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Release Notes

v4.10.0

  • Foundation

    • New Digraph container
    • Net Set container

  • Mathematics

    • Fixed vector division bug
    • Fixed orthographic matrix calculation
    • Fixed identity flag when scaling transformations

  • Rendering

    • Render Graphs
    • Implemented basic Render Graph passes
    • Enhanced Shader Graphs
    • Crimild Shading Language utility functions
    • New render queues for screen and opaque objects
    • Render Target catalog
    • Shareable Render Targets
    • Deprecate RenderPass and subclasses
    • Primitive catalogs and bindings
    • Use layout annotations for GLSL attributes
    • Improve vertex array objects usage in OpenGL

  • UI

    • New UI components: UICanvas, UIFrame, UIBackground
    • New UIFrameConstraint component for layout

v4.9.0

  • Foundation

    • New Queue container
    • Removed Shared Object collections
    • Containers improvements

  • Mathematics

    • Fixed quaternion slerp interpolations

  • Rendering

    • Shader Graphs support with OpenGL implementation

  • Animations

    • Implemented new animation system
    • Implemented blending and transitions for animations
    • Implemented coding and cloning support for animations

  • Core

    • Implemented coding support for Light class

  • Import

    • Fixed quaternion angles when importing scenes

  • Audio

    • Implement audio system using SDL_Mixer
    • Deprecated SFML-based audio system

  • Simulation

    • Implemented SDL-based simulation
    • Deprecated GLFW-based simulation
    • Fix component update pass

  • Emscripten

    • Enable Emscripten support using CMake
    • Enable audio support on web export
    • Bundle assets

v4.8.0

  • Build System

    • Exposed executable target properties to client applications for custom properties specifications.
    • Fixed OS X bundled resources
    • Improved build times by maximizing forward declarations usage.

  • Mathematics

    • Added infinity constants for scalars and vectors.

  • Foundation

    • Added new containers for arrays, maps, queues and stacks using new C++11 features.
    • Added ThreadModel policy.
    • Added dynamic casting utility for SharedPointer class.
    • Added ObjectFactory class.
    • Added type aliases.
    • Added unit test cases.
    • Deprecated old collection implementations.

  • Core

    • Added new Coding system, including new Codable, Encoder and Decoder classes.
    • Added MemoryEncoder and MemoryDecoder classes for in-memory coding.
    • Added FileEncoder and FileDecoder classes for loading and saving encoded data.
    • Added coding support for most of the Core classes.
    • Added cloning capabilities to NodeComponent and derived classes.
    • Added anchors for text alignment.
    • Added Console commands.
    • Added unit test cases.
    • Added module initialization function.
    • Deprecated Stream and related classes.
    • Deprecated SceneBuilder and related class.

*Behaviors * Added BehaviorTree class. * Added BehaviorContextValue class. * Moved BehaviorController to crimild::behaviors namespace. * Added coding support for main classes. * Added new unit test cases.

  • Navigation

    • Added coding support for main classes.

  • Particle System

    • Added coding support for main classes.

  • Rendering

    • Added getters for audio source properties like duration and channels
    • Added callback to get data chunks for audio sources
    • Added coding support for main classes.

  • Audio

    • Added coding support for main classes.

  • Simulation

    • Removed concurrent component update for scene nodes.
    • Added method to retrieve a System instance by name.
    • Added coding support for scene loading.

  • Importer

    • Updated Assimp to v4.1.0

  • Scripting

    • Added LuaEncoder and LuaDecoder classes for loading and saving encoded data.
    • Added flag CRIMILD_ENABLE_SCRIPTING to detect whether or not the scripting module is enabled.
    • Deprecated LuaSceneBuilder class
    • Updated Lua to v5.3.14
    • Added unit test cases.

