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This PR was created by qwen-chat coder for task cff1fd13-280a-450c-9ac0-bd11ae94a1ea.

• Implemented ChunkSystem.cpp with full chunk management including 32x32 tile division, dynamic loading/unloading based on player position, and mesh generation with exposed face detection
• Added ChunkManager singleton handling chunk lifecycle, world-to-chunk coordinate conversion, and streaming operations around player location
• Integrated LODSystem with configurable distance levels for terrain and vegetation detail reduction based on camera distance
• Developed CullingSystem implementing both frustum culling using extracted view-projection matrix planes and distance-based culling for performance optimization
• Updated ChunkSystem.h with complete interface definitions for chunk operations, LOD configuration, and culling parameters
• Modified .gitignore to standardize compressed file exclusions without editor-specific entries

This implementation provides a comprehensive world management system with efficient memory usage through chunked streaming, visual quality scaling via LOD, and performance optimization through culling techniques.
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Implement world chunk system with LOD and culling

✨ Enhancement

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Description
• Implemented comprehensive chunk system with 32x32 tile division and dynamic streaming
• Added LOD system with configurable distance levels for terrain and vegetation detail reduction
• Developed frustum and distance-based culling for performance optimization
• Integrated ChunkManager singleton for chunk lifecycle and world-to-chunk coordinate conversion
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  ChunkSystem["Chunk System<br/>32x32 tiles"]
  ChunkMgr["ChunkManager<br/>Singleton"]
  LODSys["LOD System<br/>Distance-based detail"]
  CullSys["Culling System<br/>Frustum & Distance"]
  Terrain["Terrain Generation<br/>Heightmap & Biomes"]
  Renderer["Renderer<br/>Mesh rendering"]
  
  ChunkSystem -->|manages| ChunkMgr
  ChunkMgr -->|generates| Terrain
  ChunkMgr -->|streams| ChunkSystem
  LODSys -->|adjusts detail| ChunkSystem
  CullSys -->|filters visible| ChunkMgr
  ChunkMgr -->|sends meshes| Renderer
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1. FarmEngine/world/chunks/ChunkSystem.cpp ✨ Enhancement +820/-0

Core chunk, LOD, and culling system implementations

• Implemented Chunk class with block storage, heightmap-based terrain generation, and mesh
 building with exposed face detection
• Created ChunkManager singleton handling chunk lifecycle, dynamic loading/unloading around player
 position, and coordinate conversion utilities
• Implemented LODSystem singleton with configurable distance levels for terrain and vegetation
 detail reduction
• Developed CullingSystem singleton with frustum plane extraction from view-projection matrix and
 distance-based culling for chunks and vegetation
• Added threading support with mutex protection for concurrent chunk generation and mesh building

FarmEngine/world/chunks/ChunkSystem.cpp


2. FarmEngine/world/chunks/ChunkSystem.h ✨ Enhancement +110/-3

Add LOD and culling system interfaces with configuration

• Added #include <mutex> for thread-safe chunk operations
• Converted inline implementations of getLoadedChunkCount() and getPendingGenerationCount() to
 proper method declarations
• Added getVisibleChunks() method to retrieve culled visible chunks
• Introduced LODConfig struct with configurable distance thresholds for terrain and vegetation LOD
 levels
• Added VegetationInstance struct for LOD-aware vegetation rendering with visibility tracking
• Introduced CullingConfig struct with frustum and distance culling configuration options
• Added CullingResult struct to return culling operation results with visible chunks and
 statistics
• Implemented LODSystem class with LOD calculation and vegetation LOD application methods
• Implemented CullingSystem class with frustum plane extraction, bounding volume tests, and
 chunk/vegetation culling methods
• Updated chunk key calculation from 16-bit to 32-bit shift for larger coordinate space

FarmEngine/world/chunks/ChunkSystem.h


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🐞 Bugs (2) 📘 Rule violations (0) 📎 Requirement gaps (0)

