jMonkeyEngine 3.6.0-alpha1

A non-production release, for development and testing only, not intended to be used in any product. Largely untested, without complete/reliable documentation, and without SDK support. Vital features may be missing. The feature set, API, and serialization format might change before the next release.

Changes relative to v3.5.2-stable:

• Potential breaking changes:

  • Use OpenGL 3.2 as default by @riccardobl in #1752
  • BlendAction: resolve slow-motion side effect caused by stretching actions by @Ali-RS in #1848
  • move SettingsDialog and ErrorDialog to new jme3-awt-dialogs module by @riccardobl in #1876
  • JmeSurfaceView: Package migration by @Scrappers-glitch in #1819

• New features:

  • jme3-lwjgl3: add a WindowSizeListener by @Ali-RS in #1711
  • #1734 actions based vr input by @richardTingle in #1735
  • Separate concept of window size from default framebuffer size by @riccardobl in #1750
  • Add FOR macro to GLSL preprocessor and J3MD by @riccardobl in #1758
  • Android: Implemented AndroidNativeBufferAllocator - Deprecated AndroidBufferAllocator by @Scrappers-glitch in #1821
  • Add GL debug capabilities by @riccardobl in #1790
  • Add java types to VarType and type checks to MatParam by @riccardobl in #1797
  • Some enhancement to new animation system by @Ali-RS in #1845
  • Added a Loop tween to Tweens factory class. Supports looping by count… by @Ali-RS in #1846
  • Added Tweens.cycle() and Tweens.invert() methods by @Ali-RS in #1849
  • Add instance culling function in InstancedGeometry by @Ali-RS in #1865
  • Implementation of a glTF extension loader for KHR_texture_transform by @manuelrmo in #1869

• Bugs and defects addressed:

  • RenderState: fixed 'backStencilStencilFailOperation' field serializat… by @Ali-RS in #1719
  • LwjglWindow:assign new thread to mainThread field. by @Ali-RS in #1722
  • Chase cam can rotate fix on re-enable by @tlf30 in #1692
  • fix and test for issue 1723 (more serialization bugs in RenderState) by @stephengold in #1726
  • Fix NullPointerException in AnimLayer.update() by @capdevon in #1730
  • AlAudioRenderer: update OpenAL state when dry filter is re-applied by @stephengold in #1728
  • Cross-platform fix for issue 1745 (mouse input scaling) by @riccardobl in #1753
  • Fix error 1280 in MacOS when querying GL_FRAMEBUFFER_SRGB_CAPABLE_EXT by @riccardobl in #1749
  • Fix issue 1705 (serialize 6 mesh subclasses) by @stephengold in #1754
  • solve issue #1761 (AssertionError in ALAudioRenderer) by @stephengold in #1762
  • solve issue #1780 (built-in matdefs/shaders lack core-profile support) by @stephengold in #1781
  • Fix draw/read buffer selection for framebuffers (FrameBuffer.setTargetIndex(int)) by @riccardobl in #1786
  • Add toggleable framebuffer mipmaps generation. Fix #1788 by @riccardobl in #1791
  • work around missing reshape() callbacks from LWJGL v3 (issue #1793) by @stephengold in #1794
  • JmeSurfaceView: Fixed duplicate app destruction. by @Scrappers-glitch in #1801
  • solve issue #1798 (filtered scenes are squeezed) by @stephengold in #1812
  • solve issue #1813 (glTF loader loses keyframes) by @stephengold in #1815
  • refactor to avoid invoking AppSettings.getBoolean() directly by @stephengold in #1796
  • JmeSurfaceView: Removed explicit nullifying GlSurfaceView onDestroy by @Scrappers-glitch in #1802
  • solve issue #1809 (GltfLoader is not thread-safe) by @stephengold in #1810
  • Fix issue #1839 by @Lukas-Habring in #1840
  • SettingsDialog: LAF fix by @Scrappers-glitch in #1827
  • Fix #1843 (java.util.zip.ZipException in HttpZipLocator) by @Ali-RS in #1842
  • Fix #1850 (JmeSystem.writeImageFile() throw java.nio.BufferUnderflowE… by @Ali-RS in #1851
  • Fix: make the stencil test functions usable. by @zzuegg in #1866
  • Fix #1871 (vertex colors not loaded in gltf models) by @tonihele in #1873
  • Fix #1867 (LightFilter gets applied even if not needed) by @zzuegg in #1872
  • Fix #1412 (GltfLoader does not support AO packed in MetallicRoughnessMap) by @manuelrmo in #1880
  • Fix #1882 (J3MLoader always generates mips ignoring MinFilter) by @Ali-RS in #1884
  • Made Gltf extension loaders non-static to avoid concurrency issues by @Ali-RS in #1886
  • Fix #1883 (Image class wrongly setting GL mips flags inside the constructor) by @Ali-RS in #1885

