};
+}; 
 
 // push constants
 layout(std140, push_constant) uniform EmitterPushConstant
@@ -116,26 +116,37 @@ void main()
 
   ParticleData particle = inputParticles.data[index];
 
-  if (particle.lifetime > 0.0f)
+  if (particle.life > 0.0f)
   {
-    // particle.position += particle.velocity * dt;
+    // update position from velocity
+    particle.position += particle.velocity * genericDataBuffer.data.dt;
+    particle.velocity += particle.acceleration;
+    particle.life -= genericDataBuffer.data.dt;
+    particle.orientationSpeedDecay.x += particle.orientationSpeedDecay.y;
+    particle.scaleAndDecay.x *= particle.scaleAndDecay.z;
+    particle.scaleAndDecay.y *= particle.scaleAndDecay.w;
 
-    // particle.lifetime -= dt;
+    if (particle.orientationSpeedDecay.y > 0.0f)
-    // particle.size -= 1.2f * dt;
-    // particle.color += 1.0f * dt;
-    
-    if (particle.lifetime < 0.0f || particle.size < 0.0f)
     {
-      particle.lifetime = 0.0f;
+      particle.orientationSpeedDecay.y -= particle.orientationSpeedDecay.z * genericDataBuffer.data.dt;
-      particle.position.x = 99999.0f;
+      if (particle.orientationSpeedDecay.y < 0.0f)
+        particle.orientationSpeedDecay.y = 0.0f;
+    }  
+    
+    if (particle.life < 0.0f || particle.scaleAndDecay.x < 0.0f || particle.scaleAndDecay.y < 0.0f)
+    {
+      particle.life = 0.0f;
+      particle.position.x = 9999.0f;
       
       outputParticles.data[index] = particle;
       freelist.freeIndices[atomicAdd(freelist.freeCount, 1)] = int (index);
       return;
     }
 
-    outputParticles.data[index] = particle;
     uint drawIndex = atomicAdd (indirectArgs.instanceCount, 1);
     indices[drawIndex] = index;
+
   }
+
+  outputParticles.data[index] = particle;
 }

Assets/Shaders/ParticleUpdate_CS.shshaderb.shmeta

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Name: ParticleUpdate_CS
+ID: 36260925
+Type: 2

Assets/Shaders/Particle_FS.glsl

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#version 460 core
+#extension GL_EXT_nonuniform_qualifier : require
+
+layout (location = 0) out vec4 fragColor;
+
+layout (set = 0, binding = 1) uniform sampler2D textures[]; // for textures (global)
+
+// between shader stages
+layout(location = 0) in struct
+{
+  vec2 uv; // location = 0
+} In;
+
+// material stuff
+layout(location = 1) flat in struct
+{
+  uint textureIndex;
+} InFlat;
+
+
+void main ()
+{
+	fragColor = vec4 (texture(textures [nonuniformEXT(InFlat.textureIndex)], In.uv));
+  if (fragColor.a < 0.01f)
+    discard;
+}

Assets/Shaders/Particle_FS.shshaderb.shmeta

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Name: Particle_FS
+ID: 42509714
+Type: 2

Assets/Shaders/Particle_VS.glsl

@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+#version 460 core
+
+struct GenericData
+{
+  //! Delta time
+  float dt;
+
+  //! Elapsed time of the application
+  float elapsedTime;
+
+  //! Viewport width of the scene (excluding imgui, that means smaller than window)
+  uint viewportWidth;
+
+  //! Ditto but for height
+  uint viewportHeight;
+};
+
+
+struct ParticleData
+{
+  vec4 position;
+  vec4 orientationSpeedDecay;
+  vec4 velocity;
+  vec4 acceleration;
+  vec4 scaleAndDecay;
+  float life;
+  uint textureIndex;
+};
+
+layout (set = 0, binding = 0) uniform GenericDataBuffer
+{
+  GenericData data;
+} genericDataBuffer;
+
+
+layout(set = 1, binding = 0) uniform CameraData
+{
+  vec4 position; 
+  mat4 vpMat;
+  mat4 viewMat;
+  mat4 projMat;
+} cameraData;
+
+// output buffer not needed
+layout (std430, set = 2, binding = 2) coherent restrict buffer ParticlesOutputBuffer
+{
+  ParticleData data[];
+} outputParticles;
+
+layout (std430, set = 2, binding = 4) coherent restrict buffer IndicesData
+{
+  uint indices[];
+};
+
+// between shader stages
+layout(location = 0) out struct
+{
+  vec2 uv; // location = 0
+} Out;
+
+// material stuff
+layout(location = 1) out struct
+{
+  uint textureIndex; // location = 1
+} OutFlat;
+
+vec2 CreateQuad (in uint vertexID)
+{
+  uint b = 1 << vertexID;
+  return vec2 ((0x3 & b) != 0, (0x9 & b) != 0);
+}
+
+void main()
+{
+  // Create a quad and its texture coordinates
+  Out.uv = CreateQuad (gl_VertexIndex);
+  vec3 vertexPos = vec3 (Out.uv - vec2(0.5f), 0.0f);
+
+  ParticleData particle = outputParticles.data[indices[gl_InstanceIndex]];
+
+  vec3 normalized = normalize (particle.velocity.xyz);
+	float angle = particle.orientationSpeedDecay.x;
+	// float angle = atan (normalized.y, normalized.x);
+  vec2 particleScaleData = particle.scaleAndDecay.xy; // x and y
+
+  mat3 rotate = mat3 (1.0f);
+	rotate[0][0] = cos(angle);
+  rotate[0][1] = sin(angle);
+  rotate[1][0] = -sin(angle);
+  rotate[1][1] = cos(angle);
+
+  vec3 particlePos = rotate * vertexPos;
+
+  vec3 viewRight = normalize (vec3 (cameraData.viewMat[0][0], cameraData.viewMat[1][0], cameraData.viewMat[2][0]));
+  vec3 viewUp = normalize(vec3 (cameraData.viewMat[0][1], cameraData.viewMat[1][1], cameraData.viewMat[2][1]));
+
+  particlePos = particle.position.xyz + (viewRight * particlePos.x * particleScaleData.x) + (viewUp * particlePos.y * particleScaleData.y);
+  OutFlat.textureIndex = particle.textureIndex;
+
+  gl_Position = cameraData.vpMat * vec4(particlePos, 1.0f);
+}

Assets/Shaders/Particle_VS.shshaderb.shmeta

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Name: Particle_VS
+ID: 35035037
+Type: 2

Assets/Shaders/SSAO_CS.glsl

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const int ROTATION_KERNEL_W = 4;
 const int ROTATION_KERNEL_H = 4;
 
 // can perhaps pass in as push constant.
-const float RADIUS = 0.2f;
+const float RADIUS = 0.35f;
 const float BIAS = 0.0025f;
 
 layout(local_size_x = 16, local_size_y = 16) in;

SHADE_Engine/src/AudioSystem/SHAudioSystem.cpp

@@ -822,6 +822,16 @@ namespace SHADE
     instance->setVolume(volume);
   }
 
+  bool AudioClip::GetDestroyOnSceneExit()
+  {
+    return destroyOnSceneExit;
+  }
+
+  void AudioClip::SetDestroyOnSceneExit(bool value)
+  {
+    destroyOnSceneExit = value;
+  }
+
   SHEventHandle SHAudioSystem::onStop(SHEventPtr onStopEvent)
   {
     StopAllSounds();
@@ -841,8 +851,11 @@ namespace SHADE
     auto [begin, end] = audioClipLibrary.GetDenseAccess();
     for (auto& it = begin; it != end; ++it)
     {
-      it->instance->stop(FMOD_STUDIO_STOP_ALLOWFADEOUT);
+      if(it->destroyOnSceneExit)
-      it->instance->release();
+      {
+        it->instance->stop(FMOD_STUDIO_STOP_ALLOWFADEOUT);
+        it->instance->release();
+      }
     }
 
     return onSceneExitEvent->handle;

SHADE_Engine/src/AudioSystem/SHAudioSystem.h

@@ -37,10 +37,13 @@ namespace SHADE
     float GetParameterValue(const char* paramName);
     float GetVolume();
     void SetVolume(float volume);
+    bool GetDestroyOnSceneExit();
+    void SetDestroyOnSceneExit(bool value);
     friend class SHAudioSystem;
   private:
     FMOD::Studio::EventInstance* instance = nullptr;
     EntityID transformRef = MAX_EID;
+    bool destroyOnSceneExit = true;
   };
 
   class SH_API SHAudioSystem : public SHSystem

SHADE_Engine/src/Common/SHAllComponents.h

@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@
 #include "Graphics/MiddleEnd/TextRendering/SHTextRenderableComponent.h"
 #include "AudioSystem/SHAudioListenerComponent.h"
 #include "Graphics/MiddleEnd/TrajectoryRendering/SHTrajectoryRenderableComponent.h"
+#include "Graphics/MiddleEnd/Particles/SHParticleEmitterComponent.h"

SHADE_Engine/src/Editor/EditorWindow/Inspector/SHEditorComponentView.hpp

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "../SHEditorWindowManager.h"
 #include "../AssetBrowser/SHAssetBrowser.h"
 #include "Graphics/MiddleEnd/TrajectoryRendering/SHTrajectoryRenderableComponent.h"
+#include "Graphics/MiddleEnd/Particles/SHParticleEmitterComponent.h"
 #include "Animation/SHAnimationClip.h"
 
 namespace SHADE
@@ -804,4 +805,166 @@ namespace SHADE
     ImGui::PopID();
   }
 
+  template<>
+  static void DrawComponent(SHParticleEmitterComponent* component)
+  {
+    if (!component)
+      return;
+
+    auto gfxSystem = SHSystemManager::GetSystem<SHGraphicsSystem>();
+
+    ImGui::PushID(SHFamilyID<SHComponent>::GetID<SHParticleEmitterComponent>());
+
+    const auto componentType = rttr::type::get(*component);
+
+    SHEditorWidgets::CheckBox("##IsActive", [component]() {return component->isActive; }, [component](bool const& active) {component->isActive = active; }, "Is Component Active");
+
+    ImGui::SameLine();
+    if (ImGui::CollapsingHeader(componentType.get_name().data(), ImGuiTreeNodeFlags_DefaultOpen))
+    {
+      DrawContextMenu(component);
+      
+      SHEditorWidgets::DragInt("Emission Count", [comp = component]() {return comp->GetEmissionCount(); }, [comp = component](uint32_t count) {comp->SetEmissionCount(count);});
+      SHEditorWidgets::DragFloat("Emission Interval", [comp = component]() {return comp->GetEmissionInterval(); }, [comp = component](float interval) {comp->SetEmissionInterval(interval); });
+      SHEditorWidgets::DragFloat("Min Life", [comp = component]() {return comp->GetMinLife(); }, [comp = component](float val) {comp->SetMinLife(val); });
+      SHEditorWidgets::DragFloat("Max Life", [comp = component]() {return comp->GetMaxLife(); }, [comp = component](float val) {comp->SetMaxLife(val); });
+      SHEditorWidgets::DragFloat("Min Size", [comp = component]() {return comp->GetMinSize(); }, [comp = component](float val) {comp->SetMinSize(val); });
+      SHEditorWidgets::DragFloat("Max Size", [comp = component]() {return comp->GetMaxSize(); }, [comp = component](float val) {comp->SetMaxSize(val); });
+      SHEditorWidgets::DragFloat("Size Decay", [comp = component]() {return comp->GetSizeDecayMult(); }, [comp = component](float val) {comp->SetSizeDecayMult(val); }, {}, 0.0001f);
+
+      SHEditorWidgets::DragVec4("Angles and Offsets", {"yaw", "bank", "yaw off", "bank off"},
+        [comp = component]() 
+        {
+          return comp->GetAngularRangesAndOffsets();
+        },
+        [comp = component](SHVec4 const& val) 
+        {
+          comp->SetAngularRangesAndOffsets(val);
+        });
+
+
+      SHEditorWidgets::DragFloat("Min Speed",
+        [comp = component]()
+        {
+          return comp->GetMinSpeed();
+        },
+        [comp = component](float val)
+        {
+          comp->SetMinSpeed(val);
+        });
+
+      SHEditorWidgets::DragFloat("Max Speed",
+        [comp = component]()
+        {
+          return comp->GetMaxSpeed();
+        },
+        [comp = component](float val)
+        {
+          comp->SetMaxSpeed(val);
+        });
+
+      SHEditorWidgets::DragFloat("Rotation Speed",
+        [comp = component]()
+        {
+          return comp->GetRotationSpeed();
+        },
+        [comp = component](float val)
+        {
+          comp->SetRotationSpeed(val);
+        });
+
+      SHEditorWidgets::DragFloat("Rotation Decay",
+        [comp = component]()
+        {
+          return comp->GetRotationDecay();
+        },
+        [comp = component](float val)
+        {
+          comp->SetRotationDecay(val);
+        });
+
+      SHEditorWidgets::DragInt("Texture Index",
+        [comp = component]()
+        {
+          return comp->GetTextureAssetID();
+        },
+        [comp = component](AssetID val)
+        {
+          comp->SetTextureAssetID(val);
+        });
+      if (SHDragDrop::BeginTarget())
+      {
+        if (AssetID* payload = SHDragDrop::AcceptPayload<AssetID>(SHDragDrop::DRAG_RESOURCE))
+        {
+          Handle<SHTexture> texture = SHResourceManager::LoadOrGet<SHTexture>(*payload);
+          gfxSystem->BuildTextures();
+
+          if (texture)
+          {
+            component->SetTextureIndex(texture->TextureArrayIndex);
+            component->SetTextureAssetID(*payload);
+          }
+          else
+          {
+            SHLOG_WARNING("[] Attempted to load invalid texture! Texture for particle not set. ");
+          }
+
+          SHDragDrop::EndTarget();
+        }
+      }
+      SHEditorWidgets::InputText("Custom Update Shader",
+        [comp = component]()
+        {
+          auto customShader = comp->GetCustomUpdateShader();
+
+          if (customShader)
+            return customShader->GetName();
+          else
+            return std::string{};
+
+        },
+        [comp = component](std::string const& text)
+        {
+        }, {}, ImGuiSliderFlags_ReadOnly);
+
+      if (SHDragDrop::BeginTarget())
+      {
+        if (AssetID* payload = SHDragDrop::AcceptPayload<AssetID>(SHDragDrop::DRAG_RESOURCE))
+        {
+          Handle<SHVkShaderModule> shaderModule = SHResourceManager::LoadOrGet<SHVkShaderModule>(*payload);
+
+          if (shaderModule)
+          {
+            component->SetCustomUpdateShader(shaderModule);
+            component->SetCustomUpdateShaderAssetID(*payload);
+          }
+          else
+          {
+            SHLOG_WARNING("[] Attempted to load invalid shader! Custom update shader for particles not set. ");
+          }
+
+          SHDragDrop::EndTarget();
+        }
+      }
+      ImGui::SameLine();
+      if (ImGui::Button("Reset"))
+      {
+        component->SetCustomUpdateShader({});
+        component->SetCustomUpdateShaderAssetID(INVALID_ASSET_ID);
+
+      }
+
+
+
+
+      SHEditorWidgets::CheckBox("Is Passive", [comp = component]() {return comp->GetPassive(); }, [comp = component](bool flag) {comp->SetPassive(flag); });
+
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      DrawContextMenu(component);
+    }
+    ImGui::PopID();
+  }
+
 }