  • iOS

    • Added audio classes using native frameworks
    • Updated project files

v4.7.0

  • Math

    • New LineSegment class
    • Minor fixes

  • Core

    • Fixed particle sorting

  • Rendering

    • Minor fixes

  • Audio

    • New audio-related classes
    • Implemented SFML audio classes
    • Removed deprecated audio classes

  • Navigation

    • Compute edge sliding vector
    • Improved navigation component

  • Behaviors

    • Implemented Behavior Tree base classes
    • Implemented reusable behaviors

  • Scripting

    • Implemented builders for core classes

  • Debug

    • Improved debug tools for navigation meshes

v4.6.0

  • Math

    • Compute inverse transformation

  • Core

    • Implemented version control for streams
    • Allow for time offsets when specifying skin animations
    • Allow particle system to be paused and resumed
    • Fixed UISystem
    • Fixed invalid camera problem when picking
    • Allow the console to use the command history
    • Fixed particle system emition rate

  • Rendering

    • Composite Render Passes
    • Fixed ambient light calculation in standard shader
    • Shadows improvements
    • Use OpenGL Core Profile 3.3

  • Navigation

    • Implemented Navigation Meshes
    • Load navmeshes from OBJ files

  • Scripting

    • Allow nodes to define a radius for the bounding volume in lua scripts

  • Debug

    • Improved debug facilities

v4.5.0

  • Foundation

    • Define platform-independent types to be used throughout the engine

  • Math

    • Implemented time scales for all clocks
    • Improved random number generator

  • Core

    • Implemented modular particle system
    • Implemented simple interactive console for simulations
    • Improved streaming support on most classes
    • Improved text support

  • Debug

    • Improved Profiler
    • Improved render tools
    • Implemented debug text rendering

  • Rendering

    • Implemented filters for textures
    • Improvements on shadow mapping

  • Scripting

    • Implemented generic object builder for Lua parser

v4.4.1

  • Scripting

    • Fixed initial state for cameras in script builder

  • Rendering

    • Fallback to OpenGL ES 2 on Android
    • Fixed occluder check when computing render queue

v4.4.0

  • Math

    • Implemented euler angle conversion for quaternions.
    • Implemented helper methods to get world up vector in local space

  • SceneGraph

    • Improved Switch
    • Bind lights only if enabled

  • Simulation

    • Update scene in main thread, nodes in parallel
    • Dispatch mouse motion event during input's update phase
    • Retain scene when doing update
    • Fixed concurrency bug in AssetManager
    • Added basic joystick support

  • Scripting

    • Added helper method to get a child evaluator

  • Rendering

    • Added support for render to texture using an offscreen camera
    • Fixed light type bug in OpenGL
    • Improved Depth of Field image effect
    • Improved Vignette image effect

  • Build System

    • Fixed CMake script for file extraction
    • Fixed build system for Visual Studio

v4.3.0

  • Math

    • Improved Clock

  • Core

    • New Job System for concurrency
    • Removed old task manager
    • New logging facilitites
    • Implemented BillboardComponent class

  • Rendering

    • Improve render queues to sort objects based on type
    • Add compare functions to DepthState
    • Removed deprecated render passes
    • Promote raytracing-related code to a core module
    • Fixed viewport-related bug when beginning a frame

  • iOS

    • Updated iOS project

v4.2.0

  • Math

    • Return best match in intersection test
    • Implemented pow function in numeric
    • Implemented times function in Matrix and Vector to perform element-wise multipliciation
    • Added method in Ray class to compute interpolated point in ray
    • Fixed polynomial root solver bug
    • Added helper constants in Vector class for known vectors
    • Improved numerical methods
    • Fixed Quaternion SLERP interpolation
    • Allow transformations to be created form a 4x4 matrix

  • Core

    • Implemented NonCopyable classes (replacing CRIMILD_DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN macro)
    • Implemented simple low-overhead RTTI facilities
    • Improved SkinnedMesh animation
    • Implemented streaming for objects in a scene
    • Fixed concurrency problems with render queues.
    • Fixed cloning for skinned mesh
    • Fixed FileSystem base directory bug
    • Check if message dispatcher instances are valid before invoking them
    • Implemented ArcPrimitive
    • Save skinned mesh (if any) when updating render state for a scene
    • Avoid discarding groups on culling pass.
    • New particle system
    • Implemented progress callback for animations. Fixed time for animation reset

