Release 2025.1

Features

• Editor: Drag and drop assets on the Properties #868 (#870)
• Editor: Enum properties support for Next Object #891 (#892)
• Editor: mesh instance reuse for objects in FBX importer #846 (#847)
• Engine: Flexible Visual Effects system #893 (#894)
• Engine: Serialization of arrays #854 (#855)
• Gui: CheckBox widget #878 (#879)
• GUI: Default plane mesh for Frame widget #883 (#884)
• Gui: Fold widget #880 (#890)
• Math: Look rotation function for Quaternion #819 (#820)
• Resources: Spine 2D Importer #29 (#800)

Fixes

• Animation: Animation looks choppy #817 (#818)
• Editor: Animation state machine editor crashed #860 (#864)
• Editor: Changes in prefab doesn't updates instance properly #866 (#867)
• Editor: Code assets is absent in Content Browser context menu #871 (#872)
• Editor: Deletion in Hierarchy widget can lead to crash #852 (#858)
• Editor: Deletion of Image from Button leads to crash #816 (#825)
• Editor: Duplication of Button can hang application #814 (#815)
• Editor: Graph editor doesn't updating a node titles #861 (#863)
• Editor: Graph Node changes it's position on click in graph editor #862 (#873)
• Editor: Nan's in Move Tool #836 (#845)
• Editor: Object picking issues #839 (#840)
• Editor: Prefab can loose attached external components after reimport. #811 (#829)
• Editor: Sprite Editor details doesn't changes anything #850 (#865)
• Editor: Sprite Editor handles issues #851 (#859)
• Editor: Unable to build projects with Animator #826 (#827)
• Editor: Unable to change file path in PathEdit control #830 (#831)
• Editor: Unable to move a skinned mesh #812 (#843)
• Editor: Undo for duplicated object can lead to crash #813 (#835)
• Editor: Using just imported mesh can lead to crash #823 (#824)
• Editor: ZoomIn works incorrect in 2D mode #901 (#902)
• Engine: Crash on platforms with only on active thread #833 (#834)
• Engine: Cross platform hash issues #907 (#908)
• Engine: Making delete later for hierarchy of objects can lead to crash #821 (#822)
• Engine: Random crash in Object #888 (#889)
• Engine: Ray cast issues #841 (#842)
• Engine: Skinned mesh is not visible #809 (#810)
• Engine: TextRender ignores Transforms #853 (#856)
• Engine: Wrong bounding box for scaled meshes #837 (#838)
• Gui: RectTransform behavior fixed
• Render: FXAA looks wrong #874 (#875)
• Scripts: Angel Script doesn't load the script binaries. #903 (#904)

Other

• CI: CMake build fixes + Uikit moc header fix (#795)
• CI: FreeBSD Github Ccache Build Caching (#798)
• CI: Remove FreeBSD fork hardcoding (#797)
• CI: SignPath integration (#848)
• CI: Update iOS and tvOS runners to Build Properly (#802)
• Editor: Builder tool refactoring (#828)
• Editor: Graph Editor refactoring (#805)
• Editor: Graph refactoring (#885)
• Editor: NextObject adapter removed from properties editor (#882)
• Editor: Properties widget refactoring (#881)
• Editor: Refactoring of root nodes in graphs #876 (#877)
• Editor: Tools refactoring (#898)
• Engine Components refactoring (#857)
• Engine: Animation system refactoring (#799)
• Engine: Particle system refactoring (#806)
• Engine: Prefab system refactoring (#844)
• GLFM update (#909)
• QGamepad removed from project (#801)
• Render: MaterialGL refactoring (#832)

Release 2024.3

Features

• Render: Geometry shaders #722 (#723)
• Render: Instancing manager #194 (#759)
• Render: SSBO as instancing data source on desktop platforms #758 (#757)

Refactoring

• Core: Byte array type changed (#766)
• Editor: Graph file format refactoring (#724)
• Engine: Camera refactoring (#716)
• Engine: Resources life cycle refactoring #713 (#714)
• Render: CommandBuffer::setScreenProjection removed
• Render: Instancing refactoring (#756)
• Render: Render target refactoring
• Render: Shader file format refactoring (#715)

Fixes

• Audio: Sounds are not playing in the editor or in the game #738 (#743)
• BSD: Port update based on feedback (#767)
• Editor: "Local" property in particle editor is not saving. #728 (#732)
• Editor: Add actor/component menu is not working in prefab #727 (#731)
• Editor: Areas on a Sprite are not saving #726 (#733)
• Editor: Color constant is resetting in material editor #734 (#740)
• Editor: Crash after relocating project assets #741 (#749)
• Editor: Deletion of Node in the MaterialEdit leads to crash #736 (#742)
• Editor: Fresh import could lead to crash #717 (#718)
• Editor: Infinite loading when import .wav file #725 (#730)
• Editor: Prefab window is not reopening after being closed #748 (#750)
• Editor: Prefabs resets it's transform after end of simulation #751 (#753)
• Editor: Project is not opening after creating new AngelBehaviour asset #744 (#745)
• Editor: Project is opening with last prefab window #747 (#760)
• Editor: Re-import of prefab could lead to a crash #761 (#762)
• Editor: Sprite Editor area dragging issue #735 (#755)
• Engine: BSD: Address SIGSEGV error Addition (#791)
• Render: Project crashes after some small execution time #764 (#765)
• Render: Skeletal mesh doesn't render on the screen #752 (#754)
• Script: Crash on calling Camera::project method #719 (#721)
• UIKit CMake file added (#768)
• UIKit: Adding a new widget component to existent could lead to a crash #772 (#773)