SHADE_Engine/src/Editor/EditorWindow/Inspector/SHEditorInspector.cpp

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "SHEditorComponentView.h"
 #include "AudioSystem/SHAudioListenerComponent.h"
 #include "Graphics/MiddleEnd/TextRendering/SHTextRenderableComponent.h"
+#include "Graphics/MiddleEnd/Particles/SHParticleEmitterComponent.h"
 #include "Camera/SHCameraSystem.h"
 #include "FRC/SHFramerateController.h"
 
@@ -188,6 +189,10 @@ namespace SHADE
         {
           DrawComponent(trajectoryComponent);
         }
+        if (auto particleComponent = SHComponentManager::GetComponent_s<SHParticleEmitterComponent>(eid))
+        {
+          DrawComponent(particleComponent);
+        }
         ImGui::Separator();
         // Render Scripts
         SHScriptEngine* scriptEngine = static_cast<SHScriptEngine*>(SHSystemManager::GetSystem<SHScriptEngine>());
@@ -204,6 +209,7 @@ namespace SHADE
           DrawAddComponentButton<SHToggleButtonComponent>(eid);
           DrawAddComponentButton<SHSliderComponent>(eid);
           DrawAddComponentButton<SHTrajectoryRenderableComponent>(eid);
+          DrawAddComponentButton<SHParticleEmitterComponent>(eid);
 
           // Components that require Transforms
 
@@ -213,6 +219,7 @@ namespace SHADE
           DrawAddComponentWithEnforcedComponentButton<SHTextRenderableComponent, SHTransformComponent>(eid);
           DrawAddComponentWithEnforcedComponentButton<SHAnimatorComponent, SHTransformComponent, SHRenderable>(eid);
           DrawAddComponentWithEnforcedComponentButton<SHAudioListenerComponent, SHTransformComponent>(eid);
+          //DrawAddComponentWithEnforcedComponentButton<SHParticleEmitterComponent, SHTransformComponent>(eid);
 
           ImGui::EndMenu();
         }

SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/Commands/SHVkCommandBuffer.cpp

@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ namespace SHADE
   */
   /***************************************************************************/
 
-  void SHVkCommandBuffer::DrawMultiIndirect(Handle<SHVkBuffer> indirectDrawData, uint32_t drawCount)
+  void SHVkCommandBuffer::DrawMultiIndirectIndexed(Handle<SHVkBuffer> indirectDrawData, uint32_t drawCount)
   {
     if (cmdBufferState != SH_CMD_BUFFER_STATE::RECORDING)
     {
@@ -462,6 +462,19 @@ namespace SHADE
       vkCommandBuffer.drawIndexedIndirect(indirectDrawData->GetVkBuffer(), 0, drawCount, sizeof(vk::DrawIndexedIndirectCommand));
   }
 
+  void SHVkCommandBuffer::DrawMultiIndirect(Handle<SHVkBuffer> indirectDrawData, uint32_t drawCount, uint32_t offset/* = 0*/)
+  {
+    if (cmdBufferState != SH_CMD_BUFFER_STATE::RECORDING)
+    {
+      SHLOG_ERROR("Command buffer must have started recording before a pipeline can be bound.");
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (indirectDrawData)
+      vkCommandBuffer.drawIndirect(indirectDrawData->GetVkBuffer(), offset, drawCount, sizeof(vk::DrawIndirectCommand));
+
+  }
+
   void SHVkCommandBuffer::ComputeDispatch(uint32_t groupCountX, uint32_t groupCountY, uint32_t groupCountZ) noexcept
   {
     vkCommandBuffer.dispatch (groupCountX, groupCountY, groupCountZ);

SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/Commands/SHVkCommandBuffer.h

@@ -128,9 +128,10 @@ namespace SHADE
     void BindDescriptorSet  (Handle<SHVkDescriptorSetGroup> descSetGroup, SH_PIPELINE_TYPE bindPoint, uint32_t firstSet, std::span<uint32_t> const dynamicOffsets);
     
     // Draw Commands
-    void DrawArrays         (uint32_t vertexCount, uint32_t instanceCount, uint32_t firstVertex, uint32_t firstInstance) const noexcept;
+    void DrawArrays                (uint32_t vertexCount, uint32_t instanceCount, uint32_t firstVertex, uint32_t firstInstance) const noexcept;
-    void DrawIndexed        (uint32_t indexCount, uint32_t firstIndex, uint32_t vertexOffset) const noexcept;
+    void DrawIndexed               (uint32_t indexCount, uint32_t firstIndex, uint32_t vertexOffset) const noexcept;
-    void DrawMultiIndirect  (Handle<SHVkBuffer> indirectDrawData, uint32_t drawCount);
+    void DrawMultiIndirectIndexed  (Handle<SHVkBuffer> indirectDrawData, uint32_t drawCount);
+    void DrawMultiIndirect         (Handle<SHVkBuffer> indirectDrawData, uint32_t drawCount, uint32_t offset = 0);
 
     // Compute Commands
     void ComputeDispatch    (uint32_t groupCountX, uint32_t groupCountY, uint32_t groupCountZ) noexcept;

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

@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ namespace SHADE
       }
 
     }
-    cmdBuffer->DrawMultiIndirect(drawDataBuffer[frameIndex], static_cast<uint32_t>(drawData.size()));
+    cmdBuffer->DrawMultiIndirectIndexed(drawDataBuffer[frameIndex], static_cast<uint32_t>(drawData.size()));
     cmdBuffer->EndLabeledSegment();
   }
 

SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/GlobalData/SHGraphicsPredefinedData.cpp

@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ namespace SHADE
     // particle draw call binding
     SHVkDescriptorSetLayout::Binding particleDrawDataBinding
     {
-      .Type = vk::DescriptorType::eUniformBufferDynamic, // UBO (Because lesser data), dynamic (1 set for each frame)
+      .Type = vk::DescriptorType::eStorageBufferDynamic, // SSBO, dynamic (1 set for each frame)
       .Stage = vk::ShaderStageFlagBits::eCompute,
       .BindPoint = SHGraphicsConstants::DescriptorSetBindings::PARTICLE_DRAW_DATA,
       .DescriptorCount = 1,

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

@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ namespace SHADE
     cmdBuffer->BindVertexBuffer(COLOR_BIND_PT, batch.InstanceColorBuffer[frameIndex], 0);
 
     // Execute draw
-    cmdBuffer->DrawMultiIndirect(batch.MDIBuffer[frameIndex], static_cast<uint32_t>(batch.MDIData.size()));
+    cmdBuffer->DrawMultiIndirectIndexed(batch.MDIBuffer[frameIndex], static_cast<uint32_t>(batch.MDIData.size()));
   }
 
   void SHDebugDrawSystem::destroyBatch(MeshBatch& batch)

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

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ of DigiPen Institute of Technology is prohibited.
 #include "Graphics/MiddleEnd/Lights/SHLightComponent.h"
 #include "Input/SHInputManager.h"
 #include "Assets/Events/SHAssetManagerEvents.h"
+#include "Graphics/MiddleEnd/Particles/SHParticleSubSystem.h"
 
 namespace SHADE
 {
@@ -144,6 +145,10 @@ namespace SHADE
     //SHAssetManager::CompileAsset("../../Assets/Shaders/Trajectory_FS.glsl", false);
     //SHAssetManager::CompileAsset("../../Assets/Shaders/ShadowMapBlur_CS.glsl", false);
     //SHAssetManager::CompileAsset("../../Assets/Shaders/Anim_VS.glsl", false);
+    //SHAssetManager::CompileAsset("../../Assets/Shaders/Particle_VS.glsl", false);
+    //SHAssetManager::CompileAsset("../../Assets/Shaders/Particle_FS.glsl", false);
+    //SHAssetManager::CompileAsset("../../Assets/Shaders/ParticleEmit_CS.glsl", false);
+    //SHAssetManager::CompileAsset("../../Assets/Shaders/ParticleUpdate_CS.glsl", false);
 
     // Load Built In Shaders
     static constexpr AssetID VS_DEFAULT         = 39210065;  defaultVertShader       = SHResourceManager::LoadOrGet<SHVkShaderModule>(VS_DEFAULT);
@@ -165,6 +170,10 @@ namespace SHADE
     static constexpr AssetID TRAJECTORY_VS      = 41042628;  trajectoryVS            = SHResourceManager::LoadOrGet<SHVkShaderModule>(TRAJECTORY_VS);
     static constexpr AssetID TRAJECTORY_FS      = 45635685;  trajectoryFS            = SHResourceManager::LoadOrGet<SHVkShaderModule>(TRAJECTORY_FS);
     static constexpr AssetID SHADOW_BLUR_CS     = 38004013;  shadowMapBlurCS         = SHResourceManager::LoadOrGet<SHVkShaderModule>(SHADOW_BLUR_CS);
+    static constexpr AssetID PARTICLE_VS        = 35035037;  particleVS              = SHResourceManager::LoadOrGet<SHVkShaderModule>(PARTICLE_VS);
+    static constexpr AssetID PARTICLE_FS        = 42509714;  particleFS              = SHResourceManager::LoadOrGet<SHVkShaderModule>(PARTICLE_FS);
+    static constexpr AssetID PARTICLE_EMIT_CS   = 49959611;  particleEmitCS          = SHResourceManager::LoadOrGet<SHVkShaderModule>(PARTICLE_EMIT_CS);
+    static constexpr AssetID PARTICLE_UPDATE_CS = 36260925;  particleUpdateCS        = SHResourceManager::LoadOrGet<SHVkShaderModule>(PARTICLE_UPDATE_CS);
 
   }
 
@@ -343,11 +352,16 @@ namespace SHADE
     /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
     auto vfxPass = renderGraph->AddNode(SHGraphicsConstants::RenderGraphEntityNames::VFX_PASS.data(), { "Scene", "Depth Buffer" }, { SHGraphicsConstants::RenderGraphEntityNames::GBUFFER_PASS.data(), SHGraphicsConstants::RenderGraphEntityNames::DEFERRED_COMPOSITE_PASS.data() });
     auto vfxSubpass = vfxPass->AddSubpass(SHGraphicsConstants::RenderGraphEntityNames::VFX_SUBPASS.data(), worldViewport, worldRenderer);
+    //vfxPass->AddPreBeginFunction([=](Handle<SHVkCommandBuffer> cmdBuffer, uint32_t frameIndex)
+    //  {
+    //    particleSubSystem->Run(cmdBuffer, frameIndex);
+    //  });
     vfxSubpass->AddColorOutput("Scene");
     vfxSubpass->AddDepthOutput("Depth Buffer");
     vfxSubpass->AddExteriorDrawCalls([=](Handle<SHVkCommandBuffer> cmdBuffer, Handle<SHRenderer> renderer, uint32_t frameIndex)
       {
         trajectoryRenderingSubSystem->Render(cmdBuffer, renderer, frameIndex);
+        particleSubSystem->Render(cmdBuffer, renderer, frameIndex);
       });
 
     /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
@@ -490,6 +504,12 @@ namespace SHADE
 
     trajectoryRenderingSubSystem = resourceManager.Create<SHTrajectoryRenderingSubSystem>();
 
+    auto vfxPass = renderGraph->GetNode(SHGraphicsConstants::RenderGraphEntityNames::VFX_PASS.data());
+
+    // particle sub system initialization
+    particleSubSystem = resourceManager.Create<SHParticleSubSystem>();
+    particleSubSystem->Init(device, descPool, vfxPass->GetRenderpass(), vfxPass->GetSubpass(SHGraphicsConstants::RenderGraphEntityNames::VFX_SUBPASS), particleVS, particleFS, particleEmitCS, particleUpdateCS);
+
     auto vfxNode = renderGraph->GetNode(SHGraphicsConstants::RenderGraphEntityNames::VFX_PASS.data());
     trajectoryRenderingSubSystem->Init(device, vfxNode->GetRenderpass(), vfxNode->GetSubpass(SHGraphicsConstants::RenderGraphEntityNames::VFX_SUBPASS), trajectoryVS, trajectoryFS);
 
@@ -669,7 +689,6 @@ namespace SHADE
     textRenderingSubSystem->Run(frameIndex);
     trajectoryRenderingSubSystem->Run(frameIndex);
 
-
     for (auto renderer : renderers)
     {
 #ifdef SHEDITOR
@@ -688,9 +707,12 @@ namespace SHADE
 #endif
     }
 
+
     renderGraph->Begin(frameIndex);
     auto cmdBuffer = renderGraph->GetCommandBuffer(frameIndex);
 
+    particleSubSystem->ResetInstanceCounts(cmdBuffer, frameIndex);
+    particleSubSystem->Run(cmdBuffer, frameIndex);
 
     renderGraph->Execute(frameIndex, descPool, MESH_DATA);
     renderGraph->End(frameIndex);

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

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ namespace SHADE
   class SHMaterialInstance;
   class SHMousePickSystem;
   class SHTextRenderingSubSystem;
+  class SHParticleSubSystem;
 
   /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
   /* Type Definitions                                                                */
@@ -484,6 +485,10 @@ namespace SHADE
     Handle<SHVkShaderModule>                                  trajectoryVS;
     Handle<SHVkShaderModule>                                  trajectoryFS;
     Handle<SHVkShaderModule>                                  shadowMapBlurCS;
+    Handle<SHVkShaderModule>                                  particleVS;
+    Handle<SHVkShaderModule>                                  particleFS;
+    Handle<SHVkShaderModule>                                  particleEmitCS;
+    Handle<SHVkShaderModule>                                  particleUpdateCS;
 
     // Fonts
     Handle<SHFont>                                            testFont;
@@ -523,6 +528,7 @@ namespace SHADE
     Handle<SHLightingSubSystem>                               lightingSubSystem;
     Handle<SHTextRenderingSubSystem>                          textRenderingSubSystem;
     Handle<SHTrajectoryRenderingSubSystem>                    trajectoryRenderingSubSystem;
+    Handle<SHParticleSubSystem>                               particleSubSystem;
     Handle<SHSSAO>                                            ssaoStorage;
 
     uint32_t                                                  resizeWidth = 1;

SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/Particles/SHParticleEmitterComponent.cpp

