CHANGELOG.md

Change Log

3.6 Release - 2/28/2017

• Fixed XML deserialization of Curve type. #5494
• Fix #5498 Pipeline Tool template loading on MacOS. #5501
• Fix typo in the exclude.addins which cause warnings when installing the Addin in XS. #5500
• Added support for arbitrary defines passed to the Effect compiler. #5496
• Fixed GraphicsDevice.Present() to check for current render target. #5389
• Custom texture compression for SpriteFonts. #5299
• Performance improvements to SpriteBatch.DrawString(). #5226
• Removed the OUYA platform #5194
• Dispose of all graphical resources in unit tests. #5133
• Throw NoSuitableGraphicsDeviceException if graphics device creation fails. #5130
• Optimized and added additional constructors to Color. #5117
• Added SamplerState.TextureFilterMode to correctly support comparison filtering. #5112
• Fixed Apply3D() on stereo SoundEffect. #5099
• Fixed Effect.OnApply to return void to match XNA. #5090
• Fix crash when DynamicSoundEffectInstance not disposed. #5075
• Texture2D.FromStream now correctly throws on null arguments. #5050
• Implemented GraphicsAdapter for DirectX platforms. #5024
• Fixed initialization of GameComponent when created within another GameComponent. #5020
• Improved SoundEffect internal platform extendability. #5006
• Refactored audio processing for platform extensibility. #5001
• Refactored texture processing for platform extensibility. #4996
• Refactor ShaderProfile to allow for pipeline extensibility. #4992
• Removed unnessasary dictionary lookup for user index buffers for DirectX platforms. #4988
• New SetRenderTargets() method which allows for variable target count. #4987
• Added support for XACT reverb and filter effects. #4974
• Remove array in GamePadDPad constructor. #4970
• Updated to the latest version of Protobuild. #4964
• Fixed static VBs and IBs on UWP on XB1. #4955
• Updated to the latest version of Protobuild. #4950
• Update Xamarin Studio addin for latest platform changes. #4926
• Replace OpenTK with custom OpenGL bindings #4874
• Fix Mouse updating when moving the Window. #4924
• Fix incorrect use of startIndex in Texture2D.GetData DX. #4833
• Cleanup of AssemblyInfo for framework assembly. #4810
• New SDL2 backend for desktop GL platforms. #4428
• Two MaterialProcessor properties fixed. #4746
• Fixed thumbstick virtual buttons to always use independent axes. #4742
• Fixed back buffer MSAA on DirectX platforms. #4739
• Added new CHANGELOG.md to project. #4732
• Added obsolete attribute and updated documentation. #4731
• Fixed layout of UWP windows in VS template to ignore window chrome. #4727
• Remove support for reading raw assets through ContentManager. #4726
• Implemented DynamicSoundEffectInstance for DirectX and OpenAL platforms. #4715
• Removed unused Yeti Mp3 compressor. #4713
• MonoGame Portable Assemblies. #4712
• Fixed RGBA64 packing and added unit tests. #4683
• Fix Gamepad crash when platform doesn't support the amount. #4677
• Fixed Song stopping before they are finished on Windows. #4668
• Removed the Linux .deb installer. #4665
• OpenAssetImporter is now automatically selected for all the formats it supports. #4663
• Fixed broken unit tests under Linux. #4614
• Split out Title Container into partial classes. #4590
• Added Rider Support to Linux installer. #4589
• Implement vertexStride in VertexBuffer.SetData for OpenGL. #4568
• Performance improvement to SpriteBatch vertex generation. #4547
• Optimization of indices initialization in SpriteBatcher. #4546
• Optimized ContentReader to decode LZ4 compressed streams directly. #4522
• TitleContainer partial class cleanup. #4520
• Remove raw asset support from ContentManager. #4489
• Initial implementation of RenderTargetCube for OpenGL. #4488
• Removed unnecessary platform differences in MGFX. #4486
• SoundEffect fixes and tests. #4469
• Cleanup FX syntax for shader compiler. #4462
• General Improvements to Pipeline Gtk implementation. #4459
• ShaderProfile Refactor. #4438
• GraphicsDeviceManager partial class refactor. #4425
• Remove legacy Storage classes. #4320
• Added mipmap generation for DirectX render targets. #4189

3.5.1 Release - 3/30/2016

• Fixed negative values when pressing up on left thumbstick on Mac.
• Removed exception and just return empty state when requesting an invalid GamePad index.
• Fixed texture processing for 64bpp textures.
• Fixed Texture2D.SaveAsPng on Mac.

