v1.66.0

Breaking changes

• EventHandle and option to disable EventHandler chaining. by @Maksims in #5481 breaks compatibility with Tween, see playcanvas/playcanvas-tween#42

Changes

• Refactor the internals of antialiasing / backbuffer on WebGL device by @mvaligursky in #5628
• NullGraphicsDevice implementation allowing to run the application without rendering by @mvaligursky in #5563
• GltfExporter supports BasicMaterial by @mvaligursky in #5562
• Refactor LayerComposition to avoid its update when mesh transparency changes / mesh is added by @mvaligursky in #5536
• Mat3 and Mat4 updates by @slimbuck in #5567
• chore(examples): address eslint warnings by @epreston in #5532
• chore(examples): rollup type completion - lint warnings by @epreston in #5539
• chore: update package-lock.json by @epreston in #5543
• chore: include localised readmes in npm package by @epreston in #5544
• Simplify some shadow penumbra math / avoid divide by zero by @mvaligursky in #5551
• Add WebXR types by @willeastcott in #5556
• WebXR Anchors by @Maksims in #3091
• Layer composition does not maintain list of shadow casters per light by @mvaligursky in #5540
• JSDoc: Remove redundant default param values by @willeastcott in #5566
• JSDoc: Modernize some blocks by @willeastcott in #5568
• WorldClusters allocation is now dynamic, removed from composition update by @mvaligursky in #5569
• Refactored and fixed the lightcube lighting for particle emitters by @mvaligursky in #5570
• Remove unneeded indirection using light indices by @mvaligursky in #5571
• Shader generators are converted to modules by @mvaligursky in #5552
• Cookie renderer refactored to use a single render pass by @mvaligursky in #5572
• Improvement to light sorting when layer light hash is generated by @mvaligursky in #5576
• Refactor shader caching to handle mesh instance on layers with different lights by @mvaligursky in #5582
• Vec and Quat source args by @slimbuck in #5575
• chore: speed up and clean up CI by @epreston in #5590
• Refactored the way LightComponent changes notify the LayerComposition by @mvaligursky in #5592
• Refactored shadow casting directional lights collection by @mvaligursky in #5593
• chore(examples): update playcanvas-spine.3.8.js by @epreston in #5600
• refactor(build): update rollup shaderChunks by @epreston in #5602
• chore(build): create .eslintrc.json in karma tests by @epreston in #5603
• Layer composition no longer handles lights by @mvaligursky in #5604
• Converted Picker to use render pass internally by @mvaligursky in #5608
• Added function: RenderTarget.resize by @mvaligursky in #5611
• Remove private Texture.getDds function that is no longer needed by @mvaligursky in #5612
• rollup-shader-chunks.mjs: simplify + fix template string bug by @kungfooman in #5613
• Add setAttribute to standard material by @LeXXik in #5607
• Refactor rendering in MiniStats by @mvaligursky in #5616
• Minor update to instancing example by @LeXXik in #5618
• Don't drop newline of single line comments by @kungfooman in #5617
• Added width and height to sprite component clone by @OlegGedzjuns in #5625
• Easy ES5 ES6 Distinguishability via file extension only by @kungfooman in #5623
• Renaming of internal variable to backBufferFormat by @mvaligursky in #5630
• MiniStats render on UI layer by @mvaligursky in #5631
• chore: update jsdoc comment by @epreston in #5634
• Vec2.rotate(degrees), Vec2.angle, Vec2.angleTo methods by @Maksims in #5622
• Refactor - do not create cookies render pass each time but reuse one by @mvaligursky in #5645
• Small internal refator to RenderPass to allow simpler override implementation by @mvaligursky in #5652
• Extracted generic render pass for a cookie renderer and picker to a new modules by @mvaligursky in #5653
• Adding glsl tags to internal shaders for syntax highlighting to work by @mvaligursky in #5654
• Extract the color grab functionality to a render pass by @mvaligursky in #5655
• Small internal refactor of the way camera is passed around for rendering by @mvaligursky in #5656
• Removed CookieRenderer by making it fully integrated into cookie render pass by @mvaligursky in #5658
• Renamed internal render pass function for consistency by @mvaligursky in #5660
• Compressed texture formats working on webgpu by @slimbuck in #5659
• Enable WebGPU support for TextureBasis engine example by @mvaligursky in #5661
• Internal variable renamed for consistency with next updates by @mvaligursky in #5666
• Fallback Webgl1 solution for depth grab is replaced by a RenderPassDepth by @mvaligursky in #5671
• Update basis binaries by @slimbuck in #5674
• Convert depth grabbing functionality on WebGL2/WebGPU to a render pass by @mvaligursky in #5673
• Add equalsApprox to vec2, vec3, vec4 (and tests) by @querielo in #5662
• Latest ammo module by @slimbuck in #5676
• Deprecate device.webgl2 in favor of device.isWebGL2 by @mvaligursky in #5678
• Small cleanup to the way antialiasing set up is handled by @mvaligursky in #5679
• Validate and enforce valid texture dimensions by @mvaligursky in #5683
• Improved handling of VSM32 on WebGPU by @mvaligursky in #5684
• chore(deps): update chai to ^4.3.10 by @epreston in #5696
• Fix scroll view touch events by @LeXXik in #5703
• Bump actions/checkout from 3 to 4 by @dependabot in #5701
• Better handling of gltf blend materials by @slimbuck in #5705
• feat(build): clean build folder before rebuilding all targets by @epreston in #5695
• Fire destroy event in AppBase#destroy by @kungfooman in #5693
• Add RenderTarget|null typing + remove dead code by @kungfooman in #5704
• New API: add a scaled vector by @LeXXik in #5702
• Ministats render size by @slimbuck in #5718

