3.39.0-exp.2

Needle Engine

• Fix: vite build pipeline plugin

Unity Integration

• Fix: run npm install with include optional sharp for build pipeline

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3.39.0-exp.1

Needle Engine

• Fix: vite build pipeline plugin

Unity Integration

• Fix: run npm install with include optional sharp for build pipeline

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3.39.0-exp

Needle Engine

• Fix: Issue where OrbitControls setTarget not working as expected sometimes due to first frame matrices not being updated yet
• Fix: Gizmos sometimes rendering for 2 frames instead of just 1
• Change: WebXRImageTracking now applies some smoothing based on jitter amount
• Change: Bump gltf-build-pipeline package to 2.1

Unity Integration

• Fix: Issue where context menu export would not clear internal cache that prevented re-exporting the same file multiple times
• Fix: Export context menu handle case where directories can not be deleted because they're locked by a CLI tool
• Change: Dont write progressive texture max size if no specific settings are found because we then want it to be handled by the build pipeline package (depends on the usecase etc)

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3.38.0-exp.1

Needle Engine

• Fix: needle menu CSS blur in safari
• Fix: USDZ - move Animation component animations into correct sequence depending on whether it should loop or not
• Fix: QuickLook button being created by WebXR despite usdzExporter.allowCreateQuicklookButton explicitly being off
• Fix: Issue in vite plugin for Node 16 where fetch wasn't supported yet
• Fix: AudioListener should remove itself when disabled

Unity Integration

• Minor WebXR component tooltip improvements

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3.38.0-exp

Needle Engine

• Add: OrbitControls clickBackgroundToFitScene property that can be used to allow autofitting when users click on the background. By default it is set to 2 clicks
• Add: Vite plugin option to open browser with network ip address when the server starts by setting needlePlugins(command, config, { openBrowser: true }) in vite.config.js
• Fix: USDZ image tracking orientation corrects for node world matrix now, resulting in proper placement relative to the image
• Fix: WebARSessionRoot matrix and invertForward were not correctly applied for USDZ export
• Change: WebXR Image Tracking orientation was rotated by 180°. Now it's consistent between iOS USDZ and Android WebXR. If you're using image tracking, you might have to rotate your content 180° to adjust to the new orientation.

Unity Integration

• Add: OrbitControls clickBackgroundToFitScene property that can be used to allow autofitting when users click on the background. By default it is set to 2 clicks

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3.37.16-exp

Needle Engine

• Add: Gizmos.DrawWireMesh
• Fix: use lowpoly raycast mesh again when available
• Fix: USDZ - issue where image tracking orientation was inconsistent between Android and iOS
• Change: USDZ - better logs when unsupported animation tracks are used during export (e.g. .activeSelf or material animations).
• Change: USDZ - show balloon warning when exporting unsupported track types

Unity Integration

• Add: ImageTracking now renders gizmo texture on tracked object

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3.37.15-exp

Needle Engine

• Add: ScreenCapture deviceFilter and deviceName properties that simplify camera selection
• Fix: Avatar hands being visible in screenbased AR
• Fix: USDZ workaround for Apple bug FB13808839 - skeletal mesh rest poses must be decomposable in RealityKit
• Fix: Issue where Lightmap LOD textures did not load
• Fix: Issue where Custom Shader LOD textures did not load
• Change: Powered by Needle tag can be hidden with indie license

Unity Integration

• Add: ScreenCapture deviceName field and dropdown for simplified camera selection
• Change: Powered by Needle tag can be hidden with indie license using the Needle Menu component

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3.37.14-exp

Needle Engine

• Fix: Issue where deactivated SpriteRenderer would not be included in USDZ
• Fix: Minor @serializable warning in SpriteRenderer
• Fix: SpriteRenderer progressive textures
• Change: bump gltf-progressive package which includes a vanilla three.js example and fixes issue where texture settings were not re-applied correctly after having loaded the texture LOD (e.g. filter)

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3.37.13-exp

Needle Engine

• Add: WebXRImageTracking hideWhenTrackingIsLost option to configure if objects should stay visible or hide when tracking is lost
• Add: WebARSessionRoot autoPlace option to allow automatically placing the scene content on the first XR hit
• Fix: WebXR component createQRCode options now respects Needle Menu QR code option
• Fix: Bump gltf-progressive package to support updating LODs when using postprocessing effects
• Fix: AR placement being prevented by other scripts that caused the event being used
• Change: QR code now warns when being used for scanning a localhost address

Unity Integration

• Add: WebXRImageTracking hideWhenTrackingIsLost option to configure if objects should stay visible or hide when tracking is lost
• Add: WebARSessionRoot autoPlace option to allow automatically placing the scene content on the first XR hit

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3.37.12-exp

Needle Engine

• Add: onClear (invoked e.g. when <needle-engine src> changes) and onDestroy hooks (invoked when the needle engine context is disposed)

Unity Integration

• Fix: Compilation on Linux due to wrong compiler directive
• Fix: Disabling Allow Progressive Loading in the ProgressiveLoadingSettings component now prevents progressive textures from being generated
• Change: OrbitControls exposes zoomspeed and zoomToCursor + add some more jsdoc comments
• Change: CodeWatcher now watches .tsx files as well

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