Improve pausing behaviour with State::shouldWorldUpdate()

rwengine/src/render/GameRenderer.cpp

@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ void GameRenderer::renderWorld(const ViewCamera &camera, float alpha)
 	}
 
 	float fadeTimer = engine->gameTime - engine->state.fadeStart;
-	if( fadeTimer <= engine->state.fadeTime || !engine->state.fadeOut ) {
+	if( fadeTimer < engine->state.fadeTime || !engine->state.fadeOut ) {
 		glUseProgram(ssRectProgram);
 		glUniform2f(ssRectOffset, 0.f, 0.f);
 		glUniform2f(ssRectSize, 1.f, 1.f);

rwgame/RWGame.cpp

@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ int RWGame::run()
 	
 	// Loop until the window is closed or we run out of state.
 	while (window.isOpen() && StateManager::get().states.size()) {
+		State* state = StateManager::get().states.back();
+		
 		sf::Event event;
 		while (window.pollEvent(event)) {
 			switch (event.type) {
@@ -155,7 +157,7 @@ int RWGame::run()
 			default: break;
 			}
 
-			StateManager::get().states.back()->handleEvent(event);
+			state->handleEvent(event);
 		}
 		
 		if(! window.isOpen() )
@@ -167,31 +169,30 @@ int RWGame::run()
 		accum += timer * timescale;
 
 		while ( accum >= GAME_TIMESTEP ) {
-
-			if( ! getWorld()->isPaused() )
-			{
 			StateManager::get().tick(GAME_TIMESTEP);
 
 			tick(GAME_TIMESTEP);
-			}
 			
 			accum -= GAME_TIMESTEP;
 			
 			// Throw away time if the accumulator reaches too high.
-			if ( accum > GAME_TIMESTEP )
+			if ( accum > GAME_TIMESTEP * 5.f )
 			{
 				accum = 0.f;
 			}
 		}
 
 		float alpha = fmod(accum, GAME_TIMESTEP) / GAME_TIMESTEP;
+		if( ! state->shouldWorldUpdate() )
+		{
+			alpha = 1.f;
+		}
 
 		render(alpha, timer);
 
 		StateManager::get().draw(renderer);
 
 		window.display();
-
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -201,12 +202,13 @@ void RWGame::tick(float dt)
 {
 	// Clear out any per-tick state.
 	engine->clearTickData();
-	
 	// Process the Engine's background work.
 	engine->_work->update();
 	
+	State* state = StateManager::get().states.back();
+	
 	static float clockAccumulator = 0.f;
-	if (inFocus) {
+	if (inFocus && state->shouldWorldUpdate() ) {
 		engine->gameTime += dt;
 
 		clockAccumulator += dt;
@@ -270,7 +272,7 @@ void RWGame::tick(float dt)
 	
 	// render() needs two cameras to smoothly interpolate between ticks.
 	lastCam = nextCam;
-	nextCam	= StateManager::get().states.back()->getCamera();
+	nextCam = state->getCamera();
 }
 
 void RWGame::render(float alpha, float time)

rwgame/State.cpp

@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ const ViewCamera& State::getCamera()
 	return defaultView;
 }
 
+bool State::shouldWorldUpdate()
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
 GameWorld* State::getWorld()
 {
 	return game->getWorld();

rwgame/State.hpp

@@ -87,6 +87,12 @@ struct State
 
 	virtual const ViewCamera& getCamera();
 	
+	/**
+	 * Returns false if the game world should not should
+	 * not update while this state is active
+	 */
+	virtual bool shouldWorldUpdate();
+
 	GameWorld* getWorld();
 	sf::RenderWindow& getWindow();
 };

rwgame/ingamestate.cpp

@@ -314,6 +314,11 @@ void IngameState::handleEvent(const sf::Event &event)
 	State::handleEvent(event);
 }
 
+bool IngameState::shouldWorldUpdate()
+{
+    return true;
+}
+
 const ViewCamera &IngameState::getCamera()
 {
 	return _look;

rwgame/ingamestate.hpp

@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ public:
 
 	virtual void handleEvent(const sf::Event& event);
 	
+	virtual bool shouldWorldUpdate();
+
 	const ViewCamera& getCamera();
 };
 

rwgame/loadingstate.cpp

@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ void LoadingState::tick(float dt)
 	}
 }
 
+bool LoadingState::shouldWorldUpdate()
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
 void LoadingState::setNextState(State* nextState)
 {
 	next = nextState;

rwgame/loadingstate.hpp

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ public:
 
 	void setNextState(State* nextState);
 	
+    virtual bool shouldWorldUpdate();
+
 	virtual void handleEvent(const sf::Event& event);
 };