HeapsIO/hide
Oct 2024 – Feb 2026
15 Months active
Languages Used
HaxeCSSLessGLSL
Technical Skills
3D GraphicsCode RefactoringDead Code EliminationGame DevelopmentParticle SystemsCode Management
TothBenoit
PROFILE
Tothbenoit
Benoit Toth Denimal contributed to the HeapsIO/hide repository by developing and refining advanced 3D graphics features, focusing on rendering fidelity, shader extensibility, and editor usability. Over 15 months, he engineered systems such as GPU-based particle emitters, triplanar texture mapping, and hierarchical screen-space reflections, addressing both performance and visual correctness. His work involved deep shader programming in Haxe and GLSL, robust asset and cache management, and UI development for editor workflows. By systematically refactoring code, optimizing rendering pipelines, and resolving complex bugs, Benoit improved maintainability and stability, enabling more reliable content creation and efficient asset pipelines for game development teams.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
54%Features
Repository Contributions
77Total
Bugs
21
Commits
77
Features
25
Lines of code
2,293
Activity Months15
Your Network
12 people
Work History
February 2026
3 Commits • 2 Features
Feb 1, 2026February 2026 — Delivered targeted enhancements to the GPU emitter shader path, improved editor performance, and stabilized Text3D rendering. These changes improve simulation fidelity, reduce run-time overhead, and prevent rendering artifacts when objects are removed.
3 Commits • 2 Features
Feb 1, 2026February 2026 — Delivered targeted enhancements to the GPU emitter shader path, improved editor performance, and stabilized Text3D rendering. These changes improve simulation fidelity, reduce run-time overhead, and prevent rendering artifacts when objects are removed.
February 2026
December 2025
2 Commits • 1 Features
Dec 1, 2025December 2025 Monthly Summary for HeapsIO/hide: Delivered HierarchicalSSR Rendering Feature with adjustable screen-space reflections and a dedicated debug mode, including depth-bound adjustments during the resolve phase to enable stencil testing. This work enhances visual fidelity, improves rendering correctness, and sets the foundation for potential performance gains through improved depth/stencil handling and tunable parameters.
December 2025
2 Commits • 1 Features
Dec 1, 2025December 2025 Monthly Summary for HeapsIO/hide: Delivered HierarchicalSSR Rendering Feature with adjustable screen-space reflections and a dedicated debug mode, including depth-bound adjustments during the resolve phase to enable stencil testing. This work enhances visual fidelity, improves rendering correctness, and sets the foundation for potential performance gains through improved depth/stencil handling and tunable parameters.
November 2025
17 Commits • 3 Features
Nov 1, 2025November 2025 (2025-11) monthly summary for HeapsIO/hide: Delivered features that boost rendering flexibility and editor UX, stabilized bake workflows, and fixed critical rendering issues. Key outcomes include per-instance shader updates for Mesh Emitter with multi-object support; a broad Editor UI edit2 rollout across RendererFX, SSR, Sharpen, Sao and other rendering components; and Model baking timeout optimization to prevent freezes. Resolved rendering fidelity and frame accuracy issues including LocalVolumetricLighting depth write and TAA previous frame handling, contributing to higher visual quality and more reliable production runs. Demonstrated strengths in shader programming, rendering pipeline debugging, and performance-oriented feature development.
17 Commits • 3 Features
Nov 1, 2025November 2025 (2025-11) monthly summary for HeapsIO/hide: Delivered features that boost rendering flexibility and editor UX, stabilized bake workflows, and fixed critical rendering issues. Key outcomes include per-instance shader updates for Mesh Emitter with multi-object support; a broad Editor UI edit2 rollout across RendererFX, SSR, Sharpen, Sao and other rendering components; and Model baking timeout optimization to prevent freezes. Resolved rendering fidelity and frame accuracy issues including LocalVolumetricLighting depth write and TAA previous frame handling, contributing to higher visual quality and more reliable production runs. Demonstrated strengths in shader programming, rendering pipeline debugging, and performance-oriented feature development.
November 2025
October 2025
6 Commits • 1 Features
Oct 1, 2025October 2025 (2025-10) performance summary for HeapsIO/hide focused on feature refinement and reliability improvements to accelerate content creation and reduce editing friction. Key feature refinement includes TriplanarParams LocalRotation mode and an improved ObjectScale calculation based on the modelView matrix to enhance texture mapping accuracy and scale fidelity. Reliability improvements address copy/refresh and prefab data management, reducing stale state and crashes in common workflows.
