Merge 84e27867d3 into 4f0c1cc1ae

- Remove source checks, it was very old and untouched
- Remove FIXMEs and TODOs that were already fixed/done

common/src/backend/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/backend/compile/SourceChecks.java

@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-package dev.engine_room.flywheel.backend.compile;
-
-// TODO: recycle to be invoked by the shader compiler
-public class SourceChecks {
-	//	public static final BiConsumer<ErrorReporter, SourceFile> LAYOUT_VERTEX = checkFunctionArity("flw_layoutVertex", 0);
-	//	public static final BiConsumer<ErrorReporter, SourceFile> INSTANCE_VERTEX = checkFunctionParameterTypeExists("flw_instanceVertex", 1, 0);
-	//	public static final BiConsumer<ErrorReporter, SourceFile> MATERIAL_VERTEX = checkFunctionArity("flw_materialVertex", 0);
-	//	public static final BiConsumer<ErrorReporter, SourceFile> MATERIAL_FRAGMENT = checkFunctionArity("flw_materialFragment", 0);
-	//	public static final BiConsumer<ErrorReporter, SourceFile> CONTEXT_VERTEX = checkFunctionArity("flw_contextVertex", 0);
-	//	public static final BiConsumer<ErrorReporter, SourceFile> CONTEXT_FRAGMENT = checkFunctionArity("flw_contextFragment", 0).andThen(checkFunctionArity("flw_initFragment", 0));
-	//	public static final BiConsumer<ErrorReporter, SourceFile> PIPELINE = checkFunctionArity("main", 0);
-	//
-	//	public static BiConsumer<ErrorReporter, SourceFile> checkFunctionArity(String name, int arity) {
-	//		return (errorReporter, file) -> checkFunctionArity(errorReporter, file, name, arity);
-	//	}
-	//
-	//	public static BiConsumer<ErrorReporter, SourceFile> checkFunctionParameterTypeExists(String name, int arity, int param) {
-	//		return (errorReporter, file) -> {
-	//			var func = checkFunctionArity(errorReporter, file, name, arity);
-	//
-	//			if (func == null) {
-	//				return;
-	//			}
-	//
-	//			var maybeStruct = func.getParameterType(param)
-	//					.findStruct();
-	//
-	//			if (maybeStruct.isEmpty()) {
-	//				errorReporter.generateMissingStruct(file, func.getParameterType(param), "struct not defined");
-	//			}
-	//		};
-	//	}
-	//
-	//	/**
-	//	 * @return {@code null} if the function doesn't exist, or if the function has the wrong arity.
-	//	 */
-	//	@Nullable
-	//	private static ShaderFunction checkFunctionArity(ErrorReporter errorReporter, SourceFile file, String name, int arity) {
-	//		Optional<ShaderFunction> maybeFunc = file.findFunction(name);
-	//
-	//		if (maybeFunc.isEmpty()) {
-	//			errorReporter.generateMissingFunction(file, name, "\"" + name + "\" function not defined");
-	//			return null;
-	//		}
-	//
-	//		ShaderFunction func = maybeFunc.get();
-	//		ImmutableList<ShaderVariable> params = func.getParameters();
-	//		if (params.size() != arity) {
-	//			errorReporter.generateFunctionArgumentCountError(name, arity, func.getArgs());
-	//			return null;
-	//		}
-	//
-	//		return func;
-	//	}
-}

common/src/backend/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/backend/compile/component/InstanceAssemblerComponent.java

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public abstract class InstanceAssemblerComponent implements SourceComponent {
 		FLOAT_UNPACKING_FUNCS.put(FloatRepr.UNSIGNED_INT, e -> e.cast("float"));
 		FLOAT_UNPACKING_FUNCS.put(FloatRepr.NORMALIZED_UNSIGNED_INT, e -> e.cast("float").div(4294967295f));
 
-		FLOAT_UNPACKING_FUNCS.put(FloatRepr.FLOAT, e -> e.callFunction("uintBitsToFloat")); // FIXME: GLSL 330+
+		FLOAT_UNPACKING_FUNCS.put(FloatRepr.FLOAT, e -> e.callFunction("uintBitsToFloat"));
 	}
 
 	protected final Layout layout;

common/src/backend/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/backend/engine/AbstractInstancer.java

@@ -1,27 +1,14 @@
 package dev.engine_room.flywheel.backend.engine;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
-
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.api.instance.Instance;
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.api.instance.InstanceType;
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.api.instance.Instancer;
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.backend.engine.embed.Environment;
-import dev.engine_room.flywheel.backend.util.AtomicBitSet;
 
-public abstract class AbstractInstancer<I extends Instance> implements Instancer<I>, InstanceHandleImpl.State<I> {
+public abstract class AbstractInstancer<I extends Instance> implements Instancer<I> {
 	public final InstanceType<I> type;
 	public final Environment environment;
-	private final Recreate<I> recreate;
-
-	// Lock for all instances, only needs to be used in methods that may run on the TaskExecutor.
-	protected final Object lock = new Object();
-	protected final ArrayList<I> instances = new ArrayList<>();
-	protected final ArrayList<InstanceHandleImpl<I>> handles = new ArrayList<>();
-
-	protected final AtomicBitSet changed = new AtomicBitSet();
-	protected final AtomicBitSet deleted = new AtomicBitSet();
+	public final Recreate<I> recreate;
 
 	protected AbstractInstancer(InstancerKey<I> key, Recreate<I> recreate) {
 		this.type = key.type();
@@ -29,218 +16,16 @@ public abstract class AbstractInstancer<I extends Instance> implements Instancer
 		this.recreate = recreate;
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	public InstanceHandleImpl.State<I> setChanged(int index) {
-		notifyDirty(index);
-		return this;
-	}
+	public abstract InstanceHandleImpl.State<I> revealInstance(InstanceHandleImpl<I> handle, I instance);
 
-	@Override
-	public InstanceHandleImpl.State<I> setDeleted(int index) {
-		notifyRemoval(index);
-		return InstanceHandleImpl.Deleted.instance();
-	}
+	public abstract int instanceCount();
 
