playcanvas/engine v2.0.0

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Major / Breaking changes

Major breaking changes are tracked in this ticket - use it also as a guide on what to do when you have issues: #6666

• [BREAKING] Removed WebGL1 support by @mvaligursky in #6295 #6299 #6300 #6297 #6297 #6305 #6306 #6311 #6314 #6313 #6312 #6318 #6320 #6322 #6321 #6319 #6325 #6327 #6329 #6330 #6336 #6356 #6398 #6406 #6688 #6793 #6810 #6872 #6873
• [BREAKING] Removed backwards compatibility for few functions by @mvaligursky in #6408
• [BREAKING] Remove deprecated AudioSourceComponent component by @mvaligursky in #6407
• [BREAKING] Remove support for legacy scripts by @mvaligursky in #6584
• [BREAKING] Initial cleanup of deprecated functionality by @mvaligursky in #6690
• [BREAKING] Changes to the HDR rendering by @mvaligursky in #6702
• [BREAKING] Colors of lights, fog and materials are always supplied in sRGB space, for both LDR and HDR by @mvaligursky in #6714
• [BREAKING] BoundingBox and OrientedBox copy parameters in the constructor by @mvaligursky in #6691
• [BREAKING] Remove flipv code from glb loader by @slimbuck in #6747
• [BREAKING] Remove long time deprecated PHONG specular model by @mvaligursky in #6755
• [BREAKING] Remove energy conservation flag in standard material by @mvaligursky in #6756
• [BREAKING] Remove StandardMaterial.diffuseTint and simply always apply it by @mvaligursky in #6759
• [BREAKING] Remove CURVE_CATMULL and CURVE_CARDINAL by @willeastcott in #6779
• [BREAKING] Remove StandardMaterial.emissiveTint and simply always apply it by @mvaligursky in #6762
• [BREAKING] Remove no longer needed shader defines: SUPPORTS_TEXLOD and SUPPORTS_MRT by @mvaligursky in #6795
• [BREAKING] Remove StandardMaterial.ambientTint by @mvaligursky in #6805
• [BREAKING] Remove StandardMaterial.sheenTint by @mvaligursky in #6809
• [BREAKING]: Remove pc.apps, pc.common, pc.config, pc.data by @willeastcott in #6814
• [BREAKING] Remove pc.type by @willeastcott in #6816
• [BREAKING] Gizmo constants by @kpal81xd in #6826
• [BREAKING] Implementation of ShaderMaterial - Material to be used with custom shaders by @mvaligursky in #6831
• [BREAKING] Remove StandardMaterial.sheenGlossTint by @mvaligursky in #6841
• [BREAKING] When material is cloned, its custom parameters are copied as well by @mvaligursky in #6844
• [BREAKING] BasicMaterial has been deleted by @mvaligursky in #6857
• [BREAKING] More general instancing by @mvaligursky in #6867
• [BREAKING] Instancing no longer ignores the model matrix by @mvaligursky in #6883
• [BREAKING] Remove no longer needed drawTexture by @mvaligursky in #6886
• [BREAKING] Remove support for Layer.renderTarget and some callbacks on the Layer by @mvaligursky in #6888
• [BREAKING] Adjusted the alpha part of the normal blend used by the Materials by @mvaligursky in #6889
• [BREAKING] Remove deprecated uniform for grab pass textures: uDepthMap and texture_grabPass by @mvaligursky in #6796

Build changes

• Include unbundled engine source in npm package by @kpal81xd in #6310
• Disable treeshaking polyfills by @kpal81xd in #6332
• Bundled build options by @kpal81xd in #6296
• Build fixes by @kpal81xd in #6340
• Fix buildUrl relative path support by @erikdubbelboer in #6354
• Add webpack ignore by @marklundin in #6359
• Only publish to npm when the pushed tag matches our version tag. by @slimbuck in #6399
• Publint CI by @kpal81xd in #6363
• Public vercel previews by @kpal81xd in #6600
• Treeshake plugin fix by @kpal81xd in #6601
• Bumps package.json to 2.0.0-dev by @marklundin in #6719
• Adds NPM 'alpha' identifier by @marklundin in #6722
• Fix npm publish tag variable by @marklundin in #6740
• Update alpha publish by @slimbuck in #6760
• Keep correct paths for build output even when build is invoked outside of repo root by @liamdon in #6589
• Updated ESLint config by @kpal81xd in #6877

