fix stutter

core/daynight/environment_manager.gd

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ extends Node3D
 const NOISE_TEXTURE: Texture2D = preload("res://core/daynight/noise.tres")
 const WEATHER_SHADER: Material = preload("res://core/daynight/weather_overlay.tres")
 const WEATHER_PLAIN_SHADER: Material = preload("res://core/daynight/weather_plain_shader.tres")
+const DYNAMIC_ENVIRONMENT_UPDATES_PER_FRAME: int = 2 #how many update of the environment (apply materials) will be done per frame
 
 @export var environment_config: EnvironmentConfig
 
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ var weather_controller: WeatherController
 
 var day_tween: Tween
 var day_time: float = 0.0
+var pending_environment_nodes: Dictionary = {}
 
 func _ready() -> void:
 	
@@ -76,9 +78,50 @@ func _ready() -> void:
 		weather_controller.name = "WeatherController"
 		add_child(weather_controller)
 
+func _process(_delta: float) -> void:
+	_process_pending_environment_nodes()
+
 func _on_tree_node_added(node: Node) -> void:
 	if node.is_in_group("wind_node") or node.is_in_group("weather_node") or node.is_in_group("weather_vegetables_node"):
-		call_deferred("_apply_dynamic_environment_materials", node)
+		_queue_dynamic_environment_node(node)
+
+func _queue_dynamic_environment_node(node: Node) -> void:
+	if not is_instance_valid(node):
+		return
+
+	var ancestor = node.get_parent()
+	while ancestor != null:
+		if pending_environment_nodes.has(ancestor.get_instance_id()):
+			return
+		ancestor = ancestor.get_parent()
+
+	var stale_ids: Array[int] = []
+	for node_id in pending_environment_nodes.keys():
+		var pending_node = pending_environment_nodes[node_id]
+		if not is_instance_valid(pending_node):
+			stale_ids.append(node_id)
+			continue
+		if node.is_ancestor_of(pending_node):
+			stale_ids.append(node_id)
+
+	for node_id in stale_ids:
+		pending_environment_nodes.erase(node_id)
+
+	pending_environment_nodes[node.get_instance_id()] = node
+
+func _process_pending_environment_nodes() -> void:
+	var processed = 0
+	for node_id in pending_environment_nodes.keys():
+		if processed >= DYNAMIC_ENVIRONMENT_UPDATES_PER_FRAME:
+			break
+
+		var node = pending_environment_nodes[node_id]
+		pending_environment_nodes.erase(node_id)
+		if not is_instance_valid(node):
+			continue
+
+		_apply_dynamic_environment_materials(node)
+		processed += 1
 
 func _apply_dynamic_environment_materials(node: Node) -> void:
 	if not is_instance_valid(node):