From 77ea441087fed834f41bcc9d4cb6085afc73ae77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stanislav Denisov <nxrighthere@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 13:53:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Implement terrain generation status text (#1521)

---
 Editor/Editor.cpp          | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 Editor/Editor.h            |  2 ++
 WickedEngine/wiTerrain.cpp |  7 +++++++
 WickedEngine/wiTerrain.h   |  2 ++
 4 files changed, 44 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Editor/Editor.cpp b/Editor/Editor.cpp
index 545cf5975..f41cb4463 100644
--- a/Editor/Editor.cpp
+++ b/Editor/Editor.cpp
@@ -547,6 +547,15 @@ void EditorComponent::Load()
 	loadmodel_font.params.v_align = wi::font::WIFALIGN_TOP;
 	AddFont(&loadmodel_font);
 
+	terrain_generation_font.SetText("Generating terrain...");
+	terrain_generation_font.anim.typewriter.time = 2;
+	terrain_generation_font.anim.typewriter.looped = true;
+	terrain_generation_font.anim.typewriter.character_start = 19;
+	terrain_generation_font.params.size = 22;
+	terrain_generation_font.params.h_align = wi::font::WIFALIGN_LEFT;
+	terrain_generation_font.params.v_align = wi::font::WIFALIGN_TOP;
+	AddFont(&terrain_generation_font);
+
 	topmenuWnd.Create("", wi::gui::Window::WindowControls::NONE);
 	topmenuWnd.SetShadowRadius(2);
 	GetGUI().AddWidget(&topmenuWnd);
@@ -1619,6 +1628,25 @@ void EditorComponent::Update(float dt)
 
 	loadmodel_font.SetHidden(!wi::jobsystem::IsBusy(loadmodel_workload));
 
+	bool terrain_generating = false;
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < GetCurrentScene().terrains.GetCount(); ++i)
+	{
+		if (GetCurrentScene().terrains[i].IsGenerationBusy())
+		{
+			terrain_generating = true;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	if (terrain_generating)
+	{
+		terrain_generation_font_timeout = 0.5f;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		terrain_generation_font_timeout -= dt;
+	}
+	terrain_generation_font.SetHidden(terrain_generation_font_timeout <= 0);
+
 	Scene& scene = GetCurrentScene();
 	EditorScene& editorscene = GetCurrentEditorScene();
 	CameraComponent& camera = editorscene.camera;
@@ -4887,10 +4915,15 @@ void EditorComponent::ResizeViewport3D()
 		main->infoDisplay.rect.from_viewport(viewport3D);
 		main->infoDisplay.rect.left = LogicalToPhysical(generalButton.translation_local.x + generalButton.scale_local.x + 10);
 	}
+
 	loadmodel_font.params.posX = PhysicalToLogical(uint32_t(viewport3D.top_left_x + viewport3D.width * 0.5f));
 	loadmodel_font.params.posX -= wi::font::TextWidth(loadmodel_font.GetText(), loadmodel_font.params) * 0.5f;
 	loadmodel_font.params.posY = PhysicalToLogical(uint32_t(viewport3D.top_left_y)) + 15;
 
+	terrain_generation_font.params.posX = PhysicalToLogical(uint32_t(viewport3D.top_left_x + viewport3D.width * 0.5f));
+	terrain_generation_font.params.posX -= wi::font::TextWidth(terrain_generation_font.GetText(), terrain_generation_font.params) * 0.5f;
+	terrain_generation_font.params.posY = PhysicalToLogical(uint32_t(viewport3D.top_left_y)) + 45;
+
 	viewport3D_hitbox = Hitbox2D(
 		XMFLOAT2(PhysicalToLogical(uint32_t(viewport3D.top_left_x)), PhysicalToLogical(uint32_t(viewport3D.top_left_y))),
 		XMFLOAT2(PhysicalToLogical(uint32_t(viewport3D.width)), PhysicalToLogical(uint32_t(viewport3D.height)))
diff --git a/Editor/Editor.h b/Editor/Editor.h
index 40a4968ab..349be209c 100644
--- a/Editor/Editor.h
+++ b/Editor/Editor.h
@@ -269,6 +269,8 @@ public:
 
 	wi::jobsystem::context loadmodel_workload;
 	wi::SpriteFont loadmodel_font;
+	wi::SpriteFont terrain_generation_font;
+	float terrain_generation_font_timeout = 0;
 
 	wi::TrailRenderer spline_renderer;
 };
diff --git a/WickedEngine/wiTerrain.cpp b/WickedEngine/wiTerrain.cpp
index 42bd5ce5f..7eb53033a 100644
--- a/WickedEngine/wiTerrain.cpp
+++ b/WickedEngine/wiTerrain.cpp
@@ -1464,6 +1464,13 @@ namespace wi::terrain
 		generator->cancelled.store(false); // the next generation can run
 	}
 
+	bool Terrain::IsGenerationBusy() const
+	{
+		if (generator == nullptr)
+			return false;
+		return wi::jobsystem::IsBusy(generator->workload);
+	}
+
 	void Terrain::CreateChunkRegionTexture(ChunkData& chunk_data)
 	{
 		GraphicsDevice* device = GetDevice();
diff --git a/WickedEngine/wiTerrain.h b/WickedEngine/wiTerrain.h
index 25ed83395..def1c988c 100644
--- a/WickedEngine/wiTerrain.h
+++ b/WickedEngine/wiTerrain.h
@@ -353,6 +353,8 @@ namespace wi::terrain
 		void Generation_Update(const wi::scene::CameraComponent& camera);
 		// Tells the generation thread that it should be cancelled and blocks until that is confirmed
 		void Generation_Cancel();
+		// Check if the terrain generation is currently busy (running in background)
+		bool IsGenerationBusy() const;
 		// Creates the textures for a chunk data
 		void CreateChunkRegionTexture(ChunkData& chunk_data);