Improved animation performance

client/Global.gd

@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ var terrain: Terrain3D
 var instance_id: int
 
 func _enter_tree():
-	instance_id = OS.get_process_id() % 2
+	instance_id = 0 #OS.get_process_id() % 2
 	account = Account.new()
 	account.name = "user%d" % instance_id

client/network/PlayerJump.gd

@@ -17,4 +17,8 @@ func on_jump():
 func handle_packet(data: PackedByteArray):
 	var player_id := data.get_string_from_ascii()
 	var player := Global.players.get_player(player_id)
+
+	if !player:
+		return
+	
 	player.controller.jumped.emit()

client/player/animation/AnimationComponent.gd

@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 class_name AnimationComponent
 extends CharacterComponent
 
-@export var skip_frames: int = 0
-
 var animations: AnimationPlayer
 var state: StateComponent
 var accumulated_delta: float
-var skipped_frames: int
+var delay: float
 
 func _ready():
 	state = character.get_node("State")
@@ -16,12 +14,9 @@ func _ready():
 func _process(delta: float):
 	accumulated_delta += delta
 
-	if skipped_frames >= skip_frames:
+	if accumulated_delta >= delay:
 		animations.advance(accumulated_delta)
 		accumulated_delta = 0
-		skipped_frames = 0
-	else:
-		skipped_frames += 1
 
 func on_transition(_from: StateComponent.State, to: StateComponent.State):
 	match to:

client/player/footsteps/FootstepsComponent.gd

@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ var ik_time: float
 
 func _ready():
 	if owner != Global.player:
-		queue_free()
+		set_enabled(false)
-		return
 
 	for foot_name in feet_names:
 		var foot = Foot.new()
@@ -94,3 +93,7 @@ func get_foot_rotation(old: Basis, normal: Vector3) -> Basis:
 	new = new.orthonormalized()
 	new = new.rotated(Vector3.UP, PI)
 	return new
+
+func set_enabled(enabled: bool):
+	set_process(enabled)
+	set_physics_process(enabled)

client/player/movement/MovementComponent.gd

@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ func _ready():
 	character.controlled.connect(on_controlled)
 
 func _process(delta: float):
+	if (physics_position - character.position).length_squared() < 0.00001:
+		return
+	
 	character.position = Math.damp_vector(character.position, physics_position, ticks_per_second * delta)
 
 func _physics_process(delta: float):

client/player/performance/AnimationPerformance.gd

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+class_name AnimationPerformance
+
+const DELAY_INVISIBLE := 1.0
+const DELAY_VISIBLE := 0.5
+
+static var quality_budget: Array[int] = [
+	10, # Full animation quality
+	5, #  2.5 ms delay
+	5, #  5.0 ms delay
+	5, #  7.5 ms delay
+	5, # 10.0 ms delay
+	5, # 12.5 ms delay
+	5, # 15 ms delay
+	5, # 17.5 ms delay
+	5, # 20 ms delay
+]
+
+static func update_animation_quality(visible_players: Array[Player]):
+	var delay := 0.0
+	var count := 0
+	var index := 0
+
+	for player in visible_players:
+		if index >= quality_budget.size():
+			player.performance.delay_visible = DELAY_VISIBLE
+			player.animation.delay = DELAY_VISIBLE
+			continue
+
+		player.performance.delay_visible = delay
+		player.animation.delay = delay
+		count += 1
+
+		if count >= quality_budget[index]:
+			index += 1
+			delay += 0.025
+			count = 0

client/player/performance/PerformanceComponent.gd

@@ -1,25 +1,11 @@
 class_name PerformanceComponent
 extends VisibleOnScreenNotifier3D
 
-const SKIP_FRAMES_INVISIBLE := 16
-const SKIP_FRAMES_VISIBLE := 8
-
-static var quality_budget: Array[int] = [
-	10, # 0 skipped frames
-	10, # 1 skipped frame
-	10, # 2 skipped frames
-	10, # 3 skipped frames
-	10, # 4 skipped frames
-	10, # 5 skipped frames
-	10, # 6 skipped frames
-	10, # 7 skipped frames
-]
-
 @export var animation: AnimationComponent
 
 var camera_distance_squared: float
 var on_screen: bool
-var skip_frames_visible: int
+var delay_visible: float
 
 func _ready():
 	assert(animation)
@@ -28,13 +14,13 @@ func _ready():
 
 func on_screen_entered():
 	on_screen = true
-	animation.skip_frames = skip_frames_visible
+	animation.delay = delay_visible
 
 func on_screen_exited():
 	on_screen = false
-	animation.skip_frames = SKIP_FRAMES_INVISIBLE
+	animation.delay = AnimationPerformance.DELAY_INVISIBLE
 
-static func update_all_animations():
+static func get_visible_players_sorted_by_distance() -> Array[Player]:
 	var visible_players: Array[Player] = []
 
 	for player in Global.players.id_to_player.values():
@@ -43,30 +29,13 @@ static func update_all_animations():
 		if player.performance.on_screen:
 			visible_players.append(player)
 		else:
-			player.performance.animation.skip_frames = SKIP_FRAMES_INVISIBLE
+			player.performance.animation.delay = AnimationPerformance.DELAY_INVISIBLE
 	
 	if Global.player:
 		Global.player.performance.camera_distance_squared = 0
 
 	visible_players.sort_custom(PerformanceComponent.distance_sort)
-	
+	return visible_players
-	var skip_frames := 0
-	var count := 0
-
-	for player in visible_players:
-		if skip_frames >= quality_budget.size():
-			player.performance.skip_frames_visible = SKIP_FRAMES_VISIBLE
-			player.animation.skip_frames = SKIP_FRAMES_VISIBLE
-			continue
-
-		player.performance.skip_frames_visible = skip_frames
-		player.animation.skip_frames = skip_frames
-		count += 1
-
-		if count >= quality_budget[skip_frames]:
-			skip_frames += 1
-			count = 0
 
 static func distance_sort(a: Player, b: Player) -> bool:
-	return a.performance.camera_distance_squared < b.performance.camera_distance_squared
+	return a.performance.camera_distance_squared < b.performance.camera_distance_squared
-	

client/world/PlayerManager.gd

@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ func _ready():
 	timer.timeout.connect(tick)
 
 func tick():
-	PerformanceComponent.update_all_animations()
+	var visible_players := PerformanceComponent.get_visible_players_sorted_by_distance()
+	AnimationPerformance.update_animation_quality(visible_players)
 
 func add(player: Player):
 	if has(player.id):
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ func add(player: Player):
 	id_to_player[player.id] = player
 
 func get_player(id: String) -> Player:
-	return id_to_player[id] as Player
+	return id_to_player.get(id) as Player
 
 func has(id: String) -> bool:
 	return id_to_player.has(id)

server/game/Database.go

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	SpawnPoint = Vector3{584.98, 9.5, 394.68}
+	SpawnPoint = Vector3{584.98, 9.8, 394.68}
 	accounts   = map[string]*Account{}
 )
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func init() {
 func MakeTestAccounts() {
 	for i := range 500 {
 		angle := rand.Float64() * math.Pi * 2
-		distance := rand.Float64() * 12.0
+		distance := rand.Float64() * 25.0
 
 		accounts[fmt.Sprintf("user%d", i)] = &Account{
 			ID:       fmt.Sprintf("id%d", i),