Implement lightmap-based rendering for performant lighting illusion

Replace emissive-only rendering with diffuse + lightmap system to achieve realistic lighting appearance without dynamic light overhead.

- Create LightmapGenerator class with canvas-based radial gradient generation
- Generate one lightmap per color (16 total) using top-left directional light simulation
- Cache lightmaps in static Map for reuse across all instances
- Preload all lightmaps at toolbox initialization for instant availability
- Update buildColor() to use diffuseColor + lightmapTexture instead of emissiveColor
- Update buildMissingMaterial() to use lightmap-based rendering
- Enable lighting calculations (disableLighting = false) to apply lightmaps

Lightmap details:
- 512x512 resolution RGBA textures
- Radial gradient: center (color × 1.5), mid (base color), edge (color × 0.3)
- Simulates top-left key light with smooth falloff
- Total memory: ~16 MB for all lightmaps
- Zero per-frame performance cost

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

src/diagram/functions/buildMeshFromDiagramEntity.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import log from "loglevel";
 import {v4 as uuidv4} from 'uuid';
 import {xyztovec} from "./vectorConversion";
 import {AnimatedLineTexture} from "../../util/animatedLineTexture";
+import {LightmapGenerator} from "../../util/lightmapGenerator";
 
 export function buildMeshFromDiagramEntity(entity: DiagramEntity, scene: Scene): AbstractMesh {
     const logger = log.getLogger('buildMeshFromDiagramEntity');
@@ -190,11 +191,13 @@ export function buildMissingMaterial(name: string, scene: Scene, color: string):
     if (existingMaterial) {
         return (existingMaterial as StandardMaterial);
     }
+    const colorObj = Color3.FromHexString(color);
     const newMaterial = new StandardMaterial(name, scene);
     newMaterial.id = name;
-    newMaterial.emissiveColor = Color3.FromHexString(color);
+    newMaterial.diffuseColor = colorObj;
-    newMaterial.disableLighting = true;
+    newMaterial.disableLighting = false;
-    // newMaterial.diffuseColor = Color3.FromHexString(color);
+    newMaterial.lightmapTexture = LightmapGenerator.generateLightmapForColor(colorObj, scene);
+    newMaterial.useLightmapAsShadowmap = false;
     newMaterial.alpha = 1;
     return newMaterial;
 }

src/toolbox/functions/buildColor.ts

@@ -11,21 +11,17 @@ import {
 import {enumKeys} from "../../util/functions/enumKeys";
 import {ToolType} from "../types/toolType";
 import {buildTool} from "./buildTool";
+import {LightmapGenerator} from "../../util/lightmapGenerator";
 
 export async function buildColor(color: Color3, scene: Scene, parent: TransformNode, index: number, toolMap: Map<string, AbstractMesh>): Promise<Node> {
     const width = .1;
     const height = .1;
     const material = new StandardMaterial("material-" + color.toHexString(), scene);
-    material.emissiveColor = color;
     material.diffuseColor = color;
-    material.disableLighting = true;
+    material.disableLighting = false;
-    // material.diffuseColor = color;
+    material.lightmapTexture = LightmapGenerator.generateLightmapForColor(color, scene);
-    // material.ambientColor = color;
+    material.useLightmapAsShadowmap = false;
-    //material.roughness = 1;
     material.specularPower = 64;
-    //     material.ambientColor = color;
-    //material.roughness = .1;
-    //material.maxSimultaneousLights = 2;
 
     const colorBoxMesh = MeshBuilder.CreatePlane("toolbox-color-" + color.toHexString(), {
         width: width,

src/toolbox/toolbox.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import log from "loglevel";
 import {Handle} from "../objects/handle";
 import {DefaultScene} from "../defaultScene";
 import {Button} from "../objects/Button";
+import {LightmapGenerator} from "../util/lightmapGenerator";
 
 const colors: string[] = [
     "#222222", "#8b4513", "#006400", "#778899",
@@ -27,6 +28,10 @@ export class Toolbox {
         this._handle = new Handle(this._toolboxBaseNode, 'Toolbox');
         this._toolboxBaseNode.position.y = .2;
         this._toolboxBaseNode.scaling = new Vector3(0.6, 0.6, 0.6);
+
+        // Preload lightmaps for all toolbox colors for better first-render performance
+        LightmapGenerator.preloadLightmaps(colors, this._scene);
+
         this.buildToolbox().then(() => {
             readyObservable.notifyObservers(true);
             this._logger.info('Toolbox built');