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1. Wrong chunk Z used🐞 Bug ≡ Correctness
Description
ChunkManager passes chunkCoords.y (always 0) as the Z coordinate into getChunk(), so
getChunkAtWorldPos/getBlock/setBlock address only chunks with chunkZ==0. This breaks block access
for most world positions and will return air or write to the wrong chunk.
Code

FarmEngine/world/chunks/ChunkSystem.cpp[R344-347]

+Chunk* ChunkManager::getChunkAtWorldPos(const glm::vec3& worldPos) {
+    glm::ivec3 chunkCoords = worldToChunk(worldPos);
+    return getChunk(chunkCoords.x, chunkCoords.y);
+}
Evidence
worldToChunk() encodes chunkZ in the ivec3.z field, but callers use ivec3.y when looking up chunks,
forcing Z=0 for all lookups.

FarmEngine/world/chunks/ChunkSystem.cpp[344-347]
FarmEngine/world/chunks/ChunkSystem.cpp[435-457]
FarmEngine/world/chunks/ChunkSystem.cpp[459-465]

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## Issue description
`worldToChunk()` returns `(chunkX, 0, chunkZ)`, but multiple call sites pass `chunkCoords.y` into `getChunk()`, which always uses `0` for the Z coordinate.
### Issue Context
This affects chunk lookup for read/write operations and any world-position based chunk retrieval.
### Fix Focus Areas
- FarmEngine/world/chunks/ChunkSystem.cpp[344-347]
- FarmEngine/world/chunks/ChunkSystem.cpp[435-457]
### Expected change
- Replace `getChunk(chunkCoords.x, chunkCoords.y)` with `getChunk(chunkCoords.x, chunkCoords.z)` in `getChunkAtWorldPos`, `getBlock`, and `setBlock`.

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2. Mesh base index wrong🐞 Bug ≡ Correctness
Description
Chunk::buildMesh computes the quad base index using vertices.size()/3 even though it appends 6
floats per vertex (position+normal), producing incorrect/out-of-range indices. This will corrupt
chunk geometry and can trigger GPU validation errors/crashes when buffers are built.
Code

FarmEngine/world/chunks/ChunkSystem.cpp[R181-193]

+                // Right face (+X)
+                if (getBlock(x+1, y, z) == 0) {
+                    opaqueMesh.vertices.insert(opaqueMesh.vertices.end(), {
+                        fx+1, fy,   fz,   0, 1, 0,
+                        fx+1, fy+1, fz,   0, 1, 0,
+                        fx+1, fy+1, fz+1, 0, 1, 0,
+                        fx+1, fy,   fz+1, 0, 1, 0
+                    });
+                    uint32_t base = static_cast<uint32_t>(opaqueMesh.vertices.size() / 3) - 4;
+                    opaqueMesh.indices.insert(opaqueMesh.indices.end(), {
+                        base, base+1, base+2,
+                        base, base+2, base+3
+                    });
Evidence
Each quad insert adds 24 floats (4 vertices * 6 floats), but base is derived by dividing
float-count by 3, which doubles the computed vertex count and makes indices point past the real
vertex count.

FarmEngine/world/chunks/ChunkSystem.cpp[181-193]
FarmEngine/world/chunks/ChunkSystem.h[62-70]

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## Issue description
`Chunk::buildMesh()` appends 6 floats per vertex (xyz + normal xyz) but computes index bases using `vertices.size()/3` as if each vertex were 3 floats.
### Issue Context
`Chunk::MeshData::vertices` is a `std::vector<float>`, so the code must consistently treat it as an interleaved float stream with an explicit stride.
### Fix Focus Areas
- FarmEngine/world/chunks/ChunkSystem.cpp[181-269]
- FarmEngine/world/chunks/ChunkSystem.h[62-70]
### Expected change
- Define a constant like `constexpr uint32_t floatsPerVertex = 6;`.
- Compute base as: `uint32_t base = static_cast<uint32_t>(opaqueMesh.vertices.size() / floatsPerVertex) - 4;` (apply to every face block).
- (Optional hardening) Assert `opaqueMesh.vertices.size() % floatsPerVertex == 0` in debug builds.

