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 by @epreston in #5522
• Fix deprecated warning by @slimbuck in #5528

Examples

• Examples es5 build fix by @ellthompson in #5407
• [Fix] ReflectionPlanar example uses existing envAtlas by @mvaligursky in #5410
• Flip debug depth texture rendering in examples by @mvaligursky in #5436
• [Examples Browser] Thumbnail generation fix by @ellthompson in #5439
• [Examples Browser] Engine sourcemaps fix by @ellthompson in #5447
• Example ModelOutline works on WebGPU now by @mvaligursky in #5479
• Example shader-compile is enabled for WebGPU by @mvaligursky in #5525
• [Examples] Created a shared ignoreList for examples by @mvaligursky in #5531

New Contributors

• @jbromberg made their first contribution in #5466
• @epreston made their first contribution in #5498

Full Changelog: v1.64.4...v1.65.0