Dynamic geometry client update

GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 set(GAMEENGINE_SRC
     Include/Common/AcademyStats.h
     Include/Common/ActionManager.h
-#    Include/Common/ArchiveFile.h
-#    Include/Common/ArchiveFileSystem.h
-#    Include/Common/AsciiString.h
-#    Include/Common/AudioAffect.h
-#    Include/Common/AudioEventInfo.h
-#    Include/Common/AudioEventRTS.h
-#    Include/Common/AudioHandleSpecialValues.h
-#    Include/Common/AudioRandomValue.h
-#    Include/Common/AudioRequest.h
-#    Include/Common/AudioSettings.h
+#    Include/Common/ArchiveFile.h
+#    Include/Common/ArchiveFileSystem.h
+#    Include/Common/AsciiString.h
+#    Include/Common/AudioAffect.h
+#    Include/Common/AudioEventInfo.h
+#    Include/Common/AudioEventRTS.h
+#    Include/Common/AudioHandleSpecialValues.h
+#    Include/Common/AudioRandomValue.h
+#    Include/Common/AudioRequest.h
+#    Include/Common/AudioSettings.h
     Include/Common/BattleHonors.h
     Include/Common/BezFwdIterator.h
     Include/Common/BezierSegment.h
@@ -33,21 +33,21 @@ set(GAMEENGINE_SRC
     Include/Common/DisabledTypes.h
     Include/Common/DiscreteCircle.h
     Include/Common/DrawModule.h
-#    Include/Common/DynamicAudioEventInfo.h
+#    Include/Common/DynamicAudioEventInfo.h
     Include/Common/encrypt.h
     Include/Common/Energy.h
     Include/Common/Errors.h
-#    Include/Common/file.h
-#    Include/Common/FileSystem.h
+#    Include/Common/file.h
+#    Include/Common/FileSystem.h
     Include/Common/FunctionLexicon.h
-#    Include/Common/GameAudio.h
+#    Include/Common/GameAudio.h
     Include/Common/GameCommon.h
-#    Include/Common/GameDefines.h
+#    Include/Common/GameDefines.h
     Include/Common/GameEngine.h
     Include/Common/GameLOD.h
     Include/Common/GameMemory.h
-#    Include/Common/GameMusic.h
-#    Include/Common/GameSounds.h
+#    Include/Common/GameMusic.h
+#    Include/Common/GameSounds.h
     Include/Common/GameSpyMiscPreferences.h
     Include/Common/GameState.h
     Include/Common/GameStateMap.h
@@ -63,13 +63,13 @@ set(GAMEENGINE_SRC
     Include/Common/Language.h
     Include/Common/LatchRestore.h
     Include/Common/List.h
-#    Include/Common/LocalFile.h
-#    Include/Common/LocalFileSystem.h
+#    Include/Common/LocalFile.h
+#    Include/Common/LocalFileSystem.h
     Include/Common/MapObject.h
     Include/Common/MapReaderWriterInfo.h
     Include/Common/MessageStream.h
     Include/Common/MiniLog.h
-#    Include/Common/MiscAudio.h
+#    Include/Common/MiscAudio.h
     Include/Common/MissionStats.h
     Include/Common/ModelState.h
     Include/Common/Module.h
@@ -91,16 +91,16 @@ set(GAMEENGINE_SRC
     Include/Common/QuickmatchPreferences.h
     Include/Common/QuotedPrintable.h
     Include/Common/Radar.h
-#    Include/Common/RAMFile.h
+#    Include/Common/RAMFile.h
     Include/Common/RandomValue.h
     Include/Common/Recorder.h
-#    Include/Common/ReplaySimulation.h
+#    Include/Common/ReplaySimulation.h
     Include/Common/Registry.h
     Include/Common/ResourceGatheringManager.h
     Include/Common/Science.h
     Include/Common/ScopedMutex.h
     Include/Common/ScoreKeeper.h
-#    Include/Common/simpleplayer.h
+#    Include/Common/simpleplayer.h
     Include/Common/SkirmishBattleHonors.h
     Include/Common/SkirmishPreferences.h
     Include/Common/Snapshot.h
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ set(GAMEENGINE_SRC