-	@Override
-	public InstanceHandleImpl.State<I> setVisible(InstanceHandleImpl<I> handle, int index, boolean visible) {
-		if (visible) {
-			return this;
-		}
-
-		notifyRemoval(index);
-
-		I instance;
-		synchronized (lock) {
-			// I think we need to lock to prevent wacky stuff from happening if the array gets resized.
-			instance = instances.get(index);
-		}
-
-		return new InstanceHandleImpl.Hidden<>(recreate, instance);
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public I createInstance() {
-		var handle = new InstanceHandleImpl<>(this);
-		I instance = type.create(handle);
-
-		synchronized (lock) {
-			handle.index = instances.size();
-			addLocked(instance, handle);
-			return instance;
-		}
-	}
-
-	public void revealInstance(InstanceHandleImpl<I> handle, I instance) {
-		synchronized (lock) {
-			handle.index = instances.size();
-			addLocked(instance, handle);
-		}
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public void stealInstance(@Nullable I instance) {
-		if (instance == null) {
-			return;
-		}
-
-		var instanceHandle = instance.handle();
-
-		if (!(instanceHandle instanceof InstanceHandleImpl<?>)) {
-			// UB: do nothing
-			return;
-		}
-
-		// Should InstanceType have an isInstance method?
-		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-		var handle = (InstanceHandleImpl<I>) instanceHandle;
-
-		// No need to steal if this instance is already owned by this instancer.
-		if (handle.state == this) {
-			return;
-		}
-		// Not allowed to steal deleted instances.
-		if (handle.state instanceof InstanceHandleImpl.Deleted) {
-			return;
-		}
-		// No need to steal if the instance will recreate to us.
-		if (handle.state instanceof InstanceHandleImpl.Hidden<I> hidden && recreate.equals(hidden.recreate())) {
-			return;
-		}
-
-		// FIXME: in theory there could be a race condition here if the instance
-		//  is somehow being stolen by 2 different instancers between threads.
-		//  That seems kinda impossible so I'm fine leaving it as is for now.
-
-		// Add the instance to this instancer.
-		if (handle.state instanceof AbstractInstancer<I> other) {
-			// Remove the instance from its old instancer.
-			// This won't have any unwanted effect when the old instancer
-			// is filtering deleted instances later, so is safe.
-			other.notifyRemoval(handle.index);
-
-			handle.state = this;
-			// Only lock now that we'll be mutating our state.
-			synchronized (lock) {
-				handle.index = instances.size();
-				addLocked(instance, handle);
-			}
-		} else if (handle.state instanceof InstanceHandleImpl.Hidden<I>) {
-			handle.state = new InstanceHandleImpl.Hidden<>(recreate, instance);
-		}
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Calls must be synchronized on {@link #lock}.
-	 */
-	private void addLocked(I instance, InstanceHandleImpl<I> handle) {
-		instances.add(instance);
-		handles.add(handle);
-		setIndexChanged(handle.index);
-	}
-
-	public int instanceCount() {
-		return instances.size();
-	}
-
-	public void notifyDirty(int index) {
-		if (index < 0 || index >= instanceCount()) {
-			return;
-		}
-		setIndexChanged(index);
-	}
-
-	protected void setIndexChanged(int index) {
-		changed.set(index);
-	}
-
-	public void notifyRemoval(int index) {
-		if (index < 0 || index >= instanceCount()) {
-			return;
-		}
-		deleted.set(index);
-	}
-
-	public void removeDeletedInstances() {
-		if (deleted.isEmpty()) {
-			return;
-		}
-
-		// Figure out which elements are to be removed.
-		final int oldSize = this.instances.size();
-		int removeCount = deleted.cardinality();
-
-		if (oldSize == removeCount) {
-			clear();
-			return;
-		}
-
-		final int newSize = oldSize - removeCount;
-
-		// Start from the first deleted index.
-		int writePos = deleted.nextSetBit(0);
-
-		if (writePos < newSize) {
-			// Since we'll be shifting everything into this space we can consider it all changed.
-			setRangeChanged(writePos, newSize);
-		}
-
-		// We definitely shouldn't consider the deleted instances as changed though,
-		// else we might try some out of bounds accesses later.
-		changed.clear(newSize, oldSize);
-
-		// Punch out the deleted instances, shifting over surviving instances to fill their place.
-		for (int scanPos = writePos; (scanPos < oldSize) && (writePos < newSize); scanPos++, writePos++) {
-			// Find next non-deleted element.
-			scanPos = deleted.nextClearBit(scanPos);
-
-			if (scanPos != writePos) {
-				// Grab the old instance/handle from scanPos...
-				var handle = handles.get(scanPos);
-				I instance = instances.get(scanPos);
-
-				// ... and move it to writePos.
-				handles.set(writePos, handle);
-				instances.set(writePos, instance);
-
-				// Make sure the handle knows it's been moved
-				handle.index = writePos;
-			}
-		}
-
-		deleted.clear();
-		instances.subList(newSize, oldSize)
-				.clear();
-		handles.subList(newSize, oldSize)
-				.clear();
-	}
-
-	protected void setRangeChanged(int start, int end) {
-		changed.set(start, end);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Clear all instances without freeing resources.
-	 */
-	public void clear() {
-		for (InstanceHandleImpl<I> handle : handles) {
-			// Only clear instances that belong to this instancer.
-			// If one of these handles was stolen by another instancer,
-			// clearing it here would cause significant visual artifacts and instance leaks.
-			// At the same time, we need to clear handles we own to prevent
-			// instances from changing/deleting positions in this instancer that no longer exist.
-			if (handle.state == this) {
-				handle.clear();
-				handle.state = InstanceHandleImpl.Deleted.instance();
-			}
-		}
-		instances.clear();
-		handles.clear();
-		changed.clear();
-		deleted.clear();
-	}
+	public abstract void parallelUpdate();
 
 	public abstract void delete();
 
+	public abstract void clear();
+
 	@Override
 	public String toString() {
 		return "AbstractInstancer[" + instanceCount() + ']';

common/src/backend/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/backend/engine/BaseInstancer.java

