v2.19.7

Fixes

• Temporarily disable WebGPU on Imagination PowerVR GPUs (Pixel 10) by @mvaligursky in #8875
• Remove inline {@link} from camera-frame LUT attribute description by @mvaligursky in #8849
• Fix XrNavigation NaN rig corruption on gamepads without thumbstick axes by @mvaligursky in #8850
• Select scene depth decode via CAPS_TEXTURE_FLOAT_RENDERABLE by @mvaligursky in #8856
• Ensure DOF effect is resolution independent by @MAG-AdrianMeredith in #8834

Contributors

@MAG-AdrianMeredith
@mvaligursky

Full Changelog: v2.19.6...v2.19.7

v2.19.6

Changes

• Add a GSplat streaming test example, PREFERRED_DEVICE flag, and numSplats accessor by @mvaligursky in #8847

Contributors

• @mvaligursky

Full Changelog: v2.19.5...v2.19.6

v2.19.5

Fixes

• Tile gsplat interval-scatter dispatch over workgroup limit by @mvaligursky in #8841
• Register nameless scripts under their verbatim class name by @mvaligursky in #8844

Contributors

• @mvaligursky

Full Changelog: v2.19.4...v2.19.5

v2.19.4

Fixes

• Keep UMD exports overridable while preserving live bindings by @mvaligursky in #8839

Contributors

• @mvaligursky

Full Changelog: v2.19.3...v2.19.4

v2.19.3

Fixes

• Fix ESM script registration by name and subclass name collision by @mvaligursky in #8831
• Use a Map for the script registry and guard reserved names in add() by @mvaligursky in #8835
• Preserve live bindings of mutable UMD exports (pc.app) by @mvaligursky in #8837

Contributors

• @mvaligursky

Full Changelog: v2.19.2...v2.19.3

v2.19.2

Fixes

• Support HTML-in-Canvas textures via copyElementImageToTexture (WebGPU) by @mvaligursky in #8810
• Replace opaque any/* types with real types in public API reference by @willeastcott in #8811
• Elevate the Entity class reference to peak quality by @willeastcott in #8814
• Null particle module-scope vars after construction to prevent memory leak by @Skullheadx in #8809
• Update HTML-in-Canvas texture upload to new API by @mvaligursky in #8828
• Fix @param names/types that contradict the function signatures by @willeastcott in #8813
• Apply gsplat material changes made in frame:ready the same frame by @mvaligursky in #8830

Examples

• Share dialog with state-encoded URLs by @kpal81xd in #8796

Contributors

• @kpal81xd
• @mvaligursky
• @Skullheadx
• @willeastcott

New Contributors

• @Skullheadx made their first contribution in #8809

Full Changelog: v2.19.1...v2.19.2

v2.19.1

Fixes

• Sort worker ReferenceError after esbuild migration by @mvaligursky in #8808
• Support GSPLAT_AA in the hybrid renderer by @mvaligursky in #8807
• Drop "unified" framing now that it's the default by @mvaligursky in #8805

Contributors

• @mvaligursky

Full Changelog: v2.19.0...v2.19.1

v2.19.0

Breaking changes

• [BREAKING] Remove HTMLAudioElement fallback from sound system by @willeastcott in #8636
• [BREAKING] Deprecate GSplatComponent#unified and default it to true by @mvaligursky in #8802

