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VariableVince f304141338 Fix/refactor/optim(StructureIconsLayer): restore structure icons after context loss, use WebGL/WebGPU/Canvas, and some improvements (#3654)
## Description:

StructureIconsLayer and StructureDrawingUtils fixes and improvements.
Most notably have it restore structure icons after webGL context loss.

Inspired by @Skigim's
https://github.com/openfrontio/OpenFrontIO/pull/3339,
https://github.com/openfrontio/OpenFrontIO/pull/3480. Fixes his
https://github.com/openfrontio/OpenFrontIO/issues/3207, contains only
those fixes from the Issue that are actually valid and needed fixes, on
top of his earlier merged PR.

### CONTAINS (partly written by AI, excuse the exaggerated language)

**1.**
* ** AutoDetectRenderer: ** now, if Hardware Acceleration is unavailable
or disabled, Structure Icons will be displayed using Canvas renderer.
Otherwise it will use either WebGL or WebGPU, depeding on which is
available. PixiJS currently prefers WebGL but it will switch this to
WebGPU at one point. We can also force it to WebGPU as explained in the
comment.
* ** Canvas: ** on Canvas, what doesn't work is gracefully skipped. The
non-working parts will be fixed, see this issue in their repo, but until
then it will work fine for us anyway:
https://github.com/pixijs/pixijs/issues/11981
* **WebGPU Context Loss:** PixiJS doesn't restore this context itself.
Instead we do it by calling setupRenderer again on device loss.
* **WebGL Context Loss:** To know when we need to restore the layer,
don't use native event (`webglcontextrestored`) but use PixiJS's
internal hook (`this.renderer.runners.contextChange`). This prevents our
cache-clearing commands from interrupting Pixi while it's still busy
rebuilding its internal GL State Machine buffer. With links severed, we
need to clear and rebuild all icons to restore them.
* **WebGL Context existance Check (`this.renderer.context?.isLost`):**
This prevents a crash in PixiJS. Fixes black map background and all
graphics frozen, which has been reported a few times. Issue created in
their repo: https://github.com/pixijs/pixijs/issues/12032.
* **Redraw:** for Canvas context restore or on Alt-R, a call from
GameRenderer now actually restores icons. Also called for WebGPU device
loss and after contextChange WebGL restoration. Checks for WebGL
context.isLost so a calls from Alt-R etc won't meddle while GL context
is lost.
* **Orphaned Object Leaks:** In PixiJS v8, `Container.destroy()` does
*not* recursively destroy its children. This PR explicitly adds
`.destroy({ children: true })` inside icon deletion states. This stops
thousands of `PIXI.Sprite` and `PIXI.BitmapText` child nodes from
leaking and choking Pixi when it attempts a WebGL restore.
* **Texture Lifecycle:** Invalidate caching logic in `SpriteFactory` now
correctly executes `.destroy(true)` on `PIXI.Texture` objects.
Previously, they were only deleted from the textureCache Map, retaining
a phantom grip on GPU memory buffers.
* **Don't remove PIXI.Texture.EMPTY from textureCache: `createTexture()`
in `SpriteFactory` stores `PIXI.Texture.EMPTY` (a singleton) in
`textureCache` when a structure type has no known shape. When not
preventing removal of the EMPTY texture, `clearCache()` would call
`texture.destroy(true)` on PixiJS's shared global empty texture,
breaking all sprites in the renderer that fall back to it.

**2. Small Memory/Perf Optimizations**
* **The Shared 2D Canvas Optimization:** To prevent allocating endless
tiny `<canvas>` elements every time a structure color is loaded,
`SpriteFactory` now utilizes a cleanly shared `colorCanvas` singleton.
To keep this safe from hardware acceleration crashes (where the 2D
context dies alongside WebGL), it accurately nullifies itself in
`clearCache()` and lazily instantiates on the next call
(`getImageColored()`).
* **Bypassing Inefficient Textures Cache:** Now passing the `skipCache:
true` argument implicitly to dynamic UI elements via
`PIXI.Texture.from(structureCanvas, true)`.
* **Zero-Allocation Filters (No more GC Stutters):** `renderGhost()`
previously spawned numerous `new OutlineFilter(...)` WebGL shaders when
hovering over invalid tiles, compounding to many leaked Shader Programs.
We hoisted these filters to static class properties initialized once,
and went a step further: hoisted the wrapping Array structures too
(`filterRedArray`, `filterGreenArray`). This eliminates many pointless
micro-allocations and GC sweeps entirely.

**BEFORE, for webGL:**
https://youtu.be/durJxNFNePs

**AFTER, for WebGL:**
https://youtu.be/VnYEFMx4gfM

**AFTER, for Canvas:**
https://youtu.be/zT720oKxcaI

**AFTER, for WebGPU:**
https://youtu.be/J09Wee2qTs8

The performance optimizations weren't well measurable in my tests but
there's no downgrade at least. WebGPU should bee better than WebGL when
we would force it but again, currently PixiJS prefers WebGL hardcoded so
only if we disallow WebGL will it use WebGPU if it is available,
otherwise fallback gracefully to Canvas still.

Canvas skips parts gracefully, as long as the non-breaking issue exists
in PixiJS (as explained above):
<img width="952" height="705" alt="AFTER Canvas in Firefox skips
non-supported gracefully"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/17e8d8ab-05dc-47cb-ab11-f0f4d015a42a"
/>

## Please complete the following:

- [x] I have added screenshots for all UI updates
- [x] I process any text displayed to the user through translateText()
and I've added it to the en.json file
- [x] I have added relevant tests to the test directory
- [x] I confirm I have thoroughly tested these changes and take full
responsibility for any bugs introduced

## Please put your Discord username so you can be contacted if a bug or
regression is found:

tryout33

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Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-04-29 20:40:02 -06:00
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