Avoid redundant culling tests on the transform/drawable

components/terrain/chunkmanager.cpp

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ ChunkManager::ChunkManager(Storage *storage, Resource::SceneManager *sceneMgr, T
     , mTextureManager(textureManager)
     , mCompositeMapRenderer(renderer)
     , mCompositeMapSize(512)
+    , mCullingActive(true)
 {
 
 }
@@ -53,6 +54,11 @@ void ChunkManager::reportStats(unsigned int frameNumber, osg::Stats *stats) cons
     stats->setAttribute(frameNumber, "Terrain Chunk", mCache->getCacheSize());
 }
 
+void ChunkManager::setCullingActive(bool active)
+{
+    mCullingActive = active;
+}
+
 osg::ref_ptr<osg::Texture2D> ChunkManager::createCompositeMapRTT()
 {
     osg::ref_ptr<osg::Texture2D> texture = new osg::Texture2D;
@@ -207,6 +213,12 @@ osg::ref_ptr<osg::Node> ChunkManager::createChunk(float chunkSize, const osg::Ve
 
     transform->addChild(geometry);
 
+    if (!mCullingActive)
+    {
+        transform->setCullingActive(false);
+        geometry->setCullingActive(false);
+    }
+
     if (mSceneManager->getIncrementalCompileOperation())
     {
         mSceneManager->getIncrementalCompileOperation()->add(geometry);

components/terrain/chunkmanager.hpp

@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ namespace Terrain
 
         virtual void reportStats(unsigned int frameNumber, osg::Stats* stats) const;
 
+        void setCullingActive(bool active);
+
     private:
         osg::ref_ptr<osg::Node> createChunk(float size, const osg::Vec2f& center, int lod, unsigned int lodFlags);
 
@@ -55,6 +57,8 @@ namespace Terrain
         BufferCache mBufferCache;
 
         unsigned int mCompositeMapSize;
+
+        bool mCullingActive;
     };
 
 }

components/terrain/quadtreeworld.cpp

@@ -240,6 +240,8 @@ QuadTreeWorld::QuadTreeWorld(osg::Group *parent, osg::Group *compileRoot, Resour
     , mViewDataMap(new ViewDataMap)
     , mQuadTreeBuilt(false)
 {
+    // No need for culling on the Drawable / Transform level as the quad tree performs the culling already.
+    mChunkManager->setCullingActive(false);
 }
 
 QuadTreeWorld::~QuadTreeWorld()

components/terrain/terraindrawable.cpp

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ void TerrainDrawable::cull(osgUtil::CullVisitor *cv)
 {
     const osg::BoundingBox& bb = getBoundingBox();
 
-    if (cv->isCulled(getBoundingBox()))
+    if (_cullingActive && cv->isCulled(getBoundingBox()))
         return;
 
     osg::RefMatrix& matrix = *cv->getModelViewMatrix();