Releases · axmolengine/axmol

The 2.1.3 release is a minor LTS release for bugfixes and improvements, we also have new home page: https://axmol.dev , thanks to all contributers of axmol, especially

@iAndyHD3 Add axmol to awsome-cpp
@asnagni Become new monthly financial contributer of axmol
@danialias Mantaining axmol wiki pages, axmol.dev home, axmol reddit community and axmol discord
@rh101 Implement the funding feature: cross-platform MediaPlayer controller, and donate the fund $250 by @asnagni to axmol community
@paulocoutinhox Made both financial and code contributing to axmol
@GamesStudioTwo and @rudiHammad made video showcase of axmol
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arbdwd84NEQ
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nPVrxiO-bc

Significant changes relative to 2.1.2:

Implement cross-platform media controller for video playback by @rh101 in #1845
- Adjust media control positioning if video aspect ratio is maintained by @rh101 in #1851
- Allow media controls to be rotated left or right by 90 degrees by @rh101 in #1910
Allow certain code modules to be removed from build process by @rh101 in #1769, i.e. remove 3d features by -DAX_ENABLE_3D=OFF
New logging system with general log level and colored support
- Implement new axmol log system based on fmtlib by @halx99 in #1732
- Logging colorful support by @halx99 in #1735
- Improve logging color style by @halx99 in #1739
- Add support for verbose trace level logging by @rh101 in #1764
- Removed the '\n' which creates a second (empty) line. by @aismann in #1746
Add wasm EditBox support
Simplify axmol cmdlines build command, now you can use command axmol instead axmol build to build your project
Linking prebuilt xcframework for apple platforms, please do clean AX_ROOT by axmol -c -u if you tracking axmol engine git repo
Add unit tests by @smilediver in #1862
- #1870
- #1871
Add AXLOGD,AXLOGI,... functions for lua
Add axmol cmdline build option to specify build optimize flag: -O0(Debug), -O1(MinSizeRel), -O2(RelWithDebInfo), -O3(Release)

Breaking Changes

Rename ax::Ref ==> ax::Object
Remove ax::log, use AXLOGD instead
Remove cmake function: ax_uwp_set_all_targets_deploy_min_version
Remove deprecated pixel formats L8, A8, LA8 in #1839
Move axmol/build.ps1 to axmol/tools/cmdline/build.ps1
Rename ax::ccMessageBox to ax::messageBox
Move ax::ccNextPOT to ax::utils::nextPOT
Remove unused API: ax::LuaLog
Change parameter 'sharedRT' of RenderTexture::create to false

Mark as deprecated

2d/TextFieldTTF
ui/UITextField, use ui/TextFieldEx instead

BugFixes

Fix fullscreen incorrect in retina display by @halx99, reported by @TyelorD
Fix same uniforms in fragment and vertex shaders not working in Metal by @smilediver in #1808
Fix android build by @smilediver in #1723
Fix EditBox error by @binxiaojiao in #1755
Fix InputEvent in fairyGUI onKeyDown and onKeyUp by @binxiaojiao in #1757
Fix wasm FPS control not working by @binxiaojiao in #1762
Fix texture recreation when GL context is lost by @smilediver in #1763
Fix DebugDraw issue in 3D physics by @halx99
Fix OpenGLState cache error, reported by @solan-solan in #1759
Fix linux crash after close window by @halx99
Fix setup.ps1 not update AX_ROOT in unix profile by @halx99
Fix a regression introduced by 2.1.2 that template gradlew permission incorrect
Fix build android with axmol cmdline arch not working
Fix crash on iOS by @smilediver in #1799
Fix typo: BLEND_CLOLOR ==> BLEND_COLOR
Fix typo: RESERVE_SUBTRACT ==> REVERSE_SUBTRACT
Fix video player crash on apple platforms, reported by @asnagni in #1815
Fix an issue where ProgressTimer didn't properly set or cascade its opacity by @TyelorD in #1830
Fix ClippingNode stencil needing global z set manually by @TyelorD in #1831
Fix FileUtilsApple::getPathForDirectory() checking wrong path by smilediver in #1828
Fix issue where UIWidget couldn't be reselected by @TyelorD in #1827
Fix glfw crash on macOS for large mouse button ids by @smilediver in #1835
Fix 1k/fetch.cmake not working on powershell 5.1
Fix spine two color tint data not being copied across to backend buffer on first frame by @rh101 in #1875
Fix FileUtils issues on macOS by @smilediver in #1863
Fix memory corruption bug and resulting crash in the TextFieldTTF by @TyelorD in #1890
Fix shaders not copying to final build on macOS for non Xcode builds by @smilediver in #1908
Fix system font blurring by in @DelinWorks in #1907
Fix android ImGui crash due to invalid pointer by @rh101 in #1920

Improvements

Update prebuilt tool glslcc to 1.9.5, macos-arm64 support and built for macos-10.15+
Improve MediaPlayer: handle video rotation properly
Disable c++20 char8_t
Improve build system, set rpath properly for platforms: linux, apple
HttpClient: add support for PATCH method by @smilediver in #1722
Add -f switch info to axmol command help output by @rh101 in #1729
Adapt DrawNodeEx to the changes on: Move color types to math/Color.h #1741 by @aismann in #1760
Add Node World Space Positioning by @DelinWorks in #1743
Move color types to math/Color.h by @halx99 in #1741
Removing EditBox should not result in logging an error message by @rh101 in #1740
Update LUA config for new build options by @rh101 in #1772
Update TLD axmol.org -> axmol.dev
Rename folder thirdparty ==> 3rdparty
Update spine to 4.1-54fac9d
Update axmol cmdline preferred cmake to 3.29.3+ for supress xcode 15 duplicated linking warnings
Remove unnecessary cmake option: AX_VS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET
Make FileStream open file for write share flags same with cstd
Fix some compile warnings
Add ttf fallback render support
Add cmake option: AX_EXT_HINT to set default extensions state
Add axmol cmdline option -dm to dump compiler preprocessors before build
Display cmake command used by build script in console by @rh101 in #1834
Add Borderless Windowed Mode by @TyelorD in #1826
Add CC_USE_CULLING Alias to cocos2d.h by @TyelorD in #1825
Prevent repeated loading of plist files when loading csb files by @tkzcfc in #1844
Remove Info.plist from mac Resources by @martinking71 #1849
Add libvlc prebuilt entry CMakeLists.txt
Add ability to create console apps by @smilediver in #1859
Add support for ensuring sprite content size does not change on new texture by @rh101 in #1897
Remove obsolete box2d-optimized support by @aismann in #1913
Add macOS, Linux support for tools/ci/genbindings.ps1
Fix axmol cmdline not raise error when cmake build fail
Migrate wasm ci from appveyor to github actions
Set AX_USE_METAL and AX_USE_GL to 1 if defined by @smilediver in #1916
Update the CMake minimum version requirement to 3.23.0+ by @rh101 in #1918
Add x86_64 to example list of possible target architectures for android by @rh101 in #1919
Enable lua bit module for all lua versions supported by axmol
Fix passing non null terminated strings for null terminated params by @smilediver in #1924
Fix sol problem in emplace method by @paulocoutinhox in #1927
Fix descriptor typo by @paulocoutinhox in #1928
Do image processing to reverse premultiplied alpha in separate thread by @rh101 in #1929