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package com.badlogic.gdx.tests.g3d.voxel;

import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Color;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Pixmap;
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Pixmap.Format;
import com.badlogic.gdx.math.MathUtils;

/** Adapted from <a href="http://devmag.org.za/2009/04/25/perlin-noise/">http://devmag.org.za/2009/04/25/perlin-noise/</a>
 * @author badlogic */
public class PerlinNoiseGenerator {
    public static float[][] generateWhiteNoise(int width, int height) {
        float[][] noise = new float[width][height];
        for (int y = 0; y < height; y++) {
            for (int x = 0; x < width; x++) {
                noise[x][y] = MathUtils.random();
            }
        }
        return noise;
    }

    public static float interpolate(float x0, float x1, float alpha) {
        return x0 * (1 - alpha) + alpha * x1;
    }

    public static float[][] generateSmoothNoise(float[][] baseNoise, int octave) {
        int width = baseNoise.length;
        int height = baseNoise[0].length;
        float[][] smoothNoise = new float[width][height];

        int samplePeriod = 1 << octave; // calculates 2 ^ k
        float sampleFrequency = 1.0f / samplePeriod;
        for (int i = 0; i < width; i++) {
            int sample_i0 = (i / samplePeriod) * samplePeriod;
            int sample_i1 = (sample_i0 + samplePeriod) % width; // wrap around
            float horizontal_blend = (i - sample_i0) * sampleFrequency;

            for (int j = 0; j < height; j++) {
                int sample_j0 = (j / samplePeriod) * samplePeriod;
                int sample_j1 = (sample_j0 + samplePeriod) % height; // wrap around
                float vertical_blend = (j - sample_j0) * sampleFrequency;
                float top = interpolate(baseNoise[sample_i0][sample_j0], baseNoise[sample_i1][sample_j0],
                        horizontal_blend);
                float bottom = interpolate(baseNoise[sample_i0][sample_j1], baseNoise[sample_i1][sample_j1],
                        horizontal_blend);
                smoothNoise[i][j] = interpolate(top, bottom, vertical_blend);
            }
        }

        return smoothNoise;
    }

    public static float[][] generatePerlinNoise(float[][] baseNoise, int octaveCount) {
        int width = baseNoise.length;
        int height = baseNoise[0].length;
        float[][][] smoothNoise = new float[octaveCount][][]; // an array of 2D arrays containing
        float persistance = 0.7f;

        for (int i = 0; i < octaveCount; i++) {
            smoothNoise[i] = generateSmoothNoise(baseNoise, i);
        }

        float[][] perlinNoise = new float[width][height]; // an array of floats initialised to 0

        float amplitude = 1.0f;
        float totalAmplitude = 0.0f;

        for (int octave = octaveCount - 1; octave >= 0; octave--) {
            amplitude *= persistance;
            totalAmplitude += amplitude;

            for (int i = 0; i < width; i++) {
                for (int j = 0; j < height; j++) {
                    perlinNoise[i][j] += smoothNoise[octave][i][j] * amplitude;
                }
            }
        }

        for (int i = 0; i < width; i++) {
            for (int j = 0; j < height; j++) {
                perlinNoise[i][j] /= totalAmplitude;
            }
        }

        return perlinNoise;
    }

    public static float[][] generatePerlinNoise(int width, int height, int octaveCount) {
        float[][] baseNoise = generateWhiteNoise(width, height);
        return generatePerlinNoise(baseNoise, octaveCount);
    }

    public static byte[] generateHeightMap(int width, int height, int min, int max, int octaveCount) {
        float[][] baseNoise = generateWhiteNoise(width, height);
        float[][] noise = generatePerlinNoise(baseNoise, octaveCount);
        byte[] bytes = new byte[baseNoise.length * baseNoise[0].length];
        int idx = 0;
        int range = max - min;
        for (int y = 0; y < height; y++) {
            for (int x = 0; x < width; x++) {
                bytes[idx++] = (byte) (noise[x][y] * range + min);
            }
        }
        return bytes;
    }

    public static Pixmap generatePixmap(int width, int height, int min, int max, int octaveCount) {
        byte[] bytes = generateHeightMap(width, height, min, max, octaveCount);
        Pixmap pixmap = new Pixmap(width, height, Format.RGBA8888);
        for (int i = 0, idx = 0; i < bytes.length; i++) {
            byte val = bytes[i];
            pixmap.getPixels().put(idx++, val);
            pixmap.getPixels().put(idx++, val);
            pixmap.getPixels().put(idx++, val);
            pixmap.getPixels().put(idx++, (byte) 255);
        }
        return pixmap;
    }

    public static void generateVoxels(VoxelWorld voxelWorld, int min, int max, int octaveCount) {
        byte[] heightMap = PerlinNoiseGenerator.generateHeightMap(voxelWorld.voxelsX, voxelWorld.voxelsZ, min, max,
                octaveCount);
        int idx = 0;
        for (int z = 0; z < voxelWorld.voxelsZ; z++) {
            for (int x = 0; x < voxelWorld.voxelsX; x++) {
                voxelWorld.setColumn(x, heightMap[idx++], z, (byte) 1);
                // voxelWorld.set(x, heightMap[idx++], z, (byte)1);
            }
        }
    }
}