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3. Chunk key shift is UB 🐞 Bug ≡ Correctness
Description
ChunkManager builds the chunk-map key by left-shifting a signed value derived from chunkX; when
chunkX is negative (valid for negative world coords), the shift is undefined behavior in C++. This
can produce inconsistent keys and chunk lookup failures depending on compiler/optimization.
Code

FarmEngine/world/chunks/ChunkSystem.cpp[R333-336]

+Chunk* ChunkManager::getChunk(int32_t chunkX, int32_t chunkZ) {
+    int64_t key = (static_cast<int64_t>(chunkX) << 32) | 
+                  (static_cast<uint32_t>(chunkZ) & 0xFFFFFFFF);
+    
Evidence
Chunk coordinates are computed via floor(worldPos.x/chunkSize), which can be negative, and the
code then left-shifts static_cast(chunkX).

FarmEngine/world/chunks/ChunkSystem.cpp[333-336]
FarmEngine/world/chunks/ChunkSystem.cpp[459-464]

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The issue below was found during a code review. Follow the provided context and guidance below and implement a solution

## Issue description
Left-shifting a negative signed integer is undefined behavior in C++. The current key pack does exactly that when `chunkX < 0`.
### Issue Context
The chunk system supports negative coordinates (via `floor()`), so this is a real runtime condition.
### Fix Focus Areas
- FarmEngine/world/chunks/ChunkSystem.cpp[333-336]
- FarmEngine/world/chunks/ChunkSystem.cpp[496-498]
- FarmEngine/world/chunks/ChunkSystem.h[118-120]
### Expected change
- Pack using unsigned arithmetic, e.g.:

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Remediation recommended

4. Generation holds global lock 🐞 Bug ➹ Performance
Description
processPendingGenerations holds chunkMutex while executing chunk->generate(), which performs
heavy terrain/biome/block filling work. This will stall other chunk operations on the same mutex and
cause frame hitches; it also prevents safe future multithreaded generation.
Code

FarmEngine/world/chunks/ChunkSystem.cpp[R481-499]

+void ChunkManager::processPendingGenerations() {
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(chunkMutex);
+    
+    const size_t maxPerFrame = 4; // Limit generations per frame
+    size_t processed = 0;
+    
+    auto it = pendingGeneration.begin();
+    while (it != pendingGeneration.end() && processed < maxPerFrame) {
+        int32_t chunkX = it->first;
+        int32_t chunkZ = it->second;
+        
+        // Create and generate chunk
+        auto chunk = std::make_unique<Chunk>(chunkX, chunkZ, config);
+        chunk->generate(12345); // Use default seed
+        
+        int64_t key = (static_cast<int64_t>(chunkX) << 32) | 
+                      (static_cast<uint32_t>(chunkZ) & 0xFFFFFFFF);
+        chunks[key] = std::move(chunk);
+        
Evidence
The mutex is acquired at function entry and remains held across the full generate() call before
inserting into chunks.

FarmEngine/world/chunks/ChunkSystem.cpp[481-499]

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## Issue description
`processPendingGenerations()` performs expensive chunk generation while holding `chunkMutex`, blocking unrelated operations and increasing frame latency.
### Issue Context
Chunk generation includes heightmap/biome computation and block filling, which is typically milliseconds of work per chunk.
### Fix Focus Areas
- FarmEngine/world/chunks/ChunkSystem.cpp[481-503]
### Expected change
- Pop up to `maxPerFrame` tasks from `pendingGeneration` under the lock into a local list, then release the lock.
- For each task: generate the chunk without holding `chunkMutex`.
- Reacquire `chunkMutex` only to insert the finished chunk into `chunks`.

