2024.4

new: integrated PBR renderer (@zpl-zak)
new: --nocook (@zpl-zak)
new: 3rd_luaffi.h
new: add shadertoy material in demos (@zpl-zak)
new: add update command (PLUG.bat)
new: added skybox_pbr() method to load IBL maps (@zpl-zak)
new: animlist() (@zpl-zak)
new: camera_fps2() (@zpl-zak)
new: font_wrap(), font_clip(), font_scale(), FONT_JUSTIFY (@zpl-zak)
new: fx_order() support (@zpl-zak)
new: implemented shader uniform caching (@zpl-zak)
new: object_anim() (@zpl-zak)
new: TEXTURE_ANISOTROPY, MODEL_NO_FILTERING flags (@zpl-zak)
new: window_has_debug() + window_debug() to show/hide debug UI (@zpl-zak)

chg: add @filelists support (PLUG.bat)
chg: compute brdf lut (@zpl-zak)
chg: COOK_DISABLED > ENABLE_COOK
chg: COOK_INI_PATHFILE
chg: do not use openmp in retail builds
chg: improved shader preprocessing logic (@zpl-zak)
chg: made --cook-on-demand=1 by default
chg: move PLUG.bat into plugins/ folder
chg: move tonemap shaders to engine art/ dir (@zpl-zak)
chg: moved font shaders to art/ folder (@zpl-zak)
chg: promoted allocate_texture_unit() to public texture_unit() method (@zpl-zak)
chg: remove iqm macros (@zpl-zak)
chg: renderers are renderstate_t driven now (@zpl-zak)
chg: script push/pop methods
chg: update gamecontrollerdb.txt
chg: update roadmap
chg: updated docs
chg: upgrade enet (@zpl-zak)
chg: upgrade font demo (@zpl-zak)

fix: expired discord invite link (@rubenrookd)
fix: fix compilation error in demos/physics/ samples
fix: fixed broken luajit+python bindings since objv2 api
fix: font align adjustments (@zpl-zak)
fix: handled restartappifneeded steam case (@zpl-zak)
fix: linux compilation (_alloca symbol)
fix: set viewport while rendering shadertoys on a texture (@zpl-zak)
fix: steam init ordering (demos/99-steam.c) (@zpl-zak)
fix: texture units are now cycled each bind (prevents texture unit exhaustion) (@zpl-zak)
fix: tweak sphere_to_polar() shader function (@zpl-zak)
fix: ubuntu16+gcc compilation error
fix: updated glfw3 swap buffer and interval funcs to match upstream (improves pacing) (@zpl-zak)
fix: win32 guards within Steam code (@zpl-zak)
fix: win32 timing in fps_timing_thread by replacing Sleep() call with sleep_ns() (uses WaitableTimer instead) (@zpl-zak)
fix: wrong normals when rendering instanced models (@zpl-zak)

lab: PLUG manager

2023.12

Maintenance release:

new: steam api, demos\99-steam.c
new: lightmap api, demos\99-lmap.c (@zpl-zak)
new: audio_loop(), audio_playing() (@zpl-zak)
new: gui labels + sliders (@zpl-zak)
new: font_metrics() (@zpl-zak)
new: ui_font() (@zpl-zak)
new: ease_zero(), ease_one()
new: tools/glslcc
new: MAKE run

chg: expose vfs_reload() (@zpl-zak)
chg: gui_getskincolor() (via slice color) (@zpl-zak)
chg: optimized internal font cache tables for codepoints
chg: rebuilt tools (ass2iqe, iqe2iqm) (win, lin)
chg: updated 01-font.c demo (@zpl-zak)
chg: updated docs

fix: crash when indexing out of bound vectors (iqe2iqm)
fix: editor using font faces 8,9,10 now
fix: large embedded textures were truncated (iqe2iqm)
fix: more accurate font_rect() bounding boxes (@zpl-zak)
fix: no repeating flags applied in embedded textures
fix: regression: invalid shift in 4-byte codepoints (string32)

brk: different font sizes within same line no longer supported
brk: x10 font faces, x6 font colors now

