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#ifndef __InstanceBatchHW_H__
#define __InstanceBatchHW_H__

#include "OgreInstanceBatch.h"

namespace Ogre
{
        /** \addtogroup Core
        *  @{
        */
        /** \addtogroup Scene
        *  @{
        */

        /** This is technique requires true instancing hardware support.
                Basically it creates a cloned vertex buffer from the original, with an extra buffer containing
                3 additional TEXCOORDS (12 bytes) repeated as much as the instance count.
                That will be used for each instance data.
                @par
                The main advantage of this technique is that it's <u>VERY</u> fast; but it doesn't support
                skeletal animation at all. Very reduced memory consumption and bandwidth. Great for particles,
                debris, bricks, trees, sprites.
                This batch is one of the few (if not the only) techniques that allows culling on an individual
                basis. This means we can save vertex shader performance for instances that aren't in scene or
                just not focused by the camera.

        @remarks
                        Design discussion webpage: http://www.ogre3d.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=59902
        @author
            Matias N. Goldberg ("dark_sylinc")
        @version
            1.1
     */
        class _OgreExport InstanceBatchHW : public InstanceBatch
        {
                bool    mKeepStatic;

                void setupVertices( const SubMesh* baseSubMesh );
                void setupIndices( const SubMesh* baseSubMesh );

                void removeBlendData();
                virtual bool checkSubMeshCompatibility( const SubMesh* baseSubMesh );

                size_t updateVertexBuffer( Camera *currentCamera );

        public:
                InstanceBatchHW( InstanceManager *creator, MeshPtr &meshReference, const MaterialPtr &material,
                                                        size_t instancesPerBatch, const Mesh::IndexMap *indexToBoneMap,
                                                        const String &batchName );
                virtual ~InstanceBatchHW();

                /** @see InstanceBatch::calculateMaxNumInstances */
                size_t calculateMaxNumInstances( const SubMesh *baseSubMesh, uint16 flags ) const;

                /** @see InstanceBatch::buildFrom */
                void buildFrom( const SubMesh *baseSubMesh, const RenderOperation &renderOperation );

                /** Overloaded so that we don't perform needless updates when in static mode. Also doing that
                        could cause glitches with shadow mapping (since Ogre thinks we're small/bigger than we
                        really are when displaying, or that we're somewhere else)
        */
                void _boundsDirty(void);

                /** @see InstanceBatch::setStaticAndUpdate. While this flag is true, no individual per-entity
                        cull check is made. This means if the camera is looking at only one instance, all instances
                        are sent to the vertex shader (unlike when this flag is false). This saves a lot of CPU
                        power and a bit of bus bandwidth.
                */
                void setStaticAndUpdate( bool bStatic );

                bool isStatic() const                                           { return mKeepStatic; }

                //Renderable overloads
                void getWorldTransforms( Matrix4* xform ) const;
                unsigned short getNumWorldTransforms(void) const;

                /** Overloaded to avoid updating skeletons (which we don't support), check visibility on a
                        per unit basis and finally updated the vertex buffer */
                virtual void _updateRenderQueue( RenderQueue* queue );
        };
}

#endif