3.5 Release - 3/17/2016

• Content Pipeline Integration for Xamarin Studio and MonoDevleop on Mac and Linux.
• Automatic inclusion of XNBs into your final project on Mac and Linux.
• Improved Mac and Linux installers.
• Assemblies are now installed locally on Mac and Linux just like they are on Windows.
• New cross-platform �Desktop� project where same binary and content will work on Windows, Linux and Mac desktops.
• Better Support for Xamarin.Mac and Xam.Mac.
• Apple TV support (requires to be built from source at the moment).
• Various sound system fixes.
• New GraphicsMetrics API.
• Optimizations to SpriteBatch performance and garbage generation.
• Many improvements to the Pipeline tool: added toolbar, new filtered output view, new templates, drag and drop, and more.
• New GamePad support for UWP.
• Mac and Linux now support Vorbis compressed music.
• Major refactor of texture support in content pipeline.
• Added 151 new unit tests.
• Big improvements to FBX and model content processing.
• Various fixes to XML serialization.
• MediaLibrary implementation for Windows platforms.
• Removed PlayStation Mobile platform.
• Added content pipeline extension template project.
• Support for binding multiple vertex buffers in a draw call.
• Fixed deadzone issues in GamePad support.
• OcclusionQuery support for DX platforms.
• Fixed incorrect z depth in SpriteBatch.
• Lots of OpenTK backend fixes.
• Much improved font processing.
• Added new VertexPosition vertex format.
• Better VS project template installation under Windows.

3.4 Release - 4/29/2015

• Removed old XNA content pipeline extensions.
• Added all missing PackedVector types.
• Replacement of old SDL joystick path with OpenTK.
• Added SamplerState.ComparisonFunction feature to DX and OGL platforms.
• Fixed bug where content importers would not be autodetected on upper case file extensions.
• Fixed compatibility with XNA sound effect XNBs.
• Lots of reference doc improvements.
• Added SamplerState.BorderColor feature to DX and OGL platforms.
• Lots of improvements to the Mac, Linux and Windows versions of the Pipeline GUI tool.
• Fixes for bad key mapping on Linux.
• Support for texture arrays on DX platforms.
• Fixed broken ModelMesh.Tag
• VS templates will now only install if VS is detected on your system.
• Added Color.MonoGameOrange.
• Fixed Xact SoundBack loading bug on Android.
• Added support for a bunch of missing render states to MGFX.
• Added support for sRGB texture formats to DX and OGL platforms.
• Added RasterizerState.DepthClipEnable support for DX and OGL platforms.
• New support for the Windows 10 UAP plafform.
• Fixed bug which caused the GamePad left thumbstick to not work correctly.
• Preliminary base classed for future Joystick API.
• Performance improvement on iOS by avoiding unnessasary GL context changes.
• Fixed bug where MediaPlayer volume affected all sounds.
• New XamarinStudio/MonoDevelop Addin for Mac.
• New Mac installer packages.

3.3 Release - 3/16/2015

• Support for vertex texture fetch on Windows.
• New modern classes for KeyboardInput and MessageBox.
• Added more validation to draw calls and render states.
• Cleaned up usage of statics to support multiple GraphicsDevice instances.
• Support Window.Position on WindowsGL platform.
• Reduction of redundant OpenGL calls.
• Fullscreen support for Windows DX platform.
• Implemented Texture2D SaveAsPng and SaveAsJpeg for Android.
• Improved GamePad deadzone calculations.
• We now use FFmpeg for audio content building.
• BoundingSphere fixes and optimizations.
• Many improvements to Linux platform.
• Various fixes to FontTextureProcessor.
• New Windows Universal App template for Windows Store and Windows Phone support.
• Many fixes to reduce garbage generation during runtime.
• Adding support for TextureFormatOptions to FontDescriptionProcessor.
• XNA compatibility improvements to FontDescriptionProcessor.
• Resuscitated the unit test framework with 100s of additional unit tests.
• BoundingFrustum fixes and optimizations.
• Added VS2013 project templates.
• Moved to new MonoGame logo.
• Added MSAA render target support for OpenGL platforms.
• Added optional content compression support to content pipeline and runtime.
• TextureCube content reader and GetData fixes.
• New OpenAL software implementation for Android.
• Xact compatibility improvements.
• Lots of Android fixes and improvements.
• Added MediaLibrary implementation for Android, iOS, Windows Phone, and Windows Store.
• Added ReflectiveWriter implementation to content pipeline.
• Fixes to Texture2D.GetData on DirectX platforms.
• SpriteFont rendering performance optimizations.
• Huge refactor of ModelProcessor to be more compatible with XNA.
• Moved NET and GamerServices into its own MonoGame.Framework.Net assembly.
• Runtime support for ETC1 textures for Androud.
• Improved compatibility for FBXImporter and XImporter.
• Multiple SpritBatch compatibility fixes.
• We now use FreeImage in TextureImporter to support many more input formats.
• MGFX parsing and render state improvements.
• New Pipeline GUI tool for managing content projects for Windows, Mac, and Linux desktops.
• New implementation of content pipeline IntermediateSerializer.
• All tools and content pipeline built for 64-bit.
• New documentation system.
• Implement web platform (JSIL) stubs.
• Lots of fixes to PSM.
• Added Protobuild support for project generation.
• Major refactor of internals to better separate platform specific code.
• Added MGCB command line tool to Windows installer.