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5. Vegetation compaction incomplete🐞 Bug ≡ Correctness
Description
CullingSystem::cullVegetation copies visible instances to the front of the vector but never resizes
the vector or returns the new logical length. This leaves the container in an ambiguous state where
callers iterating instances.size() will still see the trailing elements (including ones that may
remain visible==true).
Code

FarmEngine/world/chunks/ChunkSystem.cpp[R787-818]

+void CullingSystem::cullVegetation(std::vector<VegetationInstance>& instances,
+                                   const glm::vec3& cameraPosition,
+                                   float maxDistance) {
+    size_t writeIndex = 0;
+    
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < instances.size(); ++i) {
+        VegetationInstance& inst = instances[i];
+        
+        // Distance culling
+        if (shouldCullByDistance(inst.position, cameraPosition, maxDistance)) {
+            inst.visible = false;
+            continue;
+        }
+        
+        // Frustum culling (using point test for simplicity)
+        if (!isSphereInFrustum(inst.position, inst.scale)) {
+            inst.visible = false;
+            continue;
+        }
+        
+        inst.visible = true;
+        
+        // Compact the array
+        if (writeIndex != i) {
+            instances[writeIndex] = inst;
+        }
+        writeIndex++;
+    }
+    
+    // Resize to remove culled instances from active list
+    // (Keep them in the vector but mark as not visible)
+}
Evidence
The function maintains writeIndex and copies instances[i] into instances[writeIndex], but then
ends with only a comment about resizing and performs no resize/cleanup.

FarmEngine/world/chunks/ChunkSystem.cpp[787-818]

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## Issue description
`cullVegetation()` partially implements array compaction but does not finalize the contract (no resize, no returned count, and no clearing of old entries).
### Issue Context
There are two valid designs:
1) **Filter in-place**: keep only visible instances by resizing to `writeIndex`.
2) **Mark-only**: keep all instances but do not compact (remove the copy-to-front logic).
### Fix Focus Areas
- FarmEngine/world/chunks/ChunkSystem.cpp[787-818]
### Expected change
- If the intent is compaction, add `instances.resize(writeIndex);` after the loop.
- If the intent is mark-only, remove the `instances[writeIndex] = inst;` block and keep only `inst.visible = ...` updates.
- Ensure the chosen behavior is reflected in comments/API expectations.

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6. X-face normals incorrect🐞 Bug ≡ Correctness
Description
Chunk::buildMesh uses Y-axis normals for the left/right faces (e.g., right face uses 0,1,0 and
left uses 0,-1,0) instead of ±X normals. This will produce incorrect lighting/shading on those
faces.
Code

FarmEngine/world/chunks/ChunkSystem.cpp[R181-203]

+                // Right face (+X)
+                if (getBlock(x+1, y, z) == 0) {
+                    opaqueMesh.vertices.insert(opaqueMesh.vertices.end(), {
+                        fx+1, fy,   fz,   0, 1, 0,
+                        fx+1, fy+1, fz,   0, 1, 0,
+                        fx+1, fy+1, fz+1, 0, 1, 0,
+                        fx+1, fy,   fz+1, 0, 1, 0
+                    });
+                    uint32_t base = static_cast<uint32_t>(opaqueMesh.vertices.size() / 3) - 4;
+                    opaqueMesh.indices.insert(opaqueMesh.indices.end(), {
+                        base, base+1, base+2,
+                        base, base+2, base+3
+                    });
+                }
+                
+                // Left face (-X)
+                if (getBlock(x-1, y, z) == 0) {
+                    opaqueMesh.vertices.insert(opaqueMesh.vertices.end(), {
+                        fx,   fy,   fz+1, 0, -1, 0,
+                        fx,   fy+1, fz+1, 0, -1, 0,
+                        fx,   fy+1, fz,   0, -1, 0,
+                        fx,   fy,   fz,   0, -1, 0
+                    });
Evidence
The vertex data for the +X and -X faces encodes normals pointing along ±Y rather than ±X.