Bug fixes

• Fix to the LitShader compatibility handling by @mvaligursky in #5533
• Set ior when metalness is used by @slimbuck in #5534
• fix: jsdoc typo by @epreston in #5537
• fix(examples): update react app code by @epreston in #5545
• fix(examples): undefined imageEntity by @epreston in #5547
• [Fix] Avoid additional shaders creation caused by out of order lights by @mvaligursky in #5550
• Fix some consistent-return lint errors by @willeastcott in #5557
• fix(test): vec3.test.mjs by @epreston in #5559
• fix(examples): remove duplicate npm parameter by @epreston in #5560
• [Fix] Fix few shader chunks using removed IridescenceArgs struct by @mvaligursky in #5564
• Fix to lightmapper when no baking lights by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas...

v1.65.5

Bug fixes

• (iOS 17) When the context is lost, silently ignore failed shader compilation by @mvaligursky in #5644
• (iOS 17) Handle basis wasm regression by @slimbuck in #5657
• Material prefiltered cubemap fix by @slimbuck in #5627
• handle null gl.getContextAttributes by jbromberg in #5667

Full Changelog: v1.65.4...v1.65.5

v1.65.4

Bug fixes

• [Fix] avoid null/undefined access on iOS when the context is lost by @mvaligursky in #5610

Full Changelog: v1.65.3...v1.65.4

v1.65.3

Bug fixes

• Handle case of gl.getSupportedExtrentions returning null by @mvaligursky in #5583

Full Changelog: v1.65.2...v1.65.3

v1.65.2

Bug Fixes

• [Fix] Null / undefined access to script loader and xr fix by @mvaligursky in #5580
• Refactor shader caching to handle mesh instance on layers with different lights by @mvaligursky in #5582

Full Changelog: v1.65.1...v1.65.2

v1.65.1

Bug Fixes

[Fix] Avoid additional shaders creation caused by out of order lights by @mvaligursky in #5550
[Fix] Fix few shader chunks using removed IridescenceArgs struc by @mvaligursky in #5564
Fix to lightmapper when no baking lights @mvaligursky in #5565

Full Changelog: v1.65.0...v1.65.1

v1.65.0

Breaking changes

• [BREAKING] Removed support for static lights by @mvaligursky in #5502
• [BREAKING] Layer.cullingMask and Camera.cullingMask has been removed as not needed by @mvaligursky in #5506

