Release 2022.1

Features:

• Editor: Raw materials in XML format #449 (#450)
• Editor: Vertex offset in the Material Editor. #447
• Editor: Visual Studio project generation #465
• Engine: Input bindings #458 (#459)
• Physic Colliders (#462)
• Render: The OpenGL render must be updated to meet the modern work with uniforms. #448 (#406)

Fixes:

• AngelScript regression fixed
• Build procedure is failed #453
• Crash fixed on Linux platform
• Editor settings issue fixed
• Editor: Unable to do hot reload of the project module. #455
• FilePath property size fixed
• Icons related issues in the Content Browser fixed on Linux platform
• Multiple Linux issues fixed

Other:

• Angel Script library updated
• Build scripts updated (#464)
• Editor: Class name rename in case of file rename. #451 (#452)
• Editor: Multiline selection in the ConsoleManager #456
• Editor: Plugin refactoring #445 (#446)
• GLFW update (#457)
• iOS platform tools moved to separate module
• Logger macro added to simplify syntax
• OffScreen rendering refactoring
• QBS Tools template added
• Quality of life improvements
• Texture converter and Sprite editor is moved to the TextureTools plugin
• Translations updated

Release 2021.4

Features:

• Builder: Automatic modules detection #433
• Editor: Code editor enhancements #413 (#405)
• Editor: Isolation mode #428 (#429)
• Editor: Prefab creation #427
• Editor: Reorder in the Hierarchy editor #434
• Editor: Selection disable in the Hierarchy widget #435
• Engine: Serialization of default settings on the disk #440
• New map asset should be based on chunk

Fixes:

• Asset focus for the icon render fixed
• Boolean property regression fixed
• Chunk related crash fixed
• Cursor issues fixed for the SceneComposer
• Drag and drop regression fixed
• Editor: Application crashed during the creation of empty Actor #437
• Editor: Application crashed in case of exit from game mode. #441
• Editor: Component select dialog works badly with multiple components. #439
• Editor: Drag and Drop map on the scene may lead to a crash #414
• Editor: Drag and drop object to itself leads to object disappear #420
• Editor: Handling of switching properties. #430
• Editor: Incorrect focus on objects. #422
• Editor: Invalid instances of the prefabs #423
• Editor: New project file can be saved without file suffix #425
• Editor: Only game object properties can contain checkboxes. #417
• Editor: Opening of any map doesn't load anything #438
• Editor: Preview window must be shown in game mode. #416
• Editor: Right-click on an item in the hierarchy must select item #424
• Editor: The Editor loses it's settings. #426
• Editor: Timer issues in game mode #431
• Editor: Unable to move the camera backward using the S button #411
• Editor: Unsaved text documents can be loosed #412
• Editor: Wrong positioning of a created node in the Material Editor #418
• Editor: Wrong 'TextRenderer' component displaying after re-open saved project #402
• Engine: Incorrect serialization of object connections #421
• Exit menu action fixed
• Import order fixed for Sprites
• Multiple Linux issues fixed
• Multiple Timeline issues fixed (#432)
• Property editors regression fixed
• Regression issue related to escape from the game mode fixed.
• SchemeEditor Undo/Redo modified flag fixed
• Script: Get the name of Actor leads to crash #443
• SkinnedMeshRender update in the editor fixed
• Texture Editor multiple issues fixed
• Undo/Redo management improved for the Timeline
• Widgets: RectTransform handles pivots and anchors incorrectly #436

Other:

• Code quality issues fixed
• Editor SDK refactoring
• Hierarchy Browser refactoring
• Module API changed (#401)
• Properties refactoring
• Qt5QmlModels dependency added
• Resource system behavior refactoring
• RHI offscreen refactoring (#419)
• Stability improvements
• World Editor refactoring (#415)

Release 2021.3

Features:

• Editor: Get info button in 'Help'->'About WorldEditor' view #403
• Editor: Global/Local transform axes #388
• Editor: Hints for the editor controls #378
• Editor: Post effects menu #384
• Editor: Range property #386
• Engine: RenderTexture must be replaced with RenderTarget #365
• Render: Cascade bias value #368
• Render: PostProcessVolume #380
• Render: V-Sync setting #211

Fixes:

• Builder: Multiple issues with the conversion of maps and prefabs #400
• Crash in BulletSystem destructor in Bullet module fixed
• Editor: An empty object is created without a Transform component #364
• Editor: Camera control doesn't work for non-ENG keyboard layout #387
• Editor: Crash during removal of component #376
• Editor: Crash on gesture #382
• Editor: Crash on the start screen. #369
• Editor: Deletion of the Image component from the Button may lead to a crash. #408
• Editor: EditorTools works incorrectly with objects with no Renderable component #374
• Editor: Empty text file can lead to a crash #391
• Editor: Highlight for hierarchies #375
• Editor: Incorrect FBX import for meshes with several sub meshes. #377
• Editor: Main UI isn't shown in rare cases #392
• Editor: Multiple issues in the scheme editor #389
• Editor: Particle editor doesn't show effects #367
• Editor: Property Editor wrong behavior for the Vector3 properties #372
• Editor: Rotation controller looks wrong #363
• Editor: Scripts compile each time project opens #362
• Editor: Skinned meshes broken #379
• Editor: The asset editor can disappear in case of open a next asset #393
• Editor: Valid default settings for component #404
• Engine: Built game crashed. #399
• Engine: Cloning of an Invalid object leads to a crash. #396
• Engine: Disabled renderable components still visible on the screen. #407
• Engine: Maps are not fully resource #397
• Engine: SkinnedMeshRender broken. #366
• Engine: Unable to debug a game binary in the debug mode. #398
• 'WorldEditor' crashes on project creation #371