     Include/Common/StateMachine.h
     Include/Common/StatsCollector.h
     Include/Common/STLTypedefs.h
-#    Include/Common/StreamingArchiveFile.h
+#    Include/Common/StreamingArchiveFile.h
     Include/Common/SubsystemInterface.h
     Include/Common/SystemInfo.h
     Include/Common/Team.h
@@ -123,14 +123,14 @@ set(GAMEENGINE_SRC
     Include/Common/ThingSort.h
     Include/Common/ThingTemplate.h
     Include/Common/TunnelTracker.h
-#    Include/Common/UnicodeString.h
+#    Include/Common/UnicodeString.h
     Include/Common/UnitTimings.h
     Include/Common/Upgrade.h
-#    Include/Common/urllaunch.h
+#    Include/Common/urllaunch.h
     Include/Common/UserPreferences.h
     Include/Common/version.h
     Include/Common/WellKnownKeys.h
-#    Include/Common/WorkerProcess.h
+#    Include/Common/WorkerProcess.h
 #    Include/Common/Xfer.h
 #    Include/Common/XferCRC.h
 #    Include/Common/XferDeepCRC.h
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ set(GAMEENGINE_SRC
     Include/GameClient/Module/AnimatedParticleSysBoneClientUpdate.h
     Include/GameClient/Module/BeaconClientUpdate.h
     Include/GameClient/Module/SwayClientUpdate.h
+    Include/GameClient/Module/DynamicGeometryClientUpdate.h
     Include/GameClient/Mouse.h
     Include/GameClient/ParabolicEase.h
     Include/GameClient/ParticleSys.h
@@ -563,14 +564,14 @@ set(GAMEENGINE_SRC
     Include/GameNetwork/WOLBrowser/FEBDispatch.h
     Include/GameNetwork/WOLBrowser/WebBrowser.h
     Include/Precompiled/PreRTS.h
-#    Source/Common/Audio/AudioEventRTS.cpp
-#    Source/Common/Audio/AudioRequest.cpp
-#    Source/Common/Audio/DynamicAudioEventInfo.cpp
-#    Source/Common/Audio/GameAudio.cpp
-#    Source/Common/Audio/GameMusic.cpp
-#    Source/Common/Audio/GameSounds.cpp
-    #Source/Common/Audio/simpleplayer.cpp # unused
-    #Source/Common/Audio/urllaunch.cpp # unused
+#    Source/Common/Audio/AudioEventRTS.cpp
+#    Source/Common/Audio/AudioRequest.cpp
+#    Source/Common/Audio/DynamicAudioEventInfo.cpp
+#    Source/Common/Audio/GameAudio.cpp
+#    Source/Common/Audio/GameMusic.cpp
+#    Source/Common/Audio/GameSounds.cpp
+    #Source/Common/Audio/simpleplayer.cpp # unused
+    #Source/Common/Audio/urllaunch.cpp # unused
     Source/Common/Bezier/BezFwdIterator.cpp
     Source/Common/Bezier/BezierSegment.cpp
     Source/Common/BitFlags.cpp
@@ -587,7 +588,7 @@ set(GAMEENGINE_SRC
     Source/Common/INI/INI.cpp
     Source/Common/INI/INIAiData.cpp
     Source/Common/INI/INIAnimation.cpp
-#    Source/Common/INI/INIAudioEventInfo.cpp
+#    Source/Common/INI/INIAudioEventInfo.cpp
     Source/Common/INI/INICommandButton.cpp
     Source/Common/INI/INICommandSet.cpp
     Source/Common/INI/INIControlBarScheme.cpp
@@ -598,7 +599,7 @@ set(GAMEENGINE_SRC
     Source/Common/INI/INIMapCache.cpp
     Source/Common/INI/INIMapData.cpp
     Source/Common/INI/INIMappedImage.cpp
-#    Source/Common/INI/INIMiscAudio.cpp
+#    Source/Common/INI/INIMiscAudio.cpp
     Source/Common/INI/INIModel.cpp
     Source/Common/INI/INIMultiplayer.cpp
     Source/Common/INI/INIObject.cpp
@@ -621,7 +622,7 @@ set(GAMEENGINE_SRC
     Source/Common/PerfTimer.cpp
     Source/Common/RandomValue.cpp
     Source/Common/Recorder.cpp
-#    Source/Common/ReplaySimulation.cpp
+#    Source/Common/ReplaySimulation.cpp
     Source/Common/RTS/AcademyStats.cpp
     Source/Common/RTS/ActionManager.cpp
     Source/Common/RTS/Energy.cpp
