Cleaned up and pulled out some code into Map.cpp in order to start working on the meat of the *Correct* voxel traversal method as explained in the paper.

include/map/Map.h

@@ -11,6 +11,49 @@
 #define _USE_MATH_DEFINES
 #include <math.h>
 
+class Map {
+public: 
+
+	Map(uint32_t dimensions);
+
+	// Sets a voxel in the 3D char dataset
+	void setVoxel(sf::Vector3i position, int val);
+	
+	// Gets a voxel at the 3D position in the octree
+	char getVoxel(sf::Vector3i pos);
+
+	std::vector<std::tuple<sf::Vector3i, char>> Map::CastRayOctree(
+		Octree *octree,
+		sf::Vector3i* map_dim,
+		sf::Vector2f* cam_dir,
+		sf::Vector3f* cam_pos
+	);
+
+	std::vector<std::tuple<sf::Vector3i, char>> Map::CastRayCharArray(
+		char *map,
+		sf::Vector3i* map_dim,
+		sf::Vector2f* cam_dir,
+		sf::Vector3f* cam_pos
+	);
+	
+	// Octree handles all basic octree operations
+    Octree octree;
+
+private:
+
+	// ======= DEBUG ===========
+	int counter = 0;
+	std::stringstream output_stream;
+	
+	// The 3D char dataset that is generated at runtime. This will be replaced by two different interactions.
+	// The first a file loading function that loads binary octree data.
+	// The second being an import tool which will allow Any -> Octree transformation.
+	char* voxel_data;
+	// =========================
+
+};
+
+// Might possibly use this struct for hashing XYZ chunk values into a dict for storage and loading
 struct XYZHasher {
 	std::size_t operator()(const sf::Vector3i& k) const {
 		return ((std::hash<int>()(k.x)
@@ -18,29 +61,3 @@ struct XYZHasher {
 			^ (std::hash<int>()(k.z) << 1);
 	}
 };
-
-class Map {
-public: 
-
-	Map(uint32_t dimensions);
-
-	void setVoxel(sf::Vector3i position, int val);
-	bool getVoxelFromOctree(sf::Vector3i position);
-	bool getVoxel(sf::Vector3i pos);
-	
-    Octree octree;
-
-	bool test();
-
-private:
-
-	// ======= DEBUG ===========
-	int counter = 0;
-	std::stringstream output_stream;
-	// =========================
-
-	char* voxel_data;
-
-};
-
-

include/map/Octree.h

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 #define OCT_DIM 32
 
-struct oct_state {
+struct OctState {
 
 	int parent_stack_position = 0;
 	uint64_t parent_stack[32] = { 0 };
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ struct oct_state {
 
 	uint64_t current_descriptor;
 
+	// ====== DEBUG =======
+	char found = 1;
+
+
 };
 
 
@@ -27,11 +31,16 @@ public:
 	Octree();
 	~Octree() {};
 
+	// Generate an octree from 3D indexed array of char data
 	void Generate(char* data, sf::Vector3i dimensions);
+
+	// TODO: Load the octree from a serialized or whatever file
 	void Load(std::string octree_file_name);
 	
-	uint64_t *trunk_buffer;
-	uint64_t trunk_buffer_position		= buffer_size;
+	// I think the best way to transfer all of the data to the GPU. Each buffer will contain a set of blocks
+	// except for the trunk buffer. The paper indicates that the cutoff point for the trunk can vary,
+	// but since I'm going to do seperate buffers, I'm going to set a hard cutoff for the trunk so we
+	// know when to switch buffers
 
 	uint64_t *descriptor_buffer;
 	uint64_t descriptor_buffer_position = buffer_size;
@@ -46,16 +55,17 @@ public:
 	uint64_t root_index = 0;
 
 	int page_header_counter = 0x8000;
+
+	// Cheat and underflow to get the position
 	uint64_t current_info_section_position = ((uint64_t)0)-1;
+	
 
 	uint64_t stack_pos = 0x8000;
 	uint64_t global_pos = buffer_size - 50;
-
-	uint64_t copy_to_stack(std::vector<uint64_t> children, unsigned int voxel_scale);
-
+	
 	// With a position and the head of the stack. Traverse down the voxel hierarchy to find
 	// the IDX and stack position of the highest resolution (maybe set resolution?) oct
-	bool GetVoxel(sf::Vector3i position);
+	OctState GetVoxel(sf::Vector3i position);
 
 	void print_block(int block_pos);