FarmEngine/world/chunks/ChunkSystem.cpp[181-203]

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## Issue description
Normals for the +X and -X faces are wrong, which will break per-pixel/per-vertex lighting.
### Issue Context
Each vertex currently appends `position(x,y,z)` followed by `normal(nx,ny,nz)`.
### Fix Focus Areas
- FarmEngine/world/chunks/ChunkSystem.cpp[181-209]
### Expected change
- For the right face (+X), use normal `(1, 0, 0)`.
- For the left face (-X), use normal `(-1, 0, 0)`.
- Keep other face normals as-is (top/bottom/front/back).

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This PR adds chunk system optimization with LOD and culling, but contains critical bugs that block merge:

Critical Issues (Must Fix):

  1. Logic Errors - Three instances where chunkCoords.y is incorrectly used instead of chunkCoords.z, causing chunks to be accessed from wrong coordinates (lines 346, 439, 451)
  2. Mesh Corruption - Vertex stride calculation divides by 3 instead of 6, generating incorrect indices for all face types (lines 189, 204, 219, 234, 249, 264)
  3. Race Conditions - Missing mutex protection in getChunk() and requestChunkGeneration(), creating data races in multi-threaded access (lines 333-342, 349-356)
  4. Naming Inconsistency - Mixed PascalCase/camelCase in CullingConfig boolean fields breaks conventions (lines 199-201)

Summary:
The coordinate system bugs will cause the entire chunk loading system to malfunction. The mesh generation errors will corrupt all rendered geometry. The threading issues create undefined behavior. All must be fixed before merge.


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uint32_t base = static_cast<uint32_t>(opaqueMesh.vertices.size() / 3) - 4;
opaqueMesh.indices.insert(opaqueMesh.indices.end(), {
base, base+1, base+2,
base, base+2, base+3
});
}

// Top face (+Y)
if (getBlock(x, y+1, z) == 0) {
opaqueMesh.vertices.insert(opaqueMesh.vertices.end(), {
fx, fy+1, fz, 0, 1, 0,
fx, fy+1, fz+1, 0, 1, 0,
fx+1, fy+1, fz+1, 0, 1, 0,
fx+1, fy+1, fz, 0, 1, 0
});
uint32_t base = static_cast<uint32_t>(opaqueMesh.vertices.size() / 3) - 4;
opaqueMesh.indices.insert(opaqueMesh.indices.end(), {
base, base+1, base+2,
base, base+2, base+3
});
}

// Bottom face (-Y)
if (getBlock(x, y-1, z) == 0) {
opaqueMesh.vertices.insert(opaqueMesh.vertices.end(), {
fx, fy, fz+1, 0, -1, 0,
fx, fy, fz, 0, -1, 0,
fx+1, fy, fz, 0, -1, 0,
fx+1, fy, fz+1, 0, -1, 0
});
uint32_t base = static_cast<uint32_t>(opaqueMesh.vertices.size() / 3) - 4;
opaqueMesh.indices.insert(opaqueMesh.indices.end(), {
base, base+1, base+2,
base, base+2, base+3
});
}

// Front face (+Z)
if (getBlock(x, y, z+1) == 0) {
opaqueMesh.vertices.insert(opaqueMesh.vertices.end(), {
fx, fy, fz+1, 0, 0, 1,
fx, fy+1, fz+1, 0, 0, 1,
fx+1, fy+1, fz+1, 0, 0, 1,
fx+1, fy, fz+1, 0, 0, 1
});
uint32_t base = static_cast<uint32_t>(opaqueMesh.vertices.size() / 3) - 4;
opaqueMesh.indices.insert(opaqueMesh.indices.end(), {
base, base+1, base+2,
base, base+2, base+3
});
}

// Back face (-Z)
if (getBlock(x, y, z-1) == 0) {
opaqueMesh.vertices.insert(opaqueMesh.vertices.end(), {
fx+1, fy, fz, 0, 0, -1,
fx+1, fy+1, fz, 0, 0, -1,
fx, fy+1, fz, 0, 0, -1,
fx, fy, fz, 0, 0, -1
});
uint32_t base = static_cast<uint32_t>(opaqueMesh.vertices.size() / 3) - 4;
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Same vertex stride error exists for all face generations (Left, Top, Bottom, Front, Back faces). All base index calculations must divide by 6, not 3, to match the vertex format of 6 floats per vertex.