Other changes

• New texture formats: R8 and RG8 by @mvaligursky in #6602 #6649
• Remove references to pcx namespace by @willeastcott in #6304
• Update Graphics markers to display better with hierarchy by @mvaligursky in #6290
• Remove uniform buffer based skinning and batching by @mvaligursky in #6324
• Gizmo cleanup and bug fixes by @kpal81xd in #6323
• Small refactor to separate composition update from framegraph building by @mvaligursky in #6333
• Initial refactor to how bind groups can be used with non-persistent UBs by @mvaligursky in #6341
• Updated the way WebGPU dynamic UBs are used for rendering by @mvaligursky in #6349
• Revert "Add Script alias (#6237)" by @marklundin in #6355
• Added docs for supported HDR formats by @mvaligursky in #6351
• Reordered export types by @kpal81xd in #6362
• Small JSDoc normalization/fixes by @kungfooman in #6369
• Update GS rendering v2.0 by @slimbuck in #6357
• Functionality to async-read texture from GPU on WebGPU by @mvaligursky in #6370
• Render compressed GS data by @slimbuck in #6371
• Refactor of the RenderPassCameraFrame by @mvaligursky in #6400
• Support for Picker on WebGPU by @mvaligursky in #6393
• USDZ / GLTF exporter supports exposing of compressed textures on WebGPU by @mvaligursky in #6394
• Gizmo orthogonal facing direction translation by @kpal81xd in #6607
• Shader chunks type by @kpal81xd in #6621
• Docs update by @LeXXik in #6631
• First person script update by @kpal81xd in #6640
• GraphNode setPositionAndRotation by @kpal81xd in #6625
• RenderPass based SSAO by @mvaligursky in #6657
• Small refactor in a way bloom render pass is managed by @mvaligursky in #6683
• Allocate smaller WebGPU dynamic buffers by @mvaligursky in #6682
• When glslang transpilation fails on WebGPU, add stack trace to the error message by @mvaligursky in #6681
• Add JSDoc for getters by @willeastcott in #6685
• Update to HDR rendering used by the RenderPassCameraFrame by @mvaligursky in #6687
• Refactor shader cache implementation for the mesh instance by @mvaligursky in #6696
• Texture property changes flags by @heretique in #6697
• More descriptive shader names for Particle Emitter simulation shaders by @mvaligursky in #6701
• Small updates to the ModelOutlineExample by @mvaligursky in #6703
• Remove app#context backwards compatibility for scripts 1 by @willeastcott in #6704
• Remove remnants of GraphNode label API by @willeastcott in #6705
• Tweaks to XrAnchor source by @willeastcott in #6706
• Improve typings and docs for XrPlane by @willeastcott in #6708
• Allow components ordering by @LeXXik in #6648
• Clear references of temporary array when no longer needed by @LeXXik in #6712
• Leverage WebXR types in public API by @willeastcott in #6713
• ESM script base class by @marklundin in #6367
• GSplat speedup by @slimbuck in #6715
• Update setFromMat4 and add tests by @slimbuck in #6720
• Do not compile different shader for opacity of 1 and diffuse tint of white by @mvaligursky in #6721
• Add array pool for sorted components by @LeXXik in #6718
• Improve some JSDoc class descriptions by @willeastcott in #6725
• Standard material handles textures in sRGB format by @mvaligursky in #6736
• Image files can be loaded into sRGB textures by @mvaligursky in #6739
• Eliminate some occurrences of var by @willeastcott in #6737
• Remove events.attach by @willeastcott in #6741
• Unify gsplat shaders by @slimbuck in #6753
• Remove redundant StandardMaterial.shadingModel by @mvaligursky in #6757
• Refactor Entity, Mesh, MeshInstance and Render classes by @willeastcott in #6767