  • Rendering

    • Implemented StandardRenderPass
    • Deprecated ForwardRenderPass
    • Deprecated BasicRenderPass
    • Implemented PostRenderPass for post-processing
    • Moved render passes to their own folder
    • Implemented ColorMaskState for occluders
    • Create and configure the screen buffer as early as possible
    • ForwardRenderPass will compute shadow maps in all platforms
    • Fixed shadow map shaders
    • Generate auxiliary FBOs on Renderer setup and store them in asset cache
    • Use GLEW from sources instead of as a submodule
    • Fixed directional lighting rendering issue
    • Improved debug render tools
    • (Experimental) Metal support on iOS/tvOS

  • Simulation

    • Clear AssetManager when stopping a simulation
    • Improved deinitialization for simulation and subsystems
    • Implemented axis state in input facilities

  • Scripting

    • Enable/Disable verbose logging for scripting from CMake
    • Improved light support on lua scene builder
    • Build new particle system from Lua script
    • Enhanced Lua builder to support physical entities

  • Audio

    • No changes

  • Physics

    • Fixed ground check for rigid bodies
    • Implemented function to detect ground collisions in rigid bodies
    • Implemented standard colliders for physical objects
    • Improved rigid body configuration for physical objects
    • Allowed to apply linear velocity to bodies during simulation

Testing: * Fixed existing tests * Implement new tests for streaming * Modified CMake scripts to include GTest cases

v4.1.0

  • Core

  • Fixed aspect calculation for main camera

  • Added dump debug tool

  • Added cloning mechanism for bounding volumes

  • Rendering

  • Added flag to textures in order to support different wrap modes

  • Avoid switching rendering states when the queues are empty

  • Wait for message to present next frame

  • Fixed bug in render queue reset

  • [iOS] Create frame buffer objects in with correct resolution

  • [iOS] trigger frame presentation after binding default FBO

  • [OpenGL] Improved frame buffer object catalog to support iOS

  • [OpenGL] Improved error logging

  • [OpenGL] Fix screen shaders to work on iOS

  • [OpenGL] Improved Image Effects to support iOS

  • Simulation

  • Compute aspect ratio automatically for Main Camera

  • Allow custom configurations for TaskManager

  • Fixed integration error in Update system

  • Decreased accumulation threshold to at most 4 frames in update system

  • Clear AssetManager cache before loading a scene

  • Add tools for getting the documents directory

  • Make sure there is a main camera before starting components

  • Scripting

  • Use RTTI for builders in Lua Scene Builder

  • Enable on-demand logging

  • Clone nodes in lua builder

  • Audio

  • Enable OpenAL in iOS

  • Infrastructure

  • Added CMake tool for easier app configuration

  • Added CMake tool for easier app configuration

v4.0.1

  • Build System
  • Fixed Windows (MSYS) build
  • Fixed Android build
  • Misc
  • Removed old COLLADA files

v4.0.0

  • Foundation
  • Implemented small object allocator
  • Implement explicit ownership for objects
  • Math
  • Improved random number generation
  • Renamed TransformationImpl to Transformation (and viceversa)
  • Rendering
  • Move shader code to separated files (Ongoing)
  • Move Renderer object cache to AssetManager
  • Improve image effect processing while rendering frames
  • Handle S and D buffers in base RenderPass class
  • [OpenGL] Unify OpenGL renderers (Desktop and Mobile)
  • [OpenGL] Increase GL version to 4 for all desktop shaders
  • [OpenGL] Deprecate GLES code in favor of new renderer
  • [OpenGL] Implemented custom GLSL prefixes with macros for each platforms
  • [OpenGL] Fixed normals mapping artifacts in forward shaders
  • Scene Graph
  • Improve text support and tools
  • Improved Text and Font classes to automatically use SDF fonts if avaiable
  • Add flag to Camera class to enable/disable culling (default: enabled)
  • Allow node retrieval from parents using names
  • Implemented shortcut for component retrieval from other components
  • Simulation
  • Parallel architecture for simulation
  • Implemented simulation systems
  • Enforce frame synchronization with messages
  • Improved scene loading with streaming system
  • Removed simulation tasks in favor of systems
  • Loaders
  • Improve OBJ loader
  • Fixed vertex tanget computation in OBJ loader
  • Scripting
  • Lua scene builder
  • Misc & Tools
  • Support MinGW in Windows
  • Improved platform detection and macros