v2.2.1

The 2.2.1 release is a minor LTS release for bugfixes and improvements

Bug fixes

• Fix curl link error on macOS

MD5 Hash of the release artifacts

• axmol-2.2.1.zip: 8FB43DF6C258A25477C23010E54B2777

v2.2.0

The 2.2.0 release is a minor LTS release for bugfixes and improvements

🙏thanks to all contributers of axmol include financial sponsors: @thienphuoc, @bingsoo, @asnagni, @paulocoutinhox, @DelinWorks, @duong

Significant changes relative to 2.1.5:

• Enable vsync by default by @halx99 in #2118
• Improve android media player, also fix #2101 by @halx99 in #2109
• Add build on ubuntu 24.04 support by @halx99 in #2152
• No longer add sprite as child of RenderTexture by @halx99 in #2149
• API change too: remove all DrawNode setLineWidth() stuff by @aismann in #2172

Bug fixes

• Fix invalidated iterator access in Scheduler::unscheduleAllWithMinPriority() by @smilediver in #2194
• Fix label in PauseTest. by @Tosik86 in #2157
• Fix #2147 full screen incorrect on macOS by @halx99 in #2150
• Fix RenderTargetGL FBO not recreate when recv EVENT_RENDERER_RECREATED by @halx99 in #2148
• Fix EventMouse coords by @halx99 in #2141
• Fix for incorrect bits per pixel set on texture reload by @rh101 in #2138
• Fix move constructor comment in Data class by @Tosik86 in #2132
• Fix Node setPosition() and setPositionNormalized() not switching normalized mode if positions match by @smilediver in #2102
• Fix issue with widget positioning when using normalized coordinates by @rh101 in #2110
• Fix RenderTexture data needs to be saved to the cache before the GLSurfaceView context is lost by @rh101 in #2146
• Fix incorrect static value usage in JNI array methods by @rh101 in #2178
• Fix #2199 by @halx99 in #2200
• Fix LuaJit Compilations by @IamSanjid in #2159
• Fix #2163 by @halx99 in #2166
• Fix #2169 by @halx99 in #2170
• fix Crash Sprite when _texture null by @NgVThangBz in #2164
• Fix dangling ref in SpriteFrameCache::removeSpriteFramesFromTexture() by @smilediver in #2106
• Fix android fps issue when certain animation intervals are set by @rh101 in #2162
• Fix DownloaderCURL too many open files and other fixes by @smilediver in #2182

Improvements

• [ImGui] Allow setting of custom font config to enable merging of multiple fonts and other features by @rh101 in #2085
• Update DevSetup.md with iOS simulator build commands by @rh101 in #2087
• Remove couple bad warnings by @smilediver in #2088
• Trim trailing whitespace for files in core folder by @smilediver in #2089
• Remove the NS_AX_BEGIN and NS_AX_END macros. by @j-jorge in #2100
• Remove the USING_NS_AX and NS_AX macros. by @j-jorge in #2103
• Remove usage of the NS_AX macro. by @j-jorge in #2107
• Sprite: show stretch warning only if stretching is enabled by @smilediver in #2113
• Delay load mf.dll, mfplat.dll by @halx99 in #2116
• Remove unreferenced sprite from test scene by @rh101 in #2119
• Set RenderTexture content size on creation by @rh101 in #2120
• Update sweep.h (fix invalid UTF-8) by @aismann in #2121
• Math optimizations by @smilediver in #2115
• DrawNode V2 by @aismann in #2124
• USe gradle-8.8-bin.zip everywhere by @crazyhappygame in #2134
• Refine contributing.md guide by @Tosik86 in #2135
• Allow turn on/off deprecated features by @halx99 in #2136
• Math: remove and replace GP_ASSERT with AX_ASSERT by @smilediver in #2143
• Enable cache render data for webgl by default by @halx99 in #2151
• Fix some compiling deprecated issues by @halx99 in #2154
• Update DrawNode.cpp (fix #2140) by @aismann in #2158
• Add (missing) parameter 'drawLineToCenter' to 'drawSolidCircle(...)' by @aismann in #2160
• Optimize DrawNode by @smilediver in #2165
• remove DrawPrimitivesTests (Cocos2Dx) (redundant mit DrawNodeTest) by @aismann in #2179
• move ZwoptexTest to SpriteTest (better add it to the SpriteTest section as removing) by @aismann in #2180
• Update README.md (thirdparty) by @aismann in #2183
• AxmolActivity refactoring and fixes by @smilediver in #2185
• Update controller.cpp Add small hint that the DrawNode tests be "not finished": "Node: Draw (WIP)" by @aismann in #2189
• DrawNode calls: replacing Color4F with Color4B (without the 'test' folder!) by @aismann in #2192