October 2025
6 Commits • 1 Features
Oct 1, 2025October 2025 (2025-10) performance summary for HeapsIO/hide focused on feature refinement and reliability improvements to accelerate content creation and reduce editing friction. Key feature refinement includes TriplanarParams LocalRotation mode and an improved ObjectScale calculation based on the modelView matrix to enhance texture mapping accuracy and scale fidelity. Reliability improvements address copy/refresh and prefab data management, reducing stale state and crashes in common workflows.
September 2025
3 Commits • 1 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025 (2025-09) focused on rendering performance, stability, and maintainability in HeapsIO/hide. Delivered targeted rendering system improvements and a critical bug fix, with clear commits that support future work and easier maintenance. Emphasized business value through reduced rendering artifacts, improved frame throughput, and clearer shader/mesh batching workflows.
3 Commits • 1 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025 (2025-09) focused on rendering performance, stability, and maintainability in HeapsIO/hide. Delivered targeted rendering system improvements and a critical bug fix, with clear commits that support future work and easier maintenance. Emphasized business value through reduced rendering artifacts, improved frame throughput, and clearer shader/mesh batching workflows.
September 2025
August 2025
8 Commits • 1 Features
Aug 1, 2025Concise monthly summary for 2025-08 focusing on delivering user-impact features, stabilizing visuals, and improving UI consistency in HeapsIO/hide. The month emphasized delivering a robust collision-edit workflow, refining lighting/shadow behavior for production-grade scenes, and clarifying material/UI workflows to reduce iteration friction.
August 2025
8 Commits • 1 Features
Aug 1, 2025Concise monthly summary for 2025-08 focusing on delivering user-impact features, stabilizing visuals, and improving UI consistency in HeapsIO/hide. The month emphasized delivering a robust collision-edit workflow, refining lighting/shadow behavior for production-grade scenes, and clarifying material/UI workflows to reduce iteration friction.
July 2025
2 Commits • 1 Features
Jul 1, 2025Month: 2025-07 — Performance review-ready summary for HeapsIO/hide. Focused on rendering quality improvements and correctness fixes that deliver business value and developer efficiency. Key contributions include delivering an alpha-preserving Temporal Anti-Aliasing (TAA) feature and fixing LookAt orientation and faceTargetForward logic, with clean allocation handling. Associated commits documented for traceability.
2 Commits • 1 Features
Jul 1, 2025Month: 2025-07 — Performance review-ready summary for HeapsIO/hide. Focused on rendering quality improvements and correctness fixes that deliver business value and developer efficiency. Key contributions include delivering an alpha-preserving Temporal Anti-Aliasing (TAA) feature and fixing LookAt orientation and faceTargetForward logic, with clean allocation handling. Associated commits documented for traceability.
July 2025
June 2025
2 Commits • 2 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 (2025-06) — HeapsIO/hide Focused on expanding rendering fidelity and shader authoring capabilities. Delivered two high-impact features that drive business value, streamline artist workflows, and enhance rendering flexibility: - TriplanarNormalMap node for ShaderGraph: Adds triplanar sampling to ShaderGraph to improve texture blending and material quality. Commits: 1387b8963ce838a90d5aae239e4a50658250c216. - Lighting render mode in GenFog system: Introduces a lighting-specific render path with UI exposure and pipeline integration to support lighting passes in fog-based rendering, enabling more realistic scenes. Commits: f0e3a33700c6330286f7f9306308b5d8ac4bc422. No major bugs fixed this month. Stability maintained across the core toolchain with targeted fixes and PR hygiene. Overall impact: These changes directly increase product value by delivering higher visual fidelity (TriplanarNormalMap) and more flexible lighting capabilities (GenFog Lighting render mode), reducing artist toil and enabling richer real-time scenes. They also demonstrate end-to-end capability from shader authoring (ShaderGraph) to render pipeline integration (GenFog). Technologies/skills demonstrated: ShaderGraph extensions, triplanar sampling, UDn blend usage evidenced by commit messages, render pipeline integration, UI exposure, cross-module collaboration between ShaderGraph and GenFog components.
