Update 4.5.7

Author: nimadez

README.md

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 **Export Meshes**
 - Bake voxels to editable meshes
 - Bake voxels by color groups
-- Unbake exported GLB to voxels
+- Unbake exported GLB back to voxels
 - glTF compatible editor
 
 **Extensibility**
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 - Blender importer script
 
 **More**
-- Average startup time 300 ms
+- Average startup time 300 ms *(after the first launch)*
 - Unique handcrafted user-interface
 - Minimum dependency, portable, online and offline
 - Ad-free, no trackers, no logging, no loading screens
@@ -141,8 +141,9 @@ git reset --hard $HASH
 
 ## History
 ```
+↑ Unsafe WebGPU support
 ↑ Core initialization
-↑ Rendering was left to three and three-gpu-pathtracer
+↑ Rendering was left to Three and three-gpu-pathtracer
 ↑ ES6 (the original index.html playground was moved)
 ↑ x1.5 faster startup (2s to 300ms)
 ↑ Migrating to Linux: Firefox ready

media/screenshot.png

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "voxel-builder",
-    "version": "4.5.6",
+    "version": "4.5.7",
     "description": "Voxel-based 3D modeling application",
     "main": "electron.js",
     "scripts": {

package.json

@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@ import * as CORE from './modules/core.js';
 
 
 const startTime = performance.now();
+const adapter = navigator.gpu && await navigator.gpu.requestAdapter();
 
 
-engine.init().then(eng => {
+CORE.preferences.init(adapter);
 
-    CORE.preferences.init();
+engine.init(CORE.preferences.isWebGPU()).then(eng => {
 
     CORE.mainScene.create(eng).then(scn => {
 
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ engine.init().then(eng => {
         CORE.light.init();
         CORE.material.init();
 
+        CORE.vMesh.init();
         CORE.builder.init();
         CORE.xformer.init();
 

src/assets/appicon.png

@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ class Engine {
         this.isRendering = false;
     }
 
-    init() {
+    init(useWebGPU) {
+        if (useWebGPU)
+            return this.initWebGPU();
+
         return new Promise(resolve => {
             this.engine = new BABYLON.Engine(this.canvas, true, {});
             this.engine.disablePerformanceMonitorInBackground = true;
@@ -27,6 +30,21 @@ class Engine {
         });
     }
 
+    initWebGPU() {
+        return new Promise(async resolve => {
+            this.engine = new BABYLON.WebGPUEngine(this.canvas);
+            this.engine.disablePerformanceMonitorInBackground = true;
+            this.engine.preserveDrawingBuffer = false;
+            this.engine.premultipliedAlpha = true;
+            this.engine.enableOfflineSupport = false;
+            this.engine.doNotHandleContextLost = true;
+
+            await this.engine.initAsync();
+
+            resolve(this.engine);
+        });
+    }
+
     getFps() {
         return ~~this.engine.getFps();
     }