playcanvas/engine v2.15.0

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New Features

• Unified GSplat support for rendering to shadow map + Example by @mvaligursky in #8228
• Updated GsplatShaderEffect script to use simpler material API by @mvaligursky in #8229
• Improved splatBudget behavior to allow both increase and decrease LOD by @mvaligursky in #8230
• Moved the splatBudget API to gsplat component by @mvaligursky in #8231
• Updated Ministats with additional timings by @mvaligursky in #8241
• Workbuffer for gsplat uniform no longer stores covariance, but directly the components by @mvaligursky in #8244
• Removed workaround related to workbuffer storing covariants on android by @mvaligursky in #8245
• Add gsplatModifyVS shader customization chunk for gaussian splats by @mvaligursky in #8246
• Update GitHub Artifact Actions (major) by @renovate[bot] in #8247
• Add simple render pipeline cache for mipmap renderer (WebGPU) by @mvaligursky in #8253
• Add viewport / scissor support to RenderPassShaderQuad by @mvaligursky in #8254
• Adds a GPU-based radix sort implementation using fragment shaders with mipmap-based prefix sums by @mvaligursky in #8255
• Adds support for specifying a custom entry point function name when creating compute shaders by @mvaligursky in #8258
• Increase quad buffer size for ministats to allow more stats to render by @mvaligursky in #8259
• NPM Publish by @kpal81xd in #8261
• Add KHR_materials_emissive_strength export support by @willeastcott in #8268
• Add KHR_materials_specular export support by @willeastcott in #8269
• Add KHR_materials_unlit export support by @willeastcott in #8270
• Add KHR_materials_ior export support by @willeastcott in #8272
• Add KHR_materials_dispersion export support by @willeastcott in #8274
• Defines map can be specified when creating compute shader by @mvaligursky in #8273
• Add KHR_materials_clearcoat export support by @willeastcott in #8275
• Add KHR_materials_transmission export support by @willeastcott in #8277
• Add KHR_materials_volume export support by @willeastcott in #8278
• Add WebGPU compute shader radix sort + changes / fixes to render pass based radix sort by @mvaligursky in #8276
• Add KHR_materials_sheen export support by @willeastcott in #8279
• Add compute pipeline creation caching for WebGPU by @mvaligursky in #8281
• Use Set instead of array for buffer tracking by @mvaligursky in #8283
• Add KHR_materials_iridescence export support by @willeastcott in #8280
• Add KHR_materials_anisotropy export support by @willeastcott in #8284
• Improve docs for get/setFromEulerAngles by @willeastcott in #8289
• Clustered lighting integer arithmetic optimization by @mvaligursky in #8303
• Make Texture.read() a public API by @mvaligursky in #8306
• GPU-based sorting using compute shaders for unified gsplat (optional) on WebGPU by @mvaligursky in #8310
• Clean up camera shader parameter setup by @mvaligursky in #8314
• Add WebGPU texture-format-tier1, texture-format-tier2, and primitive-index features by @mvaligursky in #8316
• Add TextureView for mip level and array layer access in compute shaders by @mvaligursky in #8308
• Optimize texture tracking with Set-based dirty texture management by @mvaligursky in #8309
• Adds a configurable color property to the vignette post-effect by @mvaligursky in #8318
• Add new texture formats: RG32F, RGB9E5, RG8S, RGBA8S, RGB10A2, RGB10A2U by @mvaligursky in #8319
• Added node name to batch insertion/removal assert message by @yaustar in #8322
• Refactor Annotation System with AnnotationManager by @willeastcott in #8323
• Updates the LICENSE copyright year to 2026 by @mvaligursky in #8333
• Allow changing unified property without disabling component by @mvaligursky in #8334
• Add indirect compute dispatch support for WebGPU by @mvaligursky in #8332
• WebGPU now supports omni/spot shadows baking using Lightmapper by @mvaligursky in #8335
• Improve JSDoc for the core layer by @willeastcott in #8358
• Add 'worker' to reserved script names by @mvaligursky in #8368