@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+package dev.engine_room.flywheel.backend.engine;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
+import dev.engine_room.flywheel.api.instance.Instance;
+import dev.engine_room.flywheel.backend.util.AtomicBitSet;
+
+public abstract class BaseInstancer<I extends Instance> extends AbstractInstancer<I> implements InstanceHandleImpl.State<I> {
+	// Lock for all instances, only needs to be used in methods that may run on the TaskExecutor.
+	protected final Object lock = new Object();
+	protected final ArrayList<I> instances = new ArrayList<>();
+	protected final ArrayList<InstanceHandleImpl<I>> handles = new ArrayList<>();
+
+	protected final AtomicBitSet changed = new AtomicBitSet();
+	protected final AtomicBitSet deleted = new AtomicBitSet();
+
+	protected BaseInstancer(InstancerKey<I> key, Recreate<I> recreate) {
+		super(key, recreate);
+	}
+
+
+	@Override
+	public InstanceHandleImpl.State<I> setChanged(int index) {
+		notifyDirty(index);
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public InstanceHandleImpl.State<I> setDeleted(int index) {
+		notifyRemoval(index);
+		return InstanceHandleImpl.Deleted.instance();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public InstanceHandleImpl.State<I> setVisible(InstanceHandleImpl<I> handle, int index, boolean visible) {
+		if (visible) {
+			return this;
+		}
+
+		notifyRemoval(index);
+
+		I instance;
+		synchronized (lock) {
+			// I think we need to lock to prevent wacky stuff from happening if the array gets resized.
+			instance = instances.get(index);
+		}
+
+		return new InstanceHandleImpl.Hidden<>(recreate, instance);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public I createInstance() {
+		var handle = new InstanceHandleImpl<>(this);
+		I instance = type.create(handle);
+
+		synchronized (lock) {
+			handle.index = instances.size();
+			addLocked(instance, handle);
+			return instance;
+		}
+	}
+
+	public InstanceHandleImpl.State<I> revealInstance(InstanceHandleImpl<I> handle, I instance) {
+		synchronized (lock) {
+			handle.index = instances.size();
+			addLocked(instance, handle);
+		}
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void stealInstance(@Nullable I instance) {
+		if (instance == null) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		var instanceHandle = instance.handle();
+
+		if (!(instanceHandle instanceof InstanceHandleImpl<?>)) {
+			// UB: do nothing
+			return;
+		}
+
+		// Should InstanceType have an isInstance method?
+		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked") var handle = (InstanceHandleImpl<I>) instanceHandle;
+
+		// No need to steal if this instance is already owned by this instancer.
+		if (handle.state == this) {
+			return;
+		}
+		// Not allowed to steal deleted instances.
+		if (handle.state instanceof InstanceHandleImpl.Deleted) {
+			return;
+		}
+		// No need to steal if the instance will recreate to us.
+		if (handle.state instanceof InstanceHandleImpl.Hidden<I> hidden && recreate.equals(hidden.recreate())) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		// FIXME: in theory there could be a race condition here if the instance
+		//  is somehow being stolen by 2 different instancers between threads.
+		//  That seems kinda impossible so I'm fine leaving it as is for now.
+
+		// Add the instance to this instancer.
+		if (handle.state instanceof BaseInstancer<I> other) {
+			// Remove the instance from its old instancer.
+			// This won't have any unwanted effect when the old instancer
+			// is filtering deleted instances later, so is safe.
+			other.notifyRemoval(handle.index);
+
+			handle.state = this;
+			// Only lock now that we'll be mutating our state.
+			synchronized (lock) {
+				handle.index = instances.size();
+				addLocked(instance, handle);
+			}
+		} else if (handle.state instanceof InstanceHandleImpl.Hidden<I>) {
+			handle.state = new InstanceHandleImpl.Hidden<>(recreate, instance);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Calls must be synchronized on {@link #lock}.
+	 */
+	private void addLocked(I instance, InstanceHandleImpl<I> handle) {
+		instances.add(instance);
+		handles.add(handle);
+		setIndexChanged(handle.index);
+	}
+
+	public int instanceCount() {
+		return instances.size();
+	}
+
+	public void notifyDirty(int index) {
+		if (index < 0 || index >= instanceCount()) {
+			return;
+		}
+		setIndexChanged(index);
+	}
+
+	protected void setIndexChanged(int index) {
+		changed.set(index);
+	}
+
+	public void notifyRemoval(int index) {
+		if (index < 0 || index >= instanceCount()) {
+			return;
+		}
+		deleted.set(index);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Clear all instances without freeing resources.
+	 */
+	public void clear() {
+		for (InstanceHandleImpl<I> handle : handles) {
+			// Only clear instances that belong to this instancer.
+			// If one of these handles was stolen by another instancer,
+			// clearing it here would cause significant visual artifacts and instance leaks.
+			// At the same time, we need to clear handles we own to prevent
+			// instances from changing/deleting positions in this instancer that no longer exist.
+			if (handle.state == this) {
+				handle.clear();
+				handle.state = InstanceHandleImpl.Deleted.instance();
+			}
+		}
+		instances.clear();
+		handles.clear();
+		changed.clear();
+		deleted.clear();
+	}
+}

common/src/backend/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/backend/engine/DrawManager.java

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public abstract class DrawManager<N extends AbstractInstancer<?>> {
 
 	public Plan<RenderContext> createFramePlan() {
 		// Go wide on instancers to process deletions in parallel.
-		return ForEachPlan.of(() -> new ArrayList<>(instancers.values()), AbstractInstancer::removeDeletedInstances);
+		return ForEachPlan.of(() -> new ArrayList<>(instancers.values()), AbstractInstancer::parallelUpdate);
 	}
 
 	public void flush(LightStorage lightStorage, EnvironmentStorage environmentStorage) {

common/src/backend/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/backend/engine/InstanceHandleImpl.java

@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 package dev.engine_room.flywheel.backend.engine;
 
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.UnknownNullability;
+
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.api.instance.Instance;
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.api.instance.InstanceHandle;
 
 public class InstanceHandleImpl<I extends Instance> implements InstanceHandle {
+	@UnknownNullability
 	public State<I> state;
 	public int index;
 
-	public InstanceHandleImpl(State<I> state) {
+	public InstanceHandleImpl(@UnknownNullability State<I> state) {
 		this.state = state;
 	}
 
@@ -62,8 +65,7 @@ public class InstanceHandleImpl<I extends Instance> implements InstanceHandle {
 				return this;
 			}
 			var instancer = recreate.recreate();
-			instancer.revealInstance(handle, instance);
-			return instancer;
+			return instancer.revealInstance(handle, instance);
 		}
 	}
 

common/src/backend/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/backend/engine/LightStorage.java

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import net.minecraft.world.level.LightLayer;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.lighting.LayerLightEventListener;
 
 /**
- * TODO: AO data
  * A managed arena of light sections for uploading to the GPU.
  *
  * <p>Each section represents an 18x18x18 block volume of light data.
@@ -116,7 +115,6 @@ public class LightStorage {
 			}
 
 			// Now actually do the collection.
-			// TODO: Should this be done in parallel?
 			sectionsToCollect.forEach(this::collectSection);
 
 			updatedSections.clear();

common/src/backend/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/backend/engine/indirect/IndirectInstancer.java

@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ package dev.engine_room.flywheel.backend.engine.indirect;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.UnknownNullability;
 import org.joml.Vector4fc;
 import org.lwjgl.system.MemoryUtil;
@@ -10,6 +13,7 @@ import org.lwjgl.system.MemoryUtil;
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.api.instance.Instance;
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.api.instance.InstanceWriter;
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.backend.engine.AbstractInstancer;
+import dev.engine_room.flywheel.backend.engine.InstanceHandleImpl;
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.backend.engine.InstancerKey;
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.backend.util.AtomicBitSet;
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.lib.math.MoreMath;
@@ -20,7 +24,27 @@ public class IndirectInstancer<I extends Instance> extends AbstractInstancer<I>
 	private final List<IndirectDraw> associatedDraws = new ArrayList<>();
 	private final Vector4fc boundingSphere;
 