Changes

• Simple GpuProfiler implementation for WebGL and WebGPU by @mvaligursky in #5470
• Custom material type by @GSterbrant in #5445
• Optimize AssetRegistry class by @willeastcott in #5457
• Optimize AssetRegistry.find and findAll by @Maksims in #5480
• Optimization of the render pipeline cache access on WebGPU by @mvaligursky in #5490
• Optimized the key generation for StencilParameters by @mvaligursky in #5491
• Optimize LayerComposition layer lookup by name and id using Maps by @mvaligursky in #5514
• EventHandler: refactor, comment and optimize by @Maksims in #5501
• Support for powerPreference option for WebGPU by @mvaligursky in #5418
• Updated the way WebGPU submits command buffers for rendering by @mvaligursky in #5423
• Custom shader based multisampled depth resolve for WebGPU by @mvaligursky in #5485
• Bump allocation for Uniform Buffers on WebGPU by @mvaligursky in #5438
• Additional per camera uniforms added to the view bind group by @mvaligursky in #5416
• Improved the contact hardening shadows example by @GSterbrant in #5411
• Handle anim events during reverse playback by @ellthompson in #5413
• Change behaviour of lightSize by @GSterbrant in #5421
• Simplify the normal offset shadow coordinate method for clustered point lights by @GSterbrant in #5425
• Removed no longer needed temporarily WebGPU test code by @mvaligursky in #5427
• Compensate PCSS kernel with depth range for directional lights by @GSterbrant in #5441
• Export TextureUtils. by @slimbuck in #5448
• Update webgpu types package to latest version by @mvaligursky in #5449
• Update lightmapper chunks to 1_65 by @GSterbrant in #5465
• Implement/use GraphNode#remove by @kungfooman in #5469
• Updated eslint-config to 1.50 by @mvaligursky in #5472
• Improves PCSS with directional light by @GSterbrant in #5456
• Only rebuild shaders on sky rotation change if changing away from identity by @mvaligursky in #5467
• Don't try to normalize depth by @GSterbrant in #5476
• VSM shadows work on WebGPU by @mvaligursky in #5475
• Keep clustered lighting always enabled on WebGPU by @mvaligursky in #5477
• Initialize basis using WasmModule by @slimbuck in #5489
• Remove string.toBool function by @mvaligursky in #5493
• Typedoc: assign categories to classes by @willeastcott in #5495
• Typedoc: Ensure both setters and getters appear in docs by @willeastcott in #5496
• Update time.js by @epreston in #5498
• Improve some JSDoc blocks by @willeastcott in #5499
• Lit material by @slimbuck in #5488
• Update README.md by @epreston in #5503
• Remove obsolete code comment by @mvaligursky in #5504
• Very small cleanup in Layers by @mvaligursky in #5505
• Light hash generation does not use strings by @mvaligursky in #5508
• Add MeshInstance.transparent to optimize access to it by @mvaligursky in #5516 @5517
• Update tsconfig.json by @epreston in #5518
• Chore JSDoc cleanup by @epreston in #5519
• Refactor string.format by @willeastcott in #5520
• Fire ‘shader:generate’ when a shader code gets generated by @mvaligursky in #5524
• Tint shader compiler updated to more up to date version (mid May) by @mvaligursky in #5527
• chore: update examples build by @epreston in #5523
• Update puppeteer by @epreston in #5529
• chore: update eslint for examples by @epreston in #5530
• Provide litArgs backwards compatibility by @kungfooman in #5494

