Changes tickPlugins to reportNotifications and only calls the processNotifications function on the plugins when there are actually notifications available. tickPlugins will to into a separate PR.

examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsCommandProcessorInterface.h

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public:
 	virtual void enableRealTimeSimulation(bool enableRealTimeSim)=0;
 	virtual bool isRealTimeSimulationEnabled() const=0;
 
-	virtual void tickPlugins() = 0;
+	virtual void reportNotifications() = 0;
 
 	virtual void enableCommandLogging(bool enable, const char* fileName)=0;
 	virtual void replayFromLogFile(const char* fileName)=0;

examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsDirect.cpp

@@ -1218,7 +1218,7 @@ bool PhysicsDirect::submitClientCommand(const struct SharedMemoryCommand& comman
 	if (m_data->m_ownsCommandProcessor)
 	{
 		CommandProcessorInterface *commandProcessor = (CommandProcessorInterface *)m_data->m_commandProcessor;
-		commandProcessor->tickPlugins();
+		commandProcessor->reportNotifications();
 	}
 	/*if (hasStatus)
 	{

examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsServerCommandProcessor.cpp

@@ -1902,8 +1902,8 @@ void PhysicsServerCommandProcessor::processCollisionForces(btScalar timeStep)
 #endif//B3_ENABLE_TINY_AUDIO
 }
 
-void PhysicsServerCommandProcessor::tickPlugins() {
-  m_data->m_pluginManager.tickPlugins();
+void PhysicsServerCommandProcessor::reportNotifications() {
+  m_data->m_pluginManager.reportNotifications();
 }
 
 void PhysicsServerCommandProcessor::tickPlugins(btScalar timeStep, bool isPreTick)

examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsServerCommandProcessor.h

@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ public:
 	virtual void replayLogCommand(char* bufferServerToClient, int bufferSizeInBytes );
 
 	//logging of object states (position etc)
-	virtual void tickPlugins();
+	virtual void reportNotifications();
 	void tickPlugins(btScalar timeStep, bool isPreTick);
 	void logObjectStates(btScalar timeStep);
 	void processCollisionForces(btScalar timeStep);

examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsServerExample.cpp

@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ void	MotionThreadFunc(void* userPtr,void* lsMemory)
 				numCmdSinceSleep1ms++;
 			}
 
-			args->m_physicsServerPtr->tickPlugins();
+			args->m_physicsServerPtr->reportNotifications();
 			
 			args->m_cs->lock();
 			cachedSharedParam = args->m_cs->getSharedParam(0);

examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsServerSharedMemory.cpp

@@ -242,9 +242,9 @@ bool PhysicsServerSharedMemory::isRealTimeSimulationEnabled() const
 	return m_data->m_commandProcessor->isRealTimeSimulationEnabled();
 }
 
-void PhysicsServerSharedMemory::tickPlugins()
+void PhysicsServerSharedMemory::reportNotifications()
 {
-	m_data->m_commandProcessor->tickPlugins();
+	m_data->m_commandProcessor->reportNotifications();
 }
 
 void PhysicsServerSharedMemory::processClientCommands()

examples/SharedMemory/PhysicsServerSharedMemory.h

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public:
 	virtual void enableRealTimeSimulation(bool enableRealTimeSim);
 	virtual bool isRealTimeSimulationEnabled() const;
 
-	virtual void tickPlugins();
+	virtual void reportNotifications();
 
 	//bool	supportsJointMotor(class btMultiBody* body, int linkIndex);
 

examples/SharedMemory/b3PluginManager.cpp

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ struct b3Plugin
 	
 	PFN_TICK m_preTickFunc;
 	PFN_TICK m_postTickFunc;
-	PFN_TICK m_tickPluginFunc;
+	PFN_TICK m_processNotificationsFunc;
 
 	PFN_GET_RENDER_INTERFACE m_getRendererFunc;
 	
