v1.69.2

Fixes

• Moved callbacks inside appbase scope by @kpal81xd in #6149
• Typedoc hide exported classes by @kpal81xd in #6161
• Fix omni lights shadows on WebGPU @mvaligursky in #6165
• Removed circular dep file from package by @kpal81xd in #6168
• Fix the incorrectly exposed PostEffect type parameter by @battall and @mvaligursky and (#6167)

Full Changelog: v1.69.1...v1.69.2

v1.69.1

Fixes

• Modified regex for root path (example publish fix) by @kpal81xd in #6137
• [Fix] Fix the shader linking after the lost context has been restored. by @mvaligursky in #6146
• Add extras.mjs to exported files by @marklundin in #6153
• [Fix] reset internal cached state for face culling when the device is restored by @mvaligursky in #6155

Full Changelog: v1.69.0...v1.69.1

v1.69.0

What's Changed

• TAA reprojection by @mvaligursky in #6048
• Bundles Refactor by @Maksims in #5675
• Optimize shader processor by @mvaligursky in #6067
• Mesh collision improvements by @LeXXik in #5818
• Mesh collision optimization by @LeXXik in #6087
• Add support for R16F and RG16F texture formats by @mvaligursky in #6128
• Gizmo uniform scaling update by @kpal81xd in #5999
• Add API docs for MiniStats by @willeastcott in #6010
• Assign categories to constants by @willeastcott in #6012
• Fix some developer site links by @willeastcott in #6013
• Update some links embedded in the source by @willeastcott in #6014
• Update README files by @willeastcott in #6019
• Expose docs for GSplatResource and GSplatComponent by @mvaligursky in #6021
• Implement changes to WebGPU timestamp-query by @erikdubbelboer in #6001
• Double buffer TAA’s accumulation buffer in preparation for last frame reprojection by @mvaligursky in #6025
• Simplify RenderPassDepth to use automatic render target resizing provided by the base class by @mvaligursky in #6029
• Add support for debug rendering obbs by @slimbuck in #6023
• Extracted renderForwardLayer function to the renderer by @mvaligursky in #6031
• GSplat mateirlal can create a PICK shader pass version of the shader by @mvaligursky in #6033
• Load compressed ply elements by default by @slimbuck in #6034
• Small refactor to ForwardRenderer.renderForwardLayer to allow additional options by @mvaligursky in #6035
• Small clean up to depth rendering by @mvaligursky in #6037
• Don't upload texture if locked using TEXTURELOCK_READ by @liamdon in #6003
• Make sure render pass name is valid for derived classes by @mvaligursky in #6039
• WebXR - expose APIs to docs and some minor improvements by @Maksims in #6042
• RenderPassPrepass implementation by @mvaligursky in #6040
• Change ResourceHandler from interface to base class by @willeastcott in #5574
• Expose AppOptions and correct its types by @mvaligursky in #5986
• Gizmo grid and mesh shaders by @kpal81xd in #6036
• Add Asset category for API reference by @willeastcott in #6051
• publish on a new tag by @isumygin-sc in #6057
• dry run removed by @isumygin-sc in #6059
• Small cleanup of SkinInstance by @mvaligursky in #6064
• Resource Handler (handlerType in constructor) by @kpal81xd in #6068
• WebXR request hand-tracking for AR as well. by @Maksims in #6069
• Update to WGSL shader creation - formats are passed in the shaderDefinition by @mvaligursky in #6071
• Rename playcanvas-extras build by @marklundin in #6075
• WebXR - expose framebuffer scale factor by @Maksims in #6074
• Link WebGL shaders immediately after compilation by @mvaligursky in #6076
• WebXR FrameRate by @Maksims in #6077
• Remove es6 polyfills by @marklundin in #6079
• Refactor of the shader validation by @mvaligursky in #6081
• Small shader initialization cleanup / optimization by @mvaligursky in #6083
• Object entries polyfill by @marklundin in #6080
• Tech to allow async shader compilation, disabled by @mvaligursky in #6084
• Remove section on source maps from README by @willeastcott in #6086
• When WebGPU validation fails, current markers are logged out by @mvaligursky in #6089
• Assert when current version of Ammo does not implement now required triMesh.getIndexedMeshArray by @mvaligursky in #6092
• Add banner for single-file ESM bundles + fixing type error by @kungfooman in #6095
• Add rollup import transform by @marklundin in #6090
• Improvement to GPU markers reporting of render passes by @mvaligursky in #6096
• Vectorize the covariance calculation by @kemchenj in #6098 and #6100
• Allow graphics device to be provided to Application by @slimbuck in #6099
• WebGPU Transpiler absolute path by @kpal81xd in #6103
• Small change to splat shader in a way model matrix is used by @mvaligursky in #6101
• GPU optimization to gsplat rendering by @mvaligursky in #6104
• Added worker environment by @marklundin in #6108
• Update banner to mention MIT license by @willeastcott in #6111
• Update README files to show ESM usage by @willeastcott in #6112
• Tsc Types config cleanup by @kpal81xd in #6115
• BundleHandler max retries by @kpal81xd in #6118
• Tiny splat shader refactoring by @kemchenj in #6106
• Use more compact texture formats storing GSplat data by @mvaligursky in #6129

