Scaling Simulations

[sholloway]

Summary

Expand the engine to handle large simulations.

Considerations

• Push Constants are being worked on and there may be some support already?
• Don't create pipelines per object. However, you do need to create bind groups per object.
• Could agent's be rendered cheaply via instancing?
• Render Bundles
• LOD Algorithms
• Frustum Culling w/ Render Bundles and Indirect Instanced Calls
• Model Metropolis: SimCity Insights
• The ideology hiding in SimCity’s black box

Resources

• Relative Costs of State Changes
• Reddit Thread
• Render Bundle Best Practices