src/util/lightmapGenerator.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+import {Color3, DynamicTexture, Scene} from "@babylonjs/core";
+import {DefaultScene} from "../defaultScene";
+
+export class LightmapGenerator {
+    private static lightmapCache: Map<string, DynamicTexture> = new Map();
+    private static readonly DEFAULT_RESOLUTION = 512;
+
+    /**
+     * Generates or retrieves cached lightmap for a given color
+     * @param color The base color for the lightmap
+     * @param scene The BabylonJS scene
+     * @param resolution Texture resolution (default: 512)
+     * @returns DynamicTexture with baked lighting
+     */
+    public static generateLightmapForColor(
+        color: Color3,
+        scene: Scene,
+        resolution: number = LightmapGenerator.DEFAULT_RESOLUTION
+    ): DynamicTexture {
+        const colorKey = color.toHexString();
+
+        // Return cached lightmap if available
+        if (this.lightmapCache.has(colorKey)) {
+            return this.lightmapCache.get(colorKey)!;
+        }
+
+        // Create new lightmap
+        const lightmap = this.createLightmap(color, scene, resolution);
+        this.lightmapCache.set(colorKey, lightmap);
+        return lightmap;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Pre-generates lightmaps for all specified colors
+     * Call during initialization for better first-render performance
+     * @param colors Array of hex color strings
+     * @param scene The BabylonJS scene
+     */
+    public static preloadLightmaps(colors: string[], scene: Scene): void {
+        colors.forEach(colorHex => {
+            const color = Color3.FromHexString(colorHex);
+            this.generateLightmapForColor(color, scene);
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a lightmap texture with simulated lighting
+     * Uses radial gradient to simulate top-left directional light
+     * @param color Base color
+     * @param scene BabylonJS scene
+     * @param resolution Texture size
+     * @returns DynamicTexture with baked lighting gradient
+     */
+    private static createLightmap(
+        color: Color3,
+        scene: Scene,
+        resolution: number
+    ): DynamicTexture {
+        const texture = new DynamicTexture(
+            `lightmap-${color.toHexString()}`,
+            resolution,
+            scene,
+            false // generateMipMaps
+        );
+
+        const ctx = texture.getContext();
+        const canvas = ctx.canvas.getContext('2d') as CanvasRenderingContext2D;
+
+        // Create radial gradient simulating directional light from top-left
+        // Offset the gradient center to create directional effect
+        const centerX = resolution * 0.4; // Offset left
+        const centerY = resolution * 0.4; // Offset up
+        const radius = resolution * 0.8;  // Larger radius for smoother falloff
+
+        const gradient = canvas.createRadialGradient(
+            centerX, centerY, 0,
+            centerX, centerY, radius
+        );
+
+        // Calculate lit and shadow colors
+        // Lit area: 1.5x brighter than base color (clamped to 1.0)
+        const litColor = new Color3(
+            Math.min(color.r * 1.5, 1.0),
+            Math.min(color.g * 1.5, 1.0),
+            Math.min(color.b * 1.5, 1.0)
+        );
+
+        // Shadow area: 0.3x darker than base color
+        const shadowColor = color.scale(0.3);
+
+        // Mid-tone: base color unchanged
+        const midColor = color;
+
+        // Build gradient with multiple stops for smoother transition
+        gradient.addColorStop(0, litColor.toHexString());      // Center: bright
+        gradient.addColorStop(0.5, midColor.toHexString());    // Mid: base color
+        gradient.addColorStop(1.0, shadowColor.toHexString()); // Edge: dark
+
+        // Fill canvas with gradient
+        canvas.fillStyle = gradient;
+        canvas.fillRect(0, 0, resolution, resolution);
+
+        // Update texture with canvas content
+        texture.update();
+
+        return texture;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Clears the lightmap cache
+     * Useful for memory management or when regenerating lightmaps
+     */
+    public static clearCache(): void {
+        this.lightmapCache.forEach(texture => texture.dispose());
+        this.lightmapCache.clear();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the current cache size
+     * @returns Number of cached lightmaps
+     */
+    public static getCacheSize(): number {
+        return this.lightmapCache.size;
+    }
+}