oolite/Resources/Shaders/oolite-dust.vertex

/*
	oolite-dust.vertex
	Vertex shader for interplanetary dust.
	
	
	© 2010-2013 Jens Ayton
	
	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
	as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
	of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
	
	This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
	GNU General Public License for more details.
	
	You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
	along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
	Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
	MA 02110-1301, USA.
*/

/*	The following macros are provided by Oolite, to ensure that they stay in
	sync with the values used in non-shader mode.

#define OODUST_SCALE_MAX    (float(2))
#define OODUST_SCALE_FACTOR (float(0.002))
#define OODUST_SIZE			(float(2000))
*/


/*	“Warpiness”: 0 for dots when not warping and the near end of lines when
	warping, 1 for the far end of lines when warping. (Note that both “ends”
	have the same input coordinates, and the shader applies the warp effect.)
*/
attribute float	aWarpiness;
uniform vec4	uWarp;

//	Player position, offset by -OODUST_SIZE/2 on each coordinate.
uniform vec4	uOffsetPlayerPosition;

varying vec4	vColor;


void main(void)
{
	/*	Dust particles are arranged in a cube of 2000×2000×2000 metres
		(OO_DUST_SIZE) around the universe origin. The following code offsets
		each particle to be somewhere in a cube of the same size around the
		player, creating an infinite repeating pattern.
	*/
	vec4 position = mod(gl_Vertex - uOffsetPlayerPosition, OODUST_SIZE) + uOffsetPlayerPosition;
	position = position - uWarp * aWarpiness;
	
	//	Project the dust, and find its distance from the camera.
	position.w = 1.0;
	position = gl_ModelViewProjectionMatrix * position;
	gl_Position = position;
	
	float distance = length(position);
	
	/*	The original non-shader code fades to black using linear fog, with a
		near plane of 500 and a far plane of 1000.
		OODUST_SCALE_MAX is far plane/near plane, and OODUST_SCALE_FACTOR
		is 1.0/(far plane - near plane).
		This gives us a function such that f(x) ≥ 1 when x ≤ near plane,
		f(x) ≤ 0 when x ≥ far plane, and a linear ramp in between, which we
		then clamp to [0..1].
	*/
	float alpha = clamp(OODUST_SCALE_MAX - distance * OODUST_SCALE_FACTOR, 0.0, 1.0);
	vColor = vec4(gl_Color.rgb, alpha * gl_Color.a);
}