@@ -20,4 +20,178 @@ namespace SHADE
     toEmit = true;
   }
 
+  void SHParticleEmitterComponent::SetEmissionCount(uint32_t count) noexcept
+  {
+    emissionCount = count;
+  }
+
+  void SHParticleEmitterComponent::SetPassive(bool flag) noexcept
+  {
+    isPassive = flag;
+  }
+
+  void SHParticleEmitterComponent::SetEmissionInterval(float interval) noexcept
+  {
+    emissionInterval = interval;
+    timeBeforeEmission = emissionInterval;
+  }
+
+  void SHParticleEmitterComponent::SetMinLife(float val) noexcept
+  {
+    cpuEmitterData.lifeAndSizeRange.x = val;
+  }
+
+  void SHParticleEmitterComponent::SetMaxLife(float val) noexcept
+  {
+    cpuEmitterData.lifeAndSizeRange.y = val;
+  }
+
+  void SHParticleEmitterComponent::SetAngularRangesAndOffsets(SHVec4 const& ranges) noexcept
+  {
+    cpuEmitterData.angularRangesAndOffsets = SHVec4 (ranges);
+  }
+
+
+  void SHParticleEmitterComponent::SetMinSpeed(float speed) noexcept
+  {
+    cpuEmitterData.minSpeed = speed;
+  }
+
+  void SHParticleEmitterComponent::SetMaxSpeed(float speed) noexcept
+  {
+    cpuEmitterData.maxSpeed = speed;
+  }
+
+  void SHParticleEmitterComponent::SetRotationSpeed(float speed) noexcept
+  {
+    cpuEmitterData.rotationSpeed = speed;
+  }
+
+  void SHParticleEmitterComponent::SetRotationDecay(float decay) noexcept
+  {
+    cpuEmitterData.rotationDecay = decay;
+  }
+
+  void SHParticleEmitterComponent::SetTextureIndex(uint32_t index) noexcept
+  {
+    cpuEmitterData.textureIndex = index;
+  }
+
+  void SHParticleEmitterComponent::SetTextureAssetID(AssetID id) noexcept
+  {
+    textureAssetID = id;
+  }
+
+  void SHParticleEmitterComponent::SetCustomUpdateShaderAssetID(AssetID id) noexcept
+  {
+    customUpdateShaderID = id;
+  }
+
+  void SHParticleEmitterComponent::SetMinSize(float size) noexcept
+  {
+    cpuEmitterData.lifeAndSizeRange.z = size;
+  }
+
+  void SHParticleEmitterComponent::SetMaxSize(float size) noexcept
+  {
+    cpuEmitterData.lifeAndSizeRange.w = size;
+  }
+
+  void SHParticleEmitterComponent::SetSizeDecayMult(float decay) noexcept
+  {
+    cpuEmitterData.sizeDecayMult = decay;
+  }
+
+  void SHParticleEmitterComponent::SetCustomUpdateShader(Handle<SHVkShaderModule> shaderModule) noexcept
+  {
+    customUpdateShader = shaderModule;
+  }
+
+  uint32_t SHParticleEmitterComponent::GetEmissionCount(void) const noexcept
+  {
+    return emissionCount;
+  }
+
+  bool SHParticleEmitterComponent::GetPassive(void) const noexcept
+  {
+    return isPassive;
+  }
+
+  float SHParticleEmitterComponent::GetEmissionInterval(void) const noexcept
+  {
+    return emissionInterval;
+  }
+
+  float SHParticleEmitterComponent::GetMinLife(void) const noexcept
+  {
+    return cpuEmitterData.lifeAndSizeRange.x;
+  }
+
+  float SHParticleEmitterComponent::GetMaxLife(void) const noexcept
+  {
+    return cpuEmitterData.lifeAndSizeRange.y;
+
+  }
+
+  SHVec4 const& SHParticleEmitterComponent::GetAngularRangesAndOffsets(void) const noexcept
+  {
+    return cpuEmitterData.angularRangesAndOffsets;
+  }
+
+  float SHParticleEmitterComponent::GetMinSpeed(void) const noexcept
+  {
+    return cpuEmitterData.minSpeed;
+  }
+
+  float SHParticleEmitterComponent::GetMaxSpeed(void) const noexcept
+  {
+    return cpuEmitterData.maxSpeed;
+  }
+
+  float SHParticleEmitterComponent::GetRotationSpeed(void) const noexcept
+  {
+    return cpuEmitterData.rotationSpeed;
+  }
+
+  float SHParticleEmitterComponent::GetRotationDecay(void) const noexcept
+  {
+    return cpuEmitterData.rotationDecay;
+  }
+
+  uint32_t SHParticleEmitterComponent::GetTextureIndex(void) const noexcept
+  {
+    return cpuEmitterData.textureIndex;
+  }
+
+  AssetID SHParticleEmitterComponent::GetTextureAssetID(void) const noexcept
+  {
+    return textureAssetID;
+  }
+
+  AssetID SHParticleEmitterComponent::GetCustomUpdateShaderAssetID(void) const noexcept
+  {
+    return customUpdateShaderID;
+  }
+
+  float SHParticleEmitterComponent::GetMinSize(void) const noexcept
+  {
+    return cpuEmitterData.lifeAndSizeRange.z;
+  }
+
+  float SHParticleEmitterComponent::GetMaxSize(void) const noexcept
+  {
+    return cpuEmitterData.lifeAndSizeRange.w;
+  }
+
+
+  float SHParticleEmitterComponent::GetSizeDecayMult(void) const noexcept
+  {
+    return cpuEmitterData.sizeDecayMult;
+  }
+
+  Handle<SHVkShaderModule> SHParticleEmitterComponent::GetCustomUpdateShader(void) const noexcept
+  {
+    return customUpdateShader;
+  }
+
 }

SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/Particles/SHParticleEmitterComponent.h

@@ -1,29 +1,53 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "Resource/SHHandle.h"
+#include "Math/Vector/SHVec2.h"
 #include "Math/Vector/SHVec4.h"
 #include "ECS_Base/Components/SHComponent.h"
 #include "Graphics/MiddleEnd/Interface/SHGraphicsConstants.h"
+#include <Assets/SHAssetMacros.h>
 
 namespace SHADE
 {
   class SHVkBuffer;
   class SHVkDescriptorSetGroup;
   class SHVkDescriptorSetLayout;
+  class SHVkShaderModule;
+  class SHVkPipeline;
 
   class SHParticleEmitterComponent : public SHComponent
   {
   private:
+
     struct GPUEmitterStruct
     {
-      //! Minimum emitting angular range
+      //! Angular ranges of emission
-      SHVec4 angularMin;
+      SHVec4 angularRangesAndOffsets;
 
-      //! Maximum emitting angular range
+      //! minimum starting velocity
-      SHVec4 angularMax;
+      float minSpeed;
+
+      //! Maximum starting velocity
+      float maxSpeed;
+
+      //! Rotational speed of the quad
+      float rotationSpeed;
+
+      //! Rotation decay rate
+      float rotationDecay;
 
       //! Spawn lifetime and size range (min and max)
       SHVec4 lifeAndSizeRange;
+
+      //! Size decay for particles
+      float sizeDecayMult;
+
+      //! Texture used by the particle
+      uint32_t textureIndex;
+
+      //! Padding for the shader struct
+      float padding[2];
+
     };
 
     struct GPUParticleStruct
@@ -84,6 +108,12 @@ namespace SHADE
     //! will contain 2 bindings that point to 2 buffers (input and output).
     Handle<SHVkDescriptorSetGroup> particleDescriptorSet;
 
+    //! Custom update shader for the particles in this component
+    Handle<SHVkShaderModule> customUpdateShader;
+    
+    //! Internally the system will bind this pipeline when it detects that this is not a null handle
+    Handle<SHVkPipeline> customUpdatePipeline;
+
     //! Emitter's data on the CPU side. To be copied to GPU.
     GPUEmitterStruct cpuEmitterData;
 
@@ -99,12 +129,60 @@ namespace SHADE
     //! For all the dynamic SSBOs in the descriptor set
     std::array<std::array<uint32_t, 5>, SHGraphicsConstants::NUM_FRAME_BUFFERS> dynamicOffsets{};
 
+    //! For the emitter to use to give particles their texture
+    AssetID textureAssetID;
+
+    //! Custom update shaders, similarly with textures, will be identified through their AssetID
+    AssetID customUpdateShaderID; 
+
   public:
     void OnCreate(void) override final;
     void OnDestroy(void) override final;
 
     void Emit (void) noexcept;
 
+    void SetEmissionCount           (uint32_t count) noexcept;
+    void SetPassive                 (bool flag) noexcept;
+    void SetEmissionInterval        (float interval) noexcept;
+    void SetMinLife                 (float val) noexcept;
+    void SetMaxLife                 (float val) noexcept;
+    void SetAngularRangesAndOffsets (SHVec4 const& ranges) noexcept;
+    void SetMinSpeed                (float speed) noexcept;
+    void SetMaxSpeed                (float speed) noexcept;
+    void SetRotationSpeed           (float speed) noexcept;
+    void SetRotationDecay           (float decay) noexcept;
+    void SetTextureIndex            (uint32_t index) noexcept;
+    void SetMinSize                 (float size) noexcept;
+    void SetMaxSize                 (float size) noexcept;
+    void SetSizeDecayMult           (float decay) noexcept;
+    void SetCustomUpdateShader      (Handle<SHVkShaderModule> shaderModule) noexcept;
+
+    uint32_t GetEmissionCount                      (void) const noexcept;
+    bool GetPassive                                (void) const noexcept;
+    float GetEmissionInterval                      (void) const noexcept;
+    float GetMinLife                               (void) const noexcept;
+    float GetMaxLife                               (void) const noexcept;
+    SHVec4 const& GetAngularRangesAndOffsets       (void) const noexcept;
+    float GetMinSpeed                              (void) const noexcept;
+    float GetMaxSpeed                              (void) const noexcept;
+    float GetRotationSpeed                         (void) const noexcept;
+    float GetRotationDecay                         (void) const noexcept;
+    uint32_t GetTextureIndex                       (void) const noexcept;
+    float GetMinSize                               (void) const noexcept;
+    float GetMaxSize                               (void) const noexcept;
+    float GetSizeDecayMult                         (void) const noexcept;
+    Handle<SHVkShaderModule> GetCustomUpdateShader (void) const noexcept;
+    
+    /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+    /* NON-INTERFACE FUNCTIONS                                               */
+    /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+    void SetTextureAssetID(AssetID id) noexcept;
+    void SetCustomUpdateShaderAssetID(AssetID id) noexcept;
+
+    AssetID GetTextureAssetID(void) const noexcept;
+    AssetID GetCustomUpdateShaderAssetID(void) const noexcept;
+
+
     friend class SHParticleSubSystem;
 
   };

SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/Particles/SHParticleSubSystem.cpp

@@ -10,29 +10,39 @@
 #include "Graphics/MiddleEnd/GlobalData/SHGlobalDescriptorSets.h"
 #include "Math/Transform/SHTransformComponent.h"
 #include "Graphics/Buffers/SHVkBuffer.h"
+#include "FRC/SHFramerateController.h"
+#include "Graphics/Pipeline/SHVkPipeline.h"
+#include "Graphics/RenderGraph/SHSubpass.h"
+#include "Graphics/SHVkUtil.h"
+#include "Graphics/Synchronization/SHVkFence.h"
+
 
 namespace SHADE
 {
 
   void SHParticleSubSystem::InitializeComponent(SHParticleEmitterComponent& comp) noexcept
   {
-    uint32_t emitterStructAligned = logicalDevice->PadSSBOSize(sizeof (SHParticleEmitterComponent::GPUEmitterStruct));
-    uint32_t particleStructAligned = logicalDevice->PadUBOSize(sizeof (SHParticleEmitterComponent::GPUParticleStruct));
-    uint32_t sizeofIndirectCmd = static_cast<uint32_t>(sizeof(vk::DrawIndirectCommand));
-    uint32_t sizeofUint = static_cast<uint32_t>(sizeof(uint32_t));
-
     // TODO: temporary only.
-    static constexpr uint32_t NUM_PARTICLES = 500;
+    static constexpr uint32_t NUM_PARTICLES = 2000;
     comp.maxParticles = NUM_PARTICLES;
 
+    uint32_t sizeofUint                 = static_cast<uint32_t>(sizeof(uint32_t));
+    uint32_t sizeofIndirectCmdAligned   = logicalDevice->PadSSBOSize(sizeof(vk::DrawIndirectCommand));
+    uint32_t emitterStructAligned       = logicalDevice->PadSSBOSize(sizeof (SHParticleEmitterComponent::GPUEmitterStruct));
+    uint32_t particleChunkStructAligned = logicalDevice->PadSSBOSize(sizeof (SHParticleEmitterComponent::GPUParticleStruct)) * comp.maxParticles;
+    uint32_t indicesDataAligned         = logicalDevice->PadSSBOSize(sizeofUint * comp.maxParticles);
+
+
     // offset into the buffer for input and output
-    uint32_t const PARTICLE_FRAME_CHUNK_SIZE = (particleStructAligned * comp.maxParticles);
+    uint32_t const PARTICLE_FRAME_CHUNK_SIZE = particleChunkStructAligned;
 
     // Buffer Initialization
     {
-      // count, value
+      // count, value. Initialize free count to max particles and indices to particle indices
       std::vector<uint32_t> freelistInit(comp.maxParticles + 1, 0);
       freelistInit[0] = comp.maxParticles;
+      for (uint32_t i = 0; i < comp.maxParticles; ++i)
+        freelistInit[i + 1] = i;
 
       // Particle emitter buffer. Multiple copies, Host-visible mapped. We want multiple copies because we'll be writing to it from the CPU. We don't want to do that while the GPU
       // is using it during compute operations so we write to another portion.
@@ -40,14 +50,14 @@ namespace SHADE
 
       // buffer for particle data: pure GPU memory, no transfers, no flags.  We want to triple buffer this so that we can submit work to the GPU 
       // without having to wait for rendering to finish reading the data
-      comp.particleData = logicalDevice->CreateBuffer(SHGraphicsConstants::NUM_FRAME_BUFFERS * particleStructAligned * NUM_PARTICLES, nullptr, 0, vk::BufferUsageFlagBits::eStorageBuffer, VMA_MEMORY_USAGE_AUTO, {});
+      comp.particleData = logicalDevice->CreateBuffer(SHGraphicsConstants::NUM_FRAME_BUFFERS * particleChunkStructAligned, nullptr, 0, vk::BufferUsageFlagBits::eStorageBuffer, VMA_MEMORY_USAGE_AUTO, {});
 
       // Buffer for freelist data. 1 copy only, host-visible mapped. We only need 1 copy because it is only required in compute. If it was used or read in another
       // stage we would need more copies.
       comp.freelistData = logicalDevice->CreateBuffer(sizeofUint * (comp.maxParticles + 1), freelistInit.data(), sizeofUint * (comp.maxParticles + 1), vk::BufferUsageFlagBits::eStorageBuffer, VMA_MEMORY_USAGE_AUTO, VmaAllocationCreateFlagBits::VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_HOST_ACCESS_SEQUENTIAL_WRITE_BIT | VmaAllocationCreateFlagBits::VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_MAPPED_BIT);
 
