renderer: retained scene nodes go through the depth prepass by proggeramlug · Pull Request #183 · Bloom-Engine/engine

proggeramlug · 2026-11-09T05:45:51Z

The depth prepass drew only the cached models. Retained scene-graph nodes were drawn in the main pass with the depth-writing scene_pipeline, so every overlapping fragment ran the full lighting shader. A chess board over its table, for example, also lit the table's pixels underneath it.

Change.

Prepass: Scene::render_depth_prepass draws the opaque world-layer nodes depth-only, using the scene depth pipeline and the node's base material for the cutout.
Main pass: draws those nodes with the same depth-equal pipelines the cached models use, scene_pipeline_prepassed and the layered materials' opaque_pipeline(uv1, prepassed).
Shared selection: both passes iterate Scene::opaque_node_draws (visibility, layer, culling, GPU-driven, blend, refraction, active LOD), so every main-pass fragment finds the depth the prepass wrote for it.
Unchanged: wasm, where the prepass draws nothing, and the prepass / prepass_draws / scene_graph diagnostic skips keep the depth-writing pipeline.

Measured on a Pixel 4a (Adreno 618, Vulkan) with the web3d chess game in a game, quality off, using Bloom's GPU profiler: main_hdr_pass went from 118 ms to 70 ms, and the image is unchanged. The Apple TV build of the same game should benefit too; its scene_graph skip was the largest single saving there.

Checks. bloom-macos builds and the scene tests pass. The Android build runs on the device.

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Bug Fixes
- Improved depth handling for opaque scene objects, helping them render consistently when a depth prepass is available.
- Maintained correct rendering when the prepass is skipped or unavailable, including on supported web builds and diagnostic configurations.
- Improved rendering consistency for layered materials and scene objects with different opacity values.

The depth prepass held only the cached models; retained scene-graph nodes were drawn in the main pass with the depth-writing scene pipeline, so every overlapping fragment of them ran the full lighting shader. A chess board over its table, for instance, lit the table's pixels under the board too. Scene::render_depth_prepass draws the opaque world-layer nodes depth-only in the prepass (the scene depth pipeline, the node's base material for the cutout), and the main pass draws them with the depth-equal pipelines the cached models use: scene_pipeline_prepassed, and the layered materials' opaque_pipeline(uv1, prepassed). Both passes iterate one shared selection (Scene::opaque_node_draws: visibility, layer, culling, GPU-driven, blend, refraction, active LOD), so each main-pass fragment finds the depth the prepass wrote for it. wasm, where the prepass draws nothing, and the prepass diagnostic skips keep the depth-writing pipeline. Pixel 4a (Adreno 618), the web3d chess game in a game, quality off: main_hdr_pass 118 ms -> 70 ms of GPU time, image unchanged.

coderabbitai · 2026-11-09T05:46:24Z

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Retained opaque scene nodes can now render in the depth prepass when it is enabled. The main pass selects a pipeline based on whether nodes were prepassed. Diagnostic skips and wasm builds use the depth-writing pipeline.

Changes: Retained scene depth prepass

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Shared opaque selection and prepass-aware rendering `native/shared/src/scene.rs`	SceneGraph shares opaque-node selection between material rendering and the layer-0 depth prepass. Material rendering selects the prepassed pipeline for eligible nodes.
Retained-node pipeline creation `native/shared/src/renderer/mod.rs`, `native/shared/src/renderer/lazy_pipeline.rs`	The renderer creates and stores retained-node depth-prepass and prepassed shading pipelines. Pipeline prewarming includes both pipelines.
Scene-pass prepass and pipeline selection `native/shared/src/renderer/scene_pass.rs`	The scene pass draws retained nodes in the depth prepass when its conditions allow it. It passes the prepassed pipeline to scene rendering only when those nodes were prepassed.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Refactor

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ScenePass
  participant SceneGraph
  participant Renderer
  ScenePass->>Renderer: Select retained-node depth pipeline
  ScenePass->>SceneGraph: Draw eligible opaque nodes in depth prepass
  SceneGraph->>Renderer: Submit node draws with prepass resources
  ScenePass->>SceneGraph: Render scene with prepassed pipeline when enabled

Possibly related PRs

Bloom-Engine/engine#118: Both changes adjust scene-pass prepass behavior and pipeline selection, including wasm behavior.

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Coplanar surfaces can fill material cutouts incorrectly. Merge risk is low and bounded to this visual edge case; the earlier back-face culling mismatch is fixed.

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Review comments at @native/shared/src/renderer/scene_pass.rs:
- Around line 250-255: Update scene.render_depth_prepass so layered-node draws
cull back-facing triangles consistently with their shading pass, preventing
unshaded faces from writing depth; preserve two-sided rendering for
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- Around line 248-256: Update the scene depth-prepass behavior at the
scene.render_depth_prepass call so that, in visibility shade mode, retained
nodes with fractional opacity do not depth-reject compatibility surfaces that
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…odes stay out The retained nodes' main-pass pipelines (scene_pipeline, the layered opaque ones) cull back faces, so their prepass and their depth-equal pipeline now do too (scene_node_depth_pipeline, scene_node_pipeline_prepassed). Nodes with a fractional opacity blend over what lies behind them, so they stay out of the prepass and keep the depth-writing pipelines (SceneNode::depth_prepassed). Also rustfmt.

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+                        fragment: Some(wgpu::FragmentState {
+                            // SH-055 — discard-free variant so Adreno keeps LRZ/early-Z
+                            // (see scene_shader_prepassed above). Depth is Equal-tested
+                            // against the prepass, so cutout shape is preserved exactly.
+                            module: &scene_shader_prepassed,
+                            entry_point: Some("fs_main_scene"),


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rg -n 'PREPASS_STRIP|fs_main_scene|fs_depth_prepass|OpaqueOut' native/shared/src/renderer/shaders/core.rs; sed -n '900,1010p' native/shared/src/renderer/shaders/core.rs

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Preserve cutout rejection in the retained-node main pass.

When a coplanar surface writes the same depth as a rejected MASK fragment, the fragment passes Equal and shades with alpha 1. If drawn last, it fills the cutout. Keep cutout rejection for MASK nodes rather than relying on depth equality alone.

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