sdks updates

• emsdk: 3.1.63 ==> 3.1.67

3rdparty updates

• glad: 2.0.6 ==> 2.0.8
• curl: 8.9.1 ==> 8.10.1
• simdjson: 3.10.0 ==> 3.10.1
• libpng: 1.6.43 ==> 1.6.44
• c-ares: 1.33.0 ==> 1.34.1
• openssl: 3.3.1 ==> 3.0.15
• yasio: 4.2.4 ==> 4.3.1
• jpeg-turbo: 3.0.3 ==> 3.0.4
• luajit: 2.1-04dca79 ==> 2.1-97813fb
• simdjson: 3.10.0 ==> 3.10.1
• rapidjson: 1.1.0-b4a6da3 ==> 1.1.0-815e6e7
• freetype: 2.13.2 ==> 2.13.3

MD5 Hash of the release artifacts

• axmol-2.2.0.zip: B1F6EF0B8A31F5B224D4D0FE38677908

v2.1.5

The 2.1.5 release is a minor LTS release for bugfixes and improvements

🙏thanks to all contributers of axmol include financial sponsors: @thienphuoc, @bingsoo, @asnagni, @paulocoutinhox, @DelinWorks, @duong

Significant changes relative to 2.1.4:

• Add render I420 video support by @halx99 in #2050 , also fix issue #2049 reported by @SimplyJpk
• Refactor math simd by @halx99 in #2070, proposed by @huiguochen and @smilediver
  • Implement NEON transformVertices & transformIndices by @smilediver in #2065
  • Implement SSE transformVertices & transformIndices, proposed by @huiguochen
  • Add cmake option AX_WASM_ISA_SIMD to support build wasm with SIMD support, supports values sse, neon
  • Rewrite all neon inline asm code with NEON intrinsics, this will allow WASM and winuwp-arm64 can compile with NEON intrinsic
• Improve FileUtils by @halx99
  • Rename FileUtils::createDirectory to FileUtils::createDirectories
  • Use splitpath_cb to optimize FileUtils::createDirectories
  • Rename FileUtils::getFileShortName to FileUtils::getPathBaseName
  • Add FileUtils::getPathDirName
  • Add FileUtils::getPathBaseNameNoExtension
  • Mark all renamed FileUtils stubs old name deprecated
  • Mark all FileUtils offthread APIs deprecated
• Remove arch suffix of host default build output directory for axmol cmdline

Bug Fixes

• Fix checkReallySupportsASTC does not work on ios device reported by @BIGCATDOG in #2078
• Fix ImGui index draw info incorrect by @rh101 in #2052
• Fix ArchLinux setup dependencies always fail by @halx99
• Fix android VolatileTexture memory leak when addImage(img,k,fmt)
• Fix cmake prebuilt link error by @IamSanjid in #2058
• Fix prebuilt openssl dll path incorrect for winuwp by @halx99
• Fix #2060, make http request/respose reference counter thread-safe by @halx99 in #2064, reported by @qq461787436
• Fix Curl downloader not observing set task limits by @smilediver in #2067
• Fix a regression introduced by 2.1.4 that live2d compile error by @halx99, reported by @Sevael
• Fix unexpected libpng from system used
• Fix #1751, use coroutine control AutoTest flow

