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#ifndef __InstanceBatchShader_H__
#define __InstanceBatchShader_H__

#include "OgreInstanceBatch.h"

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

        /** This is the same technique the old "InstancedGeometry" implementation used (with improvements).
                Basically it creates a large vertex buffer with many repeating entities, and sends per instance
                data through shader constants. Because SM 2.0 & 3.0 have up to 256 shader constant registers,
                this means there can be approx up to 84 instances per batch, assuming they're not skinned
                But using shader constants for other stuff (i.e. lighting) also affects negatively this number
                A mesh with skeletally animated 2 bones reduces the number 84 to 42 instances per batch.
                @par
                The main advantage of this technique is that it's supported on a high variety of hardware
                (SM 2.0 cards are required) and the same shader can be used for both skeletally animated
                normal entities and instanced entities without a single change required.
                @par
                Unlike the old InstancedGeometry implementation, the developer doesn't need to worry about
                reaching the 84 instances limit, the InstanceManager automatically takes care of splitting
                and creating new batches. But beware internally, this means less performance improvement.
                Another improvement is that vertex buffers are shared between batches, which significantly
                reduces GPU VRAM usage.

        @remarks
                        Design discussion webpage: http://www.ogre3d.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=59902
        @author
            Matias N. Goldberg ("dark_sylinc")
        @version
            1.0
     */
        class _OgreExport InstanceBatchShader : public InstanceBatch
        {
                unsigned short  mNumWorldMatrices;

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

                /** When the mesh is (hardware) skinned, a different code path is called so that
                        we reuse the index buffers and modify them in place. For example Instance #2
                        with reference to bone #5 would have BlendIndex = 2 + 5 = 7
                        Everything is copied identically except the VES_BLEND_INDICES semantic
                */
                void setupHardwareSkinned( const SubMesh* baseSubMesh, VertexData *thisVertexData,
                                                                        VertexData *baseVertexData );

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

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

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

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

#endif