# Objective
_If I understand it correctly_, we were checking mesh visibility, as
well as re-rendering point and spot light shadow maps for each view.
This makes it so that M views and N lights produce M x N complexity.
This PR aims to fix that, as well as introduce a stress test for this
specific scenario.
## Solution
- Keep track of what lights have already had mesh visibility calculated
and do not calculate it again;
- Reuse shadow depth textures and attachments across all views, and only
render shadow maps for the _first_ time a light is encountered on a
view;
- Directional lights remain unaltered, since their shadow map cascades
are view-dependent;
- Add a new `many_cameras_lights` stress test example to verify the
solution
## Showcase
110% speed up on the stress test
83% reduction of memory usage in stress test
### Before (5.35 FPS on stress test)
<img width="1392" alt="Screenshot 2024-09-11 at 12 25 57"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/136b0785-e9a4-44df-9a22-f99cc465e126">
### After (11.34 FPS on stress test)
<img width="1392" alt="Screenshot 2024-09-11 at 12 24 35"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b8dd858f-5e19-467f-8344-2b46ca039630">
## Testing
- Did you test these changes? If so, how?
- On my game project where I have two cameras, and many shadow casting
lights I managed to get pretty much double the FPS.
- Also included a stress test, see the comparison above
- Are there any parts that need more testing?
- Yes, I would like help verifying that this fix is indeed correct, and
that we were really re-rendering the shadow maps by mistake and it's
indeed okay to not do that
- How can other people (reviewers) test your changes? Is there anything
specific they need to know?
- Run the `many_cameras_lights` example
- On the `main` branch, cherry pick the commit with the example (`git
cherry-pick --no-commit 1ed4ace01`) and run it
- If relevant, what platforms did you test these changes on, and are
there any important ones you can't test?
- macOS
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Co-authored-by: François Mockers <francois.mockers@vleue.com>