Changes

• JSDoc whitespace cleanup by @willeastcott in #8616
• Standardize JSDoc class overviews across components by @willeastcott in #8617
• Unlink SHADER_ constants in Material.update by @willeastcott in #8621
• Unlink renderPasses note in CameraComponent by @willeastcott in #8622
• GSplat local rasterize early-out via precomputed power cutoff by @mvaligursky in #8623
• Simplify self-referential JSDoc @link tags by @willeastcott in #8624
• Remove redundant JSDoc @type tags from inferable fields by @willeastcott in #8625
• Clean up 'Other' category on API reference index by @willeastcott in #8627
• Read SOG gsplat data directly from source textures by @mvaligursky in #8628
• Calculate camera aspect ratio in CameraComponent onEnable by @lucaheft in #8632
• Document both halves of accessor pairs in public API by @willeastcott in #8634
• Hoist constructor-assigned properties to class fields in src/core and src/platform/input by @willeastcott in #8635
• Make camera aspect ratio auto-refresh in Camera class by @mvaligursky in #8633
• Fold gsplat debug AABB flags into debug enum by @mvaligursky in #8637
• Drop vendor-prefixed Page Visibility API support by @willeastcott in #8638
• Include GPU vendor/architecture in WebGPU feature log by @mvaligursky in #8642
• Inline AppBase tick as a class-field arrow by @willeastcott in #8639
• Move per-frame stats collection from AppBase to ApplicationStats by @willeastcott in #8643
• Remove dead this.controller references from AppBase and hide Controller class by @willeastcott in #8644
• Expose device.minSubgroupSize and device.maxSubgroupSize on GraphicsDevice by @mvaligursky in #8645
• Add WebGPU compute radix sort (4-bit portable + OneSweep NVIDIA) by @mvaligursky in #8620
• Add WGSL linear_indexing and CAPS_STORAGE_TEXTURE_READ by @mvaligursky in #8648
• Radix sort facade, indirect mode, and WebGPU subgroup sizing by @mvaligursky in #8647
• Standardize Layer on class fields with grouped ordering by @willeastcott in #8649
• Defer WebGPU buffer destruction until submit by @slimbuck in #8652
• Use texImage2D for gsplat splat-order uploads by @slimbuck in #8656
• Hybrid raster renderer with compute projector by @mvaligursky in #8658
• Clarify spotlight cone angles are half-angles by @willeastcott in #8665
• Align LightComponent with CameraComponent architecture by @willeastcott in #8666
• Tighten LightComponent JSDoc by @willeastcott in #8667
• Migrate ComponentData classes to class fields by @willeastcott in #8668
• Remove redundant constructor assignments in ButtonComponent by @willeastcott in #8669
• Remove redundant get data() overrides by @willeastcott in #8670
• Migrate ZoneComponent and ScreenComponent to class fields by @willeastcott in #8671
• Migrate SpriteComponent state to class fields by @willeastcott in #8672
• Remove unused _batchGroup field from batched components by @willeastcott in #8673
• Clean up vestigial Model plumbing on SpriteComponent by @willeastcott in #8674
• Remove unused JSDoc @import lines by @willeastcott in #8677
• SpriteAnimationClip class fields, layer typings, and docs by @willeastcott in #8679
• SpriteAnimationClip name, fps, loop property JSDoc by @willeastcott in #8680
• Remove unused WebGPU compute perf benchmark by @mvaligursky in #8681
• Speed up GSplat octree evaluateNodeLods by @mvaligursky in #8683
• Fuse GSplat budget bucket indices into LOD evaluation by @mvaligursky in #8684
• Remove raster GPU sort path and sort-key compute by @mvaligursky in #8685
• Rename GSPLAT_RENDERER_RASTER_HYBRID to RASTER_GPU_SORT by @mvaligursky in #8686
• Respect gsplat alphaCull on CPU raster and compute paths by @mvaligursky in #8687
• Remove unused gsplat-material module by @mvaligursky in #8688
• Exclude StorageBuffer from device.buffers tracking by @slimbuck in #8690
• Add Scene#gsplatCentersEnabled opt-out for gsplat CPU centers by @mvaligursky in #8691
• Align ScrollbarComponent with CameraComponent architecture by @willeastcott in #8693
• Tighten ScrollbarComponent internals by @willeastcott in #8694
• Handle lostpointercapture as well by @slimbuck in #8696
• Expose parsed manifest on GSplatOctreeResource by @MattiasVik in #8699
• TRACEID_BUFFERS trace, example control, and storage buffer debug names by @mvaligursky in #8705
• Reduce radix sort GPU buffer footprint by @mvaligursky in #8706
• Add XrBridge for backend-specific WebXR presentation by @mvaligursky in #8712
• Route XR framebuffer through XrBridge; refresh VR LOD example by @mvaligursky in #8713
• WebGPU immersive XR presentation by @mvaligursky in #8717
• WebGPU XR device loss, devicelost events, and graphics binding typings by @mvaligursky in #8719
• WebGPU AR camera color and syncCameraColorTexture bridge by @mvaligursky in #8720
• Parallelize engine builds with turbo by @kpal81xd in #8716
• WebGPU XR depth bridge, examples, and XR camera sync fixes by @mvaligursky in #8721
• WebGPU multiview frame pass, XR bridge, and clustered lights by @mvaligursky in #8723
• WebGPU texture-array projection and vr-basic gallery refresh by @mvaligursky in #8724
• Migrate js builds to esbuild by @kpal81xd in #8722
• WebGPU fragment shader optimization by @cabanier in #8733
• Data-driven gating for WGSL built-in inputs by @mvaligursky in #8739
• Align WGSL and GLSL clustered-light chunks by @mvaligursky in #8740
• Support for exporting aoMaps and the second UV channels by @tanaydimri in #8728
• Omit default texCoord in glTF exporter texture info by @mvaligursky in #8741
• Enable asset load retries by default by @mvaligursky in #8744
• Tidy ResourceLoader.enableRetry defaults and input handling by @mvaligursky in #8745
• Dual Color LUT crossfade and lut-grading example by @mvaligursky in #8749
• Warn when WebGPU or WebXR is used in an insecure context by @mvaligursky in #8752
• Log uncaptured WebGPU errors by @mvaligursky in #8757
• Mark platform.visionos as @ignore in JSDoc by @mvaligursky in #8765
• XrMenu label items, ray picking, always-visible HUD mode by @mvaligursky in #8770
• Add smooth turn mode to XrNavigation by @mvaligursky in #8771
• Update examples URL in READMEs to playcanvas.com/examples by @willeastcott in #8772
• Reuse clear options object in Renderer.clear by @willeastcott in #8776
• Replace pow(x, 5.0) with multiplies in Schlick Fresnel by @willeastcott in #8774
• Avoid iterator allocations in Frustum.setFromMat4 by @willeastcott in #8775
• Avoid per-frame clearVariants in unified material sync by @mvaligursky in #8778
• Align ScrollViewComponent with CameraComponent architecture by @willeastcott in #8777
• Add alphaDither property for independent dither strength by @mvaligursky in #8782
• Expose WGSL unrestricted_pointer_parameters as a device cap by @mvaligursky in #8785
• Expose WGSL pointer_composite_access as a device cap by @mvaligursky in #8786
• Expose WGSL packed_4x8_integer_dot_product as a device cap by @mvaligursky in #8787
• Expose WGSL texture_and_sampler_let as a device cap by @mvaligursky in #8790
• Make getGuid() part of the public API by @mvaligursky in #8795
• OneSweep on NVIDIA, indirect bind fix, GSplat bit alignment by @mvaligursky in #8657
• Expose guid as a public getter by @mvaligursky in #8797
• WebGPU XR rendering on Apple Vision Pro by @mvaligursky in #8756
• Release ImageBitmap memory after streamed SOG texture upload by @mvaligursky in #8758