       // Buffer for indices. NUM_FRAME_BUFFERS copies since it's used in rendering. host-visible mapped.
-      comp.indicesData = logicalDevice->CreateBuffer(sizeofUint * comp.maxParticles, nullptr, 0, vk::BufferUsageFlagBits::eStorageBuffer, VMA_MEMORY_USAGE_AUTO, VmaAllocationCreateFlagBits::VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_HOST_ACCESS_SEQUENTIAL_WRITE_BIT | VmaAllocationCreateFlagBits::VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_MAPPED_BIT);
+      comp.indicesData = logicalDevice->CreateBuffer(SHGraphicsConstants::NUM_FRAME_BUFFERS * indicesDataAligned, nullptr, 0, vk::BufferUsageFlagBits::eStorageBuffer, VMA_MEMORY_USAGE_AUTO, VmaAllocationCreateFlagBits::VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_HOST_ACCESS_SEQUENTIAL_WRITE_BIT | VmaAllocationCreateFlagBits::VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_MAPPED_BIT);
 
       // Draw call data will not be tampered with after this initialization except for one variable: instanceCount, which will be modified from compute shader
       std::array<vk::DrawIndirectCommand, SHGraphicsConstants::NUM_FRAME_BUFFERS> indirectCommands{};
@@ -60,7 +70,7 @@ namespace SHADE
       }
 
       // buffer to store draw call data. Non-indexed, host-visible mapped, triple buffered. 
-      comp.drawCallData = logicalDevice->CreateBuffer(SHGraphicsConstants::NUM_FRAME_BUFFERS * sizeofIndirectCmd, indirectCommands.data(), SHGraphicsConstants::NUM_FRAME_BUFFERS * sizeofIndirectCmd, vk::BufferUsageFlagBits::eUniformBuffer | vk::BufferUsageFlagBits::eIndirectBuffer, VMA_MEMORY_USAGE_AUTO, VmaAllocationCreateFlagBits::VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_HOST_ACCESS_SEQUENTIAL_WRITE_BIT | VmaAllocationCreateFlagBits::VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_MAPPED_BIT);
+      comp.drawCallData = logicalDevice->CreateBuffer(SHGraphicsConstants::NUM_FRAME_BUFFERS * sizeofIndirectCmdAligned, indirectCommands.data(), SHGraphicsConstants::NUM_FRAME_BUFFERS * sizeofIndirectCmdAligned, vk::BufferUsageFlagBits::eStorageBuffer | vk::BufferUsageFlagBits::eIndirectBuffer, VMA_MEMORY_USAGE_AUTO, VmaAllocationCreateFlagBits::VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_HOST_ACCESS_RANDOM_BIT | VmaAllocationCreateFlagBits::VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_MAPPED_BIT);
 
     }
 
@@ -73,7 +83,7 @@ namespace SHADE
       static constexpr uint32_t PARTICLE_DATA_SET_INDEX = 0;
 
       // Variable desc counts, all ignored anyway (This is required but its a dumb interface. You can only blame yourself, Brandon. )
-      std::vector const VARIABLE_COUNTS = {0u,0u,0u,0u,0u};
+      std::vector const VARIABLE_COUNTS = {0u};
 
       // allocate new desc set
       comp.particleDescriptorSet = descPool->Allocate(descSetLayout, VARIABLE_COUNTS);
@@ -83,11 +93,18 @@ namespace SHADE
 
       // After buffers are created, we want to populate all bindings(6) with the buffers
       set->ModifyWriteDescBuffer(PARTICLE_DATA_SET_INDEX, SHGraphicsConstants::DescriptorSetBindings::PARTICLE_EMITTER_DATA, { &comp.emitterData, 1 }, 0, emitterStructAligned);
-      set->ModifyWriteDescBuffer(PARTICLE_DATA_SET_INDEX, SHGraphicsConstants::DescriptorSetBindings::PARTICLE_INPUT_DATA, { &comp.particleData, 1 }, 0, PARTICLE_FRAME_CHUNK_SIZE); // input and output will be th same until we bind using dynamic offsets
+      set->ModifyWriteDescBuffer(PARTICLE_DATA_SET_INDEX, SHGraphicsConstants::DescriptorSetBindings::PARTICLE_INPUT_DATA, { &comp.particleData, 1 }, 0, particleChunkStructAligned); // input and output will be th same until we bind using dynamic offsets
-      set->ModifyWriteDescBuffer(PARTICLE_DATA_SET_INDEX, SHGraphicsConstants::DescriptorSetBindings::PARTICLE_OUTPUT_DATA, { &comp.particleData, 1 }, 0, PARTICLE_FRAME_CHUNK_SIZE);
+      set->ModifyWriteDescBuffer(PARTICLE_DATA_SET_INDEX, SHGraphicsConstants::DescriptorSetBindings::PARTICLE_OUTPUT_DATA, { &comp.particleData, 1 }, 0, particleChunkStructAligned);
       set->ModifyWriteDescBuffer(PARTICLE_DATA_SET_INDEX, SHGraphicsConstants::DescriptorSetBindings::PARTICLE_FREELIST_DATA, { &comp.freelistData, 1 }, 0, sizeofUint * (comp.maxParticles + 1));
-      set->ModifyWriteDescBuffer(PARTICLE_DATA_SET_INDEX, SHGraphicsConstants::DescriptorSetBindings::PARTICLE_INDICES_DATA, { &comp.indicesData, 1 }, 0, sizeofUint * (comp.maxParticles));
+      set->ModifyWriteDescBuffer(PARTICLE_DATA_SET_INDEX, SHGraphicsConstants::DescriptorSetBindings::PARTICLE_INDICES_DATA, { &comp.indicesData, 1 }, 0, indicesDataAligned);
-      set->ModifyWriteDescBuffer(PARTICLE_DATA_SET_INDEX, SHGraphicsConstants::DescriptorSetBindings::PARTICLE_DRAW_DATA, { &comp.drawCallData, 1 }, 0, sizeofIndirectCmd);
+      set->ModifyWriteDescBuffer(PARTICLE_DATA_SET_INDEX, SHGraphicsConstants::DescriptorSetBindings::PARTICLE_DRAW_DATA, { &comp.drawCallData, 1 }, 0, sizeofIndirectCmdAligned);
+
+      set->UpdateDescriptorSetBuffer(PARTICLE_DATA_SET_INDEX, SHGraphicsConstants::DescriptorSetBindings::PARTICLE_EMITTER_DATA);
+      set->UpdateDescriptorSetBuffer(PARTICLE_DATA_SET_INDEX, SHGraphicsConstants::DescriptorSetBindings::PARTICLE_INPUT_DATA);
+      set->UpdateDescriptorSetBuffer(PARTICLE_DATA_SET_INDEX, SHGraphicsConstants::DescriptorSetBindings::PARTICLE_OUTPUT_DATA);
+      set->UpdateDescriptorSetBuffer(PARTICLE_DATA_SET_INDEX, SHGraphicsConstants::DescriptorSetBindings::PARTICLE_FREELIST_DATA);
+      set->UpdateDescriptorSetBuffer(PARTICLE_DATA_SET_INDEX, SHGraphicsConstants::DescriptorSetBindings::PARTICLE_INDICES_DATA);
+      set->UpdateDescriptorSetBuffer(PARTICLE_DATA_SET_INDEX, SHGraphicsConstants::DescriptorSetBindings::PARTICLE_DRAW_DATA);
     }
 
     comp.initialized = true;
@@ -110,8 +127,8 @@ namespace SHADE
       offsets[DYOFF_INDEX_EMITTER] = i * emitterStructAligned;
       offsets[DYOFF_INDEX_PARTICLE_INPUT] = inputOffset;
       offsets[DYOFF_INDEX_PARTICLE_OUTPUT] = outputOffset;
-      offsets[DYOFF_INDEX_INDICES_DATA] = i * sizeofUint * comp.maxParticles;
+      offsets[DYOFF_INDEX_INDICES_DATA] = i * indicesDataAligned;
-      offsets[DYOFF_INDEX_DRAW_DATA] = i * sizeofIndirectCmd;
+      offsets[DYOFF_INDEX_DRAW_DATA] = i * sizeofIndirectCmdAligned;
     }
   }
 
@@ -126,6 +143,8 @@ namespace SHADE
     cmdBuffer->SetPushConstantVariable("EmitterPushConstant.emitterPosition", transform->GetWorldPosition(), SH_PIPELINE_TYPE::COMPUTE);
     cmdBuffer->SetPushConstantVariable("EmitterPushConstant.emissionCount", comp.emissionCount, SH_PIPELINE_TYPE::COMPUTE);
 
+    cmdBuffer->SubmitPushConstants(SH_PIPELINE_TYPE::COMPUTE);
+
     // emit particles
     cmdBuffer->ComputeDispatch((comp.emissionCount / EMITTER_WORKGROUP_SIZE) + 1, 1, 1);
   }
@@ -134,13 +153,6 @@ namespace SHADE
   {
     auto const& mappings = SHGraphicsPredefinedData::GetMappings(SHGraphicsPredefinedData::SystemType::PARTICLE_RENEDERING);
 
-    uint32_t instanceCountOffset = sizeof (vk::DrawIndirectCommand) * frameIndex + offsetof(vk::DrawIndirectCommand, instanceCount);
-    uint32_t ZERO = 0;
-
-    // reset instance count to 0
-    comp.drawCallData->WriteToMemory (&ZERO, sizeof(uint32_t), 0, instanceCountOffset);
-
-
     // bind the descriptor sets required for emitting particles
     cmdBuffer->BindDescriptorSet(comp.particleDescriptorSet, SH_PIPELINE_TYPE::COMPUTE, mappings.at(SHPredefinedDescriptorTypes::PARTICLES), comp.dynamicOffsets[frameIndex]);
 
@@ -150,7 +162,110 @@ namespace SHADE
 
   void SHParticleSubSystem::RenderComponent(Handle<SHVkCommandBuffer> cmdBuffer, SHParticleEmitterComponent& comp, uint32_t frameIndex) noexcept
   {
+    cmdBuffer->DrawMultiIndirect(comp.drawCallData, 1, static_cast<uint32_t>(sizeof(vk::DrawIndirectCommand)) * frameIndex);
+    //cmdBuffer->DrawArrays(4, 1, 0, 0);
+  }
 
+  void SHParticleSubSystem::PreparePrePostUpdateBarriers(std::vector<vk::BufferMemoryBarrier>& preUpdateBarriers, std::vector<vk::BufferMemoryBarrier>& postUpdateBarriers, SHParticleEmitterComponent const& emitter, uint32_t const EMITTER_INDEX, uint32_t const FRAME_INDEX) noexcept
+  {
+    // pre-update particles data barrier. Note that this is for input because we want the input to be available before we use it.
+    vk::BufferMemoryBarrier inputParticleDataBarrierPreUpdate
+    {
+      .srcAccessMask = vk::AccessFlagBits::eShaderRead | vk::AccessFlagBits::eShaderWrite,
+      .dstAccessMask = vk::AccessFlagBits::eShaderRead,
+      .buffer = emitter.particleData->GetVkBuffer(),
+      .offset = emitter.dynamicOffsets[FRAME_INDEX][DYOFF_INDEX_PARTICLE_INPUT],
+      .size = emitter.chunkSize
+    };
+
+    // pre-update free list data barrier. 
+    vk::BufferMemoryBarrier freelistDataBarrierPreUpdate
+    {
+      .srcAccessMask = vk::AccessFlagBits::eShaderRead | vk::AccessFlagBits::eShaderWrite,
+      .dstAccessMask = vk::AccessFlagBits::eShaderRead | vk::AccessFlagBits::eShaderWrite,
+      .buffer = emitter.freelistData->GetVkBuffer(),
+      .offset = 0, // Only 1 copy of freelist data, so offset is at 0
+      .size = static_cast<uint32_t>(sizeof (uint32_t)) * (emitter.maxParticles + 1)
+    };
+
+    // pre update indices data barrier. 
+    vk::BufferMemoryBarrier indicesDataBarrierPreUpdate
+    {
+
+      .srcAccessMask = vk::AccessFlagBits::eShaderWrite | vk::AccessFlagBits::eShaderRead,
+      .dstAccessMask = vk::AccessFlagBits::eShaderWrite,
+      .buffer = emitter.indicesData->GetVkBuffer(),
+      .offset = emitter.dynamicOffsets[FRAME_INDEX][DYOFF_INDEX_INDICES_DATA],
+      .size = static_cast<uint32_t>(sizeof(uint32_t)) * emitter.maxParticles
+    };
+
+    // ...copy assign barriers on heap 
+    preUpdateBarriers.push_back(inputParticleDataBarrierPreUpdate);
+    preUpdateBarriers.push_back(freelistDataBarrierPreUpdate);
+    preUpdateBarriers.push_back(indicesDataBarrierPreUpdate);
+
+    // make new barrier on stack...
+    vk::BufferMemoryBarrier outputParticleDataBarrierPostUpdate
+    {
+      .srcAccessMask = vk::AccessFlagBits::eShaderWrite,
+      .dstAccessMask = vk::AccessFlagBits::eShaderRead,
+      .buffer = emitter.particleData->GetVkBuffer(),
+      .offset = emitter.dynamicOffsets[FRAME_INDEX][DYOFF_INDEX_PARTICLE_OUTPUT],
+      .size = emitter.chunkSize
+    };
+
+    // make new barrier on stack...
+    vk::BufferMemoryBarrier indicesDataBarrierPostUpdate
+    {
+      .srcAccessMask = vk::AccessFlagBits::eShaderWrite,
+      .dstAccessMask = vk::AccessFlagBits::eShaderRead,
+      .buffer = emitter.indicesData->GetVkBuffer(),
+      .offset = emitter.dynamicOffsets[FRAME_INDEX][DYOFF_INDEX_INDICES_DATA],
+      .size = static_cast<uint32_t>(sizeof(uint32_t)) * emitter.maxParticles 
+    };
+
+    // make new barrier on stack...
+    vk::BufferMemoryBarrier drawDataBarrierPostUpdate
+    {
+      .srcAccessMask = vk::AccessFlagBits::eShaderWrite,
+      .dstAccessMask = vk::AccessFlagBits::eIndirectCommandRead,
+      .buffer = emitter.drawCallData->GetVkBuffer(),
+      .offset = emitter.dynamicOffsets[FRAME_INDEX][DYOFF_INDEX_DRAW_DATA],
+      .size = static_cast<uint32_t>(sizeof(vk::DrawIndirectCommand))
+    };
+
+    // ...copy assign barriers on heap 
+    postUpdateBarriers.push_back(outputParticleDataBarrierPostUpdate);
+    postUpdateBarriers.push_back(indicesDataBarrierPostUpdate);
+    postUpdateBarriers.push_back(drawDataBarrierPostUpdate);
+  }
+
+  Handle<SHVkPipeline> SHParticleSubSystem::GetCustomUpdatePipeline(Handle<SHVkShaderModule> customUpdateShader) noexcept
+  {
+    if (!customUpdateShader)
+      return {};
+
+    if (!customUpdatePipelineCache.contains(customUpdateShader))
+    {
+      SHPipelineLayoutParams plParams
+      {
+        .shaderModules = {customUpdateShader},
+        .predefinedDescSetLayouts = SHGraphicsPredefinedData::GetSystemData(SHGraphicsPredefinedData::SystemType::PARTICLE_RENEDERING).descSetLayouts
+      };
+
+      auto pipelineLayout = logicalDevice->CreatePipelineLayout(plParams);
+      auto newPipeline    = logicalDevice->CreateComputePipeline(pipelineLayout);
+      newPipeline->ConstructPipeline();
+
+      if (!newPipeline)
+        return {};
+
+      auto customUpdateShaderData = CustomPipeline{ newPipeline, pipelineLayout };
+
+      customUpdatePipelineCache.emplace (customUpdateShader, customUpdateShaderData);
+    }
+
+    return customUpdatePipelineCache.at (customUpdateShader).customPipeline;
   }
 
   void SHParticleSubSystem::Init(Handle<SHVkLogicalDevice> device, Handle<SHVkDescriptorPool> inDescPool, Handle<SHVkRenderpass> compatibleRenderpass, Handle<SHSubpass> subpass, Handle<SHVkShaderModule> VS, Handle<SHVkShaderModule> FS, Handle<SHVkShaderModule> emitCS, Handle<SHVkShaderModule> defaultUpdateCS) noexcept
@@ -170,6 +285,40 @@ namespace SHADE
     renderingPipelineData.pipelineLayout = logicalDevice->CreatePipelineLayout(plParams);
     renderingPipelineData.pipeline = logicalDevice->CreateGraphicsPipeline(renderingPipelineData.pipelineLayout, nullptr, compatibleRenderpass, subpass);
 
