Visual mode: added support for DistanceCheck DECORATE property.

Updated ZDoom_DECORATE.cfg.

Build/Scripting/ZDoom_DECORATE.cfg

@@ -572,6 +572,7 @@ properties
 	Decal;
 	StencilColor;
 	FloatBobPhase;
+	DistanceCheck;
 //Obituaries
 	HitObituary;
 	Obituary;

Source/Core/Config/ThingTypeInfo.cs

@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ namespace CodeImp.DoomBuilder.Config
 		private bool arrow;
 		private float radius;
 		private float height;
+		private int distancechecksq; //mxd. Contains squared value or int.MaxValue when not set
 		private bool hangs;
 		private int blocking;
 		private int errorcheck;
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ namespace CodeImp.DoomBuilder.Config
 		public bool Arrow { get { return arrow; } }
 		public float Radius { get { return radius; } }
 		public float Height { get { return height; } }
+		public int DistanceCheckSq { get { return distancechecksq; } } //mxd
 		public bool Hangs { get { return hangs; } }
 		public int Blocking { get { return blocking; } }
 		public int ErrorCheck { get { return errorcheck; } }
@@ -148,6 +150,7 @@ namespace CodeImp.DoomBuilder.Config
 			this.arrow = true;
 			this.radius = 10f;
 			this.height = 20f;
+			this.distancechecksq = int.MaxValue; //mxd
 			this.hangs = false;
 			this.blocking = 0;
 			this.errorcheck = 0;
@@ -177,6 +180,7 @@ namespace CodeImp.DoomBuilder.Config
 			this.isknown = true;
 			this.actor = null;
 			this.bright = false; //mxd
+			this.distancechecksq = int.MaxValue; //mxd
 		
 			// Read properties
 			this.title = cfg.ReadSetting("thingtypes." + cat.Name + "." + key + ".title", "<" + key + ">");
@@ -225,6 +229,7 @@ namespace CodeImp.DoomBuilder.Config
 			this.classname = string.Empty; //mxd
 			this.isknown = true;
 			this.bright = false; //mxd
+			this.distancechecksq = int.MaxValue; //mxd
 			this.args = new ArgumentInfo[Linedef.NUM_ARGS];
 			for(int i = 0; i < Linedef.NUM_ARGS; i++) this.args[i] = new ArgumentInfo(i);
 			
@@ -268,6 +273,7 @@ namespace CodeImp.DoomBuilder.Config
 			this.classname = actor.ClassName; //mxd
 			this.isknown = true;
 			this.bright = false; //mxd
+			this.distancechecksq = int.MaxValue; //mxd
 			this.args = new ArgumentInfo[Linedef.NUM_ARGS];
 			for(int i = 0; i < Linedef.NUM_ARGS; i++) this.args[i] = new ArgumentInfo(i);
 			
@@ -312,6 +318,7 @@ namespace CodeImp.DoomBuilder.Config
 			this.classname = actor.ClassName; //mxd
 			this.isknown = true;
 			this.bright = false; //mxd
+			this.distancechecksq = int.MaxValue; //mxd
 			this.args = new ArgumentInfo[Linedef.NUM_ARGS];
 			for(int i = 0; i < Linedef.NUM_ARGS; i++) this.args[i] = new ArgumentInfo(i);
 
@@ -372,6 +379,7 @@ namespace CodeImp.DoomBuilder.Config
 			this.arrow = other.arrow;
 			this.radius = other.radius;
 			this.height = other.height;
+			this.distancechecksq = other.distancechecksq; //mxd
 			this.hangs = other.hangs;
 			this.blocking = other.blocking;
 			this.errorcheck = other.errorcheck;
@@ -467,6 +475,13 @@ namespace CodeImp.DoomBuilder.Config
 			if(actor.HasPropertyWithValue("radius")) radius = actor.GetPropertyValueInt("radius", 0);
 			if(actor.HasPropertyWithValue("height")) height = actor.GetPropertyValueInt("height", 0);
 
+			//mxd. DistanceCheck. We'll need squared value
+			if(actor.HasPropertyWithValue("distancecheck"))
+			{
+				distancechecksq = actor.GetPropertyValueInt("distancecheck", 0);
+				distancechecksq = (distancechecksq == 0 ? int.MaxValue : distancechecksq * distancechecksq);
+			}
+
 			//mxd. Renderstyle
 			if(actor.HasPropertyWithValue("renderstyle") && !actor.HasProperty("$ignorerenderstyle"))
 				renderstyle = actor.GetPropertyValueString("renderstyle", 0, true).ToLower();

Source/Core/Rendering/Renderer3D.cs

@@ -842,6 +842,10 @@ namespace CodeImp.DoomBuilder.Rendering
 						// Update buffer if needed
 						t.Update();
 
+						//mxd. Check 3D distance
+						if(t.Info.DistanceCheckSq < int.MaxValue && (t.Thing.Position - cameraposition).GetLengthSq() > t.Info.DistanceCheckSq)
+							continue;
+
 						// Only do this sector when a vertexbuffer is created
 						if(t.GeometryBuffer != null) 
 						{
@@ -1107,6 +1111,13 @@ namespace CodeImp.DoomBuilder.Rendering
 				// Render things collected
 				foreach(VisualThing t in thingspass)
 				{
+					// Update buffer if needed
+					t.Update();
+
+					//mxd. Check 3D distance
+					if(t.Info.DistanceCheckSq < int.MaxValue && (t.Thing.Position - cameraposition).GetLengthSq() > t.Info.DistanceCheckSq)
+						continue;
+					
 					t.UpdateSpriteFrame(); // Set correct texture, geobuffer and triangles count
 					if(t.Texture is UnknownImage) continue;
 					