Fixes

• Fix incorrect JSDoc in public APIs by @willeastcott in #8612
• Fix more incorrect JSDoc in public APIs by @willeastcott in #8613
• Fix more incorrect JSDoc in public APIs by @willeastcott in #8614
• Fix more incorrect JSDoc in public APIs by @willeastcott in #8615
• Fix JSDoc link warnings for ShaderUtils and GSplatComponent by @willeastcott in #8618
• Fix url param JSDoc in ResourceHandler and ContainerHandler by @willeastcott in #8619
• Avoid camera_params redefinition in pickPS by @gameatp in #8640
• Avoid camera_params redefinition in pickPS (WGSL) by @mvaligursky in #8641
• Split batches by castShadow and shadowCascadeMask by @mvaligursky in #8650
• Fix Picker depth clear decoding by @slimbuck in #8651
• Defer GPU resource destruction for pending commands by @mvaligursky in #8655
• Fix executeCallback JSDoc type in gsplat-resolve-sh by @willeastcott in #8682
• Register StorageBuffer for WebGPU device lose/restore by @mvaligursky in #8692
• Texture#lock allocates when mip level slot is missing by @mvaligursky in #8695
• Default xrCompatible for WebGL and WebGPU paths by @mvaligursky in #8714
• TAA resolve premultiplied alpha for transparent clears by @mvaligursky in #8726
• visionOS MSAA resolve into XR framebuffer by @mvaligursky in #8730
• Avoid GLSL ES reserved word 'packed' in compact format shader by @mvaligursky in #8737
• Apply specular factor/color when map is present by @mvaligursky in #8742
• Include error message context in load failure logs by @mvaligursky in #8743
• Align projector projection with WebGPU shader uniforms by @mvaligursky in #8662
• Stereo XR viewport width for hybrid projector by @mvaligursky in #8664
• Fix renderSceneColorMap/renderSceneDepthMap toggling to false when already set by @MAG-AdrianMeredith in #8731
• Apply Color LUT in correct sRGB color space by @mvaligursky in #8747
• Resolve sog texture urls from document base by @kpal81xd in #8754
• Gate ImageBitmap release on opt-in flag, make it one-shot by @mvaligursky in #8760
• Fix WebGPU XR stereo viewport and harden vr-lod example by @mvaligursky in #8761
• Ensure opacity dither fully hides at alpha 0 and fully shows at alpha 1 by @lucaheft in #8767
• Make writeSortIndirectArgs WGSL helper portable for Firefox WebGPU by @mvaligursky in #8784
• Fire EVENT_PRECULL after f...

