Merge branch 'master' into repeat-action-base

Author: Ajay-Ghale-sudo

engine/Sandbox.Engine/Systems/Render/Shadows/ShadowMapper.Directional.cs

@@ -316,11 +316,9 @@ internal unsafe void FindOrCreateDirectionalShadowMaps( SceneLight light, IScene
 			// Render shadow view
 			CSceneSystem.AddShadowView( CascadeNames[i], view, frustum, new( 0, 0, shadowmapSize, shadowmapSize ), rt.DepthTarget.native, 0, SceneObjectFlags.None, excludeFlags, ShadowDepthBias, ShadowSlopeScale, i > 0 ? exclusionFrustum : default );
 
-			// Cache a sphere-sized exclusion frustum for the next cascade.
-			var exclusionForward = cascade.Angles.ToRotation().Forward;
-			var exclusionOrigin = cascade.SphereCenter - exclusionForward * cascade.SphereRadius;
-			var sphereDiagonal = cascade.SphereRadius * MathF.PI * 0.5f; // Box inside of sphere
-			exclusionFrustum.InitOrthoCamera( exclusionOrigin, cascade.Angles, 0f, sphereDiagonal, sphereDiagonal, sphereDiagonal );
+			// Cache an exclusion frustum sized to the largest square inscribed in the cascade's bounding sphere.
+			var size = cascade.SphereRadius / MathF.Sqrt( 2.0f );
+			exclusionFrustum.InitOrthoCamera( cascade.SphereCenter, cascade.Angles, -size * 0.5f, size * 0.5f, size, size );
 
 			// Set our gpu data
 			Matrix texScaleBiasMat = GetScaleBiasMatrix( shadowmapSize, 0 );

engine/Sandbox.Engine/Utility/BlobData.cs

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ public abstract class BlobData
 	/// </summary>
 	public virtual int Version => 1;
 
+	internal Guid BlobId;
+
 	/// <summary>
 	/// Serialize this object to binary format.
 	/// </summary>

engine/Sandbox.Engine/Utility/BlobDataSerializer.cs

@@ -34,7 +34,14 @@ internal static Guid RegisterBlob( BlobData blob )
 			return Guid.Empty;
 
 		var blobs = _current.Blobs;
-		var guid = Guid.NewGuid();
+
+		var guid = blob.BlobId;
+		if ( guid == Guid.Empty )
+		{
+			guid = Guid.NewGuid();
+			blob.BlobId = guid;
+		}
+
 		blobs[guid] = blob;
 		return guid;
 	}
@@ -51,6 +58,8 @@ internal static BlobData ReadBlob( Guid guid, Type expectedType )
 		if ( Activator.CreateInstance( expectedType ) is not BlobData instance )
 			return null;
 
+		instance.BlobId = guid;
+
 		var stream = ByteStream.CreateReader( blobData );
 		try
 		{