Release 2024.2

Features

• Angel component shortcut (#706)
• Editor: Add default lighting for prefab scene #700 (#701)
• Editor: Basic UI editor #675 (#676)
• Editor: Gizmo must support draw solid spheres #659 (#660)
• Editor: Open First Map as specified in Project Settings by default #687 (#690)
• Editor: Snap for actor controls #666 (#667)
• Engine: Add CSS support for the UI Kit #673 (#674)
• Physics: Joints #172
• Script: Extend logging functions #683 (#684)
• Script: Instantiate method for Component class #692 (#693)

Refactoring

• GUI Framework refactoring (#669)
• Material format refactoring (#705)
• Render state refactoring (#704)
• Sprite asset refactoring (#685)
• Texture refactoring (#712)
• UI to separate module (#670)

Fixes

• Core: Json parser unable to read float numbers with E notation #679 (#680)
• Editor: Actor have two transforms after adding UI component. #698 (#699)
• Editor: Application crashed in the end of game simulation #671 (#672)
• Editor: Auto indent issues in Code Editor #681 (#682)
• Editor: Build failed to build a Project #710 (#711)
• Editor: Crash on picking Move tool for Scene. #657 (#658)
• Editor: Crashes on attempt to save a new project after it's creation. #688 (#689)
• Editor: Drag and drop of object can lead to crash #661 (#662)
• Editor: Duplication of actor in the hierarchy loses current scene to save #664 (#665)
• Editor: Grid becomes invisible in 2D mode after restart. #702 (#703)
• Editor: Issues with opening prefabs one after another #707 (#708)
• Editor: Local space transform gizmos strange behavior #677 (#678)
• Editor: Project crashes after adding actor with label component #694 (#697)
• Menu and Preview fixed in NodeGraph View
• Render: Objects disappear in a pattern #695 (#696)
• Resource dictionary issues fixed (#709)
• Script: Scripts executing only on the first run. #686 (#691)
• Sprite packaging fixed

Other

• Reduced the amount of screen projection commands (#668)

Release 2024.1

Features

• Editor: Plugin management #644 (#645)
• Editor: Support GLTF to import #600 (#599)
• Engine: Sub-mesh rendering support #597 (#598)
• Engine: Dynamic properties #594 (#595)
• Engine: SkinnedMeshRender should have customizable bounding volume #564 (#565)
• Engine: Mouse wheel handling #561 (#562)

Refactoring

• Editor Settings refactoring (#648)
• Material Parameters handling refactoring (#596)
• Preview screen refactoring (#581)
• Editor refactoring (#571)
• Hierarchy refactoring (#570)
• Camera Controller refactoring (#563)
• Properties widget refactoring (#569)
• Animation Editor moved to separate module (#556)
• Timeline moved to module (#555)

Fixes

• Editor: Unable to build game project #653 (#654)
• Editor: File path properties doesn't work #650 (#651)
• Editor: Canceling of the drag doesn't work complete #646 (#647)
• Render: Bloom doesn't work #642 (#643)
• Render: Spot Light has no shadows #640 (#641)
• Editor: Save asset dialog shows twice #638 (#639)
• Engine: Unable to save changes materials #628 (#629)
• Editor: Hierarchy is not updating #625 (#626)
• Editor: Preview window is black #623 (#624)
• Editor: Preview renders shadows with artifacts #621 (#622)
• Engine: Objects refers to prototype entities after cloning #619 (#620)
• Editor: Mesh corrupted on second screen. #615 (#616)
• Editor: Unable to pick an object in properties #617 (#618)
• Editor: The editor only displays a white window when started. #613 (#614)
• Editor: Unable to set keyframe on property changed event #611 (#612)
• Editor: Add element to empty array of materials leads to crash #609 (#610)
• Editor: Switching to the Material Editor should change Properties to active node selection #606 (#608)
• Editor: Arrays in Properties looks weird #604 (#605)
• Editor: Remove selection in the Hierarchy doesn't reflected in entire UI #602 (#603)
• Editor: The quazip version has vulnerabilities #540 (#601)
• Editor: Undo/Redo for a custom function can lead to crash. #592 (#593)
• Editor: Material Editor creates nodes outside from mouse position #590 (#591)
• Editor: Custom functions in the material editor ignores default values #588 (#589)
• Editor: Material Editor can break .shader files #586 (#587)
• Render: Unable to switch off shadows #584 (#585)
• Editor: Unable to save editor preferences #582 (#583)
• Editor: Crash on exit #579 (#580)
• Render: Shadow map for direct light it cut out #577 (#578)
• Editor: UI components is absent in the component creation menu #574 (#575)
• Editor: DrawMode shows nothing in Image component properties editor #572 (#573)
• Editor: Properties editor on property name #566 (#567)
• Render: Unable to render skinned mesh #559 (#560)
• Editor: Animation Editor unable to create links #557 (#558)
• Reflections fixed (#630)