v2.18.1

Fixes

• Split batches by castShadow and shadowCascadeMask by @mvaligursky in #8650
• Use unsigned 32-bit depth bits when reconstructing pick depth from RGBA8 by @slimbuck in #8651
• Defer WebGPU buffer destruction until after pending command buffers are submitted by @slimbuck in #8652

Contributors

• @mvaligursky
• @slimbuck

Full Changelog: v2.18.0...v2.18.1

v2.18.0

Changes

• Remove per-resource instance vertex buffer from GSplat rendering by @mvaligursky in #8513
• Expose GSplat rendering properties on GSplatParams by @mvaligursky in #8518
• Add HTML-in-Canvas support with texElementImage2D and interactive hit testing by @mvaligursky in #8519
• Refactor GSplatRenderer into base class with GSplatQuadRenderer derived class by @mvaligursky in #8520
• Refine GSplatRenderer API: rename methods for clarity by @mvaligursky in #8522
• Extract FramePass base class from RenderPass by @mvaligursky in #8523
• Add WebGPU subgroup operations support by @mvaligursky in #8528
• Optimize GPU radix sort with bitmask ranking and multi-element processing by @mvaligursky in #8529
• Add compute-based tiled GSplat renderer (WebGPU) by @mvaligursky in #8531
• Add local compute GSplat renderer and dynamic buffer sizing (WebGPU) by @mvaligursky in #8536
• Replace full-screen quad composite with tile-based indirect draw in local compute GSplat renderer by @mvaligursky in #8544
• Add orthographic camera support to compute GSplat renderers by @mvaligursky in #8545
• Improve compute GSplat rendering and add tonemapping support by @mvaligursky in #8546
• Support dynamic work buffer formats in compute GSplat renderers by @mvaligursky in #8547
• Remove redundant shader includes from ShaderUtils.createShader callers by @slimbuck in #8551
• Add WebGPU Bare device type for testing without optional features by @mvaligursky in #8555
• Add picking support and fix color pipeline in local compute GSplat renderer by @mvaligursky in #8556
• Remove global compute GSplat renderer by @mvaligursky in #8558
• Remove per-splat GPU compaction for CPU sort path by @mvaligursky in #8559
• Extract GSplatFrustumCuller from GSplatWorkBuffer by @mvaligursky in #8560
• Merge frustum culling into compute, convert to storage buffers, fix >16M splat dispatch by @mvaligursky in #8561
• Make frustum culling always-on and remove dead pcNodeIndex pipeline by @mvaligursky in #8562
• Reduce register pressure in compute GSplat TileCount projection by @mvaligursky in #8563
• Store conic form in projection cache to avoid per-tile conversion by @mvaligursky in #8565
• Add GSplatParams.renderer enum for runtime renderer selection by @mvaligursky in #8567
• Remove centers array dependency from GSplatInfo interval check by @mvaligursky in #8568
• Add minContribution property for compute GSplat contribution culling by @mvaligursky in #8571
• Increase default minContribution from 2 to 3 by @mvaligursky in #8575
• Add fisheye projection for Gaussian splats by @mvaligursky in #8576
• Add fisheye projection support for skybox by @mvaligursky in #8577
• Refactor rasterize variant management and beforePasses scheduling by @mvaligursky in #8579
• Add depth testing for compute GSplat renderer when CameraFrame depth prepass is enabled by @mvaligursky in #8581
• Simplify Camera.beforePasses to a plain FramePass array by @mvaligursky in #8582
• Add fog support for Gaussian splat rendering by @mvaligursky in #8583
• Replace atomic scatter with pair-buffer tile binning and cooperative large-splat processing by @mvaligursky in #8586
• Split viewDepth into separate depthBuffer for sort cache locality by @mvaligursky in #8587
• Move FisheyeProjection to scene/graphics for shared use by @mvaligursky in #8588
• Modernize README and improve npm discoverability by @willeastcott in #8591
• Remove Bundlephobia badge from READMEs by @willeastcott in #8592
• Per-node granular SH color updates with angle-based threshold by @mvaligursky in #8593
• Optimize tile-count pass with multi-splat threads and extract dispatch prep shaders by @mvaligursky in #8594
• Remove workgroup-level early-out atomics from rasterize pass by @mvaligursky in #8596
• Vectorize Gaussian evaluation across 2x2 pixel quad in rasterize pass by @mvaligursky in #8597
• Unify GSplat debug rendering into a single enum-based API by @mvaligursky in #8598
• Add heatmap debug mode for compute GSplat rasterizer by @mvaligursky in #8599
• Revert tile-count pass to single-splat-per-thread by @mvaligursky in #8603
• Decouple compute GSplat renderer from work buffer via setDataSource by @mvaligursky in #8605
• Add shader defines for prepass to support alpha test and dithered opacity by @slimbuck in #8606
• Improve GSplat compute renderer cold-start buffer capacities by @mvaligursky in #8610

