v14.2.5

• Main: MovableObject - getReceivesShadows does not need best technique
• CMake: fix compling for android on osx
• Overlays: Font - fix memory leak when using stbtt (#3100)
• DotScene
  • Improve identation of DTD (#3088)
  • remove improper "active" attribute from skyBox (#3082)
• D3D9: make sure AutoHardwareBufferManagement is enabled on first run
• GLSLang: add workaround for compilation with glslang v14+
• Samples
  • Browser - fix configure menu being always disabled
  • correctly disconnect input on paused events
  • drop edgelists from sibenik.mesh to reduce size
  • fix crash on restarting sample
  • range loop refactoring (#3083)
• Docs
  • fix SceneManger doc formatting
  • fix various docstrings causing unintended code formatting
  • improve point_size_attenuation docs
  • Tutorial3 - clean up headers and add merge example with imagick

v14.2.4

• Main: Log - spell out %T as MinGW does not support %T
• Bites: fix building without imgui
• Dependencies: update assimp to 5.4.0
• DotScene: Add support for LT_RECTLIGHT (#3074)
• Property: range loop refactoring
• MeshUpgrader
  • Add option to print version
  • Log packing of normals and tangents
• Docs: fix typos (#3072)

v14.2.3

• Main
  • Material - fix technique loading regression introduced in v14.2.1
  • ScriptTranslator - report if texture is re-declared with different settings
  • ShadowRenderer - check that tech and pass exists
  • Technique - allow compiling simple techniques without RS
• GL3+: fix getClosestGLImageInternalFormat (#3065)
• GL: Update ps_1_4.cpp (#3066)
• MeshLOD: range loop refactoring (#3064)
• Samples: Character - use InputListenerCain for event propagation

v14.2.2

this is a fixup for v14.2.1 to restore language binding support with SWIG 4.2.1

changes:

• SWIG: fix typed enums in Csharp
• SWIG: ignore getPropertyName

v14.2.1

• Main
  • GpuProgramManager - bump Microcode cache version
  • Material - ensure supported techniques are refreshed on reload
• SWIG: correctly wrap time_t
• Bullet: DebugDrawer - fix typo in line color conversion
• D3D11: Revert "removed unecssary null ptr checks + changed NULL to nullptr"
• Samples: Media - remove unused files
• Tests: make sure Trays are not shown when samples are run as Tests

v14.2.0

Highlights

• Bites: added ImGui based config dialog
• Tools: expose vertex cache optimizer in MeshUpgrader
• various bugfixes and performance optimizations

