BatchedMesh: add support for resizing instance count, geometry size

docs/api/en/objects/BatchedMesh.html

@@ -301,14 +301,36 @@ <h3>
 			Calling this will change all instances that are rendering that geometry.
 		</p>
 
-
 		<h3>
 			[method:this optimize]()
 		</h3>
 		<p>
 			Repacks the sub geometries in [name] to remove any unused space remaining from previously deleted geometry, freeing up space to add new geometry.
 		</p>
 
+		<h3>
+			[method:this setGeometrySize]( maxVertexCount, maxIndexCount )
+		</h3>
+		<p>
+			Resizes the available space in [name]'s vertex and index buffer attributes to the provided sizes. If the provided arguments shrink the geometry buffers
+			but there is not enough unused space at the end of the geometry attributes then an error is thrown. 
+		</p>
+		<p>
+			[page:Integer maxVertexCount] - the max number of vertices to be used by all unique geometries to resize to.<br />
+			[page:Integer maxIndexCount] - the max number of indices to be used by all unique geometries to resize to.<br />
+		</p>
+
+		<h3>
+			[method:this setInstanceCount]( maxInstanceCount )
+		</h3>
+		<p>
+			Resizes the necessary buffers to support the provided number of instances. If the provided arguments shrink the number of instances but there are not enough
+			unused ids at the end of the list then an error is thrown.
+		</p>
+		<p>
+			[page:Integer maxInstanceCount] - the max number of individual instances that can be added and rendered by the [name].<br />
+		</p>
+
 		<!--
 		<h3>
 			[method:Integer getInstanceCountAt]( [param:Integer index] )

src/objects/BatchedMesh.js

@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ import { Frustum } from '../math/Frustum.js';
 import { Vector3 } from '../math/Vector3.js';
 import { Color } from '../math/Color.js';
 
+function ascIdSort( a, b ) {
+
+	return a - b;
+
+}
+
 function sortOpaque( a, b ) {
 
 	return a.z - b.z;
@@ -123,6 +129,14 @@ function copyAttributeData( src, target, targetOffset = 0 ) {
 
 }
 
+// safely copies array contents to a potentially smaller array
+function copyArrayContents( src, target ) {
+
+	const len = Math.min( src.length, target.length );
+	target.set( new src.constructor( src.buffer, 0, len ) );
+
+}
+
 class BatchedMesh extends Mesh {
 
 	get maxInstanceCount() {
@@ -368,7 +382,9 @@ class BatchedMesh extends Mesh {
 		// Prioritize using previously freed instance ids
 		if ( this._availableInstanceIds.length > 0 ) {
 
-			drawId = this._availableInstanceIds.pop();
+			this._availableInstanceIds.sort( ascIdSort );
+
+			drawId = this._availableInstanceIds.shift();
 			this._drawInfo[ drawId ] = instanceDrawInfo;
 
 		} else {
@@ -494,7 +510,9 @@ class BatchedMesh extends Mesh {
 		let geometryId;
 		if ( this._availableGeometryIds.length > 0 ) {
 
-			geometryId = this._availableGeometryIds.pop();
+			this._availableGeometryIds.sort( ascIdSort );
+
+			geometryId = this._availableGeometryIds.shift();
 			reservedRanges[ geometryId ] = reservedRange;
 			drawRanges[ geometryId ] = drawRange;
 			bounds[ geometryId ] = boundsInfo;
@@ -1002,6 +1020,109 @@ class BatchedMesh extends Mesh {
 
 	}
 
+	setInstanceCount( maxInstanceCount ) {
+
+		// shrink the available instances as much as possible
+		const availableInstanceIds = this._availableInstanceIds;
+		const drawInfo = this._drawInfo;
+		availableInstanceIds.sort( ascIdSort );
+		while ( availableInstanceIds[ availableInstanceIds.length - 1 ] === drawInfo.length ) {
+
+			drawInfo.pop();
+			availableInstanceIds.pop();
+
+		}
+
+		// throw an error if it can't be shrunk to the desired size
+		if ( maxInstanceCount < drawInfo.length ) {
+
+			throw new Error( `BatchedMesh: Instance ids outside the range ${ maxInstanceCount } are being used. Cannot shrink instance count.` );
+
+		}
+
+		// copy the multi draw counts
+		const multiDrawCounts = new Int32Array( maxInstanceCount );
+		const multiDrawStarts = new Int32Array( maxInstanceCount );
+		copyArrayContents( this._multiDrawCounts, multiDrawCounts );
+		copyArrayContents( this._multiDrawStarts, multiDrawStarts );
+
+		this._multiDrawCounts = multiDrawCounts;
+		this._multiDrawStarts = multiDrawStarts;
+		this._maxInstanceCount = maxInstanceCount;
+
+		// update texture data for instance sampling
+		const indirectTexture = this._indirectTexture;
+		const matricesTexture = this._matricesTexture;
+		const colorsTexture = this._colorsTexture;
+
+		this._initIndirectTexture();
+		copyArrayContents( indirectTexture.image.data, this._indirectTexture.image.data );
+
+		this._initMatricesTexture();
+		copyArrayContents( matricesTexture.image.data, this._matricesTexture.image.data );
+
+		if ( colorsTexture ) {
+
+			this._initColorsTexture();
+			copyArrayContents( colorsTexture.image.data, this._colorsTexture.image.data );
+
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	setGeometrySize( maxVertexCount, maxIndexCount ) {
+
+		// Check if we can shrink to the requested vertex attribute size
+		const validRanges = [ ...this._reservedRanges ].filter( ( range, i ) => this._drawRanges[ i ].active );
+		const requiredVertexLength = Math.max( ...validRanges.map( range => range.vertexStart + range.vertexCount ) );
+		if ( requiredVertexLength > maxVertexCount ) {
+
+			throw new Error( `BatchedMesh: Geometry vertex values are being used outside the range ${ maxIndexCount }. Cannot shrink further.` );
+
+		}
+
+		// Check if we can shrink to the requested index attribute size
+		if ( this.geometry.index ) {
+
+			const requiredIndexLength = Math.max( ...validRanges.map( range => range.indexStart + range.indexCount ) );
+			if ( requiredIndexLength > maxIndexCount ) {
+
+				throw new Error( `BatchedMesh: Geometry index values are being used outside the range ${ maxIndexCount }. Cannot shrink further.` );
+
+			}
+
+		}
+
+		//
+
+		// dispose of the previous geometry
+		const oldGeometry = this.geometry;
+		oldGeometry.dispose();
+
+		// recreate the geometry needed based on the previous variant
+		this._maxVertexCount = maxVertexCount;
+		this._maxIndexCount = maxIndexCount;
+		this._geometryInitialized = false;
+
+		this.geometry = new BufferGeometry();
+		this._initializeGeometry( oldGeometry );
+
+		// copy data from the previous geometry
+		const geometry = this.geometry;
+		if ( oldGeometry.index ) {
+
+			copyArrayContents( oldGeometry.index.array, geometry.index.array );
+
+		}
+
+		for ( const key in oldGeometry.attributes ) {
+
+			copyArrayContents( oldGeometry.attributes[ key ].array, geometry.attributes[ key ].array );
+
+		}
+
+	}
+
 	raycast( raycaster, intersects ) {
 
 		const drawInfo = this._drawInfo;