@@ -1145,9 +1156,6 @@ namespace CodeImp.DoomBuilder.Rendering
 						curtexturename = t.Texture.LongName;
 					}
 
-					// Update buffer if needed
-					t.Update();
-
 					// Only do this sector when a vertexbuffer is created
 					if(t.GeometryBuffer != null)
 					{
@@ -1368,7 +1376,7 @@ namespace CodeImp.DoomBuilder.Rendering
 			graphics.Device.SetRenderState(RenderState.BlendOperation, BlendOperation.Add);
 		}
 
-		//mxd. render models
+		//mxd. Render models
 		private void RenderModels() 
 		{
 			int shaderpass = (fullbrightness ? 1 : 4);
@@ -1382,7 +1390,12 @@ namespace CodeImp.DoomBuilder.Rendering
 			{
 				foreach(VisualThing t in group.Value) 
 				{
+					// Update buffer if needed
 					t.Update();
+
+					// Check 3D distance
+					if(t.Info.DistanceCheckSq < int.MaxValue && (t.Thing.Position - cameraposition).GetLengthSq() > t.Info.DistanceCheckSq)
+						continue;
 					
 					Color4 vertexcolor = new Color4(t.VertexColor);
 
@@ -1395,7 +1408,7 @@ namespace CodeImp.DoomBuilder.Rendering
 					// Determine the shader pass we want to use for this object
 					int wantedshaderpass = ((((t == highlighted) && showhighlight) || (t.Selected && showselection)) ? highshaderpass : shaderpass);
 
-					//mxd. if fog is enagled, switch to shader, which calculates it
+					// If fog is enagled, switch to shader, which calculates it
 					if(General.Settings.GZDrawFog && !fullbrightness && t.Thing.Sector != null && t.Thing.Sector.FogMode != SectorFogMode.NONE)
 						wantedshaderpass += 8;
 
@@ -1420,7 +1433,7 @@ namespace CodeImp.DoomBuilder.Rendering
 					world = General.Map.Data.ModeldefEntries[t.Thing.Type].Transform * modelscale * modelrotation * t.Position;
 					ApplyMatrices3D();
 
-					//mxd. Set variables for fog rendering
+					// Set variables for fog rendering
 					if(wantedshaderpass > 7)
 					{
 						graphics.Shaders.World3D.World = world;
@@ -1476,7 +1489,13 @@ namespace CodeImp.DoomBuilder.Rendering
 					currentpass = t.RenderPass;
 				}
 				
+				// Update buffer if needed
 				t.Update();
+
+				// Check 3D distance
+				if(t.Info.DistanceCheckSq < int.MaxValue && (t.Thing.Position - cameraposition).GetLengthSq() > t.Info.DistanceCheckSq)
+					continue;
+
 				Color4 vertexcolor = new Color4(t.VertexColor);
 
 				// Check if model is affected by dynamic lights and set color accordingly
@@ -1488,7 +1507,7 @@ namespace CodeImp.DoomBuilder.Rendering
 				// Determine the shader pass we want to use for this object
 				int wantedshaderpass = ((((t == highlighted) && showhighlight) || (t.Selected && showselection)) ? highshaderpass : shaderpass);
 
-				//mxd. if fog is enagled, switch to shader, which calculates it
+				// If fog is enagled, switch to shader, which calculates it
 				if(General.Settings.GZDrawFog && !fullbrightness && t.Thing.Sector != null && t.Thing.Sector.FogMode != SectorFogMode.NONE)
 					wantedshaderpass += 8;
 
@@ -1513,7 +1532,7 @@ namespace CodeImp.DoomBuilder.Rendering
 				world = General.Map.Data.ModeldefEntries[t.Thing.Type].Transform * modelscale * modelrotation * t.Position;
 				ApplyMatrices3D();
 
-				//mxd. Set variables for fog rendering
+				// Set variables for fog rendering
 				if(wantedshaderpass > 7)
 				{
 					graphics.Shaders.World3D.World = world;

Source/Plugins/BuilderModes/VisualModes/BaseVisualThing.cs

@@ -513,6 +513,11 @@ namespace CodeImp.DoomBuilder.BuilderModes
 		// This performs a fast test in object picking
 		public override bool PickFastReject(Vector3D from, Vector3D to, Vector3D dir)
 		{
+			//mxd. Don't highlight when thing sprite is not rendered and thing cages are disabled 
+			if(!General.Map.Renderer3D.DrawThingCages && info.DistanceCheckSq < int.MaxValue
+				&& (Thing.Position - General.Map.VisualCamera.Position).GetLengthSq() > info.DistanceCheckSq)
+				return false;
+			
 			float distance2 = Line2D.GetDistanceToLineSq(from, to, pos2d, false);
 			return (distance2 <= cageradius2);
 		}