Codename Cerberus

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See What's new in Ogre 2.2

This is a maintenance release

• Fix assert false positive when Normal or Roughnes Map isn't found
• [macOS] Backport fixes to fix build errors
• Backport fix for linking error on macOS
• If emissive map is monochrome, then broadcast R channel to G & B
• Fix PsoCacheHelper creating same entries over and over again
• [VCT] Fix division by 0
• Fix hang in waitForStreamingCompletion (#252)
• Building on Apple platforms may fail with a cryptic error
• Document an oddity about D3D11 StagingTexture::mapRegion
• Fix wasteful creation of unnecessary blendblocks
• [Terra] Fix crash when there are only shadow casting spotlights
• [VCT] Fix VctVoxelizer::dividideOctants for values other than 1, 1, 1
• Fix VCT artifacts when voxel resolution isn't squared
• [OSX] Fix segmentation fault when creating a CocoaWindow when the external window handle is null
• Fixed AABB validation check exclusion criteria
• Fix undefined behavior when rendering without a shadow node
• Fix Terra's point light shadows
• Terra: Fix shadow mapping when using Z Up mode
• Terra: Remove redundant calculation in Vertex Shader
• Fix compiler warning
• Fix crash on shutdown and error in Vulkan (2.3 branch)
• [Regression] Fix Terra crash if trying to assign a datablock more than once
• [GL3+] Fix crash when X11 is running but no monitor is plugged
• Terra: Terrain can now cast shadows in point & spot light maps
• [GL3+] add support for currentGLContext for macOS
• Fix Apple macOS build errors
• HlmsPbsDatablock::cloneImpl was ignoring mRefractionStrength
• Fix crash when mTerra is nullptr
• Fix separate blend mode not working when material was defined by script
• Fix crash in FastArray::insertPOD
• Deal with edge case where terrain skirts could be above ground
• Fix incorrect report in VaoManager::getMemoryStats
• Deal with edge case where VaoManager::getMemoryStats could underreport
• Log pool idx in VaoManager::getMemoryStats
• Fix overreporting consumed memory in MemoryStatsEntryVec
• Do not throw a shader compiler error if Terra has no textures
• Add Terra::setCustomSkirtMinHeight
• Backport Terra normal map fixes from 2.3
• Fix wrong shadowing in Terra when using Z-up
• Add Z-Up support to Terra
• Add num_clip_distances for low level materials
• [GL3+] Do not force-enable Depth Clamp
• Fix false negative/positives caused by frustum culling
• Add NearFarProjection test
• [GL3+] gl_ClipDistance declaration depends on hlms_pso_clip_distances
• [GL3+] Fix voxelization holes in NVIDIA GPUs
• Restore tabulation
• Do not ignore morph animations in Apple, it is supported by Metal
• [GL3+] Fix invalid call when downloading Window contents to CPU
• [GL3+/Metal/Apple] Do not disable HW mipmaps in Metal
• [GL3+] glFramebufferParameteri was protected by the wrong extension
• Fixed OgreConfigDialog.mm:226:19: No visible @interface for 'NSArray' declares the selector 'removeAllObjects'
• CMake: do not add atmomic library as dependency, if Clang compiler is used
• [macOS] add GL3Plus support for macOS
• [GL3+] Fix visual corruption after deleting depth buffers
• Add TextureGpuManager::isDoneStreaming
• Document GI methods
• Workaround VS2019 codegen bug
• setWorkerThreadMinimumBudget should not warn w/ default settings (#198)
• PBS JSON should save getUseAlphaFromTextures if it's unset
• Backport alpha to coverage fix from 2.3
• Fix textured alpha tested shadows sometimes not working
• [Metal] More aggressive autoreleasepools (#34)
• Fix build of PVRTC codec
• Remove deprecated 'register' keyword
• Fix Windows' CI script sourcing Dependencies from old Mercurial repo
• Do not generate shadow map code when there are no shadow maps
• Fix typo in getShadowReceiversInPixelShader
• Fix shadows_receive_on_ps being forced to 0
• Fix maxBufferSize being larger than 16kb
• Significantly increased the max. number of shadow mapped lights
• Fix memory corruption w/ compressed textures + AlwaysKeepSystemRamCopy
• Fix Mipmap pass forcing Compute when not requested (#185)
• Prefer HardwareBufferLockGuard solution (#183)
• TangentSpaceCal leaves buffers locked on exception (#183)
• Bump version to 2.2.6

What's Changed

• [GL3+] add support for currentGLContext for macOS by @srmainwaring in #216
• [OSX] Fix segmentation fault when creating a CocoaWindow by @srmainwaring in #225

Full Changelog: v2.2.5...v2.2.6