transient updates on active blue orb

src/components/BlueOrb.tsx

@@ -28,13 +28,6 @@ type BlueOrbContructorProps = {
 };
 
 const BlueOrb = memo((props: BlueOrbContructorProps) => {
-  const isActiveBlueOrbInteractedWith = useBlueOrbStore(
-    (state) => state.isActiveBlueOrbInteractedWith
-  );
-  const activeBlueOrbPosX = useBlueOrbStore((state) => state.activeBlueOrbPosX);
-  const activeBlueOrbPosZ = useBlueOrbStore((state) => state.activeBlueOrbPosZ);
-  const activeBlueOrbRotZ = useBlueOrbStore((state) => state.activeBlueOrbRotZ);
-
   // the game only has a couple of sprites that it displays in the hub
   // dynamically importnig them would be worse for performance,
   // so we import all of them here and then use this function to
@@ -119,21 +112,48 @@ const BlueOrb = memo((props: BlueOrbContructorProps) => {
     }
   });
 
-  const activeBlueOrbState = useSpring({
+  // these pieces of state get updated transiently rather than reactively
-    activeBlueOrbPosX: isActiveBlueOrbInteractedWith
+  // to avoid excess unnecessary renders (this is absolutely crucial for performance).
-      ? activeBlueOrbPosX
+  const [
+    {
+      activeBlueOrbPosX,
+      activeBlueOrbPosY,
+      activeBlueOrbPosZ,
+      activeBlueOrbRotZ,
+    },
+    set,
+  ] = useSpring(() => ({
+    activeBlueOrbPosX: useBlueOrbStore.getState().isActiveBlueOrbInteractedWith
+      ? useBlueOrbStore.getState().activeBlueOrbPosX
       : props.position[0],
-    activeBlueOrbPosY: isActiveBlueOrbInteractedWith
+    activeBlueOrbPosY: useBlueOrbStore.getState().isActiveBlueOrbInteractedWith
       ? level_y_values[props.level as keyof typeof level_y_values]
       : props.position[1],
-    activeBlueOrbPosZ: isActiveBlueOrbInteractedWith
+    activeBlueOrbPosZ: useBlueOrbStore.getState().isActiveBlueOrbInteractedWith
-      ? activeBlueOrbPosZ
+      ? useBlueOrbStore.getState().activeBlueOrbPosZ
       : props.position[2],
-    activeBlueOrbRotZ: isActiveBlueOrbInteractedWith
+    activeBlueOrbRotZ: useBlueOrbStore.getState().isActiveBlueOrbInteractedWith
-      ? activeBlueOrbRotZ
+      ? useBlueOrbStore.getState().activeBlueOrbRotZ
-      : 0.001,
+      : 0,
     config: { duration: 800 },
-  });
+  }));
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    useBlueOrbStore.subscribe(set, (state) => ({
+      activeBlueOrbPosX: useBlueOrbStore.getState()
+        .isActiveBlueOrbInteractedWith
+        ? state.activeBlueOrbPosX
+        : props.position[0],
+      activeBlueOrbPosZ: useBlueOrbStore.getState()
+        .isActiveBlueOrbInteractedWith
+        ? state.activeBlueOrbPosZ
+        : props.position[2],
+      activeBlueOrbRotZ: useBlueOrbStore.getState()
+        .isActiveBlueOrbInteractedWith
+        ? state.activeBlueOrbRotZ
+        : 0,
+    }));
+  }, [activeBlueOrbPosX, activeBlueOrbPosZ, activeBlueOrbRotZ, set]);
 
   return (
     <group
@@ -145,10 +165,10 @@ const BlueOrb = memo((props: BlueOrbContructorProps) => {
     >
       {props.active ? (
         <a.mesh
-          position-x={activeBlueOrbState.activeBlueOrbPosX}
+          position-x={activeBlueOrbPosX}
-          position-y={activeBlueOrbState.activeBlueOrbPosY}
+          position-y={activeBlueOrbPosY}
-          position-z={activeBlueOrbState.activeBlueOrbPosZ}
+          position-z={activeBlueOrbPosZ}
-          rotation-z={activeBlueOrbState.activeBlueOrbRotZ}
+          rotation-z={activeBlueOrbRotZ}
           rotation-y={props.rotation[1]}
           scale={[0.36, 0.18, 0.36]}
           renderOrder={1}

src/components/MainScene.tsx

@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@ const MainScene = () => {
     setActiveBlueOrbHudId("fg_hud_1");
   }, [setActiveBlueOrb, setActiveBlueOrbHudId, setLainMoveState]);
   // set lain intro spritesheet before the page loads fully
-  useEffect(() => {
-    // setLainMoving(true);
-    // setLainMoveState(<LainIntro />);
-  }, [setLainMoveState]);
 
   return (
     <perspectiveCamera position-z={3}>

src/components/Site.tsx

@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@ import level_y_values from "../resources/level_y_values.json";
 import blue_orb_positions from "../resources/blue_orb_positions.json";
 import BlueOrb from "./BlueOrb";
 import { a, useSpring } from "@react-spring/three";
-import { useBlueOrbStore, useSiteStore } from "../store";
+import { useBlueOrbStore, useLevelStore, useSiteStore } from "../store";
 
 const Site = memo(() => {
   const activeBlueOrbId = useBlueOrbStore((state) => state.blueOrbId);
 
+  const activeLevels = useLevelStore((state) => state.activeLevels);
+
   const siteRotY = useSiteStore((state) => state.siteRotY);
   const sitePosY = useSiteStore((state) => state.sitePosY);
 
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ const Site = memo(() => {
       {/*distance between LEVELS is 1.5*/}
       <a.group rotation-y={siteState.siteRotY} position-y={siteState.sitePosY}>
         {Object.entries(level_y_values).map((level: [string, number]) => {
+          if (activeLevels.includes(level[0].toString()))
             return (
               <Level
                 levelPosY={level[1]}
@@ -34,7 +37,10 @@ const Site = memo(() => {
         })}
 
         {Object.entries(site_a).map((blueOrb) => {
-          if ((blueOrb as any)[1]["unlocked_by"] === "-1")
+          if (
+            (blueOrb as any)[1]["unlocked_by"] === "-1" &&
+            activeLevels.includes((blueOrb as any)[0].substr(0, 2))
+          )
             return (
               <BlueOrb
                 sprite={(blueOrb as any)[1]["node_name"]}

src/store.ts

@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ type SiteState = {
   setIsSiteChanging: (to: boolean) => void;
 };
 
+type LevelState = {
+  activeLevels: string[];
+  setActiveLevels: (to: string[]) => void;
+};
+
 type MiddleRingState = {
   middleRingWobbleStrength: number;
   middleRingRotating: boolean;
@@ -188,3 +193,8 @@ export const useMiddleRingStore = create<MiddleRingState>((set) => ({
   setMiddleRingAnimDuration: (to) =>
     set(() => ({ middleRingAnimDuration: to })),
 }));
+
+export const useLevelStore = create<LevelState>((set) => ({
+  activeLevels: ["03", "04", "05"],
+  setActiveLevels: (to) => set(() => ({ activeLevels: to })),
+}));