draw zero alpha pixels in g buffer

Data/MeshSpriteDrawData.cs

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics;
 
 namespace Kav.Data
 {
-    public struct MeshSpriteDrawData
+    public struct MeshSpriteDrawData : IIndexDrawable, ICullable, ITransformable
     {
         public SpriteMesh MeshSprite { get; }
         public Texture2D Texture { get; }
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ namespace Kav.Data
         public Matrix TransformMatrix { get; }
         public UVData UVOffset { get; }
 
+        public IndexBuffer IndexBuffer => MeshSprite.IndexBuffer;
+        public VertexBuffer VertexBuffer => MeshSprite.VertexBuffer;
+        public BoundingBox BoundingBox => MeshSprite.BoundingBox;
+
         public MeshSpriteDrawData(
             SpriteMesh meshSprite,
             Texture2D texture,

Effects/DeferredPBR_GBufferEffect.cs

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ namespace Kav
         EffectParameter metallicParam;
         EffectParameter roughnessParam;
 
+        EffectParameter uvOffsetAndDimensionsParam;
+
         EffectParameter numTextureRowsParam;
         EffectParameter numTextureColumnsParam;
 
@@ -30,6 +32,9 @@ namespace Kav
         float metallic;
         float roughness;
 
+        Vector2 uvOffset;
+        Vector2 subTextureDimensions;
+
         int numTextureRows = 1;
         int numTextureColumns = 1;
 
@@ -153,6 +158,26 @@ namespace Kav
             }
         }
 
+        public Vector2 UVOffset
+        {
+            get { return uvOffset; }
+            set
+            {
+                uvOffset = value;
+                dirtyFlags |= EffectDirtyFlags.UVOrDimensions;
+            }
+        }
+
+        public Vector2 SubTextureDimensions
+        {
+            get { return subTextureDimensions; }
+            set
+            {
+                subTextureDimensions = value;
+                dirtyFlags |= EffectDirtyFlags.UVOrDimensions;
+            }
+        }
+
         public bool HardwareInstancingEnabled
         {
             get { return hardwareInstancingEnabled; }
@@ -210,6 +235,16 @@ namespace Kav
                 dirtyFlags &= ~EffectDirtyFlags.ViewProj;
             }
 
+            if ((dirtyFlags & EffectDirtyFlags.UVOrDimensions) != 0)
+            {
+                uvOffsetAndDimensionsParam.SetValue(new Vector4(
+                    UVOffset.X, UVOffset.Y,
+                    SubTextureDimensions.X, SubTextureDimensions.Y
+                ));
+
+                dirtyFlags &= ~EffectDirtyFlags.UVOrDimensions;
+            }
+
             if ((dirtyFlags & EffectDirtyFlags.VertexShaderIndex) != 0)
             {
                 int vertexShaderIndex = 0;
@@ -277,6 +312,8 @@ namespace Kav
             numTextureRowsParam = Parameters["NumTextureRows"];
             numTextureColumnsParam = Parameters["NumTextureColumns"];
 
+            uvOffsetAndDimensionsParam = Parameters["UVOffsetAndDimensions"];
+
             shaderIndexParam = Parameters["PixelShaderIndex"];
             vertexShaderIndexParam = Parameters["VertexShaderIndex"];
         }

Effects/HLSL/DeferredPBR_GBufferEffect.fx

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ DECLARE_TEXTURE(AlbedoTexture, 0);
 DECLARE_TEXTURE(NormalTexture, 1);
 DECLARE_TEXTURE(MetallicRoughnessTexture, 2);
 
+float4 UVOffsetAndDimensions;
+
 BEGIN_CONSTANTS
 
     float3 AlbedoValue                         _ps(c0)    _cb(c0);
@@ -51,7 +53,11 @@ PixelInput main_vs(VertexInput input)
 
     output.PositionWorld = mul(input.Position, World).xyz;
     output.NormalWorld = normalize(mul(input.Normal, World));
-    output.TexCoord = input.TexCoord;
+
+    float2 texCoord;
+    texCoord.x = (input.TexCoord.x * UVOffsetAndDimensions.z) + UVOffsetAndDimensions.x;
+    texCoord.y = (input.TexCoord.y * UVOffsetAndDimensions.w) + UVOffsetAndDimensions.y;
+    output.TexCoord = texCoord;
 
     float4x4 worldViewProjection = mul(World, ViewProjection);
     output.Position = mul(input.Position, worldViewProjection);
@@ -60,7 +66,7 @@ PixelInput main_vs(VertexInput input)
 }
 
 PixelInput instanced_vs(
-    VertexInput input, 
+    VertexInput input,
     float3 Translation : TEXCOORD2,
     float2 UVOffset    : TEXCOORD5
 ) {
@@ -129,6 +135,8 @@ PixelOutput AlbedoPS(PixelInput input)
     output.gAlbedo = SAMPLE_TEXTURE(AlbedoTexture, input.TexCoord);
     output.gMetallicRoughness = float4(MetallicValue, RoughnessValue, 0.0, 1.0);
 