Other

• API documentation updated (#652)
• GPU Debug markers added (#627)
• Basic CMAKE implementation (#635)
• Move tests to GTest #631 (#632)

Release 2023.2

Features:

• Editor: Scene management improvements #552
• Render: Pipeline asset handling #550
• Editor: Tiled tile maps importer #541
• Editor: Custom function in the Material Editor #538
• Render: Single vbo buffer for vertices
• Engine: Compute shaders #520
• Editor: Array handing in Property Editor #518
• Editor: Material Editor preview in nodes #515
• Editor: Groups in graph editor #513
• Editor: Bulk movements in the GraphEditor #512
• Editor: Better debugging of graphical buffers #511

Fixes:

• Render: Sprite atlas is always growing during pack #548
• Examples: Flappy crashes editor #546
• Examples: Flappy example crashed #543
• Render: Translucent materials ignores depth test #535
• Render: Wrong bounding box for the TextRender component #533
• Render: Direct Light shadows issues #527
• Crash during material import fixed
• GraphEditor converter from json to xml fixed
• Editor: Unable to remove invalid component #514

Other:

• Code Editor refactoring
• Object ID for Command Buffer added
• RHI appendix added
• GLSL library updated
• Add incremental download for install-qt.sh
• Vector4Edit jittering during update fixed
• Proper deletion of plugins during exit from the Editor
• Topology removed from the mesh
• Vertex attributes information in material
• Internal json format replaced by xml for node graph

Release 2023.1

Features:

• Editor: Name it before create in the Content Browser #484 (#485)
• Engine: FloatInput must be able to set values using embedded editor #486 (#487)
• Editor: Ability to remove asset or component in properties #500 (#501)
• Editor: Automatic reimport assets in case of switch SDK version #499
• Editor: Fresnel node for the material editor #300 (#473)
• Editor: Move Code Editor to the separate plugin. #466
• Editor: Need to recompile materials in case of RHI changed #471 (#472)
• Editor: Play and Pause buttons #509
• HierarchyBrowser UI improvements
• Node Graph Rework (#477)
• Render: SpriteRender layer sorting #474
• Selection on click for property editors
• SVG icons in Content Browser (#469)
• UI updates (#488)

Fixes:

• AngelBehaviour fixed
• Black preview in Material and Particle editors fixed
• Crash during import a new project fixed
• Editor: Component loses position in case of module rebuild #498
• Editor: Crash after stop of game simulation #495 (#496)
• Editor: Drag and drop component on the property leads to a crash #497
• Editor: Enter to game mode after plugin reload may lead to a crash #507
• Editor: GraphView unable to render creation link #506
• Editor: Icon not updating when reimporting a resource #510
• Editor: Preview functionality breaked #467
• Editor: Selected object in game mode may lead to a crash #508
• Editor: UI layer broken #468
• Editor: Unable to create Empty Actor #481 (#482)
• Editor: Unable to save changes in Prefab #479 (#480)
• Editor: Unable to select any Sprite for SpriteRender #504 (#505)
• Engine: Camera ignores object hierarchy #491 (#492)
• Hierarchy Browser various issues fixed
• Hierarchy crash fixed
• Mouse delta drift fixed
• Object Select default tab for components fixed
• Physics: Character controller has wrong collision #502
• Physics: Static colliders shouldn't use rigid bodies for collisions #493 (#494)
• Prefab creation issue fixed
• Proper deletion of children of object
• Render: Ambient Occlusion should affect unlit surfaces #475
• ShaderBuilder issues fixed
• Various bullet module issues fixed

Other:

• Components combining refactoring (#489)
• Default save of properties with type Component/Resource
• Editor view ports refactoring
• FreeType library update to 2.12.1
• Frustum culling refactoring
• Mesh Refactoring (#483)
• Mesh refactoring part 2 (#490)
• Mouse delta proper implementation for editor platform adapter
• Object mutex is moved to MutexPool
• Pipeline refactoring (#476)
• PlayerInput refactoring
• Ray cast refactoring
• Renderer Refactoring (#478)
• Resource management refactoring
• Scene refactoring (#470)
• SceneGraph refactoring (#503)
• Shader bindings update
• Transform getter in the Component
• Truncate tail 0 symbols in Float and Vector editors

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