3.2 Release - 4/7/2014

• Implemented missing PackedVector types.
• VS2013 support for MonoGame templates.
• Big improvement to XInput performance on Windows/Windows8.
• Added GameWindow.TextInput event enhancement.
• Added Xamarin.Mac compatability.
• Support for WPF interop under DirectX.
• Enhancement to support multiple GameWindows on Windows under DirectX.
• Various SpriteFont compatibility improvements.
• OpenAL performance/memory/error handling improvements.
• Reduction of Effect runtime memory usage.
• Support for DXT/S3TC textures on Android.
• Touch support on Windows desktop games.
• Added new RenderTarget3D enhancement.
• OUYA gamepad improvements.
• Internal improvements to reduce garbage generation.
• Various windowing fixes for OpenTK on Linux, Mac, and Windows.
• Automatic support for content reloading on resume for Android.
• Support for TextureCube, Texture3D, and RenderTargetCube on DirectX.
• Added TitleContainer.SupportRetina enhancement for loading @2x content.
• Lots of Android/Kindle compatibility fixes.
• Added enhancement GameWindow.IsBorderless.
• OpenGL now supports multiple render targets.
• Game.IsRunningSlowly working accurately to XNA.
• Game tick resolution improvements.
• XACT compatibility improvements.
• Various fixes and improvements to math types.
• DrawUserIndexedPrimitives now works with 32bit indicies.
• GamerServices fixes under iOS.
• Various MonoGame FX improvements and fixes.
• Render target fixes for Windows Phone.
• MediaPlayer/MediaQueue/Song fixes on Windows Phone.
• XNA accuracy fixes to TitleContainer.
• Fixes to SpriteBatch performance and compatibility with XNA.
• Threading fixes around SoundEffectInstance.
• Support for Song.Duration.
• Fixed disposal of OpenGL shader program cache.
• Improved support of PoT textures in OpenGL.
• Implemented missing EffectParameter SetValue/GetValue calls.
• Touch fixes to Windows Phone.
• Fixes to orientation support in iOS.
• Lots of PSM fixes which make it usable for 2D games.
• New Windows desktop platform using DirectX/XAudio.
• Old Windows project renamed WindowsGL.
• Fixed offsetInBytes parameter in IndexBuffer/VertexBuffer SetData.
• Fixed subpixel offset when viewport is changed in OpenGL.
• Tons of content pipeline improvements making it close to complete.

3.0.1 Release - 3/3/2013

• Fix template error.
• Fix offsetInBytes parameter in IndexBuffer/VertexBuffer SetData.
• Fixes the scale applied on the origin in SpriteBatch.
• Fixed render targets on WP8.
• Removed minVertexIndex Exception.
• Fixed some threading issues on iOS.
• Use generic link for opening store on iOS.
• Fix Matrix::Transpose.
• Fixed vertexOffset in DrawUserIndexedPrimitives in GL.
• Keys.RightControl/RightShift Support for WinRT.
• Dispose in ShaderProgramCache.
• IsRunningSlowly Fix.

3.0 Release - 1/21/2013

• 3D (many thanks to Infinite Flight Studios for the code and Sickhead Games in taking the time to merge the code in).
• New platforms: Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, OUYA, PlayStation Mobile (including Vita).
• Custom Effects.
• PVRTC support for iOS.
• iOS supports compressed Songs.
• Skinned Meshs.
• VS2012 templates.
• New Windows Installer.
• New MonoDevelop Package/AddIn.
• A LOT of bug fixes.
• Closer XNA 4 compatibility.

2.5.1 Release - 6/18/2012

• Updated android to use enumerations rather than hardocded ids as part of the Mono for Android 4.2 update.
• Changed the Android video player to make use of the ViewView.
• Corrected namespaces for SongReader and SoundEffectReader.
• Updated the Keyboard mapping for android.
• Added RectangleArrayReader.
• Removed links to the third party GamePadBridge.
• Added some missing mouseState operators.
• Replaced all calls to DateTime.Now with DateTime.UtcNow.
• Fixed SpriteFont rendering (again).
• Added code to correclty dispose of Textures on all platforms.
• Added some fixes for the sound on iOS.
• Adding missing MediaQueue class.
• Fixed Rectangle Intersect code.
• Changed the way UserPrimitives work on windows.
• Made sure the @2x file support on iOS works.
• Updated project templates.
• Added project templates for MacOS.
• Fixed MonoDevelop.MonoGame AddIn so it works on Linux.

