v2.1.3-beta1

MD5 Hash of the release artifacts

• axmol-2.1.3-beta1.zip: B4F0602C3036AE887C8AC790F08B3CD8

v2.1.20240502-87e4174-nightly

MD5 Hash of the release artifacts

• axmol-2.1.20240502-87e4174-nightly.zip: BDD36B17F4DC5DA62B2697B3FA57E97F

v2.1.20240422-6f8e071-nightly

MD5 Hash of the release artifacts

• axmol-2.1.20240422-6f8e071-nightly.zip: 9FE1F2B3D6A0BF505B2C5DF4D6B6946D

v2.1.20240418-d03c823-nightly

MD5 Hash of the release artifacts

• axmol-2.1.20240418-d03c823-nightly.zip: 63E44CEBD2D2D47A6F9BC182122B19E2

v2.1.20240410-197f2ad-nightly

MD5 Hash of the release artifacts

• axmol-2.1.20240410-197f2ad-nightly.zip: 3C0A2EBDA6D2F96E349A344DE8AEE3C0

v2.1.20240408-2493a6d-nightly

MD5 Hash of the release artifacts

• axmol-2.1.20240408-2493a6d-nightly.zip: 56E41CB256E7D57C607EE1456431CD1E

v2.1.20240406-ba734bc-nightly

MD5 Hash of the release artifacts

• axmol-2.1.20240406-ba734bc-nightly.zip: 5B99DAE8E162E53277145AA34805DF1A

v2.1.2

The 2.1.2 release is a minor LTS release for bugfixes and improvements

BugFixes

• Fix screen size incorrect in retina display by @halx99 in #1692
• Fix view size incorrect when frameZoomFactor not 1.0 by @halx99 in #1694
• Fix lua build for Android, iOS and Windows by @rh101 in #1650
• Fix missing return statement by @rh101 in #1657
• Fix cross fade transition by @rh101 in #1664
• Fix Update CONTRIBUTING.md by @grif-on in #1673
• Fix crash during scene transition due to invalid camera by @rh101 in #1676
• Fix trim leading and trailing whitespace characters for RichText XML text by @rh101 in #1687
• Fix can't start lua project on iOS by @halx99
• Fix lua build for Android, iOS by @bintester in #1709
• Fix #1704, control android cmake options by engine axutils.gradle by @halx99 in #1705
• Fix #1703, unzip don't rely on zlib DLL export by @halx99
• Fix screen size incorrect in retina display by @halx99, reported by @IcemarkUK
• Fix OSX sandbox network issue by @halx99, reported by @IcemarkUK
• Fix c-ares link issue
• Fix DrawNode luabinding color type mismatch by @halx99, reported by @qq461787436

Improvements

• Change extension folder structure to reduce file name conflicts by @rh101 in #1647
• Committing luabindings for commit 9f8962d by @axmol-bot in #1648
• Use different global names and #undef the #defines to stay unity build friendly. by @j-jorge in #1653
• Add AX_USE_ALSOFT_STATIC CMake option to compile and link OpenAL Soft as a static library. by @j-jorge in #1654
• Ability to disable default implementations of HTTP and WebSocket clients by @rh101 in #1656
• Remove duplicate CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY that is setting invalid value by @rh101 in #1666
• Disable unused extensions in the FairyGUI and Live2D tests to speed up builds by @rh101 in #1665
• Update README.md by @danialias in #1668
• Spelling and formatting corrections for .md files by @danialias in #1671
• Update CONTRIBUTING.md by @grif-on in #1670
• Solved broken links in README.md by @danialias in #1677
• Ensure correct video mode settings are applied when creating view by @rh101 in #1678
• Solved more broken links in README.md by @grif-on in #1680
• Some additions and corrections for readme files. by @danialias in #1682
• RichText enhancements by @rh101 in #1683
• Add -j to specify build cpu count support by @halx99 in #1688
• Ensure valid whitespace is not trimmed when html parsing mode is used by @rh101 in #1689
• Add support for window close button calback by @lich426 in #1697
• RichText and ScrollView enhancements by @rh101 in #1696
• Improve project templates by @halx99 in #1713
• [Android] Allow setting certain defines without modifying engine source by @rh101 in #1710
• Improve dll support by @halx99 in #1706
• Don't use fmt header only by @halx99 in #1707
• Don't use yasio header only by @halx99

sdks updates

• cppwinrt: 2.0.230706.1 ==> 2.0.240111.5

3rdparty updates

• glad: 2.0.4 ==> 2.0.5
• yasio: 4.2.0 ==> 4.2.1
• llhttp: 9.1.3 == > 9.2.0
• oboe: 1.8.0 ==> 1.8.1
• libpng: 1.6.42 ==> 1.6.43
• glfw: git b4c3ef9 ==> 3.4
• simdjson: 3.6.4 ==> 3.7.0
• imgui: 1.90.1 ==> 1.90.4

