* RT shaders are still excluded from SM5 if project is configured to not cook SM5 shaders for D3D12
#rb chris.kulla
#jira UE-158270
#preflight 62d1d478e468fcfd0b97d55a
[CL 21117293 by Yuriy ODonnell in ue5-main branch]
Based on existing Catch2 macros and reusing FDebug number of ensures counter.
#rb Scott.Lindeneau
#preflight skip
[CL 21115661 by chris constantinescu in ue5-main branch]
- Refactoring FShaderParameterParser to use more string views since we can rely on OriginalParsedShader not changing.
- Split FShaderParameterParser::ParseAndMoveShaderParametersToRootConstantBuffer into smaller functions
- Moving FShaderParametersMetadata::IterateShaderParameterMembers into the only module it's used in, ShaderParameterParser.cpp
- Adding CFLAG_BindlessResources which will be set when ENABLE_BINDLESS_RESOURCES is set
- Adding CFLAG_BindlessSamplers which will be set when ENABLE_BINDLESS_SAMPLERS is set
- Adding resource/sampler detection and conversion to bindless in FShaderParameterParser
#jira UE-139616
#rb guillaume.abadie, jeannoe.morissette, yuriy.odonnell, laura.hermanns
#preflight 62d180cce468fcfd0b7001a0
[CL 21111994 by christopher waters in ue5-main branch]
+ support backcomp from functional test exclude list
+ support exclude test fallback when RHI options are specified
#preflight 62d06020a6141b6adffe0656
#jira none
#rb Chris.Constantinescu
[CL 21110753 by Jerome Delattre in ue5-main branch]
#rb trivial
#rnx
#preflight 62d15f427e1c26dcd715699c
- Now that the IVirtualizationSystem interface supports both virtualization and rehydration of package files, it seems pointless to keep a delegate that occurs on pre-submit, rather than just calling the system we really want to call directly.
- Deprecating the public methods accessing the delegate from ISourceControlModule should prevent licensees from trying to use it. The delegate was added in 5.0 so even though it is unlikely to have been used by anyone we need to go through the deprecation steps to remove it.
-- This leaves the calling code a little more complicated than I'd like, but cannot be avoided.
[CL 21109464 by paul chipchase in ue5-main branch]
#rb Sebastian.Nordgren
#jira UE-159595
#rnx
#preflight 62d13965a66919b6700c8069
### SVirtualAssetsStatistics
- We do not currently have a virtualization specific editor module and have been piggybacking onto the DDC editor module, so although this new code has nothing to do with the VA statistics panel it seems easier to keep the code in a single file and then split it later when we move it to a virtualization editor module.
- At the moment if the files being hydrated are not checked out then the process will fail. Support for auto checkout will be added in a future submit.
### EditorExperimentalSettings
- By default no change will be made to the context menu. The user must edit the experimental editor settings and opt in to be able to see it.
- This is because the feature should not really be used in day to day workflows and is provided to either fix problems or to make it easier for people developing the virtualization system.
### PackageRehydrationProcess
- Fixed some typos in error messages
- Being unable to write to the package is considered an error rather than a warning. It was demoted to a warning when virtualizing to try and reduce the number of blocked submits but we do not have this problem with rehydration.
- Added code to reset the loader of a package if it happens to be already loaded in the editor now that we can invoke it from the editor.
[CL 21107763 by paul chipchase in ue5-main branch]
#jira na
#rb trivial
#ROBOMERGE-AUTHOR: sara.schvartzman
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 21096155 in //UE5/Release-Engine-Staging/...
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: UE5 (Release-Engine-Staging -> Main) (v972-20964824)
[CL 21099282 by sara schvartzman in ue5-main branch]
* Card sampling with squared weights instead of cutoff in order to allow surface to leak into tiny areas without coverage
* Bump min static mesh LOD to reduce mismatches between surface cache and geometry
Card placement:
* Move near plane back outside of mesh bounds during capture in order to handle displacement mismatches
* Discard surfels seeing triangle back faces only when sky isn't visible
* New additive card placement, which can be used for continuous LOD. Instead of clustering, it tries to find the best split plane until the entire surface isn't covered.
* Lower voxel and min card size to be able to cover smaller areas and place more cards
* Spawn multiple surfels per cell if they cannot be merged
* Fixed surfel generation and card size
#ROBOMERGE-OWNER: krzysztof.narkowicz
#ROBOMERGE-AUTHOR: krzysztof.narkowicz
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 21089854 via CL 21089869 via CL 21089871
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: UE5 (Release-Engine-Staging -> Main) (v972-20964824)
[CL 21096306 by krzysztof narkowicz in ue5-main branch]
+ fix internal test sub category names in Test Automation window
#preflight 62d03045dc4397d38403efb5
#jira none
#rnx
#rb Chris.Constantinescu
[CL 21091332 by Jerome Delattre in ue5-main branch]
#preflight skip
#ROBOMERGE-AUTHOR: rex.hill
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 20986800 via CL 21080942 via CL 21081164 via CL 21081436
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: UE5 (Release-Engine-Staging -> Main) (v972-20964824)
[CL 21083114 by rex hill in ue5-main branch]