2023.11

new: game ui api (@zpl-zak)
new: 3D sprites + ASE loader
new: orthographic cameras
new: curve api
new: argvadd()
new: game ui demo (@zpl-zak)
new: integrated lite text editor
new: lua scripts can load zipped lua modules now
new: ui_unsigned2/3()
new: rgbatoa(), atorgba()
new: obj_menu(), obj_aabb() interfaces
new: window_clipboard() / window_setclipboard()
new: codepoint_to_utf8()
new: tools/ase2ini
new: --cook-stats
new: FONT_EM emoji/symbols range
new: SPRITE_FLAGS
new: WINDOW_BORDERLESS
chg: improved cook times
chg: ase2ini: 9-slices support (@zpl-zak)
chg: autocomplete, autoreload and some other plugins (editor_text)
chg: add userdata field in texture_t
chg: added scale Y support into sprite_rect()
chg: adjusted horizontal spacing (-DUI_LESSER_SPACING)
chg: adjusted oversampling & pixel snaps (-DUI_SMALL_FONTS)
chg: allowed dll api to add the required extensions per platform
chg: append cook commands into cook recipe: avoids global lock (fwk_cook)
chg: avoid potential system() call global lock in osx builds with cook on demand enabled
chg: built tools/ark, tools/ase2ini (linux, osx)
chg: cleaned up curve api (thanks @zpl-zak!)
chg: cleaned up dll api
chg: cook optimizations
chg: cosmetics tweaks in color pickers (fwk_ui)
chg: do not batch transparent sprite_rect()s or without scale
chg: editor: added extra icons on menu bar
chg: ffmpeg will use a single thread now
chg: generate csv cooking stats (MAKE cook)
chg: increase va() buffer to 512 KiB per thread
chg: integrate fwk_editor
chg: lua 5.4.4 -> 5.4.6
chg: made larger pngs, faster writing (ase2ini, 3rd_atlas)
chg: made xml_string to return empty strings on invalid nodes (@zpl-zak)
chg: merged files id > obj, bt > ai, buffer > pack, dll+script > extend, tween > time
chg: move tools/3rd -> engine/split/
chg: multi-cursors in lite editor
chg: profiler disabled only in retail builds
chg: rebuilt linux+osx binaries (ase2ini, ark, cook)
chg: rebuilt tools/cook (win,linux)
chg: reduce stack when calculating crc32 (zip)
chg: remove extra allocation when compressing (ulz)
chg: simplified ui_disable() theme logic (fwk_ui)
chg: smoother progress bar animations at cook time
chg: ui_keyboard() displaying FN keys
chg: update docs
chg: update roadmap
chg: updated nothings' 3rd libs (vorbis 1.19->1.22, image 2.26->2.28, image_write 1.15->1.16)
brk: app_exec() not returning popen() log anymore
brk: app_spawn() return codes
brk: changed signature ui_color3/4()
brk: changed sprite_rect() signature
brk: changed ui_tileset/ui_tiled/ui_spine signatures
brk: CURSOR_SHAPE enums reordered
brk: renamed some KEY identifiers so they match their eval() counterparts
brk: sort_64() > less_64_ptr(), sort_int() > less_int_ptr()
brk: sprite api signatures
brk: ui_debug() > ui_engine()
fix: app_beep(), app_open_folder(), app_open_file() framerate stalls
fix: app_spawn() not launching background sub-processes
fix: ase2ini: heap dealloc crash
fix: billboards (@zpl-zak)
fix: changed default editor hz to monitor rate (@zpl-zak)
fix: color3/4f() no longer clamp components in LDR range [0..255]
fix: crash in font module when loading MDI font
fix: cuttlefish was never intended to convert images into png files
fix: do intern some previously temporary fields (fwk_reflect)
fix: do not inscribe members twice (fwk_reflect)
fix: do not process mouse input when mouse is hidden (3rd_nuklear_glfw3)
fix: do not recurse structs indefinitely (fwk_reflect)
fix: editor: rect selections could happen while fps cam was active
fix: file_list("**/file") not returning existing entries
fix: fixed font_face_from_mem() to use vfs api when loading shaders
fix: fixed regression that would open terminal windows in retail builds (@zpl-zak)
fix: fixed window_cursor()/window_has_cursor() when using CURSOR_SW_AUTO shape
fix: fx_load() not returning existing postfxs in cook-on-demand builds
fix: ini() not reading vfs files
fix: internal base64 decoder not expanding to correct sizes
fix: invalid casting in some recently introduced datatypes
fix: memory stomp during cook (strsplit)
fix: mutexes in obj_meta()/obj_setmeta()
fix: normalize b64 de/encoders to use url safe variant
fix: normalize fread/fwrite calls
fix: osx compilation errors (spline, ase2ini)
fix: png,jpg images were being compressed even if explicitly told cook to not doing so
fix: regression: --cook-on-demand
fix: regression: input boxes not working since lite was integrated
fix: regression: invalid script generated when shell commands were present (thanks @zpl-zak!)
fix: regression: ui_colors() not being dimmed when ui was disabled
fix: silicon apple m1 fixes (@zpl-zak)
fix: sprite_rect() not scaling X properly
fix: string32() not decoding 4-byte utf8 codepoints
fix: timer() api will retrieve epoch/freq at least once per thread now
fix: unify RGB3/RGB4 macros to use RGBA colors everywhere: ddraw, palette, tty, fonts, window
fix: windows overlapping menubars created with internal menu v2 api
fix: wrong terminal font size
lab: editor: setmouse()
lab: editor: toolbar icons
lab: integrate 99-nodes into editor
lab: integrated rpmalloc
lab: removed cook progress messages, which were using a global lock
lab: script v2 api