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Code Review

This pull request introduces a chunk-based world system featuring generation, management, Level of Detail (LOD), and culling mechanisms. Feedback identifies critical bugs in mesh generation regarding vertex normals and index calculations, as well as a missing resize operation in the vegetation culling logic. Additionally, improvements were suggested to replace hardcoded world height values with configuration settings and to optimize the performance of chunk sorting.

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fx+1, fy+1, fz+1, 0, 1, 0,
fx+1, fy, fz+1, 0, 1, 0
});
uint32_t base = static_cast<uint32_t>(opaqueMesh.vertices.size() / 3) - 4;
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The calculation of the base index is incorrect. Since each vertex consists of 6 floats (3 for position and 3 for normal), the number of vertices is vertices.size() / 6. Using / 3 will result in incorrect indices, leading to rendering artifacts or potential crashes. This issue is repeated for all faces in this function.

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uint32_t base = static_cast<uint32_t>(opaqueMesh.vertices.size() / 3) - 4;
uint32_t base = static_cast<uint32_t>(opaqueMesh.vertices.size() / 6) - 4;

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, config(config)
{
const int32_t size = config.chunkSize;
const int32_t height = 64; // Default chunk height
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The chunk height is hardcoded to 64 here and in several other places throughout the file (e.g., lines 75, 117, 132, 159, 765, 768). This should be moved to ChunkConfig to improve maintainability and allow for flexible world heights.

Comment on lines +552 to +561
std::sort(visibleChunks.begin(), visibleChunks.end(),
[cameraPosition](Chunk* a, Chunk* b) {
glm::vec3 posA = a->getPosition();
glm::vec3 posB = b->getPosition();

float distA = glm::length(posA - cameraPosition);
float distB = glm::length(posB - cameraPosition);

return distA < distB;
});
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medium

Sorting the visible chunks every frame is a performance bottleneck. Additionally, using glm::length inside the comparator is inefficient as it involves a square root. Consider using squared distance for sorting, and only re-sorting when the camera moves significantly.

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Chunk* ChunkManager::getChunk(int32_t chunkX, int32_t chunkZ) {
int64_t key = (static_cast<int64_t>(chunkX) << 32) |
(static_cast<uint32_t>(chunkZ) & 0xFFFFFFFF);

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3. Chunk key shift is ub 🐞 Bug ≡ Correctness

ChunkManager builds the chunk-map key by left-shifting a signed value derived from chunkX; when
chunkX is negative (valid for negative world coords), the shift is undefined behavior in C++. This
can produce inconsistent keys and chunk lookup failures depending on compiler/optimization.
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### Issue description
Left-shifting a negative signed integer is undefined behavior in C++. The current key pack does exactly that when `chunkX < 0`.

### Issue Context
The chunk system supports negative coordinates (via `floor()`), so this is a real runtime condition.

### Fix Focus Areas
- FarmEngine/world/chunks/ChunkSystem.cpp[333-336]
- FarmEngine/world/chunks/ChunkSystem.cpp[496-498]
- FarmEngine/world/chunks/ChunkSystem.h[118-120]

### Expected change
- Pack using unsigned arithmetic, e.g.:
  ```cpp
  uint64_t key = (static_cast<uint64_t>(static_cast<uint32_t>(chunkX)) << 32) |
                 static_cast<uint32_t>(chunkZ);
  ```
- Consider changing the map key type to `uint64_t` to match.
- Apply the same packing logic everywhere the key is computed.

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