v2.9.0

What's Changed

• Limit large gaussians by @slimbuck in #7781
• Support for indirect draw calls for WebGPU by @mvaligursky in #7777
• Add support for texture async write by @slimbuck in #7782
• Additional frustum culling events in order to better support indirect drawing by @mvaligursky in #7778
• Compute shaders preprocess the provided source code by @mvaligursky in #7783
• fastExp implementation for gsplat rendering by @slimbuck in #7784
• Remove platform/audio by @willeastcott in #7774
• Support gsplat worker on nodejs by @slimbuck in #7770
• Implementation of baseVertex support by @AlexAPPi in #7765
• Inputs overhaul (CameraControls updated) by @kpal81xd in #7779
• First Person Script & InputSource updates by @kpal81xd in #7792
• Beta builds (manual trigger) by @kpal81xd in #7798
• Add asset load event by @slimbuck in #7803
• Add fast render path for SOGS spherical harmonics by @slimbuck in #7796
• Gizmo WGSL shaders by @kpal81xd in #7804
• Grids script WGSL Shader by @kpal81xd in #7805
• Quat tests by @kpal81xd in #7806
• toArray type overloading by @kpal81xd in #7808
• Slightly expanded functionality of Texture.resize by @mvaligursky in #7807
• Adds export conditions by @marklundin in #7810
• Updated jsdocs for Material class by @mvaligursky in #7813
• Split sorter code by @slimbuck in #7814

Fixes

• Hide PrimitiveMode example which is only for internal testing by @mvaligursky in #7768
• Fix doc types in rigidbody system by @AlexAPPi in #7773
• Fix to anisotropy-lamp example - layer order changed for sky to be captured by grab pass by @mvaligursky in #7775
• Sogs decompress fix by @slimbuck in #7786
• Fix shaderParticle assignment (#7787) by @michaelfranzl in #7788
• Fix WebGPU profiler by @slimbuck in #7793
• First Person Controller fixes by @kpal81xd in #7794
• Workflow Publishing fix by @marklundin in #7797
• ESM Template instantiate fix by @marklundin in #7809
• screenToWorld & worldToScreen camera rect by @kpal81xd in #7816

Full Changelog: v2.8.2...v2.9.0

v2.8.2

Fixes

• Sogs decompress fix by @slimbuck (#7786)
• Fix shaderParticle assignment by @michaelfranzl (#7787) (#7788)

Full Changelog: v2.8.1...v2.8.2

v2.8.1

Fixes

• Hide PrimitiveMode example which is only for internal testing by @mvaligursky in #7768
• Fix doc types in rigidbody system by @AlexAPPi and committed by @mvaligursky in #7773
• Support gsplat worker on Node.js by @slimbuck and committed by @mvaligursky in #7770
• Fix to anisotropy-lamp example - layer order changed for sky to be captured by grab pass by @mvaligursky in #7775
• Limit large gaussians by @slimbuck in #7781
• Add support for texture async write by @slimbuck in #7782
• fastExp implementation for gsplat rendering by @slimbuck in #7784

Full Changelog: v2.8.0...v2.8.1

v2.8.0

engine28.mp4

Breaking Changes

• [BREAKING] Deprecated pc.createShader and pc.createShaderFromCode by @mvaligursky in #7657
• [BREAKING] Update gsplat component material API by @slimbuck in #7749
• [BREAKING] New public API to customize shader chunks (Material and global) by @mvaligursky in #7665
• [BREAKING] Removing non-functional depth pass by @mvaligursky in #7597
• [BREAKING] Feature: KHR_materials_anisotropy by @emadurandal in #7668