What's Changed

• Main
  • add SceneNode destroyChildAndObject etc convenience methods (#2963)
  • ControllerManager - use std::vector for ControllerList
  • copyMatchingNamedConstantsFrom - switch to release assert
  • deprecate RSC_POINT_EXTENDED_PARAMETERS
  • fix spelling error in MOT_FRUSTRUM (#2943)
  • GpuProgramManager - improve missing shared_params error message
  • GpuProgramParameters - fix edge cases for params of invalid logicalIndex or single float size
  • GpuProgramTranslator - skip params on programs that failed to load
  • inline Math::UnitRandom as it is on the hot path for particle emission
  • Log - use put_time for timestamp formatting
  • ParticleSystem - add profiling instrumentation
  • ProfileInstance - simplify logResults
  • ResourceManager::remove - check whether we created the resource
  • RSC - domain and hull programs always come together
  • SceneManager - add Static Geometry collection access (#2987)
  • SceneManager - dont bind compute programs. They are dispatched differently
  • ScriptTranslator - unify ID to GpuProgramType translation
  • SimpleSpline - make coeffs static and simplify constructor
  • simplify ParticleSystemTranslator
  • SubEntity - provide correct bone matrices for binding pose
  • Technique
    • also check RSC_WIDE_LINES for compatibility
    • check RSC_POINT_SPRITES availability
    • do not add superfluous newline to compileErrors
    • try to catch user missing a program type early on
    • also check TEX_TYPE compatibility in programmable passes
  • VertexCacheProfiler - add average cache miss ratio metric
  • workaround any_cast on iOS by using strcmp
  • WorkQueue - move WorkerThreadCount to interface
  • fix compilation with double
  • fix emscripten build on apple
  • removed unecssary null ptr checks + changed NULL to nullptr
• CMake
  • bump required version to 3.13
  • check for pugixml before enabling dependent options
  • fix ios toolchain for cmake 3.28
  • let CMake decide on the xcode attributes
• Dependencies
  • update Assimp to version 5.3.1
  • update freetype to version 2.13.2
  • update pugixml to version 1.14
  • update SDL2 to 2.28.5
  • update imgui to 1.90.4
  • update zlib and switch to github mirror (#3031)
  • update bundled stb_truetype to version 1.26
• SWIG
  • fix building with swig 4.2.0
  • ignore some deprecated functions
  • use argument_fail for consistent type error reporting
• RTSS
  • also check if the src technique is supported
  • cloneShaderBasedTechniques - ensure src material is loaded
  • GLSLProgramWriter - skip gl_PointSize in Fragment Shader
  • remove empty function stubs
  • unify writeProgramDependencies
  • use same variable name for vs out and ps in
• Overlay
  • add workaround for whitespace advance when using stbtt
  • Container - update children first as notifyParent may call initialise on them
  • Font
    • drop obsolete character_spacer StringInterface
    • use antialias_colour by default and deprecate the off state
  • FontManager - drop unimplemented methods
  • ImGui
    • also clean font texture and material
    • implement renderer configuration dialog
    • wrap PlotHistogram, PlotLines for python
    • improve error message in addFont
  • ProfileSessionListener - fix crash in finializeSession
  • store zorder as ushort instead of ulong
  • use runtime assert to check zorder range
• Bites
  • allow force disabling native ConfigDialog
  • ApplicationContext
    • add convenience functions to bring up ImGui
    • add runRenderingSettingsDialog
    • const correct getFSLayer
    • deprecate ApplicationContext::reconfigure
  • ImGuiInputListener - silently ignore events if context dissapeared
  • InputListenerChain - forward frameRendered events and add empty() method
  • range loop refactoring (#3013)
• MeshLOD
  • fix not using CacheList when we should
  • LodOutputProviderMesh - correctly assign indexStart
  • range loop refactoring (#3016, #3024, #3037, #3014)
• Bullet: add basic documentation
• Assimp: fix version printing. revision is the git hash
• RsImageCodec: fix build with latest Rust toolchain
• GLSLang
  • check that a valid UBO name is used
  • compile as std17, to allow using recent Vulkan SDKs
• D3D11
  • do not set any PointSize related RSC as it is unsupported
  • HLSL - drop logical indexing as it makes no sense
  • HLSL - give up on custom alignment logic
  • range loop refactoring (#2972)
  • Texture - src image attributes should not be overwritten
• D3D9: drop unused _setSrcAttributes
• GLSupport
  • add leading whitespace to FSAA options
  • const correct GLSLPreprocessor
  • range loop refactoring (#2968)
• GL3Plus
  • alias CS UBO to VS UBO as both wont be present at the same time
  • do not crash if nonexistant shared_params are referenced
• GL: const correctness for ps_1_4 testCompile
• Vulkan: correctly check for RSC_POINT_SPRITES
• GLES2: turn on normalization for VET_INT_10_10_10_2_NORM
• Tools: MeshUpgrader
  • add optvtxcache flag to optimize vertex cache
  • more robust argument number check
• Docs
  • actually link to the last two API references
  • fix copydoc usage in material-scripts.md
  • fix formatting of Changelog
  • list mesh tool parameters in manual
  • slightly improve the Shadow Mapping tutorial
  • update 14-Notes
  • update required compilers
• Samples
  • Browser
    • use InputListenerChain
    • use ImGui based renderer config dialog
  • Sample/ SdkSample
    • do not duplicate FrameListener API
    • remove superfluous boilerplate methods
    • drop unused WindowEventListener methods
    • register input directly with context
    • expose ApplicationContext to Samples
    • take care of trays internally
    • use InputListenerChain for clear input propagation
    • move input related stuff to SdkSample
  • range loop refactoring (#2993)
  • PNTriangles - use requireMaterial
• Tests
  • convert BillboardTextureCoords VTest to Unit Test
  • TestContext - port to runRenderingSettingsDialog