• Invoke stopPropagation on pointer events handled by gizmo. by @slimbuck in #6770
• Support for compressed sRGB formats by @mvaligursky in #6743
• Fallback to int-texture based morphing instead of attribute when float texture rendering is not supported by @mvaligursky in #6771
• Render targets can use sRGB color buffer by @mvaligursky in #6752
• Elements need to set color uniforms in linear space by @mvaligursky in #6761
• WebXR - remove deprecated XrDepthSensing, XrView - should be used instead by @Maksims in #6773
• Update Tags class to use spread instead of arguments by @willeastcott in #6775
• Use object destructuring with vectors by @willeastcott in #6777
• Minor refactor of Curve class by @willeastcott in #6780
• Remove redundant @ignore tags by @willeastcott in #6782
• Delete splat-related exports now that extras is part of core engine by @willeastcott in #6783
• Refactor Frustum to use Plane by @willeastcott in #6784
• Refactor AppBase#preload by @willeastcott in #6788
• Leverage @import tag to simplify JSDoc by @willeastcott in #6786
• Remove Listener velocity by @willeastcott in #6797
• Edit pass on WebXR API docs by @willeastcott in #6799
• Remove handling of deprecated form of MeshInstance.constructor by @mvaligursky in #6800
• Move AppBase constructor properties to class fields by @willeastcott in #6801
• Remove private StandardMaterial.tbnFast option support by @mvaligursky in #6806
• Small gizmo event handler fix by @slimbuck in #6811
• Refactor the way shaders get created for particle systems by @mvaligursky in #6804
• Remove never used StandardMaterial.normalizeNormalMap by @mvaligursky in #6807
• Move some of AppBase#init to class fields by @willeastcott in #6802
• Remove opacityTint internal flag by @mvaligursky in #6812
• Remove some redundant exports by @willeastcott in #6815
• Removed helper functions on the chunks by @mvaligursky in #6821
• Support for OffscreenCanvas in Web Workers by @michaelfranzl in #5168
• Add gsplat mapping by @slimbuck in #6824
• Followup Gizmo API changes by @kpal81xd in #6827
• Remove unused private shFromCubemap function by @mvaligursky in #6832
• Renamed internal ‘descr’ symbols to ‘desc’ for consistency by @mvaligursky in #6833
• Custom line shader & handle gamma by @mvaligursky in #6834
• Support for sRGB framebuffer on WebGPU by @mvaligursky in #6838
• Allow blit to backbuffer by @slimbuck in #6849
• Remove normalSkinned shader chunk which is never referenced by @mvaligursky in #6853
• Remove unused transform instanced chunk by @mvaligursky in #6854
• Skinning / morphing support for ShaderMaterial by @mvaligursky in #6855
• ShaderMaterial supports PICK shader pass by @mvaligursky in #6856
• Move parameters of getShaderVariant function to an object by @mvaligursky in #6858
• Removed references to no longer used shader from the Material by @mvaligursky in #6862
• Expose intensity of the Ambient Occlusion on the StandardMaterial by @mvaligursky in #6866
• Support for EXT_mesh_gpu_instancing extension by @mvaligursky in #6869
• Material can specify defines for the shader by @mvaligursky in #6865
• SSAO uses a separable depth aware blur to improve performance by @mvaligursky in #6870
• Debug error removeComponent correct method name by @kpal81xd in #6848
• Small cleanup of the internal dirty flags for the Texture properties by @mvaligursky in #6885
• Removed few very old parts of the deprecated.js by @mvaligursky in #6887
• Use DeviceCache to store shape primitives in by @mvaligursky in #6891