+    SHColorBlendState colorBlendState{};
+    colorBlendState.logic_op_enable = VK_FALSE;
+    colorBlendState.logic_op = vk::LogicOp::eCopy;
+
+    auto const& subpassColorReferences = subpass->GetColorAttachmentReferences();
+    colorBlendState.attachments.reserve(subpassColorReferences.size());
+
+
+    for (auto& att : subpassColorReferences)
+    {
+      colorBlendState.attachments.push_back(vk::PipelineColorBlendAttachmentState
+        {
+          .blendEnable = SHVkUtil::IsBlendCompatible(subpass->GetFormatFromAttachmentReference(att.attachment)),
+          .srcColorBlendFactor = vk::BlendFactor::eSrcAlpha,
+          .dstColorBlendFactor = vk::BlendFactor::eOneMinusSrcAlpha,
+          .colorBlendOp = vk::BlendOp::eAdd,
+          .srcAlphaBlendFactor = vk::BlendFactor::eSrcAlpha,
+          .dstAlphaBlendFactor = vk::BlendFactor::eOneMinusSrcAlpha,
+          .alphaBlendOp = vk::BlendOp::eAdd,
+          .colorWriteMask = vk::ColorComponentFlagBits::eR | vk::ColorComponentFlagBits::eG | vk::ColorComponentFlagBits::eB | vk::ColorComponentFlagBits::eA,
+        }
+      );
+    }
+
+    renderingPipelineData.pipeline->GetPipelineState().SetColorBlenState(colorBlendState);
+
+    // Sets the input assembly state for rendering particles
+    SHInputAssemblyState inputAssemblyState{};
+    inputAssemblyState.topology = vk::PrimitiveTopology::eTriangleFan;
+    renderingPipelineData.pipeline->GetPipelineState().SetInputAssemblyState(inputAssemblyState);
+
+
+    renderingPipelineData.pipeline->ConstructPipeline();
+
     SHPipelineLayoutParams emitPlParams
     {
       .shaderModules = {emitCS},
@@ -178,6 +327,7 @@ namespace SHADE
 
     emittingPipelineData.pipelineLayout = logicalDevice->CreatePipelineLayout(emitPlParams);
     emittingPipelineData.pipeline = logicalDevice->CreateComputePipeline(emittingPipelineData.pipelineLayout);
+    emittingPipelineData.pipeline->ConstructPipeline();
 
     SHPipelineLayoutParams defaultUpdatePlParams
     {
@@ -187,7 +337,7 @@ namespace SHADE
 
     defaultUpdatePipelineData.pipelineLayout = logicalDevice->CreatePipelineLayout(defaultUpdatePlParams);
     defaultUpdatePipelineData.pipeline = logicalDevice->CreateComputePipeline(defaultUpdatePipelineData.pipelineLayout);
-
+    defaultUpdatePipelineData.pipeline->ConstructPipeline();
 
     /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
     /* OTHER INITIALIZATION                                                  */
@@ -195,18 +345,33 @@ namespace SHADE
     SHComponentManager::CreateComponentSparseSet<SHParticleEmitterComponent>();
   }
 
-  void SHParticleSubSystem::Run(Handle<SHVkCommandBuffer> cmdBuffer, uint32_t frameIndex, float dt) noexcept
+  void SHParticleSubSystem::Run(Handle<SHVkCommandBuffer> cmdBuffer, uint32_t frameIndex, Handle<SHVkFence> waitFence) noexcept
   {
+    float dt = static_cast<float>(SHFrameRateController::GetRawDeltaTime());
+
     auto& emitters = SHComponentManager::GetDense<SHParticleEmitterComponent>();
     auto const& mappings = SHGraphicsPredefinedData::GetMappings(SHGraphicsPredefinedData::SystemType::PARTICLE_RENEDERING);
 
     // Get offset into GPU emitter data (for updating)
     uint32_t emitterDataOffset = frameIndex * sizeof (SHParticleEmitterComponent::GPUEmitterStruct);
     
+    // TODO: OPTIONAL but eventually these barriers can be moved to the system as member variables. This would require additional bookkeeping
+    // but it will be more efficient than populating a vector every frame.
+
     // Barriers to make sure emitting shader is done completely before update is run.
-    // Every emitter will have its own barrier.
+    // Every emitter will have its own barrier for its particle data and freelist data. Indices data is not needed since
+    // it's mainly used in update and rendering so a barrier for it is NOT needed here.
     std::vector<vk::BufferMemoryBarrier> preUpdateBarriers{};
-    preUpdateBarriers.resize(emitters.size());
+    preUpdateBarriers.reserve(emitters.size() * 3);
+
+    // After we invoke the updates for the emitters, we need to make sure all particles and indices data are done updating
+    // before we issue them for rendering. 
+    std::vector<vk::BufferMemoryBarrier> postUpdateBarriers{};
+    postUpdateBarriers.reserve(emitters.size() * 3);
+
+    std::vector<vk::BufferMemoryBarrier> preDrawBarriers{};
+    preDrawBarriers.reserve(emitters.size());
+
 
     // If we wanted to be VERY safe, a barrier would be good here to make sure output particles have finish reading input particles in 
     // the update compute. HOWEVER since a NUM_FRAME_BUFFERS frames would have passed by then, we will not insert 1 here.
@@ -215,8 +380,6 @@ namespace SHADE
     /* BEGIN EMITTING PARTICES                                               */
     /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-    // TODO: Might need to issue a barrier here for input particle data
-
     // bind the pipeline for emitting particles
     cmdBuffer->BindPipeline(emittingPipelineData.pipeline);
 
@@ -224,83 +387,135 @@ namespace SHADE
     SHGlobalDescriptorSets::BindGenericAndTextureData(logicalDevice, cmdBuffer, SH_PIPELINE_TYPE::COMPUTE, mappings.at(SHPredefinedDescriptorTypes::STATIC_DATA), frameIndex);
 
     uint32_t i = 0;
+
+    if (waitFence)
+      waitFence->Wait(true);
+
     for (auto& emitter : emitters)
     {
-      if (!emitter.initialized)
+      if (emitter.isActive)
-        InitializeComponent(emitter);
-
-    	// Set emitter emit flag to true here if there are ready to be emitted
-      if (emitter.isPassive)
       {
-        // decrement emission timer
+        if (!emitter.initialized)
-        emitter.timeBeforeEmission -= dt;
+          InitializeComponent(emitter);
 
-        // Check if time to emit
+    	  // Set emitter emit flag to true here if there are ready to be emitted
-        if (emitter.timeBeforeEmission <= 0.0f)
+        if (emitter.isPassive)
         {
-          // reset timer
+          // decrement emission timer
-          emitter.timeBeforeEmission = emitter.emissionInterval;
+          emitter.timeBeforeEmission -= dt;
 
-          // Emit later
+          // Check if time to emit
-          emitter.toEmit = true;
+          if (emitter.timeBeforeEmission <= 0.0f)
+          {
+            // reset timer
+            emitter.timeBeforeEmission = emitter.emissionInterval;
+
+            // Emit later
+            emitter.toEmit = true;
+          }
         }
+
+        if (emitter.toEmit) // take note that if emitter is not passive, this can also be set to true outside of this function
+        {
+          // Copy data to host visible buffer of emitter
+          emitter.emitterData->WriteToMemory (&emitter.cpuEmitterData, sizeof (SHParticleEmitterComponent::GPUEmitterStruct), 0, emitterDataOffset);
+
+          // Call emit function here
+          EmitComponent(cmdBuffer, emitter, frameIndex);
+        }
+
+        // prepare barriers
+        PreparePrePostUpdateBarriers(preUpdateBarriers, postUpdateBarriers, emitter, i, frameIndex);
+
+        // Emitter will emit once and stop emitting next frame (unless specified before reaching here to do so).
+        emitter.toEmit = false;
       }
 
-      if (emitter.toEmit) // take note that if emitter is not passive, this can also be set to true outside of this function
-      {
-        // Copy data to host visible buffer of emitter
-        emitter.emitterData->WriteToMemory (&emitter.cpuEmitterData, sizeof (SHParticleEmitterComponent::GPUEmitterStruct), 0, emitterDataOffset);
-
-        // Call emit function here
-        EmitComponent(cmdBuffer, emitter, frameIndex);
-      }
-
-      // make new barrier on stack...
-      vk::BufferMemoryBarrier barrier
-      {
-        .srcAccessMask = vk::AccessFlagBits::eShaderWrite,
-        .dstAccessMask = vk::AccessFlagBits::eShaderRead,
-        .buffer = emitter.particleData->GetVkBuffer(),
-        .offset = emitter.dynamicOffsets[frameIndex][DYOFF_INDEX_PARTICLE_INPUT],
-        .size = emitter.chunkSize
-      };
-
-      // ...copy assign barrier on heap 
-      preUpdateBarriers[i] = barrier;
-
-      emitter.toEmit = false;
       ++i;
     }
 
+
     // issue the barrier to wait
-    cmdBuffer->PipelineBarrier(vk::PipelineStageFlagBits::eComputeShader, vk::PipelineStageFlagBits::eComputeShader, {}, {}, preUpdateBarriers, {});
+    if (!preUpdateBarriers.empty())
+      cmdBuffer->PipelineBarrier(vk::PipelineStageFlagBits::eComputeShader | vk::PipelineStageFlagBits::eVertexShader | vk::PipelineStageFlagBits::eDrawIndirect, vk::PipelineStageFlagBits::eComputeShader, {}, {}, preUpdateBarriers, {});
+
+
 
     /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
     /* EMITTING PARTICLES DONE, BEGIN UPDATES....                            */
     /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+    for (auto& emitter : emitters)
+    {
+      // If custom update shader is a valid handle in the component
+      if (emitter.customUpdateShader)
+      {
+        // Check if pipeline associated with shader is valid, if not create or get one from the cache
+        if (!emitter.customUpdatePipeline)
+          emitter.customUpdatePipeline = GetCustomUpdatePipeline(emitter.customUpdateShader);
 
-    // bind the pipeline for updating 
+        // bind the custom pipeline for updating
-    cmdBuffer->BindPipeline(defaultUpdatePipelineData.pipeline);
+        cmdBuffer->BindPipeline(emitter.customUpdatePipeline);
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        // bind the default upddate pipeline for updating 
+        cmdBuffer->BindPipeline(defaultUpdatePipelineData.pipeline);
+      }
+
+      if (emitter.isActive)
+        UpdateCompoennt(cmdBuffer, emitter, frameIndex);
+    }
+
+    /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+    /* AFTER UPDATING, RENDER PARTICLES                                      */
+    /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+    // issue the barrier to wait for output particles to be done updating and indices data to finish being modified.
+    if (!postUpdateBarriers.empty())
+      cmdBuffer->PipelineBarrier(vk::PipelineStageFlagBits::eComputeShader, vk::PipelineStageFlagBits::eVertexShader | vk::PipelineStageFlagBits::eDrawIndirect | vk::PipelineStageFlagBits::eVertexShader, {}, {}, postUpdateBarriers, {});
+
+  }
+
+  void SHParticleSubSystem::ResetInstanceCounts(Handle<SHVkCommandBuffer> cmdBuffer, uint32_t frameIndex) noexcept
+  {
+    auto& emitters = SHComponentManager::GetDense<SHParticleEmitterComponent>();
 
     for (auto& emitter : emitters)
     {
-      UpdateCompoennt(cmdBuffer, emitter, frameIndex);
+      if (emitter.initialized)
-    }
+      {
+        //uint32_t instanceCountOffset = 20;
+        uint32_t instanceCountOffset = sizeof(vk::DrawIndirectCommand) * frameIndex + offsetof(vk::DrawIndirectCommand, instanceCount);
+        uint32_t ZERO = 0;
 
-    
+        // reset instance count to 0
+        emitter.drawCallData->WriteToMemory(&ZERO, sizeof(uint32_t), 0, instanceCountOffset);
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   void SHParticleSubSystem::Render(Handle<SHVkCommandBuffer> cmdBuffer, Handle<SHRenderer> renderer, uint32_t frameIndex) noexcept
   {
     auto& emitters = SHComponentManager::GetDense<SHParticleEmitterComponent>();
+    auto const& mappings = SHGraphicsPredefinedData::GetMappings(SHGraphicsPredefinedData::SystemType::PARTICLE_RENEDERING);
+
+    // bind the pipeline for updating 
+    cmdBuffer->BindPipeline(renderingPipelineData.pipeline);
 
     // TODO: Issue barrier for output particle data. Semaphore should also be issued outside in SHGraphicsSystem
     for (auto& emitter : emitters)
     {
-    	
+      if (emitter.isActive)
+      {
+        // bind the descriptor sets required for emitting particles
+        cmdBuffer->BindDescriptorSet(emitter.particleDescriptorSet, SH_PIPELINE_TYPE::GRAPHICS, mappings.at(SHPredefinedDescriptorTypes::PARTICLES), emitter.dynamicOffsets[frameIndex]);
+
+    	  RenderComponent(cmdBuffer, emitter, frameIndex);
+      }
     }
   }
 
+
   void SHParticleSubSystem::Exit(void) noexcept
   {
 

SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/Particles/SHParticleSubSystem.h

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ namespace SHADE
   class SHVkShaderModule;
   class SHRenderer;
   class SHParticleEmitterComponent;
+  class SHVkFence;
 
 
 
@@ -33,6 +34,12 @@ namespace SHADE
     static constexpr uint32_t DYOFF_INDEX_INDICES_DATA = 3;
     static constexpr uint32_t DYOFF_INDEX_DRAW_DATA = 4;
 
+    struct CustomPipeline
+    {
+      Handle<SHVkPipeline> customPipeline;
+      Handle<SHVkPipelineLayout> customPipelineLayout;
+    };
+
 
     // To hold data for a pipeline and pipeline layout.
     // We want this here because particles require 3 pipeline sets:
@@ -72,19 +79,26 @@ namespace SHADE
     //! Pipeline data for updating particles
     PipelineData defaultUpdatePipelineData;
 
