As promised in the last blog post, today we are going to take a look at how Molecule handles internal references to data owned by some other system in the engine.
Adventures in data-oriented design – Part 3b: Internal References
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Adventures in data-oriented design – Part 3a: Ownership
One thing I have noticed during the development of the Molecule Engine, is that defining clear ownership over data can tremendously help with following a data-oriented design approach, and vice versa.
Input Evaluation SDK available for download
I’m proud to announce that the first evaluation SDK for our input technology is now available! A new version of the core technology has also been released, with some minor additions and improvements.
Check out www.molecular-matters.com for more information on the input library. Further SDKs will follow during the next few months.
Memory allocation strategies: a growing stack-like (LIFO) allocator
Continuing from where we left of last time, I would like to discuss how we can build growing allocators using a virtual memory system. This post describes how to build a stack-like allocator that can automatically grow up to a given maximum size.
Core Evaluation SDK available for download
After lots of work I’m proud to finally announce that the first evaluation SDK for our core technology is now available!
Check out www.molecular-matters.com for more information on the core library. Further SDKs will follow during the next few months.
Memory allocation strategies interlude: virtual memory
Before we can delve into the inner workings of growing allocators, I would like to explain the concept of virtual memory and discuss what it is, why it is needed, and what we can use it for.
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Memory allocation strategies: a pool allocator
As promised last time, today we will see how pool allocators can help with allocating/freeing allocations of a certain size, in any order, in O(1) time.
Memory allocation strategies: a stack-like (LIFO) allocator
Last time, we were looking at a linear allocator, probably the simplest of all memory allocators. This time, we will detail how to implement a non-growing stack-like allocator, along with conventional use-cases.
Memory allocation strategies: a linear allocator
During the next few weeks, I’d like to detail how the memory allocators inside Molecule work, starting with a simple, non-growing linear allocator today in order to cover some base first.
Real-time radiosity: Normal-mapped surfaces
Today, I want to show what a difference normal mapping for indirect lighting can make. By using orthonormal basis functions defined on the sphere, incident lighting can be evaluated for different directions depending on the surface’s normal.