Examples

• SSAO engine example by @mvaligursky in #6586 #6593
• Examples removed WebGL1 option by @kpal81xd in #6307
• Added mesh particles example by @mvaligursky in #6291 #6331
• Examples mobile fixes by @kpal81xd in #6335
• Examples file loader rework by @kpal81xd in #6339
• Examples removed linux chrome fallback by @kpal81xd in #6343
• Examples app bundle optimizations by @kpal81xd in #6588
• Examples iframe params fix by @kpal81xd in #6604
• Gizmo example update by @kpal81xd in #6622
• Examples config fixes by @kpal81xd in #6626
• Device Selector fallback options fix by @kpal81xd in #6628
• Examples imports fixes by @kpal81xd in #6634
• Examples gizmo selection fix by @kpal81xd in #6637
• Examples JSDoc tokenizer fixes by @kpal81xd in #6644
• Multi app fix by @kpal81xd in #6645
• Regenerate thumbnails to make them up to date by @mvaligursky in #6890
• ESM example by @kpal81xd in #6735
• gsplat examples fix by @slimbuck in #6754
• NullDevice examples fix by @kpal81xd in #6758
• Gizmo small example by @kpal81xd in #6825
• Gizmo resize editor example fix by @kpal81xd in #6847
• Add missing example thumbnails by @mvaligursky in #6861
• Gizmo examples restructure by @kpal81xd in #6850

Fixes

• [Fix] Fix to skydomeIntensity handling - Standard materials do not use it in some cases by @mvaligursky in #6308
• Fix a shader issue causing material-anisotropic example to fail by @mvaligursky in #6326
• Updated one missed VSM shader chunk for WebGPU compatibility by @mvaligursky in #6348
• Fix: Clean up lines for rendering even when the Layer is disabled by @mvaligursky in #6353
• Fix for glb load error by @slimbuck in #6391
• Fixing random JSDoc issues by @kungfooman in #6392
• Fix for reloaded cubemaps assets by @slimbuck in #6397
• Fix for gsplat shader by @slimbuck in #6402
• GS reorder fix by @slimbuck in #6410
• Gizmo Axis shape disable fix by @kpal81xd in #6587
• [Fix] Add missing exposure handling from the Neutral tonemapping by @mvaligursky in #6592
• Fix types for calcAabb functions by @willeastcott in #6596
• Exports and types fixes by @kpal81xd in #6623
• Fix URL handling in ScriptHandler by @marklundin in #6639
• Fix mesh collider creation by @LeXXik in #6630
• Fixed trigger body not set to null once destroyed by @MushAsterion in #6641
• Fix transform not destroyed on Ammo Hull creation by @MushAsterion in #6643
• Fix the definition of sheenTint StandardMaterial property by @mvaligursky in #6665
• Update to skybox shader to map it closer to the infinity by @mvaligursky in #6664
• [Fix] Particle system handle different IB formats of incoming mesh by @mvaligursky in #6662
• Cubemap fix for webgpu by @slimbuck in #6669
• Fix shader chunk error for tonemapped compressed GS by @slimbuck in #6670
• [Fix] Fix picker support in BasicMaterial by @mvaligursky in #6672
• Fix WebXR Depth Sensing - GPU path (Quest 3) by @Maksims in #6650
• Gsplat fixes by @slimbuck in #6711
• ScriptAttribute fix by @marklundin in #6750
• Gizmo fixes by @kpal81xd in #6763
• WebXR - fix depth sensing on quest 3 by @Maksims in #6774
• [Fix] Fix Entity.findComponent(s) functions by @mvaligursky in #6789
• Gizmo event fix by @slimbuck in #6790
• Minor fixes to AssetListLoader and AssetRegistry by @willeastcott in #6794
• [Fix] Ignore the shape of light if area lights are disabled by @mvaligursky in #6808
• Minor JSDoc fixes by @willeastcott in #6818
• Array equals fix by @kpal81xd in #6823
• [Fix] Fix albedo debug output by @mvaligursky in #6836
• Small gsplat fixes by @slimbuck in #6837
• Fix gsplat sorting bug by @slimbuck in #6845
• Small fix to gsplat sorter by @slimbuck in #6846
• Small webgpu fixes by @slimbuck in #6852
• Animation component asset null fix by @kpal81xd in #6863
• getAnimationAsset returns Asset by @kpal81xd in #6864
• [Fix] Fix to shadow baking by @mvaligursky in #6884

New Contributors

• @michaelfranzl made their first contribution in #5168

Full Changelog: v1.73.4...v2.0.0