https://imgur.com/a/98J5woT
https://imgur.com/a/1c2Wmst

2023.10

new: object v2 API
new: reflection API
new: tween API (@zpl-zak)
new: tests API, --test, --test-break=NUM
new: ID + quarks + semver APIs, time sortable GUIDs
new: support for fused binaries (exe + zipfiles)
new: -DENABLE_RETAIL to disable printfs, asserts, stdout/stderr, tests, cook and titlebar stats (@zpl-zak)
new: allow search filtering in most ui widgets ^F (fwk_ui, 3rd_nuklear_filebrowser)
new: display menu on MAKE.bat when double-clicked (win)
new: ALLOCA()
new: APP_SINGLETON_GUID
new: AUTORUN snippets
new: MAKE fuse
new: VA_COUNT(), VA_SPLIT(), VA_FIRST(), VA_REST(), TODO(), FIXME()
new: app_beep(), app_hang(), app_crash(), app_singleton(), app_open()
new: atof1()/ftoa1(), itoa2/3/4(), ftoa2/3/4() (with expression evaluators)
new: audio_mute(), audio_muted()
new: byte2/3/4, int2/3/4, uint2/3/4, float2/3/4, double2/3/4 storage types
new: crc64(), arc4(), entropy(), cobs, base92, ddelta de/encoders
new: print2i(), print3i()
new: ease_enum(), ease_enums(), ease_pong()
new: have_tools()
new: input_eval(), input_enum()
new: ui_audio()
new: unique() macro
new: window_has_icon(), window_dpi() (@zpl-zak)
new: vle,int,float,half packers
new: tools/ark
new: ability open zip files by handles given at any seek address (3rd_archive)
new: added BUILD_VERSION, that gets printed at boot time and at window title
new: added benchmark_ms {}
new: added fxColorMapVis
new: added material design icons webfont fork into editor assets
new: allow file_list() to specify multiple dirs, semi-colon separated
new: support for material-icons-webfont