June 2025
2 Commits • 2 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 (2025-06) — HeapsIO/hide Focused on expanding rendering fidelity and shader authoring capabilities. Delivered two high-impact features that drive business value, streamline artist workflows, and enhance rendering flexibility: - TriplanarNormalMap node for ShaderGraph: Adds triplanar sampling to ShaderGraph to improve texture blending and material quality. Commits: 1387b8963ce838a90d5aae239e4a50658250c216. - Lighting render mode in GenFog system: Introduces a lighting-specific render path with UI exposure and pipeline integration to support lighting passes in fog-based rendering, enabling more realistic scenes. Commits: f0e3a33700c6330286f7f9306308b5d8ac4bc422. No major bugs fixed this month. Stability maintained across the core toolchain with targeted fixes and PR hygiene. Overall impact: These changes directly increase product value by delivering higher visual fidelity (TriplanarNormalMap) and more flexible lighting capabilities (GenFog Lighting render mode), reducing artist toil and enabling richer real-time scenes. They also demonstrate end-to-end capability from shader authoring (ShaderGraph) to render pipeline integration (GenFog). Technologies/skills demonstrated: ShaderGraph extensions, triplanar sampling, UDn blend usage evidenced by commit messages, render pipeline integration, UI exposure, cross-module collaboration between ShaderGraph and GenFog components.
May 2025
9 Commits • 2 Features
May 1, 2025In May 2025, delivered key Shader Graph enhancements, GPU emitter improvements, and a critical spline data integrity fix for the HeapsIO/hide engine. The work emphasizes improved visual fidelity, rendering reliability, and developer productivity across shader creation, particle systems, and data handling.
9 Commits • 2 Features
May 1, 2025In May 2025, delivered key Shader Graph enhancements, GPU emitter improvements, and a critical spline data integrity fix for the HeapsIO/hide engine. The work emphasizes improved visual fidelity, rendering reliability, and developer productivity across shader creation, particle systems, and data handling.
May 2025
March 2025
4 Commits • 3 Features
Mar 1, 2025Monthly summary for 2025-03: Key features delivered enhanced rendering quality and asset loading performance in HeapsIO/hide. Implemented GPUParticle mesh spawn distribution improvement, centralized shaderKey caching in ModelLibrary (moving from ModelLibraryInstance) and cached material keys to speed up material loading. Added BC7 texture compression support to the image viewer UI, expanding available compression formats. Major bug fixed: GPUParticle mesh spawn bug corrected, improving particle distribution across meshes. Overall impact: smoother visuals in particle-heavy scenes, faster asset loading, and a more maintainable codebase through caching centralization.
March 2025
4 Commits • 3 Features
Mar 1, 2025Monthly summary for 2025-03: Key features delivered enhanced rendering quality and asset loading performance in HeapsIO/hide. Implemented GPUParticle mesh spawn distribution improvement, centralized shaderKey caching in ModelLibrary (moving from ModelLibraryInstance) and cached material keys to speed up material loading. Added BC7 texture compression support to the image viewer UI, expanding available compression formats. Major bug fixed: GPUParticle mesh spawn bug corrected, improving particle distribution across meshes. Overall impact: smoother visuals in particle-heavy scenes, faster asset loading, and a more maintainable codebase through caching centralization.
February 2025
4 Commits • 1 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025 (2025-02) focused on stability and rendering quality for HeapsIO/hide. Key features delivered include: SplineMesh rendering enhancements with tangent data for normal mapping and a refactor of mesh generation helpers to improve maintainability. Major bugs fixed: animation update stability by preventing premature updateCustomsAnims invocation when props are not ready; SSR execution guard to ensure server-side logic does not run when SSR is disabled. Overall impact: increased animation stability, reduced unnecessary server work, and cleaner, more maintainable rendering code, translating to fewer runtime errors and improved visual fidelity. Technologies/skills demonstrated: 3D shading concepts (tangent data, normal mapping), guard patterns, code refactoring, commit-level traceability.
4 Commits • 1 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025 (2025-02) focused on stability and rendering quality for HeapsIO/hide. Key features delivered include: SplineMesh rendering enhancements with tangent data for normal mapping and a refactor of mesh generation helpers to improve maintainability. Major bugs fixed: animation update stability by preventing premature updateCustomsAnims invocation when props are not ready; SSR execution guard to ensure server-side logic does not run when SSR is disabled. Overall impact: increased animation stability, reduced unnecessary server work, and cleaner, more maintainable rendering code, translating to fewer runtime errors and improved visual fidelity. Technologies/skills demonstrated: 3D shading concepts (tangent data, normal mapping), guard patterns, code refactoring, commit-level traceability.