MD5 Hash of the release artifacts

• axmol-2.1.2.zip: 8F65C8A934EA917FBEEFA31263C14CD8

v2.1.1

The 2.1.1 release is a minor LTS release for bugfixes and improvements

BugFixes

• Fix shaders not copying to final build on macOS for non Xcode builds by @smilediver
• Fix Scheduler::pauseTarget can't timer targets, reported by @shaniamjad6
• Fix build lua projects with engine prebuilts lib doesn't work, reported by @grif-on
• Fix GUI ScrollView clipping bug and add lua support by @bintester
• Ensure scissor state is set to the correct value prior to a buffer clear by @rh101
• Fix memory leaks when app exit on non-embed systems by @halx99 and @lich426
• Fix can't generate lua bindings for set/get Node localZOrder, reporeted by @bintester
• Fix lua template include incorrect cmake modules path, reported by @grif-on
• Fix build win32 with clang error
• Fix ci build-site download unexpected artifacts from appveyor

Break changes

• Rename android entrypoint: cocos_android_app_init ==> axmol_android_app_init

Improvements

• Add some utils functions and lua support by @bintester

3rdparties updates

• simdjson: 3.6.3 ==> 3.6.4
• curl: 8.5.0 ==> 8.6.0
• openssl: 3.0.12 ==> 3.0.13
• yasio: 4.1.4 ==> 4.2.0(5.0.0)
• zlib: 1.3 ==> 1.3.1
• jpeg-turbo: 3.0.1 ==> 3.0.2
• libpng: 1.6.40 ==> 1.6.42
• luajit: 2.1-43d0a19 ==> 2.1-9cc2e42

MD5 Hash of the release artifacts

• axmol-2.1.1.zip: 340E9D7FA159A1E21169494CE6D799C2

v2.1.0

The 2.1.0 release is a major LTS maintenance release, thanks to all contributers of axmol, especially

• @rh101 @DelinWorks @aismann : very activity in axmol github community
• @iAndyHD3 create and mantaining axmol discord server
• @danialias create and mantaining wiki pages and axmol.org home page, mantaining axmol reddit community

Significant changes relative to 2.0.0:

• Migrate Windows UWP from C++/CX to cppwinrt for c++20 codebase by @halx99
• Refactor Target Platforms Enums
• Update AGP to 8.2.1 Android Studio 2023.1.1+
  • Update android API to 34
• Add support for enabling TTF SDF rendering globally by @halx99
• Add extension: SDFGen to generate prebaked font atlas by @halx99
• Add API: FontAtlasCache::preloadFontAtlas to support label SDF rendering with prebaked atlas by @halx99
• Add API Device::getPixelRatio by @halx99
• Add ImGui android DPI scaling support by @halx99
• Add winuwp FPS control support by @halx99
• Add API: compressGZ, decompressGZ by @halx99
• Combine backend::Device and backend::DeviceInfo into backend::DriverBase by @halx99
• Improve axmol console scripts by @halx99
• Rebase main repo, repo size reduce from 1.1GB+ to ~80MB by @halx99
  • Add simple cmake pkg manager aka 1k/fetch.cmake to download all prebuilts,optionals,sample-assets at cmake config step
  • pkg config is in $AX_ROOT/manifest.json
  • Download cache dir is $AX_ROOT/cache
  • Also support simple mirror to gitee.com for china region via create a empty file name with .gitee in dir $AX_ROOT/1k/
• Add extension: JSONDefault by @sarooptech
• Add virtual file system support to WICImageLoader by @rh101
• Add support for Richtext vertical alignment by @rh101
• Add support for ActionCoroutine like Unity by @lich426
• Add API: DrawNode::drawPie by @aismann
• Add support for window resized and positioned by @lich426
• Add extension: Inspector by @iAndyHD3
• Add experimental WebSocket support for both wasm and native platforms by @halx99 & @rh101
• Add extension: DrawNodeEx by @aismann
• Add fairygui lua support by @Samoongeer
• Enable Mat4 SSE Istructions acceleration by @halx99
• Add dotnet API styled class JsonWriter based on rapidjson by @halx99
• Add donation page
• Add multi UserDefault support by @armanhossiny
• Add fixedUpdate method to Scene by @lich426

Mark as deprecated, and will be removed in next release axmol-2.2.0

• 32bit build
• Extensions
  • DragonBones
  • GUI
• Zwoptex (Commented on cpp-test)