Other:

• Documentation updated
• File class API refactoring
• Plugin template changed to support a new version of API
• PostProcessorSettings refactoring
• Sphere asset corrected
• Texture refactoring
• Translations updated
• Ui Text issues fixed

Release 2021.2

Features:

• Editor: Actors placement helper API's #349
• Editor: Clear assignment for the component property #339
• Editor: Enum Properties #344
• Editor: Move existent components to groups #358
• Editor: Render Hardware Interface agnostic editor. #361
• Engine: Basic Gui module #360
• Engine: Default font asset for the engine #355
• Engine: Keyboard text input handling #356
• Engine: Tiled option for the SpriteRender #324
• Engine: Vertical alignment for the TextRender #348
• Scripts: Access to xyzw components for math vectors #357
• Scripts: Script-based properties must be visible in the Property Editor #343

Fixes:

• Editor: Deletion of opened in editor sprite may lead to crash #341
• Editor: Deletion of the Armature part of the prefab may lead to crash #342
• Editor: Double update for Renderable components #353
• Editor: Resize tool works incorrectly #345
• Editor: TextRender mesh changes may corrupt side meshes. #351
• Editor: Undo delete object two objects may lead to crash #340
• Engine: DefaultSprite material should react on alpha in color parameter. #352
• Engine: SpriteRender crashes the application. #347
• Engine: TextRender issues with Unicode #354
• Engine: TextRender leads to crash in case of tight width of text element #346
• Engine: Wrong mouse Y coordinate direction. #350
• Scripts: Deletion of the assigned object to the script may lead to a crash. #359

Other:

• Crashes in unit tests fixed
• Linux build fix
• MinGW build procedure fixed
• Minor refactoring to decrease coupling with QOpenGLWidget
• Render Pipeline optimizations
• Sprite Render API refactoring
• Text Render API refactoring
• Transform will not create automatically during the first request to the actor anymore
• Translations update

Release 2021.1

Features:

• Editor: AngelScript classes as Components in menu #315
• Editor: Code editor improvements #309
• Editor: Drag and Drop for the Component Select property #330
• Editor: ReadOnly annotation handler #316
• Editor: Resize Tool for the sprites #338
• Editor: Splash screen #311
• Editor: Timeline refactoring #312
• Editor: Zoom in and zoom out in the material viewport #294
• Editor:Proper handle instances of deleted prefabs #318
• Engine: SpriteRender Size should reflect real ratio of the element. #337
• Engine: Tiled option for the SpriteRender #324
• Materials: Depth Write option for the materials #322
• Physics: Contact events for the Rigid Bodies #333
• Render: Screen Space Reflections #66
• Resources: Multiple animations in FBX #304
• Scripts: Basic income signals handling #334

Fixes:

• Animation: Unable to connect two states in Animation Controller #305
• Editor: Application crashed during the game mode. #325
• Editor: Application crashes in case of null component in AngelBehaviour #313
• Editor: Assign AnimationController without AnimationClips may lead to hanging. #306
• Editor: Camera issues in the editor. #301
• Editor: ComponentProperty duplicates values. #328
• Editor: Crash during game mode #314
• Editor: New projects can't remember the last opened map #298
• Editor: New scrips created from the menu isn't compilable #326
• Editor: Properties must be updated after AngelScripts recompiled. #329
• Editor: Sprite Editor crashes during commit. #323
• Editor: Sprite Editor loses border parameters during the drag of element. #335
• Editor: The new script component is absent in the Component Browser #327
• Editor: The program crashes when deleting a model file when deleting it from assets #307
• Editor: Transform component must be first component in the list. #336
• Editor: Try to delete the root node in the Animation state machine may lead to the crash #310
• Editor: Unable to convert to cubemaps #303
• Editor: Unable to move an object by Z coordinate in 2D mode #302
• Editor: Unable to undo deleted component in case of a prefab instance #319
• Editor: Undo/Redo for the delete actor or components can lead to losing the origin position of deleted element #321
• Engine: Input::isKeyDown doesn't work for the desktop builds #297
• Physics: Center property for the colliders does not affect anything #332
• Render: Lighting issues for the scaled objects #299
• Resources: FBX position animation doesn't take into account the scale of the asset. #308
• Scripts: Global problem with property getters. #331

