Struct ShadowLodOrigin 

pub struct ShadowLodOrigin;

The entity that Bevy uses to resolve visibility ranges when no specific camera is applicable.

For efficiency, Bevy currently renders point and spot light shadow maps only once per frame, regardless of the number of cameras in use, rather than rendering the shadow maps anew for each camera each frame. Most of the time, this optimization doesn’t change the result relative to a rendering that rendered such shadow maps separately for each camera. However, there’s one exception: visibility ranges. Visibility ranges cause meshes to be visible or invisible depending on the distance from the mesh to the camera. When rendering a shadow map for a point or spot light, Bevy must therefore select an entity to use as the reference point for the purposes of visibility ranges. This entity is called the LOD origin.

Placing this component on an entity makes that entity the origin from which LOD distances are computed for the purposes of shadow mapping of point and spot lights. Typically, you place this component on a camera, but you may place it on another entity if you wish.

The exact algorithm that Bevy uses to determine the LOD origin is as follows. Once the LOD origin is determined, all further steps are skipped.

1. If an entity has this ShadowLodOrigin component, then it’s the LOD origin. If there’s more than one entity with the ShadowLodOrigin component, one is chosen arbitrarily in a manner that’s stable from frame to frame.

2. If a camera renders to a window (that is, the camera’s RenderTarget is RenderTarget::Window), then that camera is the shadow LOD origin. If there’s more than one such camera that renders to a window, then one is chosen arbitrarily in a manner that’s stable from frame to frame.

3. A camera is chosen to be the LOD origin arbitrarily from all cameras in the scene in a manner that’s stable from frame to frame.

This algorithm means that, in most cases, you don’t need to add this ShadowLodOrigin component explicitly to the scene; usually, Bevy chooses the right origin automatically. You only need to use this component explicitly if you have multiple cameras rendering to the window: e.g. in a split-screen game.

Trait Implementations

impl Clone for ShadowLodOrigin

fn clone(&self) -> ShadowLodOrigin

Returns a duplicate of the value.

fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self)

Performs copy-assignment from source.

impl Component for ShadowLodOrigin

where ShadowLodOrigin: Send + Sync + 'static,

Required Components: Transform.

A component’s Required Components are inserted whenever it is inserted. Note that this will also insert the required components of the required components, recursively, in depth-first order.

const STORAGE_TYPE: StorageType = bevy_ecs::component::StorageType::Table

A constant indicating the storage type used for this component.

type Mutability = Mutable

A marker type to assist Bevy with determining if this component is mutable, or immutable. Mutable components will have Component<Mutability = Mutable>, while immutable components will instead have Component<Mutability = Immutable>.

fn register_required_components( _requiree: ComponentId, required_components: &mut RequiredComponentsRegistrator<'_, '_>, )

Registers required components.

fn clone_behavior() -> ComponentCloneBehavior

Called when registering this component, allowing to override clone function (or disable cloning altogether) for this component.

fn relationship_accessor() -> Option<ComponentRelationshipAccessor<ShadowLodOrigin>>

Returns ComponentRelationshipAccessor required for working with relationships in dynamic contexts.

fn on_add() -> Option<for<'w> fn(DeferredWorld<'w>, HookContext)>

Gets the on_add ComponentHook for this Component if one is defined.

fn on_insert() -> Option<for<'w> fn(DeferredWorld<'w>, HookContext)>

Gets the on_insert ComponentHook for this Component if one is defined.

fn on_discard() -> Option<for<'w> fn(DeferredWorld<'w>, HookContext)>

Gets the on_discard ComponentHook for this Component if one is defined.

fn on_remove() -> Option<for<'w> fn(DeferredWorld<'w>, HookContext)>

Gets the on_remove ComponentHook for this Component if one is defined.

fn on_despawn() -> Option<for<'w> fn(DeferredWorld<'w>, HookContext)>

Gets the on_despawn ComponentHook for this Component if one is defined.

fn map_entities<E>(_this: &mut Self, _mapper: &mut E)

where E: EntityMapper,

Maps the entities on this component using the given EntityMapper. This is used to remap entities in contexts like scenes and entity cloning. When deriving Component, this is populated by annotating fields containing entities with #[entities]

impl Copy for ShadowLodOrigin

impl Debug for ShadowLodOrigin

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result<(), Error>

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl Default for ShadowLodOrigin

fn default() -> ShadowLodOrigin

Returns the “default value” for a type.

impl FromReflect for ShadowLodOrigin

fn from_reflect( reflect: &(dyn PartialReflect + 'static), ) -> Option<ShadowLodOrigin>

Constructs a concrete instance of Self from a reflected value.

fn take_from_reflect( reflect: Box<dyn PartialReflect>, ) -> Result<Self, Box<dyn PartialReflect>>

Attempts to downcast the given value to Self using, constructing the value using from_reflect if that fails.

impl GetTypeRegistration for ShadowLodOrigin

fn get_type_registration() -> TypeRegistration

Returns the default TypeRegistration for this type.

fn register_type_dependencies(registry: &mut TypeRegistry)

Registers other types needed by this type.

impl PartialReflect for ShadowLodOrigin

fn get_represented_type_info(&self) -> Option<&'static TypeInfo>

Returns the TypeInfo of the type represented by this value.

fn try_apply( &mut self, value: &(dyn PartialReflect + 'static), ) -> Result<(), ApplyError>

Tries to apply a reflected value to this value.

fn reflect_kind(&self) -> ReflectKind

Returns a zero-sized enumeration of “kinds” of type.