-	private final AtomicBitSet changedPages = new AtomicBitSet();
+	private final AtomicReference<InstancePage<I>[]> pages = new AtomicReference<>(pageArray(0));
+	/**
+	 * The set of pages whose count changed and thus need their descriptor re-uploaded.
+	 */
+	private final AtomicBitSet validityChanged = new AtomicBitSet();
+	/**
+	 * The set of pages whose content changed and thus need their instances re-uploaded.
+	 * Note that we don't re-upload for deletions, as the memory becomes invalid and masked out by the validity bits.
+	 */
+	private final AtomicBitSet contentsChanged = new AtomicBitSet();
+	/**
+	 * The set of pages that are entirely full.
+	 * We scan the clear bits of this set when trying to add an instance.
+	 */
+	private final AtomicBitSet fullPages = new AtomicBitSet();
+	/**
+	 * The set of mergable pages. A page is mergeable if it is not empty and has 16 or fewer instances.
+	 * These constraints are set so that we can guarantee that merging two pages leaves one entirely empty,
+	 * but we also don't want to waste work merging into pages that are already empty.
+	 */
+	private final AtomicBitSet mergeablePages = new AtomicBitSet();
 
 	public ObjectStorage.@UnknownNullability Mapping mapping;
 
@@ -35,16 +59,198 @@ public class IndirectInstancer<I extends Instance> extends AbstractInstancer<I>
 		boundingSphere = key.model().boundingSphere();
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	public void setIndexChanged(int index) {
-		changedPages.set(ObjectStorage.objectIndex2PageIndex(index));
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	private static <I extends Instance> InstancePage<I>[] pageArray(int length) {
+		return new InstancePage[length];
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	protected void setRangeChanged(int start, int end) {
-		super.setRangeChanged(start, end);
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	private static <I extends Instance> I[] instanceArray() {
+		return (I[]) new Instance[ObjectStorage.PAGE_SIZE];
+	}
 
-		changedPages.set(ObjectStorage.objectIndex2PageIndex(start), ObjectStorage.objectIndex2PageIndex(end) + 1);
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	private static <I extends Instance> InstanceHandleImpl<I>[] handleArray() {
+		return new InstanceHandleImpl[ObjectStorage.PAGE_SIZE];
+	}
+
+	private static final class InstancePage<I extends Instance> implements InstanceHandleImpl.State<I> {
+		private final IndirectInstancer<I> parent;
+		private final int pageNo;
+		private final I[] instances;
+		// Handles are only read in #takeFrom. It would be nice to avoid tracking these at all.
+		private final InstanceHandleImpl<I>[] handles;
+		/**
+		 * A bitset describing which indices in the instances/handles arrays contain live instances.
+		 */
+		private final AtomicInteger valid;
+
+		private InstancePage(IndirectInstancer<I> parent, int pageNo) {
+			this.parent = parent;
+			this.pageNo = pageNo;
+			this.instances = instanceArray();
+			this.handles = handleArray();
+			this.valid = new AtomicInteger(0);
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Attempt to add the given instance/handle to this page.
+		 *
+		 * @param instance The instance to add
+		 * @param handle   The instance's handle
+		 * @return true if the instance was added, false if the page is full
+		 */
+		public boolean add(I instance, InstanceHandleImpl<I> handle) {
+			// Thread safety: we loop until we either win the race and add the given instance, or we
+			// run out of space because other threads trying to add at the same time.
+			while (true) {
+				int currentValue = valid.get();
+				if (isFull(currentValue)) {
+					// The page is full, must search elsewhere
+					return false;
+				}
+
+				// determine what the new long value will be after we set the appropriate bit.
+				int index = Integer.numberOfTrailingZeros(~currentValue);
+
+				int newValue = currentValue | (1 << index);
+
+				// if no other thread has modified the value since we read it, we won the race and we are done.
+				if (valid.compareAndSet(currentValue, newValue)) {
+					instances[index] = instance;
+					handles[index] = handle;
+					handle.state = this;
+					// Handle index is unique amongst all pages of this instancer.
+					handle.index = local2HandleIndex(index);
+
+					parent.contentsChanged.set(pageNo);
+					parent.validityChanged.set(pageNo);
+					if (isFull(newValue)) {
+						// The page is now full, mark it so in the bitset.
+						// This is safe because only one bit position changes at a time.
+						parent.fullPages.set(pageNo);
+					}
+					if (isEmpty(currentValue)) {
+						// Value we just saw was zero, so since we added something we are now mergeable!
+						parent.mergeablePages.set(pageNo);
+					} else if (Integer.bitCount(currentValue) == 16) {
+						// We just filled the 17th instance, so we are no longer mergeable.
+						parent.mergeablePages.clear(pageNo);
+					}
+					return true;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		private int local2HandleIndex(int index) {
+			return (pageNo << ObjectStorage.LOG_2_PAGE_SIZE) + index;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public InstanceHandleImpl.State<I> setChanged(int index) {
+			parent.contentsChanged.set(pageNo);
+			return this;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public InstanceHandleImpl.State<I> setDeleted(int index) {
+			int localIndex = index % ObjectStorage.PAGE_SIZE;
+
+			instances[localIndex] = null;
+			handles[localIndex] = null;
+
+			while (true) {
+				int currentValue = valid.get();
+				int newValue = currentValue & ~(1 << localIndex);
+
+				if (valid.compareAndSet(currentValue, newValue)) {
+					parent.validityChanged.set(pageNo);
+					if (isEmpty(newValue)) {
+						// If we decremented to zero then we're no longer mergeable.
+						parent.mergeablePages.clear(pageNo);
+					} else if (Integer.bitCount(newValue) == 16) {
+						// If we decremented to 16 then we're now mergeable.
+						parent.mergeablePages.set(pageNo);
+					}
+					// Set full page last so that other threads don't race to set the other bitsets.
+					parent.fullPages.clear(pageNo);
+					return InstanceHandleImpl.Deleted.instance();
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public InstanceHandleImpl.State<I> setVisible(InstanceHandleImpl<I> handle, int index, boolean visible) {
+			if (visible) {
+				return this;
+			}
+
+			int localIndex = index % ObjectStorage.PAGE_SIZE;
+
+			return new InstanceHandleImpl.Hidden<>(parent.recreate, instances[localIndex]);
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Only call this on 2 pages that are mergeable.
+		 *
+		 * @param other The page to take instances from.
+		 */
+		private void takeFrom(InstancePage<I> other) {
+			// Fill the holes in this page with instances from the other page.
+
+			int valid = this.valid.get();
+			int otherValid = other.valid.get();
+
+			for (int i = 0; i < ObjectStorage.PAGE_SIZE; i++) {
+				int mask = 1 << i;
+
+				// Find set bits in the other page.
+				if ((otherValid & mask) == 0) {
+					continue;
+				}
+
+				int writePos = Integer.numberOfTrailingZeros(~valid);
+
+				instances[writePos] = other.instances[i];
+				handles[writePos] = other.handles[i];
+
+				handles[writePos].state = this;
+				handles[writePos].index = local2HandleIndex(writePos);
+
+				// Clear out the other page.
+				otherValid &= ~mask;
+				other.handles[i] = null;
+				other.instances[i] = null;
+
+				// Set the bit in this page so we can find the next write position.
+				valid |= 1 << writePos;
+
+				// If we're full, we're done.
+				if (isFull(valid)) {
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+
+			this.valid.set(valid);
+			other.valid.set(otherValid);
+
+			// If the other page was quite empty we may still be mergeable.
+			parent.mergeablePages.set(pageNo, isMergeable(valid));
+
+			// We definitely changed the contents and validity of this page.
+			parent.contentsChanged.set(pageNo);
+			parent.validityChanged.set(pageNo);
+
+			// The other page will end up empty, so the validity changes and it's no longer mergeable.
+			// Also clear the changed bit so we don't re-upload the instances.
+			parent.contentsChanged.clear(other.pageNo);
+			parent.validityChanged.set(other.pageNo);
+			parent.mergeablePages.clear(other.pageNo);
+
+			if (isFull(valid)) {
+				parent.fullPages.set(pageNo);
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	public void addDraw(IndirectDraw draw) {
@@ -56,9 +262,32 @@ public class IndirectInstancer<I extends Instance> extends AbstractInstancer<I>
 	}
 