Fixes

• Fix material error on scale gizmo by @kpal81xd in #5998
• Export Gizmo constants correctly by @willeastcott in #6000
• Fix Gizmo nodes type by @willeastcott in #6008
• [Fix[ Fixed incorrect test for enabled shadow dithering by @mvaligursky in https://github.com//pull/6015
• [Fix] Temporary fix to lightmapper for WebGL by @mvaligursky in #6016
• Gizmo Ortho Rotation fixes by @kpal81xd in #6027
• Gizmo scaling fix by @kpal81xd in #6028
• [Fix] Fix to render composition update if multiple cameras use render passes by @mvaligursky in #6046
• typo by @slimbuck in #6054
• ResourceHandler type fix (constructor parameters) by @kpal81xd in #6063
• Fix issue with script name casing by @marklundin in #6066
• Added ES6 bundle output by @marklundin in #6073
• WebXR Fixed Foveation by @Maksims in #6078
• Fix ENV var target by @marklundin in #6091
• [Fix] WebGPU mesh rendering uses primitive.base correctly by @mvaligursky in #6093
• Engine export fixes by @kpal81xd in #6109
• ScriptType handlers type fix by @kpal81xd in #6123
• Revert "ScriptType handlers type fix" by @kpal81xd in #6125
• Removes source mappings from unbundled builds by @marklundin in #6121
• Adding globalThis typeof check by @marklundin in #6127
• Fix the render target release in the RenderPassDepth (WebGL1 only) by @mvaligursky in #6131

Examples

• Examples Overhaul by @kpal81xd in #6060
• Gizmo example JSDoc by @kpal81xd in #6002
• [Fix examples] Change the path to make sure it deploys by @mvaligursky in #6017
• Fix multi-app example by @erikdubbelboer in #6020
• Fix engine example ExampleOptions params by @erikdubbelboer in #6007
• Examples cleanup by @kpal81xd in #6005
• [Examples] Integer-texture (sand) Remove the quad mouse movement. by @mvaligursky in #6032
• Examples cleanup (2nd pass) by @kpal81xd in #6041
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v1.68.2

Bug Fixes

• Small fix to gizmo orientation (#6054)

Full Changelog: v1.68.1...v1.68.2

v1.68.1

Bug fixes

• Fix multi-app example by @erikdubbelboer in #6020
• Expose docs for GSplatResource and GSplatComponent by @mvaligursky in #6021
• Gizmo Ortho Rotation fixes by @kpal81xd in #6027
• Constant gizmo size on canvas resize by @kpal81xd in #6028
• Update TypeDoc dependencies by @willeastcott
• [Examples] Integer-texture (sand) Remove the quad mouse movement by @mvaligursky in #6032
• GSplat material can create a PICK shader pass version of the shader by @mvaligursky in #6033
• Load compressed ply elements by default by @slimbuck in #6034