-    //! Desc pool for particle component desc set allocation
+    //! Desc pool for particle component desc set allocation 
     Handle<SHVkDescriptorPool> descPool;
 
+    std::unordered_map<Handle<SHVkShaderModule>, CustomPipeline> customUpdatePipelineCache;
+
 
     void InitializeComponent (SHParticleEmitterComponent& comp) noexcept;
     void EmitComponent (Handle<SHVkCommandBuffer> cmdBuffer, SHParticleEmitterComponent& comp, uint32_t frameIndex) noexcept;
     void UpdateCompoennt(Handle<SHVkCommandBuffer> cmdBuffer, SHParticleEmitterComponent& comp, uint32_t frameIndex) noexcept;
     void RenderComponent(Handle<SHVkCommandBuffer> cmdBuffer, SHParticleEmitterComponent& comp, uint32_t frameIndex) noexcept;
 
+    void PreparePrePostUpdateBarriers (std::vector<vk::BufferMemoryBarrier>& preUpdateBarriers, std::vector<vk::BufferMemoryBarrier>& postUpdateBarriers, SHParticleEmitterComponent const& emitter, uint32_t const EMITTER_INDEX, uint32_t const FRAME_INDEX) noexcept;
+
+    Handle<SHVkPipeline> GetCustomUpdatePipeline (Handle<SHVkShaderModule> customUpdateShader) noexcept;
+
   public:
     void Init(Handle<SHVkLogicalDevice> device, Handle<SHVkDescriptorPool> inDescPool, Handle<SHVkRenderpass> compatibleRenderpass, Handle<SHSubpass> subpass, Handle<SHVkShaderModule> VS, Handle<SHVkShaderModule> FS, Handle<SHVkShaderModule> emitCS, Handle<SHVkShaderModule> defaultUpdateCS) noexcept;
 
-    void Run(Handle<SHVkCommandBuffer> cmdBuffer, uint32_t frameIndex, float dt) noexcept;
+    void Run(Handle<SHVkCommandBuffer> cmdBuffer, uint32_t frameIndex, Handle<SHVkFence> waitFence = {}) noexcept;
+    void ResetInstanceCounts (Handle<SHVkCommandBuffer> cmdBuffer, uint32_t frameIndex) noexcept;
 
     void Render(Handle<SHVkCommandBuffer> cmdBuffer, Handle<SHRenderer> renderer, uint32_t frameIndex) noexcept;
     void Exit(void) noexcept;

SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/PostProcessing/SHSSAO.cpp

@@ -19,15 +19,16 @@ namespace SHADE
     // generate samples
     for (uint32_t i = 0; i < NUM_SAMPLES; ++i)
     {
-      //SHVec3 temp
+      SHVec3 temp
-      //{
+      {
-      //  distrib(generator) * 2.0f - 1.0f, // -1.0f - 1.0f
+        distrib(generator) * 2.0f - 1.0f, // -1.0f - 1.0f
-      //  distrib(generator) * 2.0f - 1.0f, // -1.0f - 1.0f
+        distrib(generator) * 2.0f - 1.0f, // -1.0f - 1.0f
-      //  distrib(generator),               //  0.0f - 1.0f so that sample space is a hemisphere
+        distrib(generator),               //  0.0f - 1.0f so that sample space is a hemisphere
-      //};
+      };
 
-      //temp = SHVec3::Normalise(temp);
+      temp = SHVec3::Normalise(temp);
-      //temp *= distrib(generator);
+      temp *= distrib(generator);
+      samples[i] = SHVec4 (temp.x, temp.y, temp.z, 0.0f);
 
       //// This makes sure that most points are closer to fragment's position
       //float scale = 1.0f / static_cast<float>(NUM_SAMPLES);
@@ -36,16 +37,16 @@ namespace SHADE
       //samples[i] = SHVec4 (temp.x, temp.y, temp.z, 0.0f);
 
 
-      samples[i] = SHVec4
+      //samples[i] = SHVec4
-      {
+      //{
-        distrib(generator) * 2.0f - 1.0f, // -1.0f - 1.0f
+      //  distrib(generator) * 2.0f - 1.0f, // -1.0f - 1.0f
-        distrib(generator) * 2.0f - 1.0f, // -1.0f - 1.0f
+      //  distrib(generator) * 2.0f - 1.0f, // -1.0f - 1.0f
-        distrib(generator),               //  0.0f - 1.0f so that sample space is a hemisphere
+      //  distrib(generator),               //  0.0f - 1.0f so that sample space is a hemisphere
-        0.0f
+      //  0.0f
-      };
+      //};
 
       // This makes sure that most points are closer to fragment's position
-      float scale = 1.0f / static_cast<float>(NUM_SAMPLES);
+      float scale = static_cast<float>(i) / static_cast<float>(NUM_SAMPLES);
       scale = std::lerp(0.1f, 1.0f, scale * scale);
       samples[i] *= scale;
     }

SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/TrajectoryRendering/SHTrajectoryRenderableComponent.cpp

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ namespace SHADE
   /***************************************************************************/
   void SHTrajectoryRenderableComponent::OnCreate(void)
   {
+    ResetSimulationInfo();
   }
 
   void SHTrajectoryRenderableComponent::OnDestroy(void)
@@ -22,12 +23,13 @@ namespace SHADE
   }
 
 
-  void SHTrajectoryRenderableComponent::SimulateTrajectory(EntityID eid, SHVec3 force, float timestep, uint32_t maxSteps) noexcept
+  void SHTrajectoryRenderableComponent::SimulateTrajectory(EntityID eid, float mass, SHVec3 force, float timestep, uint32_t maxSteps) noexcept
   {
     entityToSimulate = eid;
     simulationForce = force;
     simulationTimestep = timestep;
     simulationMaxSteps = maxSteps;
+    objectMass = mass;
   }
 
   float SHTrajectoryRenderableComponent::GetSimulationTimestep(void) const noexcept
@@ -35,6 +37,11 @@ namespace SHADE
     return simulationTimestep;
   }
 
+  float SHTrajectoryRenderableComponent::GetObjectMass(void) const noexcept
+  {
+    return objectMass;
+  }
+
   void SHTrajectoryRenderableComponent::ResetSimulationInfo(void) noexcept
   {
     entityToSimulate = MAX_EID;

SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/TrajectoryRendering/SHTrajectoryRenderableComponent.h

@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ namespace SHADE
     //! plotting a point in the simulation
     float simulationTimestep;
 
+    //! mass of the object to simulate
+    float objectMass;
+
     //! Entity to simulate trajectory of
     EntityID entityToSimulate;
 
@@ -68,12 +71,13 @@ namespace SHADE
     SHVec3              GetSimulationForce    (void) const noexcept;
     uint32_t            GetSimulationMaxSteps (void) const noexcept;
     float               GetSimulationTimestep (void) const noexcept;
+    float               GetObjectMass         (void) const noexcept;
 
     void ResetSimulationInfo (void) noexcept;
     void OnCreate(void) override final;
     void OnDestroy(void) override final;
 
-    void SimulateTrajectory (EntityID eid, SHVec3 force, float timestep, uint32_t maxSteps) noexcept;
+    void SimulateTrajectory (EntityID eid, float mass, SHVec3 force, float timestep, uint32_t maxSteps) noexcept;
 
     RTTR_ENABLE()
 

SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/TrajectoryRendering/SHTrajectoryRenderingSubSystem.cpp

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "SHpch.h"
 #include "SHTrajectoryRenderingSubSystem.h"
+
 #include "ECS_Base/Managers/SHComponentManager.h"
 #include "Graphics/MiddleEnd/TrajectoryRendering/SHTrajectoryRenderableComponent.h"
 #include "Graphics/Devices/SHVkLogicalDevice.h"
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "Graphics/MiddleEnd/Interface/SHRenderer.h"
 #include "Physics/System/SHPhysicsSystem.h"
 #include "ECS_Base/Managers/SHSystemManager.h"
+#include <Physics/System/SHGhostBody.h>
 
 namespace SHADE
 {
@@ -85,20 +87,36 @@ namespace SHADE
       {
         std::vector<SHVec3> positions{};
         std::vector<SHQuaternion> quats{};
-        physicsSystem->SimulateBody
+
-        (positions, quats,
+        auto* rigidBodyComp = SHComponentManager::GetComponent_s<SHRigidBodyComponent>(entityToSimulate);
-          SHPhysicsSystem::SimulateBodyInfo
+        if (!rigidBodyComp)
-          {
+          continue;
-           .bodyEID = entityToSimulate,
+
-           .force = comp.GetSimulationForce(),
+        SHGhostBody defaultGhostBody{*rigidBodyComp};
-           .continuousForce = false,
+
+        defaultGhostBody.mass = comp.GetObjectMass();
+
+        SHPhysicsSystem::SimulateBodyInfo simulateInfo
+        {
+          .bodyEID = entityToSimulate,
+          .force = comp.GetSimulationForce(),
+          .continuousForce = false,
           .timeStep = comp.GetSimulationTimestep(),
           .maxSteps = static_cast<int>(comp.GetSimulationMaxSteps()),
-          }
+        };
-        );
+
+        SHPhysicsSystem::SimulateBodyOutput output
+        {
+          .positions    = &positions
+        , .orientations = &quats 
+        };
+
+        physicsSystem->SimulateBody(defaultGhostBody, simulateInfo, output);
 
         comp.ResetSimulationInfo();
 
+        std::cout << positions.size() << std::endl;
+
         // If has positions, feed data to buffer.
         if (!positions.empty())
         {
@@ -198,7 +216,7 @@ namespace SHADE
       cmdBuffer->BindVertexBuffer(SHGraphicsConstants::VertexBufferBindings::TRAJECTORY_TRANSFORM, transformBuffer, 0);
 
       // call draw call
-      cmdBuffer->DrawMultiIndirect(drawDataBuffer, drawData.size());
+      cmdBuffer->DrawMultiIndirectIndexed(drawDataBuffer, drawData.size());
 
       // clear CPU transform and draw data
       transformData.clear();

SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/Pipeline/SHVkPipeline.cpp

@@ -299,6 +299,8 @@ namespace SHADE
     , created{ false }
 
   {
+    if (pipelineLayout)
+      pipelineLayout->AddCallback([this]() {ConstructPipeline(); });
 
   }
 

SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/RenderGraph/SHRenderGraphNode.cpp

@@ -372,6 +372,7 @@ namespace SHADE
     , ISelfHandle<SHRenderGraphNode>{std::move(rhs)}
     , dynamicIsActive {rhs.dynamicIsActive}
     , isDynamic {rhs.isDynamic}
+    , preBeginFuncs{std::move(rhs.preBeginFuncs)}
 
   {
     rhs.renderpass = {};
@@ -399,6 +400,7 @@ namespace SHADE
     name = std::move(rhs.name);
     dynamicIsActive = rhs.dynamicIsActive;
     isDynamic = rhs.isDynamic;
+    preBeginFuncs = std::move(rhs.preBeginFuncs);
 
     rhs.renderpass = {};
 
@@ -493,6 +495,11 @@ namespace SHADE
     return nodeCompute;
   }
 
+  void SHRenderGraphNode::AddPreBeginFunction(PreBeginFunction const& func) noexcept
+  {
+    preBeginFuncs.push_back(func);
+  }
+
   /***************************************************************************/
   /*!
   
@@ -664,6 +671,11 @@ namespace SHADE
 
   void SHRenderGraphNode::Execute(Handle<SHVkCommandBuffer> commandBuffer, Handle<SHVkDescriptorPool> descPool, uint32_t frameIndex) noexcept
   {
+    for (auto& func : preBeginFuncs)
+    {
+    	func(commandBuffer, frameIndex);
+    }
+
     if (renderpass)
     {
       uint32_t framebufferIndex = (framebuffers.size() > 1) ? frameIndex : 0;

SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/RenderGraph/SHRenderGraphNode.h

@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ namespace SHADE
 
   class SH_API SHRenderGraphNode : public ISelfHandle<SHRenderGraphNode>
   {
+  public:
+    using PreBeginFunction = std::function<void(Handle<SHVkCommandBuffer>, uint32_t)>;
+
+
   private:
     /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
     /* PRIVATE MEMBER VARIABLES                                              */
@@ -74,6 +78,9 @@ namespace SHADE
     //! of drawing objects on the image (i.e. compute).
     std::vector<Handle<SHRenderGraphNodeCompute>> nodeComputes;
 
+    //! Calls before renderpass begins
+    std::vector<PreBeginFunction> preBeginFuncs;
+
     //! Whether or not the node has finished execution
     bool executed;
 
@@ -118,6 +125,7 @@ namespace SHADE
     /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
     Handle<SHSubpass>                AddSubpass(std::string subpassName, Handle<SHViewport> viewport, Handle<SHRenderer> renderer) noexcept;
     Handle<SHRenderGraphNodeCompute> AddNodeCompute(std::string nodeName, Handle<SHVkShaderModule> computeShaderModule, std::initializer_list<std::string> resources, std::unordered_set<BindingAndSetHash>&& dynamicBufferBindings = {}, uint32_t variableDescCount = 0, float numWorkGroupScale = 1.0f) noexcept;
+    void AddPreBeginFunction (PreBeginFunction const& func) noexcept;
     
     void                             Execute(Handle<SHVkCommandBuffer> commandBuffer, Handle<SHVkDescriptorPool> descPool, uint32_t frameIndex) noexcept;
     Handle<SHVkPipeline>             GetOrCreatePipeline(std::pair<Handle<SHVkShaderModule>, Handle<SHVkShaderModule>> const& vsFsPair, Handle<SHSubpass> subpass) noexcept;

SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/Shaders/SHVkShaderModule.cpp

@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ namespace SHADE
 
     Recompile();
 
-    //for (auto& callback : onChangeCallbacks)
+    for (auto& callback : onChangeCallbacks)
-    //	callback();
+      callback();
   }
 
   void SHVkShaderModule::AddCallback(ChangeCallback&& callback) noexcept

SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/Synchronization/SHVkFence.h

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ namespace SHADE
     /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
     /* PUBLIC MEMBER FUNCTIONS                                               */
     /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-    bool Wait  (bool waitAll, uint64_t timer) noexcept;
+    bool Wait  (bool waitAll, uint64_t timer = std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max()) noexcept;
     void Reset (void) noexcept;
 
     /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/

SHADE_Engine/src/Physics/Interface/SHRigidBodyComponent.cpp

@@ -150,6 +150,16 @@ namespace SHADE
     return rigidBody ? SHQuaternion{ rigidBody->getTransform().getOrientation() }.ToEuler() : SHVec3::Zero;
   }
 
+  SHVec3 SHRigidBodyComponent::GetLocalInertia() const noexcept
+  {
+    return rigidBody ? SHVec3{ rigidBody->getLocalInertiaTensor() } : SHVec3::Zero;
+  }
+
+  SHVec3 SHRigidBodyComponent::GetLocalCentroid() const noexcept
+  {
+    return rigidBody ? SHVec3{ rigidBody->getLocalCenterOfMass() } : SHVec3::Zero;
+  }
+
   /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
   /* Setter Function Definitions                                                       */
   /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