 	public void update(int modelIndex, int baseInstance) {
-		this.modelIndex = modelIndex;
 		this.baseInstance = baseInstance;
-		mapping.update(modelIndex, instanceCount());
+
+		var sameModelIndex = this.modelIndex == modelIndex;
+		if (sameModelIndex && validityChanged.isEmpty()) {
+			// Nothing to do!
+			return;
+		}
+
+		this.modelIndex = modelIndex;
+
+		var pages = this.pages.get();
+		mapping.updateCount(pages.length);
+
+		if (sameModelIndex) {
+			// Only need to update the changed pages.
+			for (int page = validityChanged.nextSetBit(0); page >= 0 && page < pages.length; page = validityChanged.nextSetBit(page + 1)) {
+				mapping.updatePage(page, modelIndex, pages[page].valid.get());
+			}
+		} else {
+			// Need to update all pages since the model index changed.
+			for (int i = 0; i < pages.length; i++) {
+				mapping.updatePage(i, modelIndex, pages[i].valid.get());
+			}
+		}
+
+		validityChanged.clear();
 	}
 
 	public void writeModel(long ptr) {
@@ -72,25 +301,22 @@ public class IndirectInstancer<I extends Instance> extends AbstractInstancer<I>
 	}
 
 	public void uploadInstances(StagingBuffer stagingBuffer, int instanceVbo) {
-		if (changedPages.isEmpty()) {
+		if (contentsChanged.isEmpty()) {
 			return;
 		}
 
-		int numPages = mapping.pageCount();
-
-		var instanceCount = instances.size();
-
-		for (int page = changedPages.nextSetBit(0); page >= 0 && page < numPages; page = changedPages.nextSetBit(page + 1)) {
-			int startObject = ObjectStorage.pageIndex2ObjectIndex(page);
-
-			if (startObject >= instanceCount) {
-				break;
-			}
-
-			int endObject = Math.min(instanceCount, ObjectStorage.pageIndex2ObjectIndex(page + 1));
+		var pages = this.pages.get();
+		for (int page = contentsChanged.nextSetBit(0); page >= 0 && page < pages.length; page = contentsChanged.nextSetBit(page + 1)) {
+			var instances = pages[page].instances;
 
 			long baseByte = mapping.page2ByteOffset(page);
-			long size = (endObject - startObject) * instanceStride;
+
+			if (baseByte < 0) {
+				// This page is not mapped to the VBO.
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			long size = ObjectStorage.PAGE_SIZE * instanceStride;
 
 			// Because writes are broken into pages, we end up with significantly more calls into
 			// StagingBuffer#enqueueCopy and the allocations for the writer got out of hand. Here
@@ -101,9 +327,10 @@ public class IndirectInstancer<I extends Instance> extends AbstractInstancer<I>
 			long direct = stagingBuffer.reserveForCopy(size, instanceVbo, baseByte);
 
 			if (direct != MemoryUtil.NULL) {
-				for (int i = startObject; i < endObject; i++) {
-					var instance = instances.get(i);
-					writer.write(direct, instance);
+				for (I instance : instances) {
+					if (instance != null) {
+						writer.write(direct, instance);
+					}
 					direct += instanceStride;
 				}
 				continue;
@@ -112,15 +339,49 @@ public class IndirectInstancer<I extends Instance> extends AbstractInstancer<I>
 			// Otherwise, write to a scratch buffer and enqueue a copy.
 			var block = stagingBuffer.getScratch(size);
 			var ptr = block.ptr();
-			for (int i = startObject; i < endObject; i++) {
-				var instance = instances.get(i);
-				writer.write(ptr, instance);
+			for (I instance : instances) {
+				if (instance != null) {
+					writer.write(ptr, instance);
+				}
 				ptr += instanceStride;
 			}
 			stagingBuffer.enqueueCopy(block.ptr(), size, instanceVbo, baseByte);
 		}
 