Fixes

• [FIX] Specify anonymous cross origin for gsplat assets to avoid security issues on iOS by @mvaligursky in #8235
• Fix uninitialized SplatCenter members in GLSL gsplat shader by @mvaligursky in #8237
• Internal cursor file is ignored by git by @mvaligursky in #8242
• [FIX] Fix metalness and roughness handling in UsdzExporter by @willeastcott in #8248
• [FIX] Return correct typed array from texture.read() on WebGPU platform by @mvaligursky in #8251
• [FIX] Notify existing element descendants when a screen is added by @willeastcott in #8252
• [FIX] Fix particle emission rate when looping by @willeastcott in #8263
• [FIX] Convert sRGB colors to linear when writing glTF by @willeastcott in #8267
• Fix SOG SH decompression by @slimbuck in #8271
• ScopeSpace.removeValue not clearing destroyed textures from scope by @mvaligursky in #8282
• [FIX] Fix glTF export for KHR_materials_pbrSpecularGlossiness materials by @willeastcott in #8285
• [FIX] Fix black specular map still showing reflections by @willeastcott in #8287
• [FIX] Fix ElementComponent mousemove event firing outside element by @willeastcott in #8288
• [FIX] Fix ElementComponent not rendering when entity already in hierarchy by @willeastcott in #8290
• Tighten up typing for RigidBodyComponent#type by @willeastcott in #8292
• [FIX] Fix KHR_materials_specular incorrectly affecting metals and diffuse by @willeastcott in #8293
• [FIX] Add Dedicated Isotropic GGX Specular Implementation by @willeastcott in #8299
• [FIX] Enforce WGSL syntax highlighting in all WGSL chunks by @willeastcott in #8300
• [FIX] Fix clustered lighting artifacts caused by UV precision by @willeastcott in #8302
• [FIX] Fix screen space particles when CPU simulation is used by @willeastcott in #8301
• [FIX] Add setter for Script.scriptName for TypeScript compatibility by @willeastcott in #8291
• [FIX] Fix orthographic camera loading from glTF by @willeastcott in #8304
• [FIX] Fix glTF spot light default cone angle by @willeastcott in #8305
• [FIX] Fix glTF spot light luminance calculation by @willeastcott in #8307
• Fix IOR/refractionIndex being ignored in materials by @mvaligursky in #8311
• Rename GSplatComponentSystem#getGSplatMaterial to getMaterial by @mvaligursky in #8339
• Better support blended pickers by @slimbuck in #8340
• WebGPU lightmapper support for shadow casting local lights and omni shadow shader cleanup by @mvaligursky in #8338
• Lazy mesh creation for GSplat resources by @mvaligursky in #8343
• Remove unnecessary polyfills by @willeastcott in #8347
• Modernize build target to ES2020 by @willeastcott in #8348
• annotation.mjs to annotations.mjs by @willeastcott in #8349
• Move treeshake-ignore plugin to examples by @willeastcott in #8351
• Small updates to the BlurredPlanarReflection script by @mvaligursky in #8353
• [FIX] Add mip level for WebGPU device copyRenderTarget by @AlexAPPi in #8320
• [FIX] Fixed incorrect uv1 (unwrapped uvs for lightmapping) for box and cone geometry by @mvaligursky in #8336
• [FIX] Fix EventHandle cleanup in annotation script by @willeastcott in #8337
• [FIX] Fix glTF node matrix decomposition with negative scale by @willeastcott in #8329
• Replace Debug.assert with errorOnce and early return in GSplatComponent by @mvaligursky in #8355
• [FIX] Hide __initializeAttributes from the API reference by @willeastcott in #8359
• [FIX] Restore annotations for misc/annotations example by @willeastcott in #8369
• Fix WebGL array texture crash when created without levels data by @mvaligursky in #8371
• Fix memory leak in WebGPU multi-draw allocation by @mvaligursky in #8367

Examples

• Simple gsplat viewer engine example with HDR controls by @mvaligursky in #8232
• Added bloom and other tweeks to Gsplat viewer example by @mvaligursky in #8234
• Add Gaussian Splat AABB Crop Example with Edge Clipping by @mvaligursky in #8236
• Examples that create custom ministats hide the default one by @mvaligursky in #8239
• Update examples/src/examples/gaussian-splatting/crop.example.mjs by @JaclynCodes in #8266
• [Example] Added basic glb loading support to the Viewer example for HDR testing by @mvaligursky in #8312
• Add gaussian splatting annotations example with opacity controls by @mvaligursky in #8313
• Add BlurredPlanarReflection script with distance-based blur effect by @mvaligursky in #8342
• Improve examples sidebar category panel styling by @mvaligursky in #8356
• [Example] Update camera positions in the anotations example to see all annotations on start by @mvaligursky in #8372

New Contributors

• @JaclynCodes made their first contribution in #8266

Full Changelog: v2.14.4...v2.15.0