@@ -641,9 +642,9 @@ set(GAMEENGINE_SRC
     Source/Common/SkirmishBattleHonors.cpp
     Source/Common/StateMachine.cpp
     Source/Common/StatsCollector.cpp
-#    Source/Common/System/ArchiveFile.cpp
-#    Source/Common/System/ArchiveFileSystem.cpp
-#    Source/Common/System/AsciiString.cpp
+#    Source/Common/System/ArchiveFile.cpp
+#    Source/Common/System/ArchiveFileSystem.cpp
+#    Source/Common/System/AsciiString.cpp
     Source/Common/System/BuildAssistant.cpp
     Source/Common/System/CDManager.cpp
     Source/Common/System/CriticalSection.cpp
@@ -652,31 +653,31 @@ set(GAMEENGINE_SRC
     Source/Common/System/Directory.cpp
     Source/Common/System/DisabledTypes.cpp
     Source/Common/System/encrypt.cpp
-#    Source/Common/System/File.cpp
-#    Source/Common/System/FileSystem.cpp
+#    Source/Common/System/File.cpp
+#    Source/Common/System/FileSystem.cpp
     Source/Common/System/FunctionLexicon.cpp
     Source/Common/System/GameCommon.cpp
     #Source/Common/System/GameMemory.cpp
     Source/Common/System/GameType.cpp
     Source/Common/System/Geometry.cpp
     Source/Common/System/KindOf.cpp
     Source/Common/System/List.cpp
-#    Source/Common/System/LocalFile.cpp
-#    Source/Common/System/LocalFileSystem.cpp
+#    Source/Common/System/LocalFile.cpp
+#    Source/Common/System/LocalFileSystem.cpp
     #Source/Common/System/MemoryInit.cpp
     Source/Common/System/ObjectStatusTypes.cpp
     Source/Common/System/QuotedPrintable.cpp
     Source/Common/System/Radar.cpp
-#    Source/Common/System/RAMFile.cpp
+#    Source/Common/System/RAMFile.cpp
     Source/Common/System/registry.cpp
     Source/Common/System/SaveGame/GameState.cpp
     Source/Common/System/SaveGame/GameStateMap.cpp
     Source/Common/System/Snapshot.cpp
     Source/Common/System/StackDump.cpp
-#    Source/Common/System/StreamingArchiveFile.cpp
+#    Source/Common/System/StreamingArchiveFile.cpp
     Source/Common/System/SubsystemInterface.cpp
     Source/Common/System/Trig.cpp
-#    Source/Common/System/UnicodeString.cpp
+#    Source/Common/System/UnicodeString.cpp
     Source/Common/System/Upgrade.cpp
 #    Source/Common/System/Xfer.cpp
 #    Source/Common/System/XferCRC.cpp
@@ -691,7 +692,7 @@ set(GAMEENGINE_SRC
     Source/Common/Thing/ThingTemplate.cpp
     Source/Common/UserPreferences.cpp
     Source/Common/version.cpp
-#    Source/Common/WorkerProcess.cpp
+#    Source/Common/WorkerProcess.cpp
     Source/GameClient/ClientInstance.cpp
     Source/GameClient/Color.cpp
     Source/GameClient/Credits.cpp
@@ -702,6 +703,7 @@ set(GAMEENGINE_SRC
     Source/GameClient/Drawable/Update/AnimatedParticleSysBoneClientUpdate.cpp
     Source/GameClient/Drawable/Update/BeaconClientUpdate.cpp
     Source/GameClient/Drawable/Update/SwayClientUpdate.cpp
+    Source/GameClient/Drawable/Update/DynamicGeometryClientUpdate.cpp
     Source/GameClient/DrawGroupInfo.cpp
     Source/GameClient/Eva.cpp
     Source/GameClient/FXList.cpp
@@ -826,7 +828,7 @@ set(GAMEENGINE_SRC
     Source/GameClient/Statistics.cpp
     Source/GameClient/System/Anim2D.cpp
     Source/GameClient/System/CampaignManager.cpp
-#    "Source/GameClient/System/Debug Displayers/AudioDebugDisplay.cpp"
+#    "Source/GameClient/System/Debug Displayers/AudioDebugDisplay.cpp"
     Source/GameClient/System/DebugDisplay.cpp
     Source/GameClient/System/Image.cpp
     Source/GameClient/System/ParticleSys.cpp

GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Include/GameClient/Module/DynamicGeometryClientUpdate.h

@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/*
+**	Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour(tm)
+**	Copyright 2025 Electronic Arts Inc.
+**
+**	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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//																																						//
+//  (c) 2001-2003 Electronic Arts Inc.																				//
+//																																						//
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+// FILE: DynamicGeometryClientUpdate.h ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Author: Andi W, August 2025
+// Desc:  Simple Alpha/Scale transition
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#pragma once
+
+#ifndef __DynamicGeometryClientUpdate_H_
+#define __DynamicGeometryClientUpdate_H_
+
+// INCLUDES ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+#include "Common/ClientUpdateModule.h"
+
+// FORWARD REFERENCES /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class DynamicGeometryClientUpdateModuleData : public ClientUpdateModuleData
+{
+public:
+	Real m_scaleInitial;
+	Real m_scaleMidpoint;
+	Real m_scaleFinal;
+
+	Real m_alphaInitial;
+	Real m_alphaMidpoint;
+	Real m_alphaFinal;
+
+	UnsignedInt m_totalFrames;
+	UnsignedInt m_midpointFrames;
+
+	UnsignedInt m_interpolationType;
+
+	DynamicGeometryClientUpdateModuleData();
+	~DynamicGeometryClientUpdateModuleData();
+	static void buildFieldParse(MultiIniFieldParse& p);
+};
+//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class DynamicGeometryClientUpdate : public ClientUpdateModule
+{
+
+	MEMORY_POOL_GLUE_WITH_USERLOOKUP_CREATE( DynamicGeometryClientUpdate, "DynamicGeometryClientUpdate" )
+	MAKE_STANDARD_MODULE_MACRO_WITH_MODULE_DATA( DynamicGeometryClientUpdate, DynamicGeometryClientUpdateModuleData);
+
+public:
+
+	DynamicGeometryClientUpdate( Thing *thing, const ModuleData* moduleData );
+	// virtual destructor prototype provided by memory pool declaration
+
+	/// the client update callback
+	virtual void clientUpdate( void );
+
+	void setScaleMultiplier( Real value ) { m_overrideScale = value; }
+	void setAlphaMultiplier( Real value ) { m_overrideAlpha = value; }
+
+protected:
+
+	UnsignedInt m_startFrame;
+	Real m_overrideScale;
+	Real m_overrideAlpha;
+};
+
+#endif // __DynamicGeometryClientUpdate_H_
+

GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Include/GameLogic/Module/ChronoDeathBehavior.h

@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ class ChronoDeathBehaviorModuleData : public UpdateModuleData
 	Real m_startAlpha;
 	Real m_endAlpha;
 
+	Real m_oclScaleFactor;
+
 	UnsignedInt	m_destructionDelay;
 
 	ChronoDeathBehaviorModuleData();

GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Source/Common/System/MemoryInit.cpp

@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ static PoolSizeRec sizes[] =
 	{ "WindowLayoutPool", 32, 32 },
 	{ "AnimatedParticleSysBoneClientUpdate", 16, 16 },
 	{ "SwayClientUpdate", 32, 32 },
+	{ "DynamicGeometryClientUpdate", 32, 32 },
 	{ "BeaconClientUpdate", 64, 32 },
 	{ "AIGroupPool", 64, 32 },  
 	{ "AIDockMachinePool", 256, 32 },

GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Source/Common/Thing/ModuleFactory.cpp

@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@
 // client update includes
 #include "GameClient/Module/AnimatedParticleSysBoneClientUpdate.h"
 #include "GameClient/Module/SwayClientUpdate.h"
+#include "GameClient/Module/DynamicGeometryClientUpdate.h"
 #include "GameClient/Module/BeaconClientUpdate.h"
 
 // PUBLIC DATA ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -577,6 +578,7 @@ void ModuleFactory::init( void )
 	// client update modules
 	addModule( AnimatedParticleSysBoneClientUpdate );
 	addModule( SwayClientUpdate );
+	addModule( DynamicGeometryClientUpdate );
 	addModule( BeaconClientUpdate );
 
 }  // end init