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v14.1.2

• SWIG: wrap CompositorChain::getCompositor & CompositorInstanceList

v14.1.1

• Main: remove some deprecation warnings
• Overlay: Font - handle premult alpha via antialias_colour in material
• RTSS: switch to a unified program processor
• Terrain: range loop factoring (#2945)
• MeshLod: silence memcpy warning on GCC
• Android: update to AGP 7.4.2 to work with latest android studio
• GL*: range loop refactoring (#2948)
• Metal: GpuProgram - entrypoint cannot be main & some robustness
• Vulkan: range loop refactoring (#2947, #2959)
• Docs: document OgreImGUIOverlay

v14.1.0

Highlights

• Main: added support for rectangular area lights
• Overlay: correctly load space width from font
• RTSS: handle multiple shadow casting lights

What's Changed

• Main
  • add ACT_MATERIAL_LOD_INDEX
  • add support for rectangular area lights
  • Entity - drop unused mMaterialLodFactorTransformed
  • fix processMainThreadTasks() waiting logic
  • Material LOD should work regardless of OGRE_NO_MESHLOD
  • Mesh/ SubMesh - add convenience resetVertexData & createVertexData
  • move mMaterialLodIndex to Renderable
  • ParticleSystem - do not track Affectors and Emitters in Factories
  • ShadowCamera - treat rectlights as spotlights
• CMake
  • CMAKE_CL_64 is deprecated and only works with MSVC (#2922)
  • update zlib to version 1.3 and use https instead of http URL (#2921)
• RTSS
  • add support for rectangular area lights
  • allow creating local array variables
  • PSSM - fix parsing parameters from script
  • PSSM - correctly handle color shadows when PSSM is off
  • PSSM - use shared, script-defined shadow sampler
  • range loop refactoring (#2929, #2931, #2934, #2937)
  • ShadowMapping - handle multiple shadow casting lights
• Overlay
  • correctly load space width from font
  • ImGui - respect ogre default codepoint range
  • range loop refactoring (#2919)
  • TextArea - draw missing space & deprecate space_width property
  • update to imgui 1.89.8
• SWIG
  • ImGui - correctly wrap Checkbox
  • ImGui - enable float[2] float[3] float[4] paramters via ImVec4
  • Python
    • auto convert Ogre.Degree to Radian parameter
    • workaround issue with cmake & manylinux (#2938)
    • full sequence protocol for Vector, Quaternion and ColourValue
• Terrain: range loop refactoring (#2940)
• Overlay/ Bites: range loop refactoring (#2908)
• GLSupport: OSX - throw on broken createNewWindow code path
• Octree - drop unused _alertVisibleObjects
• Assimp
  • fix animations bone handle (#2930)
  • we must use an index buffer due to the triangulate step
• Docs
  • 14-Notes - mention CollisionWorld
  • fix out-of-date Dear ImGui link
  • update 14 notes
  • update basic tutorial2
• Samples
  • add RectLight sample
  • Shadows - use the RTSS to generate depth shadow shaders
  • switch to multi- shadowlight RTSS shaders where applicable

Development is funded by your contributions

If your company uses Ogre, consider supporting its development in return:

v14.0.1

• Main
  • Entity - use correct material LOD idx bounds
  • fix warnings with OGRE_NO_MESHLOD
  • range loop refactoring (#2894)
  • ScriptTranslator - warn on deprecated lod_strategy names
• MeshLOD: fix build without precompiled headers
• Cg: define OGRE_VERTEX_SHADER for OgreUnifiedShader
• Tools, Tests, Samples: fix build without MeshLOD
• Docs
  • clarify using Overlays from .overlay files
  • clean up lod_strategy formatting
  • do not use the deprecated "asm" syntax
  • expand API documentation for getByName (#2893)
  • fix shadow tutorial code example (#2892)
  • list possible lod_strategy values and document lod_values fallback
  • update scripting manual (#2895)
• Samples
  • clean up Isosurf
  • IsoSurf - also use unified VS & FS for Cg
  • IsoSurf - merge HLSL and GLSL VS & FS