-		changedPages.clear();
+		contentsChanged.clear();
+	}
+
+	public void parallelUpdate() {
+		var pages = this.pages.get();
+
+		int page = 0;
+		while (mergeablePages.cardinality() > 1) {
+			page = mergeablePages.nextSetBit(page);
+			if (page < 0) {
+				break;
+			}
+
+			// Find the next mergeable page.
+			int next = mergeablePages.nextSetBit(page + 1);
+			if (next < 0) {
+				break;
+			}
+
+			// Try to merge the pages.
+			pages[page].takeFrom(pages[next]);
+		}
+	}
+
+	private static boolean isFull(int valid) {
+		return valid == 0xFFFFFFFF;
+	}
+
+	private static boolean isEmpty(int valid) {
+		return valid == 0;
+	}
+
+	private static boolean isMergeable(int valid) {
+		return !isEmpty(valid) && Integer.bitCount(valid) <= 16;
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -143,4 +404,135 @@ public class IndirectInstancer<I extends Instance> extends AbstractInstancer<I>
 	public int local2GlobalInstanceIndex(int instanceIndex) {
 		return mapping.objectIndex2GlobalIndex(instanceIndex);
 	}
+
+	@Override
+	public I createInstance() {
+		var handle = new InstanceHandleImpl<I>(null);
+		I instance = type.create(handle);
+
+		addInner(instance, handle);
+
+		return instance;
+	}
+
+	public InstanceHandleImpl.State<I> revealInstance(InstanceHandleImpl<I> handle, I instance) {
+		addInner(instance, handle);
+		return handle.state;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void stealInstance(@Nullable I instance) {
+		if (instance == null) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		var instanceHandle = instance.handle();
+
+		if (!(instanceHandle instanceof InstanceHandleImpl<?>)) {
+			// UB: do nothing
+			return;
+		}
+
+		// Should InstanceType have an isInstance method?
+		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked") var handle = (InstanceHandleImpl<I>) instanceHandle;
+
+		// Not allowed to steal deleted instances.
+		if (handle.state instanceof InstanceHandleImpl.Deleted) {
+			return;
+		}
+		// No need to steal if the instance will recreate to us.
+		if (handle.state instanceof InstanceHandleImpl.Hidden<I> hidden && recreate.equals(hidden.recreate())) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		// FIXME: in theory there could be a race condition here if the instance
+		//  is somehow being stolen by 2 different instancers between threads.
+		//  That seems kinda impossible so I'm fine leaving it as is for now.
+
+		// Add the instance to this instancer.
+		if (handle.state instanceof InstancePage<?> other) {
+			if (other.parent == this) {
+				return;
+			}
+
+			// Remove the instance from its old instancer.
+			// This won't have any unwanted effect when the old instancer
+			// is filtering deleted instances later, so is safe.
+			other.setDeleted(handle.index);
+
+			// Only lock now that we'll be mutating our state.
+			addInner(instance, handle);
+		} else if (handle.state instanceof InstanceHandleImpl.Hidden<I>) {
+			handle.state = new InstanceHandleImpl.Hidden<>(recreate, instance);
+		}
+	}
+
+	private void addInner(I instance, InstanceHandleImpl<I> handle) {
+		// Outer loop:
+		// - try to find an empty space
+		// - or grow the page array if we can't
+		// - add the instance to the new page, or try again
+		while (true) {
+			var pages = this.pages.get();
+
+			// First, try to find a page with space.
+			for (int i = fullPages.nextClearBit(0); i < pages.length; i = fullPages.nextClearBit(i + 1)) {
+				// It may have been filled in while we were searching, but hopefully not.
+				if (pages[i].add(instance, handle)) {
+					return;
+				}
+			}
+
+			// If we're here, all other pages are full
+			// If we hit this on the second iteration of the outer loop then `pages` is once again full.
+			var desiredLength = pages.length + 1;
+
+			// Inner loop: grow the page array. This is very similar to the logic in AtomicBitSet.
+			while (pages.length < desiredLength) {
+				// Thread safety: segments contains all pages from the currently visible pages, plus extra.
+				// all pages in the currently visible pages are canonical and will not change.
+				// Can't just `new InstancePage[]` because it has a generic parameter.
+				InstancePage<I>[] newPages = pageArray(desiredLength);
+
+				System.arraycopy(pages, 0, newPages, 0, pages.length);
+				newPages[pages.length] = new InstancePage<>(this, pages.length);
+
+				// because we are using a compareAndSet, if this thread "wins the race" and successfully sets this variable, then the new page becomes canonical.
+				if (this.pages.compareAndSet(pages, newPages)) {
+					pages = newPages;
+				} else {
+					// If we "lose the race" and are growing the AtomicBitset segments larger,
+					// then we will gather the new canonical pages from the update which we missed on the next iteration of this loop.
+					// The new page will be discarded and never seen again.
+					pages = this.pages.get();
+				}
+			}
+
+			// Shortcut: try to add the instance to the last page.
+			// Technically we could just let the outer loop go again, but that
+			// involves a good bit of work just to likely get back here.
+			if (pages[pages.length - 1].add(instance, handle)) {
+				return;
+			}
+			// It may be the case that many other instances were added in the same instant.
+			// We can still lose this race, though it is very unlikely.
+		}
+	}
+
+	public int instanceCount() {
+		// Not exactly accurate but it's an upper bound.
+		// TODO: maybe this could be tracked with an AtomicInteger?
+		return pages.get().length << ObjectStorage.LOG_2_PAGE_SIZE;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Clear all instances without freeing resources.
+	 */
+	public void clear() {
+		this.pages.set(pageArray(0));
+		contentsChanged.clear();
+		validityChanged.clear();
+		fullPages.clear();
+		mergeablePages.clear();
+	}
 }

common/src/backend/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/backend/engine/indirect/ObjectStorage.java

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package dev.engine_room.flywheel.backend.engine.indirect;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.BitSet;
 
 import org.lwjgl.system.MemoryUtil;
 
@@ -13,8 +14,12 @@ public class ObjectStorage extends AbstractArena {
 	public static final int PAGE_SIZE = 1 << LOG_2_PAGE_SIZE;
 	public static final int PAGE_MASK = PAGE_SIZE - 1;
 
-	public static final int INITIAL_PAGES_ALLOCATED = 4;
+	public static final int INVALID_PAGE = -1;
 
+	public static final int INITIAL_PAGES_ALLOCATED = 4;
+	public static final int DESCRIPTOR_SIZE_BYTES = Integer.BYTES * 2;
+
+	private final BitSet changedFrames = new BitSet();
 	/**
 	 * The GPU side buffer containing all the objects, logically divided into page frames.
 	 */
@@ -28,8 +33,6 @@ public class ObjectStorage extends AbstractArena {
 	 */
 	private MemoryBlock frameDescriptors;
 
-	private boolean needsUpload = false;
-
 	public ObjectStorage(long objectSizeBytes) {
 		super(PAGE_SIZE * objectSizeBytes);
 
@@ -37,8 +40,8 @@ public class ObjectStorage extends AbstractArena {
 		this.frameDescriptorBuffer = new ResizableStorageBuffer();
 
 		objectBuffer.ensureCapacity(INITIAL_PAGES_ALLOCATED * elementSizeBytes);
-		frameDescriptorBuffer.ensureCapacity(INITIAL_PAGES_ALLOCATED * Integer.BYTES);
-		frameDescriptors = MemoryBlock.malloc(INITIAL_PAGES_ALLOCATED * Integer.BYTES);
+		frameDescriptorBuffer.ensureCapacity(INITIAL_PAGES_ALLOCATED * DESCRIPTOR_SIZE_BYTES);
+		frameDescriptors = MemoryBlock.malloc(INITIAL_PAGES_ALLOCATED * DESCRIPTOR_SIZE_BYTES);
 	}
 
 	public Mapping createMapping() {
@@ -52,8 +55,23 @@ public class ObjectStorage extends AbstractArena {
 
 	@Override
 	public void free(int i) {
+		if (i == INVALID_PAGE) {
+			return;
+		}
 		super.free(i);
-		MemoryUtil.memPutInt(ptrForPage(i), 0);
+		var ptr = ptrForPage(i);
+		MemoryUtil.memPutInt(ptr, 0);
+		MemoryUtil.memPutInt(ptr + 4, 0);
+
+		changedFrames.set(i);
+	}
+
+	private void set(int i, int modelIndex, int validBits) {
+		var ptr = ptrForPage(i);
+		MemoryUtil.memPutInt(ptr, modelIndex);
+		MemoryUtil.memPutInt(ptr + 4, validBits);
+
+		changedFrames.set(i);
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -64,12 +82,17 @@ public class ObjectStorage extends AbstractArena {
 	}
 
 	public void uploadDescriptors(StagingBuffer stagingBuffer) {
-		if (!needsUpload) {
+		if (changedFrames.isEmpty()) {
 			return;
 		}
-		// We could be smarter about which spans are uploaded but this thing is so small it's probably not worth it.
-		stagingBuffer.enqueueCopy(frameDescriptors.ptr(), frameDescriptors.size(), frameDescriptorBuffer.handle(), 0);
-		needsUpload = false;
+
+		var ptr = frameDescriptors.ptr();
+		for (int i = changedFrames.nextSetBit(0); i >= 0 && i < capacity(); i = changedFrames.nextSetBit(i + 1)) {
+			var offset = (long) i * DESCRIPTOR_SIZE_BYTES;
+			stagingBuffer.enqueueCopy(ptr + offset, DESCRIPTOR_SIZE_BYTES, frameDescriptorBuffer.handle(), offset);
+		}
+
+		changedFrames.clear();
 	}
 