+    if (output.gAlbedo.a == 0.0) { discard; }
+
     return output;
 }
 
@@ -165,6 +173,8 @@ PixelOutput AlbedoMetallicRoughnessPS(PixelInput input)
     output.gAlbedo = SAMPLE_TEXTURE(AlbedoTexture, input.TexCoord);
     output.gMetallicRoughness = SAMPLE_TEXTURE(MetallicRoughnessTexture, input.TexCoord);
 
+    if (output.gAlbedo.a == 0.0) { discard; }
+
     return output;
 }
 
@@ -177,6 +187,8 @@ PixelOutput AlbedoNormalPS(PixelInput input)
     output.gAlbedo = SAMPLE_TEXTURE(AlbedoTexture, input.TexCoord);
     output.gMetallicRoughness = float4(MetallicValue, RoughnessValue, 0.0, 1.0);
 
+    if (output.gAlbedo.a == 0.0) { discard; }
+
     return output;
 }
 
@@ -201,6 +213,8 @@ PixelOutput AlbedoMetallicRoughnessNormalMapPS(PixelInput input)
     output.gAlbedo = SAMPLE_TEXTURE(AlbedoTexture, input.TexCoord);
     output.gMetallicRoughness = SAMPLE_TEXTURE(MetallicRoughnessTexture, input.TexCoord);
 
+    if (output.gAlbedo.a == 0.0) { discard; }
+
     return output;
 }
 

Geometry/Interfaces/ITransformable.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+using Microsoft.Xna.Framework;
+
+namespace Kav
+{
+    public interface ITransformable
+    {
+        Matrix TransformMatrix { get; }
+    }
+}

Renderer.cs

@@ -196,6 +196,48 @@ namespace Kav
             }
         }
 
+        public void RenderMeshSpriteGBuffer(
+            RenderTargetBinding[] gBuffer,
+            PerspectiveCamera camera,
+            IEnumerable<MeshSpriteDrawData> meshSpriteDrawDatas
+        ) {
+            GraphicsDevice.SetRenderTargets(gBuffer);
+            GraphicsDevice.RasterizerState = RasterizerState.CullNone;
+            GraphicsDevice.DepthStencilState = DepthStencilState.Default;
+            GraphicsDevice.BlendState = BlendState.AlphaBlend;
+
+            Deferred_GBufferEffect.HardwareInstancingEnabled = false;
+            Deferred_GBufferEffect.View = camera.View;
+            Deferred_GBufferEffect.Projection = camera.Projection;
+
+            var boundingFrustum = new BoundingFrustum(camera.View * camera.Projection);
+
+            foreach (var data in meshSpriteDrawDatas)
+            {
+                var matrix = BillboardTransforms(camera, data.TransformMatrix, data.BillboardConstraint);
+
+                if (FrustumCull(boundingFrustum, data.MeshSprite, matrix))
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                Deferred_GBufferEffect.World = matrix;
+
+                Deferred_GBufferEffect.UVOffset = data.UVOffset.Offset;
+                Deferred_GBufferEffect.SubTextureDimensions = data.UVOffset.Percentage;
+
+                Deferred_GBufferEffect.Albedo = Color.White.ToVector3();
+                Deferred_GBufferEffect.Metallic = 0f;
+                Deferred_GBufferEffect.Roughness = 1f;
+
+                Deferred_GBufferEffect.AlbedoTexture = data.Texture;
+                Deferred_GBufferEffect.NormalTexture = data.Normal;
+                Deferred_GBufferEffect.MetallicRoughnessTexture = null;
+
+                RenderIndexed(GraphicsDevice, data, Deferred_GBufferEffect);
+            }
+        }
+
         private static Matrix BillboardTransforms(
             PerspectiveCamera camera,
             Matrix transform,
@@ -942,6 +984,21 @@ namespace Kav
             return (containment == ContainmentType.Disjoint);
         }
 
+        private static IEnumerable<T> FrustumCull<T>(
+            BoundingFrustum boundingFrustum,
+            IEnumerable<T> cullableTransformables
+        ) where T : ICullable, ITransformable {
+            foreach (var cullableTransformable in cullableTransformables)
+            {
+                var boundingBox = TransformedBoundingBox(cullableTransformable.BoundingBox, cullableTransformable.TransformMatrix);
+                var containment = boundingFrustum.Contains(boundingBox);
+                if (containment != ContainmentType.Disjoint)
+                {
+                    yield return cullableTransformable;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         private static BoundingBox TransformedBoundingBox(BoundingBox boundingBox, Matrix matrix)
         {
             var center = (boundingBox.Min + boundingBox.Max) / 2f;