Struct ChunkSerializer 

pub struct ChunkSerializer;

Serializes/deserializes chunks to/from a binary format.

Format:

[magic: u32][version: u16][coord_x: i32][coord_z: i32]
[timestamp: u64][seed: u64][lod: u8]
[heightmap_width: u32][heightmap_height: u32][heightmap_data: f32 * w * h]
[checksum: u32]

Implementations

impl ChunkSerializer

pub fn serialize(chunk: &TerrainChunk) -> Vec<u8>

Serialize a chunk to bytes.

pub fn deserialize(bytes: &[u8]) -> Option<TerrainChunk>

Deserialize a chunk from bytes. Returns None if format is invalid.

pub fn save_to_file(chunk: &TerrainChunk, path: &str) -> Result<(), String>

Save chunk to a file path (returns error string on failure).

pub fn load_from_file(path: &str) -> Result<TerrainChunk, String>

Load chunk from a file path.