 	public void delete() {
@@ -79,7 +102,7 @@ public class ObjectStorage extends AbstractArena {
 	}
 
 	private long ptrForPage(int page) {
-		return frameDescriptors.ptr() + (long) page * Integer.BYTES;
+		return frameDescriptors.ptr() + (long) page * DESCRIPTOR_SIZE_BYTES;
 	}
 
 	public static int objectIndex2PageIndex(int objectIndex) {
@@ -97,61 +120,52 @@ public class ObjectStorage extends AbstractArena {
 		private static final int[] EMPTY_ALLOCATION = new int[0];
 		private int[] pages = EMPTY_ALLOCATION;
 
-		private int modelIndex = -1;
-		private int objectCount = 0;
-
-		/**
-		 * Adjust this allocation to the given model index and object count.
-		 *
-		 * <p>This method triggers eager resizing of the allocation to fit the new object count.
-		 * If the model index is different from the current one, all frame descriptors will be updated.
-		 *
-		 * @param modelIndex The model index the objects in this allocation are associated with.
-		 * @param objectCount The number of objects in this allocation.
-		 */
-		public void update(int modelIndex, int objectCount) {
-			boolean incremental = this.modelIndex == modelIndex;
-
-			if (incremental && objectCount == this.objectCount) {
-				// Nothing will change.
+		public void updatePage(int index, int modelIndex, int validBits) {
+			if (validBits == 0) {
+				holePunch(index);
 				return;
 			}
+			var frame = pages[index];
 
-			ObjectStorage.this.needsUpload = true;
+			if (frame == INVALID_PAGE) {
+				// Un-holed punch.
+				frame = unHolePunch(index);
+			}
 
-			this.modelIndex = modelIndex;
-			this.objectCount = objectCount;
+			ObjectStorage.this.set(frame, modelIndex, validBits);
+		}
 
+		/**
+		 * Free a page on the inside of the mapping, maintaining the same virtual mapping size.
+		 *
+		 * @param index The index of the page to free.
+		 */
+		public void holePunch(int index) {
+			ObjectStorage.this.free(pages[index]);
+			pages[index] = INVALID_PAGE;
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Allocate a new page on the inside of the mapping, maintaining the same virtual mapping size.
+		 *
+		 * @param index The index of the page to allocate.
+		 * @return The allocated page.
+		 */
+		private int unHolePunch(int index) {
+			int page = ObjectStorage.this.alloc();
+			pages[index] = page;
+			return page;
+		}
+
+		public void updateCount(int newLength) {
 			var oldLength = pages.length;
-			var newLength = objectIndex2PageIndex((objectCount + PAGE_MASK));
-
 			if (oldLength > newLength) {
 				// Eagerly free the now unnecessary pages.
 				// shrink will zero out the pageTable entries for the freed pages.
 				shrink(oldLength, newLength);
-
-				if (incremental) {
-					// Only update the last page, everything else is unchanged.
-					updateRange(newLength - 1, newLength);
-				}
 			} else if (oldLength < newLength) {
 				// Allocate new pages to fit the new object count.
 				grow(newLength, oldLength);
-
-				if (incremental) {
-					// Update the old last page + all new pages
-					updateRange(oldLength - 1, newLength);
-				}
-			} else {
-				if (incremental) {
-					// Only update the last page.
-					updateRange(oldLength - 1, oldLength);
-				}
-			}
-
-			if (!incremental) {
-				// Update all pages.
-				updateRange(0, newLength);
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -159,8 +173,8 @@ public class ObjectStorage extends AbstractArena {
 			return pages.length;
 		}
 
-		public long page2ByteOffset(int page) {
-			return ObjectStorage.this.byteOffsetOf(pages[page]);
+		public long page2ByteOffset(int index) {
+			return ObjectStorage.this.byteOffsetOf(pages[index]);
 		}
 
 		public void delete() {
@@ -168,35 +182,6 @@ public class ObjectStorage extends AbstractArena {
 				ObjectStorage.this.free(page);
 			}
 			pages = EMPTY_ALLOCATION;
-			modelIndex = -1;
-			objectCount = 0;
-
-			ObjectStorage.this.needsUpload = true;
-		}
-
-		/**
-		 * Calculates the page descriptor for the given page index.
-		 * Runs under the assumption than all pages are full except maybe the last one.
-		 */
-		private int calculatePageDescriptor(int pageIndex) {
-			int countInPage;
-			if (objectCount % PAGE_SIZE != 0 && pageIndex == pages.length - 1) {
-				// Last page && it isn't full -> use the remainder.
-				countInPage = objectCount & PAGE_MASK;
-			} else if (objectCount > 0) {
-				// Full page.
-				countInPage = PAGE_SIZE;
-			} else {
-				// Empty page, this shouldn't be reachable because we eagerly free empty pages.
-				countInPage = 0;
-			}
-			return (modelIndex & 0x3FFFFF) | (countInPage << 26);
-		}
-
-		private void updateRange(int start, int oldLength) {
-			for (int i = start; i < oldLength; i++) {
-				MemoryUtil.memPutInt(ptrForPage(pages[i]), calculatePageDescriptor(i));
-			}
 		}
 
 		private void grow(int neededPages, int oldLength) {

common/src/backend/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/backend/engine/instancing/InstancedInstancer.java

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.api.instance.Instance;
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.api.instance.InstanceWriter;
-import dev.engine_room.flywheel.backend.engine.AbstractInstancer;
+import dev.engine_room.flywheel.backend.engine.BaseInstancer;
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.backend.engine.InstancerKey;
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.backend.gl.TextureBuffer;
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.backend.gl.buffer.GlBuffer;
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import dev.engine_room.flywheel.backend.gl.buffer.GlBufferUsage;
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.lib.math.MoreMath;
 import dev.engine_room.flywheel.lib.memory.MemoryBlock;
 
-public class InstancedInstancer<I extends Instance> extends AbstractInstancer<I> {
+public class InstancedInstancer<I extends Instance> extends BaseInstancer<I> {
 	private final int instanceStride;
 
 	private final InstanceWriter<I> writer;
@@ -109,6 +109,60 @@ public class InstancedInstancer<I extends Instance> extends AbstractInstancer<I>
         return capacity > vbo.size();
     }
 
