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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 #7722
Quat fromArray and toArray methods by @kpal81xd in #7724
Quat dot product and lerp by @kpal81xd in #7725
Removed optional precision specifier by @mvaligursky in #7728
Camera frame handles layer changes on the camera by @mvaligursky in #7719
Added color correction using LUT texture to CameraFrame postprocessing by @mvaligursky in #7720
Mesh-based Skydome can write depth during prepass, to be comparible with DOF by @mvaligursky in #7729
Bump tar-fs from 2.1.2 to 2.1.3 by @dependabot in #7731
Bump tar-fs from 3.0.6 to 3.0.9 in /examples by @dependabot in #7732
Optimize shader generation with many clustered lights by @mvaligursky in #7735
GSplat resource cleanup by @slimbuck in #7734
Hiding test only examples by @mvaligursky in #7738
Small update to OutlineRenderer to avoid runtime uniform warning by @mvaligursky in #7740
Moved matrix_normal uniform declaration to more appropriate chunk by @mvaligursky in #7746
Small changes to aid in headless WebGPU rendering by @slimbuck in #7748
Use GLSL transpilation to WGSL if only GLSL chunks were overriden by @mvaligursky in #7751
Basic parameters to create device & xr session compatible with WebGPU by @mvaligursky in #7737
WebGPU supports internal multi-view rendering used by WebXR by @mvaligursky in #7747
Update to gsplatting examples by @mvaligursky in #7752
Convert internal configureMaterial function to use options by @mvaligursky in #7756
Various small gsplat fixes by @slimbuck in #7761
Handle passing null entity to OutlineRenderer by @mvaligursky in #7762
Fix sogs reorder during device lost by @slimbuck in #7763
Clone gsplat material by @slimbuck in #7764
Small jsdocs update regarding wasm transpilation requirements by @mvaligursky in #7767

Examples

Example to demonstrate standard material chunk overrides by @mvaligursky in #7638
Converted example shader from ColorGrabPass to WGSL by @mvaligursky in #7682
Converted TextureArray and ShaderToon example to use WGSL by @mvaligursky in #7683
Convert GLSL shaders in multiple examples to WGSL by @mvaligursky in #7686
Improve positional audio example by @LeXXik in #7739
Example - demonstrate how to regenerate skydome textures from HDRI when device was lost by @mvaligursky in #7759

Fixes

[Fix] Fix to asset class refactor by @mvaligursky in #7577
Minor fixes to various toArray function docs by @willeastcott in #7578
Fix texture type type by @slimbuck in #7579
Gsplat rotation fix by @slimbuck in #7587
[Fix] Fix shader passes order by @mvaligursky in #7598
[FIX] Restore callback descriptions by @willeastcott in #7607
Gsplat render fix for wgpu by @slimbuck in #7609
Fix bloom artifacts appearing due to bad specular data by @Christopher-Hayes in #7605
Misc types fixes by @willeastcott in #7618
[Fix] More flexible Preprocessor handling of include directive by @mvaligursky in #7628
[Fix] Fixes tags for assets by @mvaligursky in #7636
[Fix] UV-coordinates debug rendering fix by @mvaligursky in #7642
[Fix] Fix uniform access in a new WGSL shader chunk by @mvaligursky in #7670
[Fix] FIx to regex collecting global (bindable) resources from WGSL by @mvaligursky in #7672
[Fix] Fixed particles update speed on high refresh screens by @mvaligursky in #7675
Fix SOGS rendering scenes with SH 1 or 2 by @vincentwoo in #7703
[Fix] Remove Nans from scene texture when downscaling for bloom / dof to avoid artifacts by @mvaligursky in #7717
[Fix] DepthBias is only supported for triangles on WebGPU by @mvaligursky in #7715
Added missing import statement in the Rotator example. by @marklundin in #7677
Fix to dispersion related WGSL chunks by @mvaligursky in #7712
Fix: Dynamic batching now uses skinning normal for lighting by @mvaligursky in #7713
Fixed simTime check for ParticleSystem by @AlexAPPi in #7742
Fix to no shadows from clustered lights in a specific case by @mvaligursky in #7745
[Fix] Re-render all shadows when the device context is restored by @mvaligursky in #7757
[Fix] Re-render cookie atlas use by clustered lighting when the device context is restored by @mvaligursky in #7758

New Contributors

@emadurandal made their first contribution in #7668

Full Changelog: v2.7.7...v2.8.0