Full Changelog: v1.68.0...v1.68.1

v1.68.0

Changes

• Skydome projection to allow dome / box sky texture projections by @mvaligursky in #5886
• Opacity dithering support by @mvaligursky in #5903
• Updated dithered transparency to support blue noise by @mvaligursky in #5941
• Support for integer/data textures in WebGL2 and WebGPU by @liamdon in #5921
• Gizmo System by @kpal81xd in #5928
• WebGPU support for TextureArrays by @mvaligursky in #5861
• ESM ScriptType loading by @marklundin in #5963
• Introduction of RenderPassCameraFrame - pass describing typical render passes for the camera by @mvaligursky in #5881
• Compose render pass contains color grading by @mvaligursky in #5839
• Update scheduling of directional light shadow render passes to be compatible with manual render passes by @mvaligursky in #5845
• [ImgBot] Optimize images by @imgbot in #5838
• Color grab pass can be used for custom render pass rendering by @mvaligursky in #5866
• Vignette support in the Compose render pass by @mvaligursky in #5867
• Fringing / Chromatic Aberration added to render pass compose by @mvaligursky in #5870
• Depth bias support for WebGPU and refactor to add it to the DepthState by @mvaligursky in #5871
• Simplify and optimize some GraphNode find functions by @NewboO in #5850
• Add JSDoc typeof support via JSDoc plugin by @kungfooman in #5882
• Add JSDoc for extras/splat ply-reader/splat-material/splat by @kungfooman in #5868
• RenderPassRenderActions is renamed to RenderPassForward by @mvaligursky in #5890
• Small cleanup of deprecated functionality and default parameters by @mvaligursky in #5897
• No longer exporting deprecated LINEBATCH_ constants by @mvaligursky in #5898
• Exposing sky for Editor by @kpal81xd in #5901, #5904
• Remove unused Texture._isRenderTarget by @erikdubbelboer in #5913
• Call adjustVramSizeTracking for WebGPU textures by @erikdubbelboer in #5915
• WebGPU device exposes fragment/vertex-UniformsCount property by @mvaligursky in #5932
• Refactor of static functions of the LightsBuffer to avoid issues on the null device by @mvaligursky in #5935
• Remove type global function by @slimbuck in #5942
• Fixed name capitalization for Upsample and Downsample render passes by @mvaligursky in #5947
• Use function shorthand in objects by @willeastcott in #5948
• JSDocs for extras/exporters by @mvaligursky in #5954
• Add module docs by @willeastcott in #5959
• Remove VertexArrayObject polyfill for IE11 by @mvaligursky in #5957
• Partial support for Lightmapper on WebGPU by @mvaligursky in #5953
• Use spread to handle variadic args of path.join by @willeastcott in #5961
• Updated babel target list to exlude dead browsers (IE11) by @mvaligursky in #5962
• Small update to JSDocs of the exporters by @mvaligursky in #5965
• Expose EventHandle by @slimbuck in #5969
• Updated description for affectSpecularity by @kpal81xd in #5967
• Refactor JSDocs for events by @willeastcott in #5974
• Gizmo refactor by @kpal81xd in #5975
• Gizmos - Added render update event by @kpal81xd in #5981
• Gizmo view by @kpal81xd in #5984
• Improve TypeDoc categories by @willeastcott in #5977
• Avoid using WebGPU 'timestamp-query' which has been removed in Chrome 121 by @mvaligursky in #5990
• Removed GraphicsDeviceAccess class used for compatibility reasons by @mvaligursky in #5992
• Gizmo transform shape toggling by @kpal81xd in #5995

WebXR

• WebXR Raw Camera Access (color) by @Maksims in #5786
• WebXR Mesh Detection by @Maksims in #5791
• XrAnchors - Availability flag by @Maksims in #5879
• WebXR Input Source: linear velocity by @Maksims in #3060
• WebXR HitTestSource fix by @Maksims in #5887
• WebXR Depth Camera by @Maksims in #5848
• Add missing XR exports by @marklundin in #5971
• Sorts XR re-exports by @marklundin in #5972

Bug fixes

• Reverting recent glb alpha depth write change for transparent meshes by @mvaligursky in #5988
• Add Entity.findScript[s] functions by @NewboO in #5851
• Fix for video textures by @slimbuck in #5836
• Add additional texSubImage2d checks by @slimbuck in #5840
• Ensure screen scale is always valid by @NewboO in #5842
• WebXR handling WebGL context loss by @Maksims in #5849
• Corrected Spelling without Any Functional Changes by @arcadian-st in #5858
• Reproject fix by @slimbuck in #5860
• Disable antialiasing when running in Windows Firefox due to possible Firefox bug by @mvaligursky in #5857
• Adding browser check before calling Spector by @marklundin in #5874
• [Fix] Framebuffer clear flags on the Layer were not correctly used by @mvaligursky in #5875
• npm run docs: fix three errors and remove non-existed argument comment by @kungfooman in #5876
• [Fix] Fix compatibility with deprecated Layer.renderTarget by @mvaligursky in #5877
• Fix docs 404 for XrAnchorCreateCallback by @kungfooman in #5880
• Video fix by @slimbuck in #5896
• Fix to fringe offset to be independent of the render target resolution by @mvaligursky in #5911
• Fix thumbnail creation on Windows by @willeastcott in #5929
• Fix npm run build:thumbnails by @erikdubbelboer in #5919
• Correctly flip the depth texture in drawDepthTexture by @mvaligursky in #5930
• Fix some ShaderPass JSDoc by @kungfooman in #5926
• Store default instancing vertex format in device cache by @mvaligursky in #5936
• Fix typo: Change console.logWarn to console.warn in gltf-exporter.js by @yushimatenjin in #5950
• [Fix] Fix additional shaders getting processed on WebGPU by @mvaligursky in #5952
• Few additional dummy functions on the NullGraphicsDevice to handle engine examples failing. by @mvaligursky in #5956
• Fixes to automated testing to work without VAO extension by @mvaligursky in #5960
• Fix initial value of _assetReference in RenderComponent by @mvaligursky in #5970
• GSplat gizmo bug fixes by @kpal81xd in #5987
• Small fix just introduced related to updating splat instances by @mvaligursky in #5978
• Fix the Sky example - it no longer needs to registerPlyParser by @mvaligursky in #5979
• [Fix] DepthGrab now supports render target without stencil by @mvaligursky in #5994