chg: --debug-font-atlas > --font-debug
chg: --test-only > --test
chg: added frame weight into benchmark()
chg: added support for AUTORUN on clang-cl
chg: allowed multiple AUTORUNs within same line
chg: allowed tools/timer to be used as a pipe too
chg: allowed ui_buffer(), ui_string(), ui_label2 to use null labels
chg: allowed multiple STATIC_ASSERT() to be used within same line
chg: allowed reflection module to process const, union and struct types
chg: centered properties
chg: changed NDEBUG to match the compiler optimization levels
chg: changed font module to use RGBA textures
chg: disable .ico icon support
chg: eval() extended to use & | ! operators, _ in symbols (3rd_eval.h)
chg: eval() extended to use many input constants and some input functions (3rd_eval.h)
chg: failed autorun tests will stop game from launching
chg: file_list reimplemented
chg: hide all system folders by default (file_list)
chg: improve reflection printers
chg: increase max size per obj instance (up to 1KiB)
chg: larger ui_contextual() popup
chg: made annotations optional in all reflection macros
chg: made arguments optional in both panic and printf macros
chg: made file browser to fit better within the parent space (3rd_nuklear_filebrowser)
chg: made optional annotations in reflection macros (ENUM,STRUCT,FUNCTION)
chg: made quarks caching more mem friendly
chg: made split/join commands to regenerate single-header distribution too (MAKE.bat)
chg: made tcc the default compiler on windows. vc will only be used when specified, or when instanced within a VS terminal
chg: made test() failures reddish
chg: minor ui styling
chg: obj_make() will return an empty obj type before failing
chg: obj_name() as meta
chg: optimize number of extra bits in obj header (4->19)
chg: optimized cook time by redistributing workload much better into existing cookjobs (higher bits of FNV hashes were too stable)
chg: potentially exclude .dSYM and .o files from cook
chg: promoted time api to their own fwk_time file
chg: quarks up to 64 chars each and 64M addressing by default
chg: re-enable icon mounting from vfs volumes (@zpl-zak)
chg: rebuilt tools/cook (win)
chg: reduce some ms at quit time (win)
chg: reduced severity in shader errors
chg: renamed 3rd_font_md.h > 3rd_icon_md.h
chg: reordered endianness utils
chg: retail builds (MAKE retail)
chg: stylized 99-nodes.c demo
chg: ui_notify() beeps now
chg: unrolled different ui_beep() implementations
chg: updated 3rd_icon_mdi.h
chg: updated docs
chg: upgraded miniaudio to latest

fix: --cook-debug not working when using multiple jobs
fix: 4-byte unicodes not being printed (3rd_nuklear)
fix: AUTORUN macro being executed in reverse order (gcc,clang,clang-cl,mingw...)
fix: adjusted spacing webfont
fix: allowed ///- document tags to be included anywhere within a line
fix: app_beep() not working in retail builds
fix: benchmark() not reporting while executed within first ms
fix: cc_t compilation error on emscripten
fix: detached from parent before deleting (obj_free)
fix: detached objects no longer create holes within children array (obj_detach)
fix: each_objchild()
fix: editor compilation error on osx
fix: fix profiler being rendered while filtering is on
fix: fixed canvas scaling artifacts (html5) @zpl-zak
fix: fixed display of long string names when doing vfs lookups
fix: fixed editor_pick() (@zpl-zak)
fix: fixed potential argument in each_substring() evaluated twice
fix: fixed utterly broken shader params after the atof1/2/3/4() upgrade
fix: font demo broken after opening debug panel
fix: font shader modulates color by alpha now (@zpl-zak)
fix: format warnings (gcc+linux)
fix: fused executables not being mounted while launched from a different work directory
fix: handled SEH exceptions (trap_install)
fix: include objname as member in debug builds (obj)
fix: initial cwd in python runs
fix: initialize ui in mono thread. could prevent stack corruption in MT
fix: invalid tar files not being marked as such (3rd_archive)
fix: leaks in 3rd_archive.h while compressing
fix: lua demo
fix: made alert() visible always
fix: made cache api MT safe
fix: made cache_lookup() threadsafe
fix: made compile-time cc4,cc8 macros
fix: mingw compilation fix
fix: mingw warnings
fix: miniaudio not working on latest osx
fix: missing folders in filebrowser since file_list() upgrade (3rd_nuklear_filebrowser)
fix: mouse in shadertoys
fix: obj stack not working properly
fix: obj_make() clears payload now
fix: opengl scissor issue when window is minimized (3rd_nuklear_glfw3.h)
fix: pixel aligned combo arrows
fix: popups outside window client (3rd_nuklear)
fix: popups snapping to the left border (3rd_nuklear)
fix: popups with vertical scrollbars (3rd_nuklear)
fix: potential crash unless rounded up to 8-byte boundaries (obj_malloc)
fix: python demo
fix: redudant each_array(), each_array_ptr() calls when T was a function call
fix: removed all audio spamming messages on webaudio (html5) @zpl-zak
fix: reverted webaudio initialization (html5)
fix: symbol visiblity in quark api
fix: using filelocks for zip (should hopefully match OSX behavior from now)
fix: video recordings from debug panel included a stamped ui_notify() on them
fix: visual studio solutions were broken
fix: vsmcube ifdefs on osx
fix: wrong BRDF texture in 99-pbr + retail builds
fix: wrong app_path() in linux/osx
fix: wrong boids nearby check
fix: wrong mouse cursors when resizing panels/windows (3rd_nuklear)
fix: wrong pointer cast (each_objchild)
fix: wrong program assignment in model rendering (@zpl-zak)
fix: wrong rgba() endianness (@zpl-zak)
fix: zip_open_handle closing file handles after an error

