maybe i have solved the passing of the status

examples/utilities/tools/renderEngineDebug.js

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 Script.include("cookies.js");
 
-var panel = new Panel(10, 800);
+var panel = new Panel(10, 100);
 
 panel.newSlider("Num Feed Opaques", 0, 1000, 
     function(value) { },

libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableModelEntityItem.cpp

@@ -170,12 +170,13 @@ namespace render {
 void makeEntityItemStatusGetters(RenderableModelEntityItem* entity, render::Item::Status::Getters& statusGetters) {
     statusGetters.push_back([entity] () -> render::Item::Status::Value {
         quint64 delta = usecTimestampNow() - entity->getLastEditedFromRemote();
-        return render::Item::Status::Value((delta / (0.01f * USECS_PER_SECOND)), 1.0f);
+        float ndelta = (delta / (0.2f * USECS_PER_SECOND));
+        return render::Item::Status::Value(1.0f - ndelta, (ndelta > 1.0f ? 0.01f : 0.5f));
     });
     statusGetters.push_back([entity] () -> render::Item::Status::Value {
         quint64 delta = usecTimestampNow() - entity->getLastBroadcast();
-     //   return render::Item::Status::Value((delta / (0.02f * USECS_PER_SECOND)), 0.5f);
+        float ndelta = (delta / (0.4f * USECS_PER_SECOND));
-        return render::Item::Status::Value(1.0f, 0.5f);
+        return render::Item::Status::Value(1.0f - ndelta, (ndelta > 1.0f ? 0.01f : 0.5f));
     });
 }
 

libraries/render/src/render/Scene.cpp

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ void ItemBucketMap::allocateStandardOpaqueTranparentBuckets() {
     (*this)[ItemFilter::Builder::transparentShape().withLayered()];
 }
 
-const Item::Status::Value Item::Status::Value::INVALID{ std::numeric_limits<short>::min(), std::numeric_limits<short>::min() };
+const Item::Status::Value Item::Status::Value::INVALID = Item::Status::Value();
 
 void Item::Status::getCompressedValues(glm::ivec4& values) {
     for (int i = 0; i < values.length(); i++) {

libraries/render/src/render/Scene.h

@@ -202,15 +202,15 @@ public:
     class Status {
     public:
         class Value {
-            short _x = 0;
+            unsigned short _x = 0xFFFF;
-            short _y = 0;
+            unsigned short _y = 0xFFFF;
-            Value(short x, short y) : _x(x), _y(y) {}
+            Value() {}
         public:
             const static Value INVALID; // Invlaid value meanss the status won't show
 
             Value(float x, float y = 1.0f) { setX(x); setY(y); }
-            void setX(float x) { _x = std::numeric_limits<short>::max() * std::max(std::min(x, 1.0f), -1.0f); }
+            void setX(float x) { _x = (std::numeric_limits<unsigned short>::max() -1) * 0.5f * (1.0f + std::max(std::min(x, 1.0f), -1.0f)); }
-            void setY(float y) { _y = std::numeric_limits<short>::max() * std::max(std::min(y, 1.0f), -1.0f); }
+            void setY(float y) { _y = (std::numeric_limits<unsigned short>::max() - 1) * 0.5f * (1.0f + std::max(std::min(y, 1.0f), -1.0f)); }
             
             int getRaw() const { return *((const int*) this); }
         };

libraries/render/src/render/drawItemStatus.slv

@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
-<@include gpu/Config.slh@>
+<@include gpu/Config.slh@>
-<$VERSION_HEADER$>
+<$VERSION_HEADER$>
-//  Generated on <$_SCRIBE_DATE$>
+//  Generated on <$_SCRIBE_DATE$>
-//
+//
-//  drawItemStatus.slv
+//  drawItemStatus.slv
-//  vertex shader
+//  vertex shader
-//
+//
-//  Created by Sam Gateau on 6/30/2015.
+//  Created by Sam Gateau on 6/30/2015.
-//  Copyright 2015 High Fidelity, Inc.
+//  Copyright 2015 High Fidelity, Inc.
-//
+//
-//  Distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+//  Distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
-//  See the accompanying file LICENSE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
+//  See the accompanying file LICENSE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
-//
+//
-
+
-<@include gpu/Transform.slh@>
+<@include gpu/Transform.slh@>
-
+
-<$declareStandardTransform()$>
+<$declareStandardTransform()$>
-
+
-varying vec4 varColor;
+varying vec4 varColor;
-
+
-uniform vec3 inBoundPos;
+uniform vec3 inBoundPos;
-uniform vec3 inBoundDim;
+uniform vec3 inBoundDim;
-uniform ivec4 inStatus;
+uniform ivec4 inStatus;
-
+
 vec3 paintRainbow(float nv) {
     float v = nv * 5.f;
     if ( v < 0.f )
@@ -38,14 +38,16 @@ vec3 paintRainbow(float nv) {
         return vec3((v-4.f), 0.f, 1.f );
     else 
         return vec3(1.f, 1.f, 1.f);
-}
+}
-
+
-vec2 unpackStatus(int v) {
+vec2 unpackStatus(int v) {
- //   return unpackSnorm2x16(uint(packed));
+ //   return unpackSnorm2x16(uint(packed));
-    return vec2(clamp(float((v & 0xFFFF) - 32727) / 32727.0, -1.0, 1.0),
+ //   return vec2(clamp(float((v & 0xFFFF) - 32727) / 32727.0, -1.0, 1.0),
-                clamp(float(((v >> 16) & 0xFFFF) - 32727) / 32727.0, -1.0, 1.0));
+ //               clamp(float(((v >> 16) & 0xFFFF) - 32727) / 32727.0, -1.0, 1.0));
-}
+    return vec2(clamp(float(int((v >> 0) & 0xFFFF) - 32727) / 32727.0, -1.0, 1.0),
-
+                clamp(float(int((v >> 16) & 0xFFFF) - 32727) / 32727.0, -1.0, 1.0));
+}
+
 void main(void) {
     const vec2 ICON_PIXEL_SIZE = vec2(10, 10);
     const vec2 MARGIN_PIXEL_SIZE = vec2(2, 2);
@@ -69,7 +71,7 @@ void main(void) {
     int iconNum = gl_VertexID / NUM_VERTICES;
 
     // if invalid, just kill
-    if (inStatus[iconNum] == 0x80008000) {
+    if (inStatus[iconNum] == 0xFFFFFFFF) {
         gl_Position = anchorPoint;
         varColor = vec4(1.0);
         return;