Changes

• Envmap and partial lighting works using WGSL by @mvaligursky in #7581
• Enable debug warning if the required uniform is null or undefined by @mvaligursky in #7582
• Convert many StandardMaterial front end and required backend chunks to WGSL by @mvaligursky in #7583
• Morphing uses texture array to store morph targets by @mvaligursky in #7584
• WGSL shaders support PCF shadows by @mvaligursky in #7586
• WGSL support for batching by @mvaligursky in #7590
• WGSL clustered cookies by @mvaligursky in #7591
• More gsplat inf checks by @slimbuck in #7592
• WGSL support for picker pass by @mvaligursky in #7594
• Improve Texture JSDocs (and some others) by @willeastcott in #7595
• Adds Script scriptName field by @marklundin in #7593
• Histogram sort for uncompressed gsplat by @slimbuck in #7596
• WGSL implementation of VSM shadows by @mvaligursky in #7599
• Removed unused fullscreenQuadPS chunk by @mvaligursky in #7600
• Revert recent types by @slimbuck in #7601
• WGSL implementation of soft shadows by @mvaligursky in #7602
• The built-in instancing works with WGSL by @mvaligursky in #7603
• WGSL version of remaining reflection chunks by @mvaligursky in #7606
• WGSL chunks for msdf and nine-sliced UI rendering by @mvaligursky in #7608
• WGSL version of few internal chunks by @mvaligursky in #7610
• IridescenceDiffraction chunk converted to WGSL by @mvaligursky in #7611
• WGSL version of screenDepth chunk and debug texture shaders by @mvaligursky in #7612
• WGSL version of outputTex2DPS chunk used by outline-renderer by @mvaligursky in #7613
• Use arrow functions in all example code by @willeastcott in #7615
• Improve JSDocs for Geometry classes by @willeastcott in #7617
• More incremental improvements to JSDocs by @willeastcott in #7619
• Improve Gizmo API docs by @willeastcott in #7620
• Improve SoundSlot API docs by @willeastcott in #7621
• Improve ScreenComponent API docs by @willeastcott in #7622
• CoreExporter image transformation uses WGSL shader on WebGPU by @mvaligursky in #7623
• Applied fresnel-schlick Inf value fix to WGSL chunk by @mvaligursky in #7624
• WGSL version of LTC shader chunk used to evaluate area lights by @mvaligursky in #7625
• Lightmapping WGSL chunks by @mvaligursky in #7627
• Update NPM dependencies by @willeastcott in #7626
• Strip comments from the chunk before the validation by @mvaligursky in #7629
• WGSL version of an internal floatAsUintPS shader chunk by @mvaligursky in #7631
• Custom user chunks to customize lit / standard shaders by @mvaligursky in #7632
• Add static scriptName property to multiple script classes by @marklundin in #7633
• Update SWC options to target ES5 for UMD builds by @marklundin in #7635
• Fixed typo in shader ifdef from yesterday by @mvaligursky in #7637
• Add missing docs for SoundSlot.EVENT_END by @willeastcott in #7634
• Adds missing license header back into builds by @marklundin in #7646
• Particle system internal shaders use WGSL by @mvaligursky in #7647
• First few gsplat chunks converted to WGSL by @mvaligursky in #7648
• Converted remaining Gsplat shader chunks to WGSL by @mvaligursky in #7650
• Shader creation no longer supplies dummy shader in none is specified by @mvaligursky in #7651
• Renamed internal class ShaderUtils to ShaderDefinitionUtils by @mvaligursky in #7652
• Support for unfilterable texture in WGSL by @mvaligursky in #7655
• Renamed folder ‘chunks’ to ‘chunks-glsl’ by @mvaligursky in #7660
• Sogs updates by @slimbuck in #7662
• Wgsl GS chunk updates by @slimbuck in #7664
• Sogs load tweaks by @slimbuck in #7667
• docs: Document i18n's change event by @Christopher-Hayes in #7661
• Rename Key and Node classes by @willeastcott in #7653
• Speed up sogs centers calc by @slimbuck in #7669
• Release script update by @kpal81xd in #7663
• Strip comments from WGSL chunks by @mvaligursky in #7671
• Refactor entity rotation script: renamed class from EntityRotator to … by @marklundin in #7676
• Improved docs for the physical camera properties by @mvaligursky in #7680
• Improved docs for Material.setDefine by @mvaligursky in #7679
• SOGS chunks in WGSL format by @mvaligursky in #7681
• Sogs SH fix by @slimbuck in #7684
• Release script updates by @kpal81xd in #7685
• Sogs load fix by @slimbuck in #7687
• Render passes use WGSL chunks by @mvaligursky in #7690
• Publish workflow repo restriction by @kpal81xd in #7691
• Moved multiple examples from Graphics to Materials or Shaders folders by @mvaligursky in #7692
• Quad vertex chunk cleanup by @mvaligursky in #7693
• Using more recent addition to createShader API from chunks where possible by @mvaligursky in #7694
• Reorganized folders for chunks and their collections by @mvaligursky in #7695
• Gsplat fix by @slimbuck in #7696
• Some tiny cleanup by @mvaligursky in #7699
• Small tweaks to anisotropy examples by @mvaligursky in #7700
• Build visualizer output fix by @kpal81xd in #7701
• Break compose shader to chunks for easier customization + convert to WGSL by @mvaligursky in #7702
• Better version of nearestPowerOfTwo function by @mvaligursky in #7714
• Improved point rendering on WebGL2 by @mvaligursky in #7706
• Use camera inertia for anisotropy examples to match other examples by @mvaligursky in #7707
• Handling anisotropy material properties deprecation for the Editor / validations by @mvaligursky in #7708
• Internal MapUtils.merge to merge maps by @mvaligursky in #7709
• WorldClusterDebug compatibility with WebGPU by @mvaligursky in #7710
• Support for treeflame (Flamegraph) build size visualisation by @mvaligursky in #7711
• Small chunks cleanup related to opacity by @mvaligursky in #7721
• Shader transpilers are optional now for WebGPU by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull...

v2.7.7

Fixes

• Sogs load fix (#7687)

Full Changelog: v2.7.6...v2.7.7

v2.7.6

Fixes

• [Fix] Fixed particles update speed on high refresh screens (#7675)
• Sogs SH fix (#7684)

Full Changelog: v2.7.5...v2.7.6

v2.7.5

Changes:

• Speed up sogs centers calc by @slimbuck in #7669
• Sogs load tweaks by @slimbuck in #7667
• Sogs updates by @slimbuck in #7662

Fixes:

• assume XRSession.enabledFeatures can be undefined by @mvaligursky in #7654
• UV-coordinates debug rendering fix by @mvaligursky in #7642

Full Changelog: v2.7.4...v2.7.5

v2.7.4

Fixes:

• Update SWC options to target ES5 for UMD builds by @marklundin in #7635
• [Fix] Fixes tags for assets by @mvaligursky in #7636

Docs:

• Improve JSDocs for Geometry classes by @willeastcott in #7617
• Use arrow functions in all example code by @willeastcott in #7615
• More incremental improvements to JSDocs by @willeastcott in #7619
• Improve Gizmo API docs by @willeastcott in #7620
• Improve SoundSlot API docs by @willeastcott in #7621
• Improve ScreenComponent API docs by @willeastcott and @Copilot in #7622

Full Changelog: v2.7.3...v2.7.4

v2.7.3

Bug Fixes

• Improve Texture JSDocs (and some others) (#7595)
• [FIX] Restore callback descriptions (#7607)
• Improve JSDocs for CameraComponent
• Histogram sort for uncompressed gsplat (#7596)
• Gsplat render fix for wgpu (#7609)

Full Changelog: v2.7.2...v2.7.3

v2.7.2

Fixes

• Gsplat rotation fix (#7587)
• More gsplat inf checks (#7592)

Full Changelog: v2.7.1...v2.7.2