narrowphase gjk epa

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replaces former pairwise SAT collision-dispatch matrix with a unified GJK/EPA narrowphase. adds dimension-agnostic overlap detection (Gjk), penetration/normal recovery (Epa), multi-point contact generation via Sutherland-Hodgman clipping (Manifold), and cross-frame warm-starting (ManifoldCache)

• gjkOverlap/epaPenetration handle 2D and 3D uniformly, branching on GJK's terminal simplex size rather than a body-level flag
• buildManifold clips to up to 2 (2D) or 4 (3D box-vs-box) contact points; spheres and non-box 3D pairs fall back to EPA's single point
• ManifoldCache matches points by world-anchor proximity to carry normalImpulse/tangentImpulse forward across frames
• 22 scenarios ported from double-dispatcher/tests/test_narrowphase.cpp as regression coverage, plus new GJK/EPA/manifold/cache unit tests

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added convex-shape collision detection for overlap testing and penetration depth.
  • Added contact manifold generation for sphere, polygon, and box collisions.
  • Added manifold caching to preserve contact data and warm-start impulses across frames.

• Tests

  • Added broad coverage for collision detection, penetration, contact manifolds, caching, and narrowphase regression scenarios.

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This change adds the GJK and EPA collision algorithms, contact manifold construction, frame-based manifold caching, build integration, and tests for 2D, 3D, sphere, box, convex-hull, and regression cases.

Changes

Collision pipeline

Layer / File(s)	Summary
GJK overlap detection include/collision/Gjk.hpp, src/collision/Gjk.cpp, tests/test_gjk.cpp	Adds support-point and simplex result types. Implements iterative GJK overlap testing for convex shapes with point, line, triangle, tetrahedron, duplicate-point, and degenerate-case handling.
EPA penetration computation include/collision/Epa.hpp, src/collision/Epa.cpp, tests/test_epa.cpp, tests/test_narrowphase_regression.cpp	Adds penetration results and computes sphere, 2D, and 3D penetration data from terminal GJK simplices. Adds analytic, shape-pair, intersection, and false-positive coverage.
Manifold construction and caching include/collision/Manifold.hpp, src/collision/ManifoldBuilder.cpp, include/collision/ManifoldCache.hpp, src/collision/ManifoldCache.cpp, tests/test_manifold.cpp, tests/test_manifold_cache.cpp, CMakeLists.txt, tests/CMakeLists.txt	Adds clipped 2D and 3D contacts, single-point fallbacks, canonical body-pair caching, frame eviction, and warm-start impulse transfer. Registers the implementation and test sources in CMake.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~75 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 821c4

Degenerate or capsule collisions can be missed or produce invalid contact data, and release builds can access an invalid EPA face. These collision-path defects should be fixed before merge.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ShapePair
  participant gjkOverlap
  participant epaPenetration
  participant buildManifold
  participant ManifoldCache
  ShapePair->>gjkOverlap: shape and transform pairs
  gjkOverlap-->>epaPenetration: overlap result and terminal simplex
  epaPenetration-->>buildManifold: penetration depth, normal, and contact points
  buildManifold->>ManifoldCache: fresh manifold
  ManifoldCache-->>ShapePair: active manifold with preserved impulses

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Inline comments:
In `@src/collision/Epa.cpp`:
- Around line 248-251: Update epaPenetration in src/collision/Epa.cpp at lines
248-251 and buildManifold in src/collision/ManifoldBuilder.cpp at lines 295-298
to use one explicit shape-planarity signal for dispatch instead of
terminalSimplex.simplexCount. Ensure coplanar shapes select planar geometry
while 3D BoxShape or CapsuleShape pairs remain on the 3D EPA/manifold path even
when tetrahedronCase reduces the simplex to three points.
- Around line 207-211: In the EPA loop, copy the selected Face before expansion
mutates faces, then use that snapshot for the final result instead of indexing
faces with stale closestIdx after the loop. Preserve the existing empty-face
handling so release builds do not access an empty vector, and rely on the
snapshot’s vertex indices against the retained verts collection.

In `@src/collision/Gjk.cpp`:
- Line 210: Update the GJK iteration-limit fallback in the collision routine so
it returns an explicit indeterminate result instead of setting
result.overlapping to false. Handle that indeterminate outcome before
epaPenetration, preserving EPA’s requirement for a valid 3- or 4-point simplex;
add a regression test covering identical one-vertex ConvexHullShape instances.

In `@src/collision/ManifoldBuilder.cpp`:
- Around line 58-60: Ensure ConvexHullShape vertices are validated or normalized
to counterclockwise winding before buildManifold passes them to
bestAlignedEdge2D and edge-normal extraction. Preserve the existing hull vertex
data for already-CCW input, and reject or consistently normalize clockwise input
within ConvexHullShape.
- Around line 142-148: Update clip2D to return singlePointManifold when either
input polygon contains fewer than two vertices, before calling bestAlignedEdge2D
or normalizing an edge direction. Preserve the existing clipping behavior for
polygons with at least two vertices.

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• CMakeLists.txt
• include/collision/Epa.hpp
• include/collision/Gjk.hpp
• include/collision/Manifold.hpp
• include/collision/ManifoldCache.hpp
• src/collision/Epa.cpp
• src/collision/Gjk.cpp
• src/collision/ManifoldBuilder.cpp
• src/collision/ManifoldCache.cpp
• tests/CMakeLists.txt
• tests/test_epa.cpp
• tests/test_gjk.cpp
• tests/test_manifold.cpp
• tests/test_manifold_cache.cpp
• tests/test_narrowphase_regression.cpp

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