SHADE_Engine/src/Physics/Interface/SHRigidBodyComponent.h

@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ namespace SHADE
     [[nodiscard]] SHVec3  GetPosition         ()  const noexcept;
     [[nodiscard]] SHVec3  GetRotation         ()  const noexcept;
 
+    [[nodiscard]] SHVec3  GetLocalInertia     ()  const noexcept;
+    [[nodiscard]] SHVec3  GetLocalCentroid    ()  const noexcept;
+
     /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
     /* Setter Functions                                                                */
     /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

SHADE_Engine/src/Physics/System/SHGhostBody.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/****************************************************************************************
+ * \file      SHGhostBody.cpp
+ * \author    Diren D Bharwani, diren.dbharwani, 390002520
+ * \brief     Implementation for the Ghost Body meant for Simulation.
+ *
+ * \copyright Copyright (C) 2022 DigiPen Institute of Technology. Reproduction or
+ *            disclosure of this file or its contents without the prior written consent
+ *            of DigiPen Institute of Technology is prohibited.
+****************************************************************************************/
+
+#include <SHpch.h>
+
+// Primary Header
+#include "SHGhostBody.h"
+
+namespace SHADE
+{
+  /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+  /* Constructors & Destructor Definitions                                             */
+  /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+  SHGhostBody::SHGhostBody(const SHRigidBodyComponent& rigidBody) noexcept
+  : linearVelocity   { rigidBody.GetLinearVelocity()                    }
+  , angularVelocity  { rigidBody.GetAngularVelocity()                   }
+  , localCentroid    { rigidBody.GetLocalCentroid()                     }
+  , accumulatedForce { rigidBody.GetForce()                             }
+  , accumulatedTorque{ rigidBody.GetTorque()                            }
+  , gravityScale     { rigidBody.GetGravityScale()                      }
+  , mass             { rigidBody.GetMass()                              }
+  , drag             { rigidBody.GetDrag()                              }
+  , angularDrag      { rigidBody.GetAngularDrag()                       }
+  , position         { rigidBody.GetPosition()                          }
+  , orientation      { SHQuaternion::FromEuler(rigidBody.GetRotation()) }
+  , useGravity       { rigidBody.IsGravityEnabled() }
+  {
+    const SHVec3 LOCAL_INERTIA = rigidBody.GetLocalInertia();
+    localInvInertia.x = 1.0f / LOCAL_INERTIA.x;
+    localInvInertia.y = 1.0f / LOCAL_INERTIA.y;
+    localInvInertia.z = 1.0f / LOCAL_INERTIA.z;
+
+    linearLock.x      = rigidBody.GetFreezePositionX() ? 0.0f : 1.0f;
+    linearLock.y      = rigidBody.GetFreezePositionY() ? 0.0f : 1.0f;
+    linearLock.z      = rigidBody.GetFreezePositionZ() ? 0.0f : 1.0f;
+
+    angularLock.x     = rigidBody.GetFreezeRotationX() ? 0.0f : 1.0f;
+    angularLock.y     = rigidBody.GetFreezeRotationY() ? 0.0f : 1.0f;
+    angularLock.z     = rigidBody.GetFreezeRotationZ() ? 0.0f : 1.0f;
+  }
+
+
+} // namespace SHADE

SHADE_Engine/src/Physics/System/SHGhostBody.h

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/****************************************************************************************
+ * \file      SHGhostBody.h
+ * \author    Diren D Bharwani, diren.dbharwani, 390002520
+ * \brief     Interface for the Ghost Body meant for Simulation.
+ *
+ * \copyright Copyright (C) 2022 DigiPen Institute of Technology. Reproduction or
+ *            disclosure of this file or its contents without the prior written consent
+ *            of DigiPen Institute of Technology is prohibited.
+****************************************************************************************/
+
+#pragma once
+
+// Project Headers
+#include "Physics/Interface/SHRigidBodyComponent.h"
+
+namespace SHADE
+{
+  /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+  /* Type Definitions                                                                  */
+  /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+  /**
+   * @brief
+   * Encapsulates a rigid body that will be simulated in the world, but doesn't actually
+   * exist in the world.
+  */
+  struct SHGhostBody
+  {
+  public:
+    /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+    /* Data Members                                                                    */
+    /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+    SHVec3        linearVelocity    = SHVec3::Zero;
+    SHVec3        angularVelocity   = SHVec3::Zero;
+    
+    SHVec3        localInvInertia   = SHVec3::One;
+    SHVec3        localCentroid     = SHVec3::Zero;
+    SHVec3        accumulatedForce  = SHVec3::Zero;
+    SHVec3        accumulatedTorque = SHVec3::Zero;
+
+    SHVec3        linearLock        = SHVec3::One;
+    SHVec3        angularLock       = SHVec3::One;
+
+    float         gravityScale      = 1.0f;
+    float         mass              = 1.0f;
+    float         drag              = 0.01f;
+    float         angularDrag       = 0.01f;
+
+    SHVec3        position          = SHVec3::Zero;
+    SHQuaternion  orientation       = SHQuaternion::Identity;
+    bool          useGravity        = true;
+
+    /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+    /* Constructors & Destructor                                                       */
+    /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+    SHGhostBody   () noexcept = default;
+    SHGhostBody   (const SHRigidBodyComponent& rigidBody) noexcept;
+
+  };
+
+
+} // namespace SHADE

SHADE_Engine/src/Physics/System/SHPhysicsSystem.cpp

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "Physics/Interface/SHColliderComponent.h"
 #include "Scene/SHSceneManager.h"
 #include "Scripting/SHScriptEngine.h"
+#include "SHGhostBody.h"
 
 namespace SHADE
 {
@@ -236,46 +237,22 @@ namespace SHADE
     return IS_COLLIDING;
   }
 
-  void SHPhysicsSystem::SimulateBody(std::vector<SHVec3>& positions, std::vector<SHQuaternion>& orientations, const SimulateBodyInfo& simInfo)
+  void SHPhysicsSystem::SimulateBody(SHGhostBody& ghostBody, SimulateBodyInfo& simInfo, SimulateBodyOutput& output)
   {
     // Check for a valid rigidbody
     const auto* rigidBody = SHComponentManager::GetComponent_s<SHRigidBodyComponent>(simInfo.bodyEID);
     if (!rigidBody)
     {
-      SHLOG_WARNING("Entity {} does not have a rigid body to simulate!", simInfo.bodyEID)
+      SHLOG_WARNING("Entity {} does not have a rigid body to simulate! This body will collide with everything!", simInfo.bodyEID)
-      return;
-    }
-
-    // Ignore non-dynamic bodies
-    if (rigidBody->type != SHRigidBodyComponent::Type::DYNAMIC)
-    {
-      SHLOG_WARNING("Entity {} is not a dynamic body. We cannot simulate non-dynamic bodies!", simInfo.bodyEID)
-      return;
     }
 
     // Prepare simulation info (I'm basically declaring an entire body here)
-    SHVec3        bodyPosition          = rigidBody->GetPosition();
+    float   invMass           = 1.0f / ghostBody.mass;
-    SHQuaternion  bodyOrientation       = SHQuaternion::FromEuler(rigidBody->GetRotation());
+    SHVec3  worldInvInertia   = SHVec3::One;
-    SHVec3        linearVelocity        = rigidBody->GetLinearVelocity();
+    SHVec3  worldCentroid     = SHVec3::One;
-    SHVec3        angularVelocity       = rigidBody->GetAngularVelocity();
-    float         invMass               = 1.0f / rigidBody->GetMass();
-    SHVec3        localInvInertia       = rigidBody->rigidBody->getLocalInertiaTensor();
-    SHVec3        worldInvInertia       = SHVec3::One;
-    SHVec3        localCentroid         = rigidBody->rigidBody->getLocalCenterOfMass();
-    SHVec3        worldCentroid         = SHVec3::One;
-    SHVec3        appliedForce          = simInfo.force;
-    SHVec3        appliedTorque         = simInfo.torque;
-    SHVec3        accumulatedForce      = SHVec3::Zero;
-    SHVec3        accumulatedTorque     = SHVec3::Zero;
 
-    const SHVec3& LINEAR_LOCK           = rigidBody->rigidBody->getLinearLockAxisFactor();
+    // Asserts. Don't be an idiot.
-    const SHVec3& ANGULAR_LOCK          = rigidBody->rigidBody->getAngularLockAxisFactor();
+    SHASSERT(invMass > 0, "GhostBody's mass in invalid")
-
-    // Invert the inertia
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < SHVec3::SIZE; ++i)
-      localInvInertia[i] = 1.0f / localInvInertia[i];
-
-    
 
     // Build raycast layer from colliders. If none exist....then this never stops simulating technically.
     // I'm too lazy to handle that case, so I'll just throw an error.
@@ -302,24 +279,24 @@ namespace SHADE
     int   iterationCounter  = simInfo.maxSteps;
     do
     {
-      raycastInfo.distance      = linearVelocity.Length();
+      raycastInfo.distance      = ghostBody.linearVelocity.Length() * simInfo.timeStep;   // Do not take the entire velocity's length as that is for an entire second.
-      raycastInfo.ray.position  = bodyPosition;
+      raycastInfo.ray.position  = ghostBody.position;
-      raycastInfo.ray.direction = SHVec3::Normalise(linearVelocity);
+      raycastInfo.ray.direction = SHVec3::Normalise(ghostBody.linearVelocity);
 
       terminate = !Raycast(raycastInfo).empty() || iterationCounter == 0;
       if (terminate)
         return;
 
       // Compute world space data
-      const SHMatrix R  = SHMatrix::Rotate(bodyOrientation);
+      const SHMatrix R  = SHMatrix::Rotate(ghostBody.orientation);
       const SHMatrix RT = SHMatrix::Transpose(R);
 
       SHMatrix localInertiaTensor = SHMatrix::Identity;
 
       // Set the diagonals
-      localInertiaTensor.m[0][0] = localInvInertia.x;
+      localInertiaTensor.m[0][0] = ghostBody.localInvInertia.x;
-      localInertiaTensor.m[1][1] = localInvInertia.y;
+      localInertiaTensor.m[1][1] = ghostBody.localInvInertia.y;
-      localInertiaTensor.m[2][2] = localInvInertia.z;
+      localInertiaTensor.m[2][2] = ghostBody.localInvInertia.z;
 
       localInertiaTensor *= RT;
       const SHVec3 DIAGONALS { localInertiaTensor.m[0][0], localInertiaTensor.m[1][1], localInertiaTensor.m[2][2] };
@@ -327,42 +304,47 @@ namespace SHADE
       worldInvInertia = R * DIAGONALS;
 
       // Compute world centroid
-      worldCentroid = (R * localCentroid) + bodyPosition;
+      worldCentroid = (R * ghostBody.localCentroid) + ghostBody.position;
 
       // Apply forces
-      accumulatedForce  += appliedForce;
+      ghostBody.accumulatedForce  += simInfo.force;
-      angularVelocity   += worldInvInertia * SHVec3::Cross(bodyPosition + simInfo.forceOffset, simInfo.force);
+      ghostBody.angularVelocity   += worldInvInertia * SHVec3::Cross(ghostBody.position + simInfo.forceOffset, simInfo.force);
-      accumulatedTorque += appliedTorque;
+      ghostBody.accumulatedTorque += simInfo.torque;
 
       // Integrate Velocities
       // Integrate forces and gravity into linear velocity
-      const SHVec3 LINEAR_ACCELERATION        = accumulatedForce * invMass;
+      const SHVec3 LINEAR_ACCELERATION        = ghostBody.accumulatedForce * invMass;
-      const SHVec3 GRAVITATIONAL_ACCELERATION = rigidBody->IsGravityEnabled() ? worldState.settings.gravity * rigidBody->GetGravityScale() : SHVec3::Zero;
+      const SHVec3 GRAVITATIONAL_ACCELERATION = ghostBody.gravityScale ? worldState.settings.gravity * ghostBody.gravityScale : SHVec3::Zero;
 
-      linearVelocity += (LINEAR_ACCELERATION + GRAVITATIONAL_ACCELERATION) * simInfo.timeStep * LINEAR_LOCK;
+      ghostBody.linearVelocity += (LINEAR_ACCELERATION + GRAVITATIONAL_ACCELERATION) * simInfo.timeStep * ghostBody.linearLock;
-      angularVelocity += worldInvInertia * (accumulatedTorque * simInfo.timeStep);
+      ghostBody.angularVelocity += worldInvInertia * (ghostBody.accumulatedTorque * simInfo.timeStep);
 
       // Apply drag (exponentially applied)
-      linearVelocity  *= 1.0f / (1.0f + simInfo.timeStep * rigidBody->drag);
+      ghostBody.linearVelocity  *= 1.0f / (1.0f + simInfo.timeStep * ghostBody.drag);
-      angularVelocity *= 1.0f / (1.0f + simInfo.timeStep * rigidBody->angularDrag);
+      ghostBody.angularVelocity *= 1.0f / (1.0f + simInfo.timeStep * ghostBody.angularDrag);
         
       // Integrate Positions & Orientations
-      const SHQuaternion QV = SHQuaternion{ angularVelocity.x * simInfo.timeStep, angularVelocity.y * simInfo.timeStep, angularVelocity.z * simInfo.timeStep, 0.0f } * 0.5f;
+      const SHQuaternion QV = SHQuaternion{ ghostBody.angularVelocity.x * simInfo.timeStep, ghostBody.angularVelocity.y * simInfo.timeStep, ghostBody.angularVelocity.z * simInfo.timeStep, 0.0f } * 0.5f;
 
-      bodyPosition    += linearVelocity * simInfo.timeStep;
+      ghostBody.position    += ghostBody.linearVelocity * simInfo.timeStep;
-      bodyOrientation += bodyOrientation * QV * SHQuaternion::FromEuler(ANGULAR_LOCK);
+      ghostBody.orientation += ghostBody.orientation * QV * SHQuaternion::FromEuler(ghostBody.angularLock);
-      bodyOrientation = SHQuaternion::Normalise(bodyOrientation);
+      ghostBody.orientation = SHQuaternion::Normalise(ghostBody.orientation);
+
+      // Clear forces 
+      ghostBody.accumulatedForce  = SHVec3::Zero;
+      ghostBody.accumulatedTorque = SHVec3::Zero;
 
-      // Clear forces after the first frame
       if (!simInfo.continuousForce)
       {
-        accumulatedForce  = SHVec3::Zero;
+        simInfo.force   = SHVec3::Zero;
-        accumulatedTorque = SHVec3::Zero;
+        simInfo.torque  = SHVec3::Zero;
-        appliedForce      = SHVec3::Zero;
-        appliedTorque     = SHVec3::Zero;
       }
 
-      positions.emplace_back(bodyPosition);
+      if (output.positions)
+        output.positions->emplace_back(ghostBody.position);
+
+      if (output.orientations)
+        output.orientations->emplace_back(ghostBody.orientation);
 
       --iterationCounter;
 

