v2.4.0

Breaking changes

• [BREAKING] A few shader chunks available to ShaderMaterial use their original names by @mvaligursky in #7277
• [BREAKING] Rename skinTex and skinBatchTex chunk names to skin and skinBatch by @mvaligursky in #7278
• [BREAKING] Deprecate WebGL1 based texture sampling names with _EXT by @mvaligursky in #7221

Other changes

• Depth of Field implementation using render passes by @mvaligursky in #7210
• Small change to the default level of blurLevel for the HDR Bloom by @mvaligursky in #7166
• Gsplat shader chunk updates by @slimbuck in #7169
• Export internal CameraShaderParams class which is currently required by the Editor by @mvaligursky in #7168
• Speed up gsplat sh packaging by @slimbuck in #7170
• Add basic XR navigation ESM script by @willeastcott in #7171
• Updated the way shaders include tonemapping chunks by @mvaligursky in #7174 #7176
• Update to render passes - generate scene half sized texture by @mvaligursky in #7175
• Further gsplat shader refinements by @slimbuck in #7185
• Texture tracing log contains its pixel format by @mvaligursky in #7190
• Clamp GS SH coefficients correctly by @slimbuck in #7193
• Add skinning support to glTF exporter by @willeastcott in #7197
• Hide component constructors by @willeastcott in #7203
• Delete unused import by @willeastcott in #7207
• Remove CameraComponentSystem onUpdate handler by @willeastcott in #7208
• [Fix] Change gloss default value to 1 by @mvaligursky in #7216
• Migrate TextElement tests from Karma to Node by @willeastcott in #7217
• Migrate ImageElement tests from Karma to Node by @willeastcott in #7219
• DOF support for WebGPU by @mvaligursky in #7218
• Update NPM depenedencies by @willeastcott in #7222
• DOF - near blur is optional by @mvaligursky in #7220
• Switch to node-canvas for running unit tests by @willeastcott in #7223
• Move unit test assets to a new folder by @willeastcott in #7224
• Updated preprocessor to optionally remove defines from source by @mvaligursky in #7226
• Minor refactor to unit tests by @willeastcott in #7227
• Migrate ScriptComponent tests from Karma to Node by @willeastcott in #7228
• Migrate BundleRegistry tests from Karma to Node by @willeastcott in #7229
• Optimized shadow cascade matrix selector shader function by @mvaligursky in #7230
• Tweak jsdom and server for unit tests by @willeastcott in #7231
• Migrate SpriteComponent tests from Karma to Node by @willeastcott in #7232
• Address PCSS softness by @GSterbrant in #5483
• Shadow cascades can be cross-blended using dithering by @mvaligursky in #7233
• Migrate BundleHandler tests from Karma to Node by @willeastcott in #7235
• Migrate Http tests from Karma to Node by @willeastcott in #7236
• [ImgBot] Optimize images by @imgbot in #7225
• Migrate ElementDragHelper tests from Karma to Node by @willeastcott in #7237
• Remove Karma by @willeastcott in #7238
• Render pass tracing now logs values used to clear color/depth/stencil buffer by @mvaligursky in #7239
• Bun build support by @kpal81xd in #7242
• Handle NaNs in GSplat data by @slimbuck in #7243
• Store PLY header comments by @slimbuck in #7246
• Support 1 and 2 bands of SH in uncompressed gsplat data by @slimbuck in #7248
• ESM Preload Fix by @marklundin in #7161
• ESM Script clone fix by @marklundin in #7251
• Use Dependabot to update NPM dependencies by @willeastcott in #7254
• Migrate from Terser and Babel to SWC by @marklundin in #6920
• Added DOF support to CameraFrame script by @mvaligursky in #7272
• Add arrow key controls to camera-controls.mjs by @vincentwoo in #7270
• Support chunks to be included by VS of ShaderMaterial by @mvaligursky in #7276
• ESM First Person Controller by @kpal81xd in #7252
• ESM Grid Mesh Script by @kpal81xd in #7147
• ShaderMaterial shader generator - remove manually specified chunk includes by @mvaligursky in #7279
• ShaderMaterial generator provides GAMMA and TONEMAPPING defines to VS by @mvaligursky in #7280
• Remove obsolete deprecated functionality for litShaderArgs by @mvaligursky in #7281
• Camera controls updates by @kpal81xd in #7205

Fixes

• [Fix] The material loading do not print validation warnings for few unsupported properties by @mvaligursky in #7167
• [WebglGraphicsDevice] Catch and return async error in readTextureAsync by @liamdon in #7173
• [Fix] Fix to just introduced tonemapping issue with HDR by @mvaligursky in #7176
• [Fix] Exposed PIXELFORMAT_R8 format for locking by @mvaligursky in #7177 #7178
• Fix negative tonemapped values by @slimbuck in #7179
• Fixes for gsplat spherical harmonics by @slimbuck in #7182
• [Fix] Correctly handle VSM not being supported by clustered lighting by @mvaligursky in #7184
• Shader fix by @slimbuck in #7187
• Add missing early-out in gsplat shader by @slimbuck in #7189
• [FIX] Allow sphere maps to work when an envAtlas is set by @willeastcott in #7201
• [FIX] Correctly set texture dimensions from video source by @willeastcott in #7200
• [FIX] Ensure enabled property is cloned for all components by @willeastcott in #7199
• [FIX] Handle case where pbrMetallicRoughness is not present by @willeastcott in #7198
• Minor refactor of CameraComponent by @willeastcott in #7209
• Eliminate all imports in JSDoc blocks by @willeastcott in #7212
• Delete unused unit test assets by @willeastcott in #7213
• Migrate AssetReference tests from Karma to Node by @willeastcott in #7214
• [Fix] HDR lightmap baking is working by @mvaligursky in #7247
• Fix Apple Silicon Tests by @marklundin in #7253
• [Fix] Remove PVRT texture formats with sRGB encoding as not supported on any platform by @mvaligursky in #7256
• Expose PLY load progress by @slimbuck in #7259
• Overhaul of directional PCSS shadows by @mvaligursky in #7258
• Configure Renovate by @renovate in #7260
• Migrate renovate config by @renovate in #7264
• Renovate: Pin devDependencies by @willeastcott in #7265
• Pin dependencies by @renovate in #7263
• Update all npm dependencies by @renovate in #7266
• Remove Dependabot by @willeastcott in #7268
• Move renovate.json to .github folder by @willeastcott in #7269
• Request new feature "float32-blendable" for WebGPU device by @mvaligursky in #7271
• Added PCSS option to ShadowCascades example by @mvaligursky in #7275
• [Fix] Fixes to an issue causing the fringing to be upside down when TAA is enabled on WebGPU by @mvaligursky in #7274

New Contributors

• @renovate made their first contribution in #7260
• @vincentwoo made their first contribution in #7270

Full Changelog: v2.3.3...v2.4.0