BugFixs

• Fix translated metal shader texture order does not follow GLSL binding order
• Fix GLES3 shader scalar array layout incorrect
• Fix Android ImGUI coord conversions
• Fix Lua build on windows
• Fix axmol new not support absolute path
• Fix some ImGui issues
  • Fix crash
  • Fix wasm touch event not handle properly
  • Fix add/remove render loop problem
• Fix wasm HelloLua/lua_tests error
• Fix wasm render system font aliasing problem, caused by incorrect premultiply alpha
• Fix text rendering layout incorrect due to kernings not multiply content scale factor
• Fix wasm RandomHelper always return 0 problem
• Fix label outline not work on metal graphics backend
• Fix command axmol build can't build android on macos
• Fix cmake may geneate 2 targets for sync axslc folder
• Fix windows prebuilt cache issue
• Fix Lua FileUtils getDataFromFile may return path of file
• Fix issue where RichText URL touch listener does not activate on touch by @rh101
• Fix for missing scripts and resources in lua tests project by @rh101
• Fix for UWP build issues by @rh101
• Fix UWP issues in EditBoxWinRT by @rh101
• Fix for TextField keyboard not opening on receiving focus on android by @rh101
• Fix plist data and version by @paulocoutinhox
• Fix build cannot correctly handle '-' on the project name
• Fix TMX Camera Culling by @DelinWorks
• Fix cmake project generation on platforms other than Android by @rh101
• Fix UILayout crash problem by @aismann
• Fix replace scene missing nullcheck for next scene by @armanhossiny
• Fix a crash caused by missing android view nullcheck by @Arvant
• Fix shader cache leak by @j-jorge
• Fix AXASSERT() not working with more complex msg arguments by @smilediver
• Fix assertion fail when re-create axmol imgui backend by @Samoongeer
• Fix AudioPlayer seek to incorrect frame after setTime invoked by @GuoliangWang

Improvements

• Improve setup.ps1, auto set windows powershell.exe execution policy to Bypass
• Reduce memory usage when using getFileMD5Hash function by @rh101
• Improve install-pwsh.sh
• Apple platforms require cmake-3.28.0
• Rename AX_USE_SHARED_PREBUILT to BUILD_SHARED_LIBS in AXLinkHelper.cmake
• Rename GLFW view name to axmol2
• Remove Apple Controller deprecated .gamePad check branch
• Remove dep: libzip-dev for linux
• Auto setup llvm for win32 target platform
• Optimize Label memory size, reduce 40 bytes
• Support adding custom properties to the inspector for derived types by @rh101
• Use std containers instead uthash
• Imgui and Inspector enhancements by @rh101
• [Android] Reset the OpenGL state cache if the context is lost by @rh101
• [Android] Fix corrupted FPS stats font textures on OpenGL context lost by @rh101
• Update Live2D to work with Axmol 2.x by @rh101
• [Android] Enable support for restarting application process if OpenGL context is lost by @rh101
• Make AxmolEditBox invisible by default by @rh101
• [UWP] Use Package to get app version information by @rh101
• Improve class DrawNode by @aismann
• [CMake] Use execute_process instead of deprecated exec_program by @rh101
• Move fmt folder to Thirdparty folder within project by @rh101
• Remove duplicated libz for ios/tvos
• Improve info.plist for apple platforms by @paulocoutinhox
• Improve android build.gradle by @paulocoutinhox
• Fix large number of generated warnings by @rh101
• Add useful chipmunk function to axmol's internal physics engine by @DelinWorks
• Replace 'CCAssert' with 'AXASSERT' by @aismann
• Improve the default templates by @aismann
• Call Android native renderer while opengl context is still valid by @rh101
• Make FileUtils::openFileStream a const method by @rh101
• Improve cmake scripts for managing 3rd libs
• Add Get TMXTilesetInfo by name support by @lich426
• Include hpp and c files in CMakeLists.txt of cpp template by @@lich426
• Improve gradle scripts, config each build-variants for easy add custom build-variant, refer #1571
• Allow to override AX_USE_COMPAT_GL from user's CMakeLists.txt by @smilediver
• Fix android gradle AGP8 warnings, and rename keystore props:
  • RELEASE_STORE_FILE ==> KEY_STORE_FILE
  • RELEASE_KEY_STORE_PASSWORD ==> KEY_STORE_PASSWORD
  • RELEASE_KEY_ALIAS ==> KEY_ALIAS
  • RELEASE_KEY_PASSWORD ==> KEY_PASSWORD
• Enable template projects' aidl by default for In-app purchases by @armanhossiny

Break changes

• Rename glview to correct representative name: OpenGLView ==> GLView by @paulocoutinhox

3rdparties updates

• astcenc: 4.5.0 ==> 4.7.0
• c-ares: 1.19.1 ==> 1.25.0
• clipper2: 1.2.2 ==> 1.3.0
• curl: 8.2.1 ==> 8.5.0
• jpeg-turbo: 3.0.0 ==> 3.0.1
• llhttp: 9.0.1 ==> 9.1.3
• ntcvt: 1.0.0 ==> 1.0.1
• oboe: 1.7.0 ==> 1.8.0
• openssl: 3.0.10 ==> 3.0.12
• rapidjson: 1.0.0 ==> 1.0.0-b4a6da3
• simdjson(NEW): 3.6.3
• webp: 1.3.1 ==> 1.3.2
• yasio: 4.1.0 ==> 4.1.4
• fmt: 10.1.1 ==> 10.2.1
• imgui: 1.89.8 ==> 1.90.1

Notes:

• WASM require win8.1+ on windows
• Wiki & axmol.org home page by @danialias
• axmol reddit community by @danialias

MD5 Hash of the release artifacts

• axmol-2.1.0.zip: FC428D0E4F920920B3A4B6CB8FB316A0