+	public void parallelUpdate() {
+		if (deleted.isEmpty()) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		// Figure out which elements are to be removed.
+		final int oldSize = this.instances.size();
+		int removeCount = deleted.cardinality();
+
+		if (oldSize == removeCount) {
+			clear();
+			return;
+		}
+
+		final int newSize = oldSize - removeCount;
+
+		// Start from the first deleted index.
+		int writePos = deleted.nextSetBit(0);
+
+		if (writePos < newSize) {
+			// Since we'll be shifting everything into this space we can consider it all changed.
+			changed.set(writePos, newSize);
+		}
+
+		// We definitely shouldn't consider the deleted instances as changed though,
+		// else we might try some out of bounds accesses later.
+		changed.clear(newSize, oldSize);
+
+		// Punch out the deleted instances, shifting over surviving instances to fill their place.
+		for (int scanPos = writePos; (scanPos < oldSize) && (writePos < newSize); scanPos++, writePos++) {
+			// Find next non-deleted element.
+			scanPos = deleted.nextClearBit(scanPos);
+
+			if (scanPos != writePos) {
+				// Grab the old instance/handle from scanPos...
+				var handle = handles.get(scanPos);
+				I instance = instances.get(scanPos);
+
+				// ... and move it to writePos.
+				handles.set(writePos, handle);
+				instances.set(writePos, instance);
+
+				// Make sure the handle knows it's been moved
+				handle.index = writePos;
+			}
+		}
+
+		deleted.clear();
+		instances.subList(newSize, oldSize)
+				.clear();
+		handles.subList(newSize, oldSize)
+				.clear();
+	}
+
 	public void delete() {
 		if (vbo == null) {
 			return;

common/src/backend/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/backend/util/AtomicBitSet.java

@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ public class AtomicBitSet {
 		segments = new AtomicReference<>(new AtomicBitSetSegments(numSegmentsToPreallocate, numLongsPerSegment));
 	}
 
+	public void set(int position, boolean value) {
+		if (value) {
+			set(position);
+		} else {
+			clear(position);
+		}
+	}
+
 	public void set(int position) {
 		int longPosition = longIndexInSegmentForPosition(position);
 

common/src/backend/resources/assets/flywheel/flywheel/internal/indirect/cull.glsl

@@ -126,24 +126,22 @@ bool _flw_isVisible(uint instanceIndex, uint modelIndex) {
 }
 
 void main() {
-    uint pageIndex = gl_WorkGroupID.x;
+    uint pageIndex = gl_WorkGroupID.x << 1u;
 
     if (pageIndex >= _flw_pageFrameDescriptors.length()) {
         return;
     }
 
-    uint packedModelIndexAndCount = _flw_pageFrameDescriptors[pageIndex];
+    uint modelIndex = _flw_pageFrameDescriptors[pageIndex];
 
-    uint pageInstanceCount = packedModelIndexAndCount >> _FLW_PAGE_COUNT_OFFSET;
+    uint pageValidity = _flw_pageFrameDescriptors[pageIndex + 1];
 
-    if (gl_LocalInvocationID.x >= pageInstanceCount) {
+    if (((1u << gl_LocalInvocationID.x) & pageValidity) == 0) {
         return;
     }
 
     uint instanceIndex = gl_GlobalInvocationID.x;
 
-    uint modelIndex = packedModelIndexAndCount & _FLW_MODEL_INDEX_MASK;
-
     if (_flw_isVisible(instanceIndex, modelIndex)) {
         uint localIndex = atomicAdd(_flw_models[modelIndex].instanceCount, 1);
         uint targetIndex = _flw_models[modelIndex].baseInstance + localIndex;

common/src/main/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/impl/visualization/VisualizerRegistryImpl.java

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import net.minecraft.world.entity.EntityType;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.entity.BlockEntity;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.entity.BlockEntityType;
 
-// TODO: Add freezing
 @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 public final class VisualizerRegistryImpl {
 	@Nullable

common/src/main/java/dev/engine_room/flywheel/vanilla/VanillaVisuals.java

@@ -7,26 +7,6 @@ import net.minecraft.client.model.geom.ModelLayers;
 import net.minecraft.world.entity.EntityType;
 import net.minecraft.world.level.block.entity.BlockEntityType;
 
-/**
- * TODO:
- * <table>
- * 		<tr><td>{@link BlockEntityType#SIGN}</td><td> {@link net.minecraft.client.renderer.blockentity.SignRenderer SignRenderer}</td></tr>
- * 		<tr><td>{@link BlockEntityType#PISTON}</td><td> {@link net.minecraft.client.renderer.blockentity.PistonHeadRenderer PistonHeadRenderer}</td></tr>
- * 		<tr><td>{@link BlockEntityType#CONDUIT}</td><td> {@link net.minecraft.client.renderer.blockentity.ConduitRenderer ConduitRenderer}</td></tr>
- * 		<tr><td>{@link BlockEntityType#ENCHANTING_TABLE}</td><td> {@link net.minecraft.client.renderer.blockentity.EnchantTableRenderer EnchantTableRenderer}</td></tr>
- * 		<tr><td>{@link BlockEntityType#LECTERN}</td><td> {@link net.minecraft.client.renderer.blockentity.LecternRenderer LecternRenderer}</td></tr>
- * 		<tr><td>{@link BlockEntityType#MOB_SPAWNER}</td><td> {@link net.minecraft.client.renderer.blockentity.SpawnerRenderer SpawnerRenderer}</td></tr>
- * 		<tr><td>{@link BlockEntityType#BED}</td><td> {@link net.minecraft.client.renderer.blockentity.BedRenderer BedRenderer}</td></tr>
- * 		<tr><td>^^ Interesting - Major vv</td></tr>
- * 		<tr><td>{@link BlockEntityType#END_PORTAL}</td><td> {@link net.minecraft.client.renderer.blockentity.TheEndPortalRenderer TheEndPortalRenderer}</td></tr>
- * 		<tr><td>{@link BlockEntityType#END_GATEWAY}</td><td> {@link net.minecraft.client.renderer.blockentity.TheEndGatewayRenderer TheEndGatewayRenderer}</td></tr>
- * 		<tr><td>{@link BlockEntityType#BEACON}</td><td> {@link net.minecraft.client.renderer.blockentity.BeaconRenderer BeaconRenderer}</td></tr>
- * 		<tr><td>{@link BlockEntityType#SKULL}</td><td> {@link net.minecraft.client.renderer.blockentity.SkullBlockRenderer SkullBlockRenderer}</td></tr>
- * 		<tr><td>{@link BlockEntityType#BANNER}</td><td> {@link net.minecraft.client.renderer.blockentity.BannerRenderer BannerRenderer}</td></tr>
- * 		<tr><td>{@link BlockEntityType#STRUCTURE_BLOCK}</td><td> {@link net.minecraft.client.renderer.debug.StructureRenderer StructureRenderer}</td></tr>
- * 		<tr><td>{@link BlockEntityType#CAMPFIRE}</td><td> {@link net.minecraft.client.renderer.blockentity.CampfireRenderer CampfireRenderer}</td></tr>
- * </table>
- */
 public class VanillaVisuals {
 	public static void init() {
 		builder(BlockEntityType.CHEST)