SHADE_Engine/src/Physics/System/SHPhysicsSystem.h

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 namespace SHADE
 {
+  struct SHGhostBody;
   /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
   /* Type Definitions                                                                  */
   /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
@@ -51,40 +52,54 @@ namespace SHADE
     /**
      * @brief
      * Used to simulate the motion of a rigid body, ignoring collision detection and response.
-     * @param bodyEID
-     * The EntityID of the Rigid Body to simulate.
-     * @param force
-     * The force applied onto the Rigid Body.
-     * @param forceOffset
-     * The position to apply the force onto the body relative to it's local Center of Mass.
-     * @param torque
-     * The torque to apply onto the Rigid Body.
-     * @param continuousForce
-     * If the force should be applied every step throughout the simulation. Defaults to false. <br/>
-     * True : The force indicated is added to the body every step, therefore it has constant acceleration.
-     * False: The force is applied only in the first step, therefore it has constant speed.
-     * @param timeStep
-     * The timestep for each step of the simulation. Defaults to 0.016s (The default Fixed DT)
-     * @param maxSteps
-     * The number of steps to run the simulation for. Defaults to -1.
-     * < 0 : Runs until the object may hit something. Hit detection is done through raycasting.
-     * = 0 : Runs only the current step and checks if it may hit something.
-     * > 0 : Runs for the given number of steps or until it may hit something.
     */
     struct SimulateBodyInfo
     {
+    public:
+
+      // The EntityID of the Actual Rigid Body to simulate. If none is passed it,
+      // the Ghost Body will attempt to collide with everything.
       EntityID  bodyEID         = MAX_EID;
 
+      // The force applied onto the Ghost Body.
       SHVec3    force           = SHVec3::Zero;
+
+      // The position where the force is applied offset from the local centroid.
       SHVec3    forceOffset     = SHVec3::Zero;
+
+      // The torque to apply onto the Ghost Body.
       SHVec3    torque          = SHVec3::Zero;
 
-      // Whether or not to clear the force after the first iteration
+      /*
+        If the force should be applied every step throughout the simulation. Defaults to false.
+        True : The force indicated is added to the body every step, therefore it has constant acceleration.
+        False: The force is applied only in the first step, therefore it has constant speed.
+       */
       bool      continuousForce = false;
+
+      // The timestep for each step of the simulation. Defaults to 0.016s (The default Fixed DT)
       float     timeStep        = static_cast<float>(SHPhysicsConstants::DEFAULT_FIXED_DT);
+
+      /*
+        The number of steps to run the simulation for. Defaults to -1.
+        < 0 : Runs until the object may hit something. Hit detection is done through raycasting.
+        = 0 : Runs only the current step and checks if it may hit something.
+        > 0 : Runs for the given number of steps or until it may hit something.
+       */
       int       maxSteps        = -1;
     };
 
+    /**
+     * @brief
+     * Contains the output for the simulate body method.
+    */
+    struct SimulateBodyOutput
+    {
+    public:
+      std::vector<SHVec3>*        positions     = nullptr;
+      std::vector<SHQuaternion>*  orientations  = nullptr;
+    };
+
 
     /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
     /* Constructors & Destructor                                                       */
@@ -158,15 +173,16 @@ namespace SHADE
 
     /**
      * @brief
-     * Simulates the motion of a body until it collides with something.
+     * Simulates a non-existent body in the physics world.
-     * @param positions
+     * The simulation will run based on the information passed in.
-     * The output vector for the position of the body in each timestep.
+     * @param ghostBody
-     * @param orientations
+     * The definition of the body passed in.
-     * The output vector for the orientations of the body in each timestep.
      * @param simInfo
-     * The information for simulating the body.
+     * The information for how the simulation will run.
+     * @param output
+     * The transform results for position and orientations.
     */
-    void SimulateBody(std::vector<SHVec3>& positions, std::vector<SHQuaternion>& orientations, const SimulateBodyInfo& simInfo);
+    void SimulateBody(SHGhostBody& ghostBody, SimulateBodyInfo& simInfo, SimulateBodyOutput& output);
 
     /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
     /* System Routines                                                                 */

SHADE_Engine/src/Serialization/SHSerialization.cpp

@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ namespace SHADE
     AddComponentToComponentNode<SHUIComponent>(components, eid);
     AddComponentToComponentNode<SHAudioListenerComponent>(components, eid);
     AddComponentToComponentNode<SHTrajectoryRenderableComponent>(components, eid);
+    AddComponentToComponentNode<SHParticleEmitterComponent>(components, eid);
 
     node[ComponentsNode] = components;
 
@@ -310,6 +311,7 @@ namespace SHADE
     AddComponentID<SHUIComponent>(componentIDList, componentsNode);
     AddComponentID<SHAudioListenerComponent>(componentIDList, componentsNode);
     AddComponentID<SHTrajectoryRenderableComponent>(componentIDList, componentsNode);
+    AddComponentID<SHParticleEmitterComponent>(componentIDList, componentsNode);
 
     return componentIDList;
   }
@@ -398,5 +400,6 @@ namespace SHADE
     SHSerializationHelper::InitializeComponentFromNode<SHUIComponent>(componentsNode, eid);
     SHSerializationHelper::InitializeComponentFromNode<SHAudioListenerComponent>(componentsNode, eid);
     SHSerializationHelper::InitializeComponentFromNode<SHTrajectoryRenderableComponent>(componentsNode, eid);
+    SHSerializationHelper::InitializeComponentFromNode<SHParticleEmitterComponent>(componentsNode, eid);
   }
 }

SHADE_Engine/src/Serialization/SHYAMLConverters.h

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "Physics/Collision/CollisionTags/SHCollisionTagMatrix.h"
 #include "Graphics/MiddleEnd/TrajectoryRendering/SHTrajectoryRenderableComponent.h"
 #include "Physics/Collision/Shapes/SHCapsule.h"
+#include <Graphics/MiddleEnd/Particles/SHParticleEmitterComponent.h>
 
 namespace YAML
 {
@@ -35,6 +36,9 @@ namespace YAML
   struct HasYAMLConv<SHAnimatorComponent> : std::true_type {};
   template<>
   struct HasYAMLConv<SHTrajectoryRenderableComponent> : std::true_type {};
+  template<>
+  struct HasYAMLConv<SHParticleEmitterComponent> : std::true_type {};
+
 
   template<>
   struct convert<SHVec4>
@@ -497,4 +501,120 @@ namespace YAML
     }
   };
 
+  template<>
+  struct convert<SHParticleEmitterComponent>
+  {
+    static constexpr std::string_view EMISSION_COUNT_TAG = "Emission Count";
+    static constexpr std::string_view IS_PASSIVE_TAG = "Is Passive";
+    static constexpr std::string_view EMISSION_INTERVAL_TAG = "Emission Interval";
+    static constexpr std::string_view MIN_LIFE_TAG = "Min Life";
+    static constexpr std::string_view MAX_LIFE_TAG = "Max Life";
+    static constexpr std::string_view ANGULAR_RANGES_OFFSET_TAG = "Angular Ranges And Offset";
+    static constexpr std::string_view MIN_SIZE_TAG = "Minimum Size";
+    static constexpr std::string_view MAX_SIZE_TAG = "Maximum Size";
+    static constexpr std::string_view SIZE_DECAY_TAG = "Size Decay";
+    static constexpr std::string_view MIN_SPEED_TAG = "Minimum Speed";
+    static constexpr std::string_view MAX_SPEED_TAG = "Maximum Speed";
+    static constexpr std::string_view ROTATION_SPEED_TAG = "Rotation Speed";
+    static constexpr std::string_view ROTATION_DECAY_TAG = "Rotation Decay";
+    static constexpr std::string_view TEXTURE_ASSET_ID_TAG = "Texture Asset ID";
+    static constexpr std::string_view CUSTOM_UPDATE_SHADER_ASSET_ID_TAG = "Custom Update Shader Asset ID";
+
+    static YAML::Node encode(SHParticleEmitterComponent const& rhs)
+    {
+      YAML::Node node;
+      node[EMISSION_COUNT_TAG.data()] = rhs.GetEmissionCount();
+      node[IS_PASSIVE_TAG.data()] = rhs.GetPassive();
+      node[EMISSION_INTERVAL_TAG.data()] = rhs.GetEmissionInterval();
+      node[MIN_LIFE_TAG.data()] = rhs.GetMinLife();
+      node[MAX_LIFE_TAG.data()] = rhs.GetMaxLife();
+      node[MIN_SPEED_TAG.data()] = rhs.GetMinSpeed();
+      node[MAX_SPEED_TAG.data()] = rhs.GetMaxSpeed();
+      node[MIN_SIZE_TAG.data()] = rhs.GetMinSize();
+      node[MAX_SIZE_TAG.data()] = rhs.GetMaxSize();
+      node[SIZE_DECAY_TAG.data()] = rhs.GetSizeDecayMult();
+      node[ANGULAR_RANGES_OFFSET_TAG.data()] = rhs.GetAngularRangesAndOffsets();
+      node[ROTATION_SPEED_TAG.data()] = rhs.GetRotationSpeed();
+      node[ROTATION_DECAY_TAG.data()] = rhs.GetRotationDecay();
+      node[TEXTURE_ASSET_ID_TAG.data()] = rhs.GetTextureAssetID();
+      node[CUSTOM_UPDATE_SHADER_ASSET_ID_TAG.data()] = rhs.GetCustomUpdateShaderAssetID();
+
+      return node;
+    }
+    static bool decode(YAML::Node const& node, SHParticleEmitterComponent& rhs)
+    {
+      auto gfxSystem = SHSystemManager::GetSystem<SHGraphicsSystem>();
+
+      if (node[EMISSION_COUNT_TAG.data()].IsDefined())
+        rhs.SetEmissionCount(node[EMISSION_COUNT_TAG.data()].as<uint32_t>());
+
+      if (node[IS_PASSIVE_TAG.data()].IsDefined())
+        rhs.SetPassive(node[IS_PASSIVE_TAG.data()].as<bool>());
+
+      if (node[EMISSION_INTERVAL_TAG.data()].IsDefined())
+        rhs.SetEmissionInterval(node[EMISSION_INTERVAL_TAG.data()].as<float>());
+
+      if (node[MIN_LIFE_TAG.data()].IsDefined())
+        rhs.SetMinLife(node[MIN_LIFE_TAG.data()].as<float>());
+
+      if (node[MAX_LIFE_TAG.data()].IsDefined())
+        rhs.SetMaxLife(node[MAX_LIFE_TAG.data()].as<float>());
+
+      if (node[SIZE_DECAY_TAG.data()].IsDefined())
+        rhs.SetSizeDecayMult(node[SIZE_DECAY_TAG.data()].as<float>());
+
+      if (node[ANGULAR_RANGES_OFFSET_TAG.data()].IsDefined())
+        rhs.SetAngularRangesAndOffsets(node[ANGULAR_RANGES_OFFSET_TAG.data()].as<SHVec4>());
+
+      if (node[MIN_SPEED_TAG.data()].IsDefined())
+        rhs.SetMinSpeed(node[MIN_SPEED_TAG.data()].as<float>());
+
+      if (node[MAX_SPEED_TAG.data()].IsDefined())
+        rhs.SetMaxSpeed (node[MAX_SPEED_TAG.data()].as<float>());
+
+      if (node[MAX_SIZE_TAG.data()].IsDefined())
+        rhs.SetMaxSize(node[MAX_SIZE_TAG.data()].as<float>());
+
+      if (node[ROTATION_SPEED_TAG.data()].IsDefined())
+        rhs.SetRotationSpeed(node[ROTATION_SPEED_TAG.data()].as<float>());
+
+      if (node[ROTATION_DECAY_TAG.data()].IsDefined())
+        rhs.SetRotationDecay(node[ROTATION_DECAY_TAG.data()].as<float>());
+
+
+      if (node[TEXTURE_ASSET_ID_TAG.data()].IsDefined())
+      {
+        AssetID id = node[TEXTURE_ASSET_ID_TAG.data()].as<AssetID>();
+
+        Handle<SHTexture> texture = SHResourceManager::LoadOrGet<SHTexture>(id);
+        SHResourceManager::FinaliseChanges();
+        //gfxSystem->BuildTextures();
+
+        if (texture)
+        {
+          rhs.SetTextureIndex(texture->TextureArrayIndex);
+          rhs.SetTextureAssetID(id);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+          SHLOG_WARNING ("Texture not set for particle emitter component: texture handle is null. ");
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (node[CUSTOM_UPDATE_SHADER_ASSET_ID_TAG.data()].IsDefined())
+      {
+        AssetID id = node[CUSTOM_UPDATE_SHADER_ASSET_ID_TAG.data()].as<AssetID>();
+
+        Handle<SHVkShaderModule> shaderModule = SHResourceManager::LoadOrGet<SHVkShaderModule>(id);
+        SHResourceManager::FinaliseChanges();
+        //gfxSystem->BuildTextures();
+
+        rhs.SetCustomUpdateShader(shaderModule);
+        rhs.SetTextureAssetID(id);
+      }
+      
+      return true;
+    }
+  };
+
 }

SHADE_Managed/src/Audio/AudioClip.cxx

@@ -44,6 +44,16 @@ namespace SHADE
     return SHResourceManagerInterface::GetAssetID(Convert::ToNative(audioClipInstHandle)).value_or(INVALID_ASSET_ID);
   }
 
+  bool AudioClipHandler::DestroyOnSceneExit::get()
+  {
+    return NativeObject->GetDestroyOnSceneExit();
+  }
+
+  void AudioClipHandler::DestroyOnSceneExit::set(bool value)
+  {
+    NativeObject->SetDestroyOnSceneExit(value);
+  }
+
   /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
   /* Constructors/Destructor                                                         */
   /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

SHADE_Managed/src/Audio/AudioClip.hxx

@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ namespace SHADE
     AudioClipHandler(Handle<AudioClip> audioclip);
 
   public:
+
+    property bool DestroyOnSceneExit
+    {
+      bool get();
+      void set(bool value);
+    }
    
     //to comment ltr
     void Play();

SHADE_Managed/src/Components/TrajectoryRenderable.cxx

@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ namespace SHADE
 
   }
 
-  void TrajectoryRenderable::SimulateTrajectory(EntityID eid, Vector3 force, float timestep, uint32_t maxSteps)
+  void TrajectoryRenderable::SimulateTrajectory(EntityID eid, float mass, Vector3 force, float timestep, uint32_t maxSteps)
   {
-    GetNativeComponent()->SimulateTrajectory(eid, Convert::ToNative(force), timestep, maxSteps);
+    GetNativeComponent()->SimulateTrajectory(eid, mass, Convert::ToNative(force), timestep, maxSteps);
   }
 
   MeshAsset TrajectoryRenderable::Mesh::get()

SHADE_Managed/src/Components/TrajectoryRenderable.hxx

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ namespace SHADE
       void set(float val);
     }
 
-    void SimulateTrajectory(EntityID eid, Vector3 force, float timestep, uint32_t maxSteps);
+    void SimulateTrajectory(EntityID eid, float mass, Vector3 force, float timestep, uint32_t maxSteps);
 
   };
 }