v1.29.0

• gltfio: calculate primitive's AABB correctly.
• gltfio: recompute bounding boxes with morph targets
• engine: add missing getters on MaterialInstance
• WebGL: add missing ColorGrading JS bindings
• engine: improvements/cleanup of Shadow mapping code [⚠️ Recompile Materials]
• engine: fix TransformManager high precision mode when using transactions.

v1.28.3

• backend: add support for GGP platform
• engine: primitives with CullingMode::FRONT_AND_BACK are now skipped.

v1.28.2

• gltfio: support EXT_meshopt_compression
• release packaging: fixed location of default IBL file

v1.28.1

• gltfio: fix reloading crash in ubershader mode
• Vulkan: improve performance in the readPixels path
• engine: raise the spot shadows limit to 64, from 14.
• engine: add experimental support for point light shadows.
• gltfio: fix ubershader issues with assignment of dummy textures
• gltfio: material instances and variants are now accessed via FilamentInstance [⚠️ API Change]
• gltfio: the animator can now only be accessed via FilamentInstance [⚠️ API Change]
• engine: fix "stable" shadows and make the default cascade splits logarithmic.
• engine: Add new quality options to EVSM shadows + rendering fixes

v1.28.0

• engine: LiSPSM is now a user settable option
• engine: get the morph target buffer to the given primitive
• Java: Fix TransformManager.getChildren()
• Metal: newer devices are no longer limited to 16 samplers per Material.
• gltfio: fix interpretation of occlusion strength
• engine: minsdk is now 21 instead of 19. This allows the use of OpenGL ES 3.1
• Vulkan: fix black screen regression

v1.27.2

• gltfio: punctual lights are now duplicated when adding new asset instances
• gltfio: FilamentInstance getAsset method now returns an immutable asset
• gltfio: allow zero-instance assets
• gltfio: fix regression with meshes that have no material
• gltfio: fix regression with recomputeBoundingBoxes()
• filamesh / matinfo: fix minor ASAN issues

v1.27.1

• Java: add methods for TransformManager.getChildCount(), TransformManager.getChildren() and Scene.hasEntity()
• engine: Fix stencil buffer writes with OpenGL backend.
• gltfio: add new virtual method to MaterialProvider that all plugins must implement.
• gltfio: add an assert for inconsistent sRGB flags among usages of a particular texture.
• engine: improve scissor documentation.
• backend: scissor is no longer clipped to the viewport (done on Filament side).
• samples: add debug overdraw visualization to gltf_viewer.

v1.27.0

• WebGL: reduce max instance count to work around Chrome issues [⚠️ Recompile Materials]
• engine: rework material/shader sampler binding code [⚠️ Recompile Materials]
• engine: add support for specialization constants [⚠️ Recompile Materials]
• gltfio: move the API for recomputeBoundingBoxes [⚠️ API Change]
• gltfio: fix spotlight regression
• gltfio: clear the MaterialInstance cache when creating new instances

v1.26.0

• engine: new feature level APIs, see Engine::getSupportedFeatureLevel()
• engine: add new stencil API to View and stencil state APIs to MaterialInstance [NEW API].
• engine: Fix guard bands and TAA with vertexDomain:Device [⚠️ Recompile Materials]
• engine: clipSpaceTransform is now only available with vertexDomain:Device [⚠️ API Change]
• gltfio: add unified AssetLoader::createAsset() method [⚠️ API Change]
• gltfio: all assets are now "instanced" [⚠️ API Change]

v1.25.6

• engine: Add CONFIG_MINSPEC_UBO_SIZE as a nicer way to allow exceeding the ES3.0 minspec.
• gltfio: minor efficiency improvement for Android and WebGL builds.
• gltfio: add support for concurrent texture downloading and decoding.