fn reflect_ref(&self) -> ReflectRef<'_>

Returns an immutable enumeration of “kinds” of type.

fn reflect_mut(&mut self) -> ReflectMut<'_>

Returns a mutable enumeration of “kinds” of type.

fn reflect_owned(self: Box<ShadowLodOrigin>) -> ReflectOwned

Returns an owned enumeration of “kinds” of type.

fn try_into_reflect( self: Box<ShadowLodOrigin>, ) -> Result<Box<dyn Reflect>, Box<dyn PartialReflect>>

Attempts to cast this type to a boxed, fully-reflected value.

fn try_as_reflect(&self) -> Option<&(dyn Reflect + 'static)>

Attempts to cast this type to a fully-reflected value.

fn try_as_reflect_mut(&mut self) -> Option<&mut (dyn Reflect + 'static)>

Attempts to cast this type to a mutable, fully-reflected value.

fn into_partial_reflect(self: Box<ShadowLodOrigin>) -> Box<dyn PartialReflect>

Casts this type to a boxed, reflected value.

fn as_partial_reflect(&self) -> &(dyn PartialReflect + 'static)

Casts this type to a reflected value.

fn as_partial_reflect_mut(&mut self) -> &mut (dyn PartialReflect + 'static)

Casts this type to a mutable, reflected value.

fn reflect_partial_eq( &self, value: &(dyn PartialReflect + 'static), ) -> Option<bool>

Returns a “partial equality” comparison result.

fn reflect_partial_cmp( &self, value: &(dyn PartialReflect + 'static), ) -> Option<Ordering>

Returns a “partial comparison” result.

fn reflect_clone(&self) -> Result<Box<dyn Reflect>, ReflectCloneError>

Attempts to clone Self using reflection.

fn apply(&mut self, value: &(dyn PartialReflect + 'static))

Applies a reflected value to this value.

fn to_dynamic(&self) -> Box<dyn PartialReflect>

Converts this reflected value into its dynamic representation based on its kind.

fn reflect_clone_and_take<T>(&self) -> Result<T, ReflectCloneError>

where T: 'static, Self: Sized + TypePath,

For a type implementing PartialReflect, combines reflect_clone and take in a useful fashion, automatically constructing an appropriate ReflectCloneError if the downcast fails.

fn reflect_hash(&self) -> Option<u64>

Returns a hash of the value (which includes the type).

fn debug(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result<(), Error>

Debug formatter for the value.

fn is_dynamic(&self) -> bool

Indicates whether or not this type is a dynamic type.

impl Reflect for ShadowLodOrigin

fn into_any(self: Box<ShadowLodOrigin>) -> Box<dyn Any>

Returns the value as a Box<dyn Any>.

fn as_any(&self) -> &(dyn Any + 'static)

Returns the value as a &dyn Any.

fn as_any_mut(&mut self) -> &mut (dyn Any + 'static)

Returns the value as a &mut dyn Any.

fn into_reflect(self: Box<ShadowLodOrigin>) -> Box<dyn Reflect>

Casts this type to a boxed, fully-reflected value.

fn as_reflect(&self) -> &(dyn Reflect + 'static)

Casts this type to a fully-reflected value.

fn as_reflect_mut(&mut self) -> &mut (dyn Reflect + 'static)

Casts this type to a mutable, fully-reflected value.

fn set(&mut self, value: Box<dyn Reflect>) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Reflect>>

Performs a type-checked assignment of a reflected value to this value.

impl Struct for ShadowLodOrigin

fn field(&self, name: &str) -> Option<&(dyn PartialReflect + 'static)>

Gets a reference to the value of the field named name as a &dyn PartialReflect.

fn field_mut( &mut self, name: &str, ) -> Option<&mut (dyn PartialReflect + 'static)>

Gets a mutable reference to the value of the field named name as a &mut dyn PartialReflect.

fn field_at(&self, index: usize) -> Option<&(dyn PartialReflect + 'static)>

Gets a reference to the value of the field with index index as a &dyn PartialReflect.

fn field_at_mut( &mut self, index: usize, ) -> Option<&mut (dyn PartialReflect + 'static)>

Gets a mutable reference to the value of the field with index index as a &mut dyn PartialReflect.

fn name_at(&self, index: usize) -> Option<&str>

Gets the name of the field with index index.

fn index_of_name(&self, name: &str) -> Option<usize>

Gets the index of the field with the given name.

fn field_len(&self) -> usize

Returns the number of fields in the struct.

fn iter_fields(&self) -> FieldIter<'_>

Returns an iterator over the values of the reflectable fields for this struct.

fn to_dynamic_struct(&self) -> DynamicStruct

Creates a new DynamicStruct from this struct.

fn get_represented_struct_info(&self) -> Option<&'static StructInfo>

Will return None if TypeInfo is not available.

impl TypePath for ShadowLodOrigin

fn type_path() -> &'static str

Returns the fully qualified path of the underlying type.

fn short_type_path() -> &'static str

Returns a short, pretty-print enabled path to the type.

fn type_ident() -> Option<&'static str>

Returns the name of the type, or None if it is anonymous.

fn crate_name() -> Option<&'static str>

Returns the name of the crate the type is in, or None if it is anonymous.

fn module_path() -> Option<&'static str>

Returns the path to the module the type is in, or None if it is anonymous.

impl Typed for ShadowLodOrigin

fn type_info() -> &'static TypeInfo

Returns the compile-time info for the underlying type.