• General improvements:

  • avoid invoking the newly-deprecated BitmapText 2-arg constructor by @stephengold in #1709
  • rename local variables for clarity by @stephengold in #1715
  • clarify some non-javadoc comments by @stephengold in #1712
  • rename method arguments for clarity by @stephengold in #1716
  • downgrade or delete unnecessary library dependencies by @stephengold in #1714
  • Test post water 1699 by @bob0bob in #1707
  • LwjglCanvas: initialize OpenCL for LWJGL2 by @AmiroooTheWalnut in #1720
  • account for world transform in TerrainQuad.setNormalRecalcNeeded() by @yaRnMcDonuts in #1741
  • Vector2f: save 2 trig calculations in rotateAroundOrigin() by @stephengold in #1731
  • Configure circular deps as warning on eclipse by @riccardobl in #1747
  • GlfwMouseInput: scale mouse coords only if Retina AppSetting is true by @stephengold in #1746
  • Add simple math methods to Vector3f by @yaRnMcDonuts in #1744
  • TerrainQuad: publicize fixNormals() by @stephengold in #1738
  • Add simple math methods to Vector4f by @yaRnMcDonuts in #1755
  • Add simple math methods to Vector2f by @yaRnMcDonuts in #1756
  • rename private variables by @stephengold in #1736
  • rename more method arguments for clarity by @stephengold in #1742
  • Add set methods and constructors to ColorRGBA that take in a Vector param by @yaRnMcDonuts in #1757
  • JoyButtonTrigger: clarify that the constructor arg is not an axis ID by @stephengold in #1765
  • jme3-nifty should account for gamma correction by @stephengold in #1764
  • TestPostWater: avoid using the deprecated BitmapText constructor by @stephengold in #1766
  • RenderDeviceJme: CachedTextKey.equals() lacks a type check by @stephengold in #1768
  • Refactoring of the initialization code of the 'particleMesh' variable. by @capdevon in #1769
  • InstancedGeometry: added a field to keep track of all instance data b… by @Ali-RS in #1772
  • avoid use of deprecated methods (mostly Class.newInstance()) by @tonihele in #1774
  • Remove print statements from FBX plugin by @wyskoj in #1777
  • re-organize jme3-jbullet sourcecode by @stephengold in #1817
  • Update the Gradle wrapper version to 6.9.2 by @tonihele in #1820
  • jme3-plugins: rename the TrackData.checkTimesConsistantcy() method by @stephengold in #1818
  • AreaUtils: Migrated package to com.jme3.util by @Scrappers-glitch in #1826
  • Update README.md to include Exotic Matter by @entrusc in #1838
  • Improved code readability: ParticlePointMesh and ParticleTriMesh by @capdevon in #1831
  • Added setter for FilterPostProcessor.depthFormat by @JosiahGoeman in #1841
  • #1569 Fix license file to be better detected by GitHub by @b0n541 in #1855
  • docs(README) - fix: broken link in README.md by @kaaquist in #1858
  • Clean up the display modes parsing by @tonihele in #1844
  • BlendableAction: Fix JavaDoc for setMaxTransitionWeight & replace assert with IllegalArgumentException by @mrxz in #1881
  • Lots of JavaDoc improvements

New Contributors

• @AmiroooTheWalnut made their first contribution in #1720
• @wyskoj made their first contribution in #1777
• @entrusc made their first contribution in #1838
• @Lukas-Habring made their first contribution in #1840
• @JosiahGoeman made their first contribution in #1841
• @b0n541 made their first contribution in #1855
• @kaaquist made their first contribution in #1858
• @manuelrmo made their first contribution in #1869
• @mrxz made their first contribution in #1881

Full Changelog: v3.5.2-stable...v3.6.0-alpha1