trying to fix noise.

tests/g2chromatic2.cpp

@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ void Preview(Grid2& grid) {
     //std::vector<uint8_t> rgbData;
 
     frame rgbData = grid.getGridAsFrame(frame::colormap::RGB);
+    std::cout << "Frame looks like: " << rgbData << std::endl;
     bool success = BMPWriter::saveBMP("output/grayscalesource.bmp", rgbData);
     if (!success) {
         std::cout << "yo! this failed in Preview" << std::endl;
@@ -261,13 +262,13 @@ void mainLogic(const AnimationConfig& config, Shared& state, int gradnoise) {
             // Print compression info for this frame
             if (i % 10 == 0 ) {
                 frame bgrframe;
-                std::cout << "Processing frame " << i + 1 << "/" << config.totalFrames << std::endl;
+                //std::cout << "Processing frame " << i + 1 << "/" << config.totalFrames << std::endl;
                 bgrframe = grid.getGridAsFrame(frame::colormap::BGR);
                 frames.push_back(bgrframe);
                 //bgrframe.decompress();
                 //BMPWriter::saveBMP(std::format("output/grayscalesource.{}.bmp", i), bgrframe);
                 bgrframe.compressFrameLZ78();
-                bgrframe.printCompressionStats();
+                //bgrframe.printCompressionStats();
             }
         }
         exportavi(frames,config);

util/grid/grid2.hpp

@@ -225,6 +225,9 @@ public:
 
     Grid2 noiseGenGrid(size_t minx,size_t miny, size_t maxx, size_t maxy
                        , float minChance = 0.1f, float maxChance = 1.0f, bool color = true) {
+        std::cout << "generating a noise grid with the following: (" << minx << ", " << miny 
+                << ") by (" << maxx << ", " << maxy << ") " << "chance: " << minChance 
+                << " max: " << maxChance << " gen colors: " << color << std::endl;
         std::vector<Vec2> poses;
         std::vector<Vec4> colors;
         std::vector<float> sizes;
@@ -233,6 +236,7 @@ public:
                 Vec2 pos = Vec2(x,y);
                 float alpha = noisegen.permute(Vec2(x,y));
                 if (alpha > minChance && alpha < maxChance) {
+                    std::cout << "generating at: " << pos.x << ", " << pos.y << ")" << std::endl;
                     if (color) {
                         float red = noisegen.permute(pos);
                         float green = noisegen.permute(pos);

util/noise/pnoise2.hpp

@@ -14,13 +14,16 @@ private:
     std::default_random_engine rng;
     float TR,TL,BR,BL;
 public:
-    PNoise2() {
-        permutation.reserve(256);
-        for (int i = 0; i < 256; i++){
-            permutation[i] = i;
+    PNoise2() : rng(std::random_device{}()){
+        //permutation.reserve(256);
+        std::vector<float> permutationt;
+        for (int i = 0; i < 255; i++){
+            //permutation[i] = i;
+            permutationt.push_back(i);
         }
-        std::ranges::shuffle(permutation, rng);
-        permutation.insert(permutation.end(),permutation.begin(),permutation.end());
+        std::ranges::shuffle(permutationt, rng);
+        permutation.insert(permutation.end(),permutationt.begin(),permutationt.end());
+        permutation.insert(permutation.end(),permutationt.begin(),permutationt.end());
     }
 
     float permute(Vec2 point) {

util/output/frame.hpp

@@ -504,4 +504,43 @@ private:
 
 };
 
+
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, frame& f) {
+    os << "Frame[" << f.getWidth() << "x" << f.getHeight() << "] ";
+    
+    // Color format
+    os << "Format: ";
+    switch (f.colorFormat) {
+        case frame::colormap::RGB: os << "RGB"; break;
+        case frame::colormap::RGBA: os << "RGBA"; break;
+        case frame::colormap::BGR: os << "BGR"; break;
+        case frame::colormap::BGRA: os << "BGRA"; break;
+        case frame::colormap::B: os << "Grayscale"; break;
+        default: os << "Unknown"; break;
+    }
+    
+    // Compression info
+    os << " | Compression: " << f.getCompressionTypeString();
+    
+    // Size info
+    if (f.isCompressed()) {
+        os << " | " << f.getSourceSize() << "B -> " << f.getTotalCompressedSize() 
+        << "B (ratio: " << std::fixed << std::setprecision(2) << f.getCompressionRatio() << ":1)";
+    } else {
+        os << " | Size: " << f.getData().size() << "B";
+    }
+    
+    // Data status
+    os << " | Data: ";
+    if (!f.getData().empty()) {
+        os << "raw(" << f.getData().size() << " bytes)";
+    } else if (f.getCompressedDataSize() > 0) {
+        os << "compressed(" << f.getCompressedDataSize() << " words)";
+    } else {
+        os << "empty";
+    }
+    
+    return os;
+}
+
 #endif