fix(rendering): make save preview screenshots actually capture the game - #5373
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#5321: save game preview images are always black, from two independent causes. ## Cause 1: ScreenGrabber invisible from CoreRegistry, again This was already fixed once (context in #5321), then reverted on the theory that ScreenGrabber "should already be resolvable from CoreRegistry" since LwjglRenderingSubsystemFactory registers it in a ServiceRegistry. Traced why that theory doesn't hold: ContextImpl.get() walks child-to-parent only - a parent context has no path to a child's exclusive registrations, only the reverse. The ServiceRegistry in question is WorldRendererImpl's own child context's, built in its constructor over the outer context passed in (this.context = new ContextImpl(context, serviceRegistry)) - not the outer/parent context CoreRegistry is bound to. ReadWriteStorageManager.saveGamePreviewImage() resolves ScreenGrabber via the static CoreRegistry, so without explicitly propagating it there, the lookup returns null. Restored the propagation in WorldRendererImpl.init(), with a comment explaining the actual mechanism this time, so the next well-intentioned removal has the concrete fact in front of it instead of having to re-derive it. ## Cause 2: the FBO being read predates the last render storageManager.startSaving() (called from StateIngame.dispose()) calls saveGamePreviewImage() synchronously, which reads whatever ChunkTessellator's post-processing chain last wrote into the final buffer FBO. By the time dispose() runs, at least one frame has passed since the main loop's last render() call - normal gameplay keeps that FBO current every frame, but nothing does once the loop stops, so the screenshot captures stale leftover content rather than the actual scene. worldRenderer is still live in dispose() at this point - it isn't disposed until later in the same method - so triggering one more worldRenderer.render(RenderingStage.MONO) immediately before the save call populates the FBO with real content right before ScreenGrabber reads it. This is the same call StateIngame.render() makes every normal frame; render() is self-contained (its own preRenderUpdate() re-queues visible chunks and updates the scene), so no other per-frame setup needs duplicating here. ## Verification :engine:compileJava and :engine-tests:compileTestJava both clean. GamePreviewImageProviderTest (path-naming logic only, unrelated to pixel content) still passes, 5/5. No test exercises the actual pixel capture path - it needs a live GLFW/GL context and a full save/load round trip, not something headless-testable, so this is root-caused and fixed by reading the context hierarchy and the save call sequence, not by reproducing a black screenshot and confirming it's no longer black. Fixes #5321 Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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In `@engine/src/main/java/org/terasology/engine/core/modes/StateIngame.java`:
- Around line 133-142: Move the worldRenderer.render(RenderingStage.MONO)
preview call in StateIngame.dispose(boolean) to before ChunkProvider and
module-asset disposal begins, ensuring WorldRendererImpl.render() cannot access
disposed resources while preserving the final-frame screenshot behavior.
Apply the same fix in
`@engine/src/main/java/org/terasology/engine/rendering/world/WorldRendererImpl.java`
around lines 151 - 154.
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| // storageManager.startSaving() calls saveGamePreviewImage() synchronously, which reads | ||
| // whatever ScreenGrabber.saveScreenshot() finds already sitting in the final post-processing | ||
| // FBO. The main loop's last call into render() was at least one frame ago - normal gameplay | ||
| // frames keep that FBO current, but nothing has touched it since, so without a render here | ||
| // the screenshot is whatever was left over, typically stale or blank (#5321). worldRenderer | ||
| // is still live at this point - only disposed further down - so one more pass populates the | ||
| // FBO with real content immediately before it gets read. | ||
| if (worldRenderer != null) { | ||
| worldRenderer.render(RenderingStage.MONO); | ||
| } |
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Move the preview render before teardown. StateIngame.dispose(boolean) disposes ChunkProvider and module assets before worldRenderer.render(...). WorldRendererImpl.render() then calls RenderableWorldImpl.update(), which updates the disposed ChunkProvider and its disposed chunks. Render the preview before these disposal calls.
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In `@engine/src/main/java/org/terasology/engine/core/modes/StateIngame.java`
around lines 133 - 142, Move the worldRenderer.render(RenderingStage.MONO)
preview call in StateIngame.dispose(boolean) to before ChunkProvider and
module-asset disposal begins, ensuring WorldRendererImpl.render() cannot access
disposed resources while preserving the final-frame screenshot behavior.
Apply the same fix in
`@engine/src/main/java/org/terasology/engine/rendering/world/WorldRendererImpl.java`
around lines 151 - 154.
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Fixes #5321 - save game preview images are always black, from two independent causes.
Cause 1: ScreenGrabber invisible from CoreRegistry, again
This was already fixed once, then reverted on the theory that
ScreenGrabber"should already be resolvable fromCoreRegistry" sinceLwjglRenderingSubsystemFactoryregisters it in aServiceRegistry. Traced why that theory doesn't hold:ContextImpl.get()walks child-to-parent only:The
ServiceRegistryin question isWorldRendererImpl's own child context's - built in its constructor over the outer context passed in (this.context = new ContextImpl(context, serviceRegistry)) - not the outer/parent contextCoreRegistryis bound to. A parent has no path to a child's exclusive registrations, only the reverse. SoCoreRegistry.get(ScreenGrabber.class)was, and after the revert is again,nullat save time, andReadWriteStorageManager.saveGamePreviewImage()resolves it that way.Restored the propagation in
WorldRendererImpl.init(), with a comment laying out the actual mechanism this time, so the next well-intentioned removal has the concrete fact in front of it instead of re-deriving it (or not).Cause 2: the FBO being read predates the last render
storageManager.startSaving()(called fromStateIngame.dispose()) callssaveGamePreviewImage()synchronously, which reads whatever the post-processing chain last wrote into the final buffer FBO. By the timedispose()runs, at least one frame has passed since the main loop's lastrender()call - normal gameplay keeps that FBO current every frame, but nothing does once the loop stops, so the screenshot captures stale leftover content.worldRendereris still live indispose()at this point - it isn't disposed until later in the same method - so triggering one moreworldRenderer.render(RenderingStage.MONO)immediately before the save call populates the FBO with real content right beforeScreenGrabberreads it. This is the exact callStateIngame.render()makes every normal frame;render()is self-contained (its ownpreRenderUpdate()re-queues visible chunks and updates the scene), so nothing else needs duplicating here.Verification
:engine:compileJavaand:engine-tests:compileTestJavaboth clean.GamePreviewImageProviderTest(path-naming logic only, unrelated to pixel content) still passes, 5/5.No test exercises the actual pixel-capture path - it needs a live GLFW/GL context through a full save/load round trip, not something headless-testable. This is root-caused and fixed by reading the context hierarchy and the save call sequence, not by reproducing a black screenshot and confirming it's no longer black.