Bug fixes

• Fix to recently introduced error related to postprocessing on a camera with RT by @mvaligursky in #5396
• AnimBlendTree fix by @ellthompson in #5401
• Fix to depth-grab pass on WebGl1 by @mvaligursky in #5402
• Fix PCSS with WebGL1 by @GSterbrant in #5403
• [Fix] Define pc_fragColor in all cases by @mvaligursky in #5404
• Env bugfix by @slimbuck in #5405
• Fix to window resizing on WebGPU when post-effects are used by @mvaligursky in #5406
• Additional envAtlas fixes by @slimbuck in #5412
• Disable normal bias with VSM by @GSterbrant in #5417
• Delete cache entry when setting null value by @slimbuck in #5419
• Fix to broken omni shadows on WebGL2 with clustered lighting by @GSterbrant in #5424
• Fix Entity#destroy by @kungfooman in #5414
• [Anim Component] Fix exit time conditions for non looping animations by @ellthompson in #5426
• Fix directional light not fading out with only a single cascade. by @GSterbrant in #5429
• Fix point light shadows missing float packing by @GSterbrant in #5432
• Fix comment for cascaded shadows by @GSterbrant in #5430
• Fix float unpacking by @GSterbrant in #5433
• Correctly render textures using drawTexture by @mvaligursky in #5434
• Fix to drawDepthTexture to not rendered flipped by @mvaligursky in #5435
• [Fix] Do not dispatch local lights when clustered lighting is enabled by @mvaligursky in #5443
• Morph: fix options handling and targets validation by @kungfooman in #5442
• Fix omni light shadows with PCSS and clustered by @GSterbrant in #5446
• Don't write to FragDepth unless depth value is modified by @GSterbrant in #5451
• Order draco vertex normals correctly by @slimbuck in #5453
• Don't assume MRT extension is available on webgl1 by @slimbuck in #5454
• [Fix] Workaround for shader compile issue on iOS 15 related to MRT by @mvaligursky in #5459
• Fix AssetRegistry#get to support string ids by @willeastcott in #5461
• Fix script hotreload by @slimbuck in #5462
• Fixes Adreno 610 and 618 bugs by @GSterbrant in #5463
• [Fix] Depth grab-pass wasn’t working correctly on WebGL1 in some cases by @mvaligursky in #5464
• Add missing types to StandardMaterial by @jbromberg in #5466
• Ignore undefined lighting params when applying scene settings by @mvaligursky in #5478
• Add .js to three import's by @kungfooman in #5482
• Instancing fix by @slimbuck in #5486
• Fix up Typedocs with missing properties by @willeastcott in #5487
• Fix WebGL depth texture support by @liamdon in #5497
• Small fix to Meshinstance’s cache of shaders for passes by @mvaligursky in #5507
• Fix flipY handling for WebGPU engine examples by @mvaligursky in #5500
• fix: example thumbnail build...

v1.64.4

Fixes

• Fix script hotreload by @slimbuck in #5462
• Fix Depth grab-pass wasn’t working correctly on WebGL1 in some cases by @mvaligursky in #5464
• Add missing types to StandardMaterial by @jbromberg in #5466
• Only rebuild shaders on sky rotation change if changing away from identity by @mvaligursky in #5467

Full Changelog: v1.64.3...v1.64.4

v1.64.3

Fixes

• Order draco vertex normals correctly by @slimbuck in #5453
• Optimize AssetRegistry class by @willeastcott in #5457, #5461
• Don't assume MRT extension is available webgl1 by @slimbuck in #5454
• [Fix] Workaround for shader compile issue on iOS 15 related to MRT by @mvaligursky in #5459

Full Changelog: v1.64.2...v1.64.3

v1.64.2

Bug Fixes

• [Examples Browser] Thumbnail generation fix by @ellthompson in #5439
• Compensate PCSS kernel with depth range for directional lights by @GSterbrant in #5441
• [Fix] Do not dispatch local lights when clustered lighting is enabled by @mvaligursky in #5443
• Morph: fix options handling and targets validation by @kungfooman in #5442
• fix for PlayCanvas engine sourcemaps in the examples browser by @ellthompson in #5447
• Export TextureUtils by @slimbuck in #5448
• Fix omni light shadows with PCSS and clustered by @GSterbrant in #5446
• Don't write to FragDepth unless depth value is modified by @GSterbrant in #5451

Full Changelog: v1.64.1...v1.64.2