brk: KEY_(R)ALT,KEY_(R)CTRL,KEY_(R)SHIFT to check both L+R keys
brk: added argument to request a contextual close in ui_contextual_end()
brk: array_erase() split into array_erase_slow() (preserves order) and array_erase_fast() (alters order) (@zpl-zak)
brk: breakpoint() changed signature
brk: changed behavior nk_selectable_text()
brk: deprecated obj api in favor of upcoming objv2 api
brk: dialog_load() > app_loadfile(), dialog_save() > app_savefile()
brk: ease_ping_pong(), ease_pong_ping() signatures
brk: file_list() and vfs_list() signatures
brk: reflected_t -> reflect_t
brk: signals api renamed to trap api

lab: editor v3, bindings, console and selection (^A,^D,^I,^LMB)
lab: editor_send()
lab: tween sub-editor
lab: old editor api > engine api
lab: interleave(), netstring()
lab: internal do_threadlock()
lab: made va() allowed to grow on demand
lab: msgpack api

2023.9

new: added --transparent, --mute and --delay=MS flags
new: added built-in debug panel with lots of internals exposed (camera, keyboard, mouse, gamepads, shaders, fxs, etc)
new: added camera damping settings
new: added compute shaders api (zpl-zak)
new: added support to specify 1:N outputs in cook (in addition to 1:1 outputs)
new: added vfs_load() >> file_load() fallback when no tools are present
new: added AUDIO_32KHZ flag (zpl-zak)
new: added VIDEO_LOOP, app_spawn(), ui_dims(), ui_get_dims() (zpl-zak)
new: added WINDOW_TRANSPARENT, --transparent flags, window_transparent(), window_maximize()
new: added analytical light step with limited Phong shading for Directional+Point lights (zpl-zak)
new: added art browser into debug panel
new: added compute shader demos (99-geom, 99-compute) (zpl-zak)
new: ddraw_camera()
new: extracted embedded shaders as transpilable files (zpl-zak)
new: fullscreen_quad_rgb_flipped(), fullscreen_quad_ycbcr_flipped() (zpl-zak)
new: hash_str(), hash_bin()
new: initial filtering on debug panel (ctrl-f)
new: integrated animlist format support into ass2iqe (zpl-zak)
new: made transparent apps to hide some ui panels by default: profiler, shaders, fxs.
new: made transparent apps to not display the cook progress bar
new: made transparent apps to shutdown whenever last ui_window() is closed
new: make compilation faster by caching precompiled fwk sources (win)
new: map/set_isempty(), atof2/3/4(), ftoa2/3/4(), swapf2/3/4(), clamp2/3/4()
new: mesh_bounds()
new: mesh_render_prim() (zpl-zak)
new: netsync code refactor (zpl-zak)
new: new light API, scene api additions to push lights (zpl-zak)
new: new shader reflection API
new: new shader reflection parameters get applied automatically when shader is compiled
new: rim lighting in anims demo (zpl-zak)
new: RPCs being reported by network_sync events (zpl-zak)
new: shader reflection parameters (bool,int,vec2/3/4,color3/4), set/min/max/tooltips
new: shader_apply_param(), shader_apply_params(), ui_shaders(), ui_fxs()
new: skybox_sh_add_light() (zpl-zak)
new: tty_detach()
new: ui_enabled(), ui_keyboard(), ui_mouse(), ui_gamepad(), ui_gamepads(), ui_camera()...
new: window_resize() (ems) (zpl-zak)
chg: generate bindings in engine/ folder
chg: instantiate web server only if content is not being served (html5)
chg: reduced overall repository weight
chg: MSG_INIT part of negotiation process now (zpl-zak)
chg: allow file_list() to retrieve most hidden files
chg: changed file browser to use ctrl+wheel when zooming in/out
chg: changed netsync event format (zpl-zak)
chg: deprecate vis command (MAKE.bat)
chg: expose animations api (zpl-zak)
chg: expose pathfind api (zpl-zak)
chg: flags for enet reliability and ordering control (zpl-zak)