Fixes

• Reset render pass merge flags each frame in FrameGraph.compile() by @mvaligursky in #8516
• Fix TAA ghosting artifacts on WebGPU by @mvaligursky in #8517
• Prevent division by zero in CAS sharpening shader by @slimbuck in #8532
• Preserve blend state in drawQuadWithShader / RenderPassQuad by @mvaligursky in #8535
• Fix double decrement of octree file ref counts on entity disable by @mvaligursky in #8537
• Use y-first approach in Compute.calcDispatchSize to minimize wasted workgroups by @mvaligursky in #8538
• Round up compressed texture dimensions to block size on WebGPU by @mvaligursky in #8540
• Replace StopThePop tile intersection with exact FlashGS method in compute GSplat by @mvaligursky in #8548
• Smooth Gaussian falloff for capped splat radii in compute renderer by @mvaligursky in #8549
• Avoid workgroupUniformLoad on atomic type for iOS WGSL compatibility by @mvaligursky in #8552
• Use unfilterable-float sample type for RGBA32F textures in node culling shader by @mvaligursky in #8553
• Use unfilterable-float sample type for RGBA32F GSplat textures on WebGPU by @mvaligursky in #8554
• Pass alphaClip to scatter pass instead of hardcoding 1/255 by @mvaligursky in #8564
• Match quad renderer near-plane behavior in compute GSplat renderer by @mvaligursky in #8566
• Match raster minPixelSize culling threshold in compute GSplat renderer by @mvaligursky in #8569
• Use logarithmic depth quantization in compute GSplat bitonic sort by @mvaligursky in #8570
• Match raster Gaussian radius cap in compute GSplat renderer by @mvaligursky in #8573
• Improve compute GSplat tile entry buffer scaling to reduce overflow artifacts by @mvaligursky in #8574
• Preserve layerPlacementsDirty flag when octree placements are removed by @mvaligursky in #8584
• Include fresnelSchlick chunk when refraction is enabled without specular by @willeastcott in #8595
• Suppress frame:ready until full LOD update after param changes by @mvaligursky in #8602

Examples

• Fix FOV slider default value in LOD streaming example by @mvaligursky in #8510
• Hide test two-sided lighting example thumbnails by @mvaligursky in #8511
• Add radial sorting toggle to LodStreaming example by @mvaligursky in #8515
• Add clear button to examples sidebar filter input by @mvaligursky in #8541
• Limit examples sidebar to left half of screen on mobile by @mvaligursky in #8542
• Use consistent XR session check for viewport sizing and add stereo GSplat test example by @mvaligursky in #8557
• Add URL input and orientation controls to LOD streaming example by @mvaligursky in #8572
• Add procedural weather particle system example using Gaussian splats by @mvaligursky in #8580
• Add renderer selection UI to all Gaussian splat examples by @mvaligursky in #8585
• Add environment map and metallic reflections to html-texture example by @mvaligursky in #8589
• Add URL parameter support to LOD streaming example by @mvaligursky in #8590
• Add GPU compute benchmark and GSplat benchmark example by @mvaligursky in #8600
• Add cloud shadows shader chunk override example by @mvaligursky in #8604
• Replace share buttons with save buttons in GSplat benchmark example by @mvaligursky in #8608

Engine Dependencies

• Update rollup to v4.59.0 (security) in #8483

Contributors

• @mvaligursky
• @slimbuck
• @willeastcott

Full Changelog: v2.17.2...v2.18.0