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ struct b3Plugin
 		m_executeCommandFunc(0),
 		m_preTickFunc(0),
 		m_postTickFunc(0),
-		m_tickPluginFunc(0),
+		m_processNotificationsFunc(0),
 		m_getRendererFunc(0),
 		m_userPointer(0)
 	{
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ struct b3PluginManagerInternalData
 	int m_activeRendererPluginUid;
 
 	b3PluginManagerInternalData()
-		:m_activeRendererPluginUid(-1), m_activeNotificationsBufferIndex(0)
+		:m_activeNotificationsBufferIndex(0), m_activeRendererPluginUid(-1)
 	{
 	}
 };
@@ -174,15 +174,15 @@ int b3PluginManager::loadPlugin(const char* pluginPath, const char* postFixStr)
 			std::string executePluginCommandStr = std::string("executePluginCommand") + postFix;
 			std::string preTickPluginCallbackStr = std::string("preTickPluginCallback") + postFix;
 			std::string postTickPluginCallback = std::string("postTickPluginCallback") + postFix;
-			std::string tickPluginStr = std::string("tickPlugin") + postFix;
+			std::string processNotificationsStr = std::string("processNotifications") + postFix;
 			std::string getRendererStr = std::string("getRenderInterface") + postFix;
-			
+
 			plugin->m_initFunc = (PFN_INIT)B3_DYNLIB_IMPORT(pluginHandle, initStr.c_str());
 			plugin->m_exitFunc = (PFN_EXIT)B3_DYNLIB_IMPORT(pluginHandle, exitStr.c_str());
 			plugin->m_executeCommandFunc = (PFN_EXECUTE)B3_DYNLIB_IMPORT(pluginHandle, executePluginCommandStr.c_str());
 			plugin->m_preTickFunc = (PFN_TICK)B3_DYNLIB_IMPORT(pluginHandle, preTickPluginCallbackStr.c_str());
 			plugin->m_postTickFunc = (PFN_TICK)B3_DYNLIB_IMPORT(pluginHandle, postTickPluginCallback.c_str());
-			plugin->m_tickPluginFunc = (PFN_TICK)B3_DYNLIB_IMPORT(pluginHandle, tickPluginStr.c_str());
+			plugin->m_processNotificationsFunc = (PFN_TICK)B3_DYNLIB_IMPORT(pluginHandle, processNotificationsStr.c_str());
 			plugin->m_getRendererFunc =  (PFN_GET_RENDER_INTERFACE)B3_DYNLIB_IMPORT(pluginHandle, getRendererStr.c_str());
 			
 			if (plugin->m_initFunc && plugin->m_exitFunc && plugin->m_executeCommandFunc)
@@ -292,9 +292,14 @@ void b3PluginManager::tickPlugins(double timeStep, bool isPreTick)
 	}
 }
 
-void b3PluginManager::tickPlugins()
+void b3PluginManager::reportNotifications()
 {
 	b3AlignedObjectArray<b3Notification> &notifications = m_data->m_notifications[m_data->m_activeNotificationsBufferIndex];
+	if (notifications.size() == 0)
+	{
+		return;
+	}
+
 	// Swap notification buffers.
 	m_data->m_activeNotificationsBufferIndex = 1 - m_data->m_activeNotificationsBufferIndex;
 
@@ -313,13 +318,13 @@ void b3PluginManager::tickPlugins()
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		if (plugin->m_tickPluginFunc) {
+		if (plugin->m_processNotificationsFunc) {
 			b3PluginContext context = {0};
 			context.m_userPointer = plugin->m_userPointer;
 			context.m_physClient = (b3PhysicsClientHandle) m_data->m_physicsDirect;
 			context.m_numNotifications = notifications.size();
 			context.m_notifications = notifications.size() ? &notifications[0] : 0;
-			plugin->m_tickPluginFunc(&context);
+			plugin->m_processNotificationsFunc(&context);
 		}
 	}
 	notifications.clear();

examples/SharedMemory/b3PluginManager.h

@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ class b3PluginManager
 		void clearEvents();
 
 		void addNotification(const struct b3Notification& notification);
+		void reportNotifications();
 
 		void tickPlugins(double timeStep, bool isPreTick);
-		void tickPlugins();
 
 		int registerStaticLinkedPlugin(const char* pluginPath, PFN_INIT initFunc,PFN_EXIT exitFunc, PFN_EXECUTE executeCommandFunc, PFN_TICK preTickFunc, PFN_TICK postTickFunc, PFN_GET_RENDER_INTERFACE getRendererFunc);