2.5 Release - 3/29/2012

Fixes and Features

• Minor fixes to the Networking stack to make it more reliable when looking for games.
• SpriteBatch Fixes including making sure the matrix parameter is applied in both gles 1.1 and gles 2.0.
• Updated IDrawable and IUpdatable interfaces to match XNA 4.0.
• Fixed the Tick method.
• Updated VideoPlayer constructor contract to match XNA 4.0.
• Added Code to Lookup the Host Application Guid for Networking, the guid id is now pulled from the AssemblyInfo.cs if one is present.
• Uses OpenAL on all platforms except Android.
• Added Dxt5 decompression support.
• Improves SpriteFont to conform more closely to XNA 4.0.
• Moved DynamicVertexBuffer and DynamicIndexBuffer into its own files.

iOS

• Fixed Console.WriteLine problem.
• Fixed loading of @2x Retina files.
• Fixed Landscape Rendering.
• Fixed Orientations changes correctly animate.
• Fixed Guide.BeginShowKeyboardInput.
• Fixed StorageDevice AOT compile problem.
• Fixed SpriteBatch to respect matrices when drawn.
• Fixed DoubleTap, improves touches in serial Game instances.
• Fixed App startup in non-Portrait orientations.
• Fixed UnauthorizedAccessException using TitleContainer.
• Fixed a runtime JIT error that was occuring with List<AddJournalEntry().
• Guide.ShowKeyboard is not working.
• App Backgrounding has regressed. A patch is already being tested in the develop branch and the fix will be rolled out as part of the v2.5.1.

Android

• Project Templates for MonoDevelop.
• Fixed a few issues with Gestures.
• Fixed the name of the assembly to be MonoGame.Framework.Android.
• Fixed a Memory Leak in Texture Loading.
• Force linear filter and clamp wrap on npot textures in ES2.0 on Android.
• Added SetData and GetData support for Texture2D.
• Guide.SignIn picks up the first email account on the phone.
• CatapultWars does not render correctly under gles 1.1.

MacOS X

• SoundEffectInstance.Stop now works correctly.

Linux

• Project Templates for Visual Studio and MonoDevelop.
• Fixed a bug when loading of Wav files.

Windows

• Project Templates for Visual Studio and MonoDevelop.
• Fixed a bug when loading of Wav files.
• Added Game.IsMouseVisible implementation for Windows.
• Guide.SignIn picks up the logged in user.
• Added a new Installer to install the MonoDevelop and / or Visual Studio Templates and binaries.

2.1 Release - 10/28/2011

Features

• Content Manager rewritten to use partial classes and implementation of cached assets that are loaded. Greatly improves memory footprint.
• Experimental support for GamePads and Joysticks. Enhancements will be coming to integrate better for developers.
• ContentReader improvements across the board.
• Improved support for XACT audio.
• StarterKits VectorRumble.

iOS

• Gesture support has been improved.
• Better support for portrait to landscape rotations.
• Fixed a rendering bug related to upsidedown portrait mode.
• Better WaveBank support.
• The Guide functionality is only available in iOS, for this release.

Android

• Updated to support Mono for Android 4.0.
• Improvements to the Orientation Support.
• Changed Sound system to use SoundPool.
• Added Tap and DoubleTap Gesture Support.

MacOS X

• A lot of enhancements and fixes for Full Screen and Windowed control.
• Cursor support fixed for IsMouseVisible.
• Implementation of IsActive property and the events Activated and Deactivated.
• First steps of DrawPrimitives, DrawUserPrimitives, DrawIndexedPrimitives.
• Better WaveBank support.
• Support for ApplyChanges() and setting the backbuffer and viewport sizes correctly.

Linux

• All new implementation which share quite a bit of code between MacOS X and Windows.
• Added shader support via the Effects class.

Windows

• All new implementation which shares quite a bit of code between MacOS and Linux.

2.0 Release - 10/28/2011

• Project renamed MonoGame.
• Project moved to GitHub.
• Support for Linux, Mac, Linux, and OpenGL on Windows.

0.7 Release - 12/2/2009

• First stable release.
• Originally named XnaTouch.
• iPhone support only.
• 2D rendering support.
• Audio support.
• Networking support.
• Partial multitouch support.
• Partial accelerometer support.