Experimental features

• Move splat functionality from extras to core engine by @mvaligursky in #5968
• GSplatComponent that allows native integration of splat tech with the Entity by @mvaligursky in #5976
• Implementation of shader generator for Splat Materials supporting gamma and tonemapping options by @mvaligursky in #5900
• ...

v1.67.3

Fixes

• [Fix] Fix compatibility with deprecated Layer.renderTarget by @mvaligursky in #5877

Full Changelog: v1.67.2...v1.67.3

v1.67.2

Fixes

• [[Fix] Framebuffer clear flags on the Layer were not correctly used by @mvaligursky in #5875

Full Changelog: v1.67.1...v1.67.2

v1.67.1

Fixes

• Disable antialiasing when running in Windows Firefox due to possible Firefox bug by @mvaligursky in #5857
• Ensure screen scale is always valid by @NewboO in #5842
• Corrected spelling without functional changes by @arcadian-st in #5858

Full Changelog: v1.67.0...v1.67.1

v1.67.0

Pre-released features

• 3D Gaussian Splat support by @mvaligursky in #5785
• Custom render passes on a camera by @mvaligursky in #5741
• HDR physically based bloom + render pass examples by @mvaligursky in #5833

What's Changed

• Small cleanup of the way requested animation frames are handled by @mvaligursky in #5733
• Implementation of standalone render pass module that renders render-actions by @mvaligursky in #5734
• Refactoring to LayerComposition internal implementation by @mvaligursky in #5738
• chore: "no-else-return" lint warning in release.cjs by @epreston in #5748
• Buffer update speedup by @slimbuck in #5758
• Initial framework for compute shaders on WebGPU by @mvaligursky in #5757
• Examples es6 by @kungfooman in #5555
• Use subimage versions during texture update by @slimbuck in #5759
• [Fix] Fixed calling CameraComponent.onPostRender by @mvaligursky in #5763
• Support for storage textures on WebGPU platform by @mvaligursky in #5760
• Specify type definitions as dependencies by @willeastcott in #5766
• Make npm run build also trigger npm run build:types by @kungfooman in #5768
• Bump actions/setup-node from 3 to 4 by @dependabot in #5773
• Support for FLOAT16 (half) vertex attribute format on WebGL2 and WebGPU by @mvaligursky in #5772
• WebXR manual room capture by @Maksims in #5774
• WebXR fix Hit Test providing multiple results by @Maksims in #5778
• WebXR Plane Detection - Semantic Label; Example; by @Maksims in #5795
• Examples: Use actual component to hide spinner by @kungfooman in #5782
• Fix collision initialization for container assets. by @jpauloruschel in #5799
• Fix to splats frustum culling by @mvaligursky in #5804
• Fixes RigidBody remove component by @marklundin in #5803
• Colorized particle texture used by the example to make its functionality more obvious by @mvaligursky in #5805
• WebXR Persistent Anchors by @Maksims in #5779
• Build webgpu module full from relative path by @slimbuck in #5802
• Splat updates by @slimbuck in #5808
• Expose custom shader modifications of the splat shader by @mvaligursky in #5809
• Allow asset to specify which ply elements to load by @slimbuck in #5810
• [Examples] Fix shader code indentation by @kungfooman in #5811
• Expose filter function instead of string list by @slimbuck in #5813
• (WIP) glTF export: improve material export by @querielo in #5762
• Support for Integer vertex attributes on WebGL2 by @mvaligursky in #5816
• Update to Splat engine example + small fixes by @mvaligursky in #5821
• WebGPU support for rendering to RG11B10 format by @mvaligursky in #5824
• [Fix] Fix texture / render target resize on WebGL2 by @mvaligursky in #5826
• Small update to render target resizing and texture utils by @mvaligursky in #5827
• [Fix] Webgl render pass sets up viewport even if not clearing the render target by @mvaligursky in #5828
• New GraphicsDevice.getRenderableHdrFormat function by @mvaligursky in #5830
• Support loading compressed ply format by @slimbuck in #5831
• Fix splat culling test by @slimbuck in #5834
• WebGL Texture2d array by @heretique in #5754
• Splat vshader fixes for webgl1 by @slimbuck in #5835

New Contributors

• @heretique made their first contribution in #5754

Full Changelog: v1.66.3...v1.67.0