Visual Update for computeparticles

Instead of using a small amount of large textured particles, use a large
amount of small monochrome particles.
Which uses a new vulkanexamplebase functionality of creating and
updating a only device visible buffer via a temporary staging buffer.

data/shaders/computeparticles/particle.comp

@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@
 
 struct Particle
 {
-	vec4 pos;
-	vec4 col;
-	vec4 vel;
+	vec2 pos;
+	vec2 vel;
 };
 
 // Binding 0 : Position storage buffer
@@ -26,14 +25,21 @@ layout (binding = 1) uniform UBO
 	int particleCount;
 } ubo;
 
-vec3 attraction(vec3 pos, vec3 attractPos) 
+vec2 attraction(vec2 pos, vec2 attractPos) 
 {
-    vec3 delta = attractPos - pos;
+    vec2 delta = attractPos - pos;
 	const float damp = 0.5;
     float dDampedDot = dot(delta, delta) + damp;
     float invDist = 1.0f / sqrt(dDampedDot);
     float invDistCubed = invDist*invDist*invDist;
-    return delta * invDistCubed * 0.00035;
+    return delta * invDistCubed * 0.0035;
+}
+
+vec2 repulsion(vec2 pos, vec2 attractPos)
+{
+	vec2 delta = attractPos - pos;
+	float targetDistance = sqrt(dot(delta, delta));
+	return delta * (1.0 / (targetDistance * targetDistance * targetDistance)) * -0.000035;
 }
 
 void main() 
@@ -45,22 +51,25 @@ void main()
 		return;	
 
     // Read position and velocity
-    vec3 vPos = particles[index].pos.xyz;
-    vec3 vVel = particles[index].vel.xyz;
-	
-	vec3 destPos = vec3(ubo.destX, ubo.destY, 0.0);
+    vec2 vVel = particles[index].vel.xy;
+    vec2 vPos = particles[index].pos.xy;
+
+    vec2 destPos = vec2(ubo.destX, ubo.destY);
+
+    vec2 delta = destPos - vPos;
+    float targetDistance = sqrt(dot(delta, delta));
+    vVel += repulsion(vPos, destPos.xy) * 0.05;
 
-    // Calculate new velocity depending on attraction point
-	vVel += attraction(vPos, destPos.xyz);
-		
     // Move by velocity
     vPos += vVel * ubo.deltaT;
-	
-	if ((vPos.x < -1.0) || (vPos.x > 1.0))
-		vVel.x -= vVel.x;
+
+    // collide with boundary
+    if ((vPos.x < -1.0) || (vPos.x > 1.0) || (vPos.y < -1.0) || (vPos.y > 1.0))
+    	vVel = (-vVel * 0.1) + attraction(vPos, destPos) * 12;
+    else
+    	particles[index].pos.xy = vPos;
 
     // Write back
-    particles[index].pos.xyz = vPos;
-    particles[index].vel.xyz = vVel;
+    particles[index].vel.xy = vVel;
 }
 

data/shaders/computeparticles/particle.frag

@@ -3,13 +3,11 @@
 #extension GL_ARB_separate_shader_objects : enable
 #extension GL_ARB_shading_language_420pack : enable
 
-layout (binding = 0) uniform sampler2D sColorMap;
-
 layout (location = 0) in vec4 inColor;
 
 layout (location = 0) out vec4 outFragColor;
 
 void main () 
 {
-	outFragColor = texture(sColorMap, gl_PointCoord) * inColor;
+	outFragColor = inColor;
 }

data/shaders/computeparticles/particle.vert

@@ -4,13 +4,12 @@
 #extension GL_ARB_shading_language_420pack : enable
 
 layout (location = 0) in vec4 inPos;
-layout (location = 1) in vec4 inColor;
 
 layout (location = 0) out vec4 outColor;
 
 void main () 
 {
-  gl_PointSize = 32.0;
-  outColor = inColor;
-  gl_Position = vec4(inPos.xyz, 1.0);
+  gl_PointSize = 1.0;
+  outColor = vec4(0.035);
+  gl_Position = vec4(inPos.xy, 1.0, 1.0);
 }