February 2025
January 2025
5 Commits • 2 Features
Jan 1, 2025January 2025 monthly summary for HeapsIO/hide: Delivered several key features and fixes that improve rendering fidelity, model management, and shader pipeline. Notable work includes LOD support in ModelLibrary for HMD models, a new useScalableBias option for SSAO, a DirectX particle texture sampling fix, and enhanced shader robustness with proper cloning and batch material integration. These contributions reduce rendering artifacts, improve visual correctness, and establish a scalable foundation for future LOD/SSA0 enhancements.
January 2025
5 Commits • 2 Features
Jan 1, 2025January 2025 monthly summary for HeapsIO/hide: Delivered several key features and fixes that improve rendering fidelity, model management, and shader pipeline. Notable work includes LOD support in ModelLibrary for HMD models, a new useScalableBias option for SSAO, a DirectX particle texture sampling fix, and enhanced shader robustness with proper cloning and batch material integration. These contributions reduce rendering artifacts, improve visual correctness, and establish a scalable foundation for future LOD/SSA0 enhancements.
December 2024
7 Commits • 2 Features
Dec 1, 2024December 2024 monthly summary for HeapsIO/hide: Delivered strategic features, stabilized rendering paths, and improved correctness and maintainability to accelerate content pipelines and reduce runtime risk. Focused on API consistency, shader-graph capability expansion, and robust handling of edge cases in rendering. The work strengthens product value by enabling more reliable assets and workflows while reducing maintenance overhead.
7 Commits • 2 Features
Dec 1, 2024December 2024 monthly summary for HeapsIO/hide: Delivered strategic features, stabilized rendering paths, and improved correctness and maintainability to accelerate content pipelines and reduce runtime risk. Focused on API consistency, shader-graph capability expansion, and robust handling of edge cases in rendering. The work strengthens product value by enabling more reliable assets and workflows while reducing maintenance overhead.
December 2024
November 2024
3 Commits • 1 Features
Nov 1, 2024Monthly work summary for 2024-11 focused on delivering features and stabilizing core engine behaviors for HeapsIO/hide. This month combines shader graph enhancements with scene graph lifecycle fixes to improve rendering quality and reliability.
November 2024
3 Commits • 1 Features
Nov 1, 2024Monthly work summary for 2024-11 focused on delivering features and stabilizing core engine behaviors for HeapsIO/hide. This month combines shader graph enhancements with scene graph lifecycle fixes to improve rendering quality and reliability.
October 2024
2 Commits • 2 Features
Oct 1, 2024Monthly summary for 2024-10: HeapsIO/hide focused on code quality and visual correctness, delivering targeted cleanup and rendering improvements. Key changes reduce maintenance burden and improve particle system fidelity in rotation scenarios. Two main areas: code cleanup to remove dead Billboard.hx forward-vector calculation, and emitter rotation improvements including a followRotation option and axis locking fixes to ensure correct particle orientation across rotations. Overall impact: decreased technical debt, more robust rendering, and clearer ownership of rotation behavior in the emitter system. Technologies/skills demonstrated: code cleanup, vector math considerations, rotation handling, axis locking, and maintainability practices.
2 Commits • 2 Features
Oct 1, 2024Monthly summary for 2024-10: HeapsIO/hide focused on code quality and visual correctness, delivering targeted cleanup and rendering improvements. Key changes reduce maintenance burden and improve particle system fidelity in rotation scenarios. Two main areas: code cleanup to remove dead Billboard.hx forward-vector calculation, and emitter rotation improvements including a followRotation option and axis locking fixes to ensure correct particle orientation across rotations. Overall impact: decreased technical debt, more robust rendering, and clearer ownership of rotation behavior in the emitter system. Technologies/skills demonstrated: code cleanup, vector math considerations, rotation handling, axis locking, and maintainability practices.
October 2024
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Quality Metrics
Correctness90.6%
Maintainability89.0%
Architecture87.4%
Performance85.8%
AI Usage20.2%
Skills & Technologies
Programming Languages
CSSGLSLHaxeLess
Technical Skills
3D Graphics3D Graphics Programming3D Math3D Rendering3D renderingAnimation SystemsAsset ManagementCSS StylingCache ManagementCode ImprovementCode ManagementCode RefactoringDead Code EliminationDirectXEditor Development
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