chg: increased MAX_CACHED_FILES to 32
chg: made faster make.bat initalization in subsequent runs (win)
chg: made RGB3() to return alpha(255)
chg: made animations parser to loop idle anims by default
chg: made thinner style on UI labels
chg: print opengl version on boot
chg: recompile ass2iqe (win,lin,osx)
chg: relocate lua/python demos folder
chg: replicate previous project tree layout
chg: silenced mingw64 warnings in 3rd_enet.h
chg: switched to a faster mount logic during boot time
chg: switched to b612 font (sharper, increases num font faces, reduces repo size)
chg: updated docs
chg: upgrade 3rd_icon_md.h + teal + tlse + gamecontrollerdb to latest
lab: wip node editor demo (demos/99-nodes.c)
lab: wip NETWORK_BUF_CLEAR_ON_JOIN (zpl-zak)
lab: wip behavior tree demo (demos/99-bt.c)
fix: flipped shadertoys when used as texture (fwk_render)
fix: added pthreads support (html5) (zpl-zak)
fix: added RPC signature for void(char*) (zpl-zak)
fix: allowed coi requests in localhost served contents (html5) (zpl-zak)
fix: avoided crash in animations() when plain text animfile is provided
fix: fixed crash when no cooked fonts were available (ui_notify)
fix: fixed download() api on tcc+win32
fix: fixed enet/swrap sockets on tcc+win32 (zpl-zak)
fix: fixed issue when mounting empty zipfiles (likely to happen in computers with many cpu cores) (thanks zpl-zak!)
fix: fixed unsafe format strings in xml_int() and xml_float()
fix: fixed dll linkage in mingw+FWK_IMPLEMENTATION builds (MAKE.bat)
fix: fixed incorrect fbx files being loaded as @animlist files
fix: fixed void(*rpc)() call in netsyce code (zpl-zak)
fix: improve ui readablity (ie, decrease transparency) on overlapped windows
fix: issue in cookbook where groups would not match a single extension
fix: made letterbox fx to work on any aspect ratio
fix: optimized out heap allocations in netsync code (zpl-zak)
fix: peer ranks are recycled now (zpl-zak)
fix: postfxs on transparent windows
fix: restored executable permissions (osx,lin)
fix: reverted leak (3rd_https)
fix: supported SH coeffs when using mie scattering skybox (zpl-zak)
brk: added extra shader() argument to specify #defines in shaders (zpl-zak)
brk: camera_move() > camera_moveby()
brk: changed ui_enable() signature; renamed clamp2/3/4->clamp2f/3f/4f
brk: deprecate --camera-smooth
brk: deprecate input_demo()
brk: deprecate ui_const_string()
brk: deprecated viewport_color() in favor of window_color()
brk: file_stamp_epoch > file_stamp, file_stamp > file_stamp10
brk: input_frames() > input_string()
brk: profile_enable() > profiler_enable()
brk: renamed WITH_ > ENABLE_ directives
brk: split blur fx out in two different h/v passes
brk: ui_bits8/16() -> ui_bitmask8/16()
brk: ui_const_bool() > ui_label2_bool(), ui_const_float() > ui_label2_float()

2023.7

Maintenance release:

new: bt demo
new: mesh_bounds()
new: tty_detach()
new: forked milestone in https://github.com/r-lyeh/FWK.2022
chg: reduced project size
chg: reduced project cook time
chg: html5: instantiate web server only if content is not being served
chg: added tools/editor/plugins/ stub folder
chg: upgrade teal + gamecontrollerdb + tlse
chg: updated docs
fix: fixed issue when mounting empty zipfiles (likely to happen in computers with many cpu cores) (thanks @zpl-zak!)
fix: flipped shadertoys when used as texture (fwk_render)
fix: html5: added pthreads support (@zpl-zak)
fix: html5: allowed coi requests in localhost served contents (@zpl-zak)
fix: fixed leak (3rd_https)
fix: fixed ui_notify crash when no cooked fonts were available
brk: renamed WITH_ > ENABLE_ directives