Other:

• Animation Edit refactored to the Document Widget
• Control Tools refactoring
• Materials refactoring
• Minor ui issues fixed
• Render System refactoring

Release 2020.4

Features:

• AngelScript: Enum support in scripts #266
• AngelScript: No bindings for modules #268
• Editor: Movement on a plane in a viewport #293
• Editor: QBS profile specification #296
• Editor: Translation UI #289
• Engine: Enhance coverage of meta information #270
• Engine: Enum Introspection #264
• Engine: Sprite enhancements #286
• Engine: Thread model instead of thread safety for the systems #282
• Mesh, Texture, and Pose now has to save user data functionality
• Resource: Asset management refactorting #284

Fixes:

• Asset type for AngelScript fixed
• Builder: Crash during preparing a build for the 2048 game project #283
• Editor: Crash during editor exit for 2048 example #277
• Editor: Materials doesn't work as expected #295
• Editor: New projects can't remember the last opened map #298
• Editor: Open project button does not work #290
• Engine: DirectLight and SpotLight don't react on rotations #280
• Engine: Input::isKeyDown doesn't work for the desktop builds #297
• IconRender rendering issue fixed
• Mesh edit fixed
• Minor fixes for the editor
• Render: Lighting issues for the scaled objects #299

Other Changes:

• 7z now is main package for all engine binaries
• Assets update
• Documentation update
• Serial duplicates of resources removed from convertors
• Sprite render now supports sprites
• Sprite sheet tool added to the Sprite Editor
• Texture converter now supports sprites conversion
• Texture Editor renamed to Sprite Editor
• UI Translated using Weblate (French)
• UI Translated using Weblate (Russian)

Release 2020.3

Features:

• Animation: Keyframe optimization #237
• AngelScript: Bindings for the key codes in Input #261
• Code Editor: AngelScript class map #167
• Code Editor: Find and Replace functionality #165
• Code Editor: Document close dialog #164
• Editor: Buffer visualization #263
• Editor: Camera enhancements in Viewport #262
• Editor: Unpack prefabs on the scene #259
• Editor: Error messages in the material editor #254
• Editor: Hot reload of the assets #249
• Editor: Quick access to asset import settings. #236
• Engine: Object destroy notification #248
• Engine: Variant optimization #234
• Engine: Add support of unit tests #233
• Resources: Assimp as a default mesh importer #235

Fixes:

• AngelScript: Application crashes in 2048 sample #252
• Editor: Crash during undo the removal of component for the prefab instance #260
• Editor: Particle effect looks wrong in 2D mode #256
• Editor: Issues with camera during animation #258
• Editor: Timeline must react on assigning of Animation Controller #257
• Editor: AngelBehaviour objects don't show Assets and Components in the Properties #255
• Editor: Crash in Effect editor #251
• Editor: Curve editor shows incorrect curves in case of linear interpolation #240
• Editor: Particle effect can't be placed on the scene using Drag'n'Drop #247
• Editor: Copied object from the instance of a prefab can't be saved in map structure #242
• Engine: Cross-referencing doesn't work as expected #245
• Engine: Deleted component from the prefab will be restored after reload. #244
• Engine: Map can't be loaded if the component will be attached to sub-item of an instance of a prefab #243
• Engine: Second created Skinned Mesh may become invisible #241
• Engine: Clone from an instance of prefab will lose original link #232
• Material Editor: Small active area for the node ports #250
• Render: Particle Effects can't be rendered #246
• Render: Incorrect bounding box for the SkinnedMeshRender #238
• Resources: Multiple issues during fresh import #253

Other Changes:

• Rotation tool improved
• Profiler moved to the Next library
• Blog section optimized
• Compilation warnings fixed

Release 2020.2.2

Features

• Editor: Format versions #231
• Editor: Need to add icons for the all resource types #228

Fixes

• Editor: Components without any properties can't be displayed in Properties #229
• Editor: Prefabs must be draggable while its drag and drop state. #230

Release 2020.2

Features:

• Animation: Skeletal Animation #93
• Editor: Component selector for the Properties inspector #225
• Editor: Outline for the selected objects #221
• Editor: Undo/Redo for Timeline Tool #89
• Render: Area lights #220
• Render: Tube lights #222

Fixes:

• Builder: Build procedure is broken #223
• Editor: Application can't be launched from the release archive #224
• Engine: Prefabs don't work for the deep hierarchies #226
• Editor: Issues with move/rotation/scale tools in a hierarchy #227

Other Changes:

• GLSL library updated
• Now QBS is going as a submodule

Release 2020.1

Features:

• Workspaces improvements #219
• Builder: Project templates #216
• Replace of Autodesk FBX library #215

Fixes:

• Editor: Material Editor crashed #213
• Render: The light model broken #214
• SpotLight shadows corrupt DirectLight shadows #218
• Editor: Main scene becomes darker in case of second window opened #217

Other changes:

• Timeline improvements
• Documentation coverage increased