Improvements

• Enhance Color4F and method naming change by @rh101 in #2072
• Improve FastRNG implementation by @DelinWorks in #2056
  • Move FastRNG to ax ns and more improvements by @DelinWorks in #2057
  • Add missing include for AXASSERT by @smilediver in #2081
• Handle premultiplied alpha for grayscale PNGs by @j-jorge in #2047
• Optimize ProgramState::setTexture() to avoid vector (de)allocations by @smilediver in #2061
• Add OpenType font (.otf) to the noCompress list by @danialias in #2077
• Update DrawNodeEx aka DrawNodeV2 to 0.95.1 by @aismann in #2079

sdks updates

• cppwinrt: 2.0.240111.5 ==> 2.0.240405.15

3rdparty updates

• box2d: 2.4.1 ==> 2.4.2
• curl: 8.8.0 ==> 8.9.1
• simdjson: 3.9.5 ==> 3.10.0
• lz4: 1.9.4 ==> 1.10.0
• c-ares: 1.32.2 ==> 1.33.0

MD5 Hash of the release artifacts

• axmol-2.1.5.zip: D42B00A4FBFEF44E8AB38A56C2028A5E

v2.1.4

The 2.1.4 release is a minor LTS release for bugfixes and improvements

Significant changes relative to 2.1.3:

• Add JobSystem support by @halx99
• Add cmake option AX_WASM_INITIAL_MEMORY
• Add Linux WebView implementation by @IamSanjid in #1985
• Improve curl download implementation by @halx99 in #1999
  • Use curl_multi_poll instead select
  • Use curl_xferinfo_callback instead deprecated curl_progress_callback
  • Don't use CURL_HEADER to get content length, get it in xferinfo_callback
• Improve RenderTarget by @smilediver in #1996
• Make apple controller to support four players by @paulocoutinhox in #2009

Deprecated

• AsyncTaskPool, use JobSystem instead.
• AXLOG, AXLOGINFO, AXLOGWARN, AXLOGERROR, use AXLOGD, AXLOGI, AXLOGE instead.
  • Mark AXLOG, AXLOGINFO, AXLOGWARN, AXLOGERROR deprecated in #2017
  • Rename all AXLOG/printf to AXLOGD (without .\core, .\3rdparty) by @aismann in #2020
  • Set several log messages to verbose level by @rh101 in #2021
  • Change AXLOGI to more appropriate AXLOGD for several log calls by @rh101 in #2028
• StringUtils::format, use fmt::format instead.

Bug Fixes

• Fix call to incorrect java method by @rh101 in #2015
• Fix Callback and store Renderer Image type by @AlexandreK38 in #1945
• Fix char8_t not disable on msvc by @halx99
• Fix Renderer recreated by @smilediver in #1988
• Fix AvfMediaEngine assetion when play some HLS video files by @halx99 in #1984
• Fix compiling errors when on linux ubuntu2204 by @bwaiox in #2012
• Fix prebuilt, add ax_link_ext macro by @iAndyHD3 in #2022
• Fix #1943, Make extension luabinding can be controlled by AX_EXT_HINT by @halx99, reported by @iAndyHD3

Improvements

• Add ability to change Inspector's font size by @IamSanjid in #1932
• Calculate safe area inset values for android devices with rounded corners by @rh101 in #1934
• Update documentation for axmol build commands when targetting the iOS simulator by @rh101 in #1938
• Added glyph ranges manager for ImGuiPresenter, added ability to use glyph ranges for Inspector's font by @IamSanjid in #1936
• Add support for necessary events to be sent regardless of event dispatcher enabled state by @rh101 in #1940
• Enable DrawNodeEx by default by @aismann in #1950
• Apply child stencils correctly to the clipping node by @rh101 in #1957
• Fix some compiler warnings on windows by @IamSanjid in #1954
• Update DevSetup.md by @caryyu in #1965
• Sprite and TextureCache from ax::Data by @AlexandreK38 in #1967
• Remove duplicate cmake options by @halx99
• Count run action finish to call final finish when two run actions are performed by @AlexandreK38 in #1946
• Only pause GLSurfaceView if activity is moved to the background, and not if it just loses focus by @rh101 in #1942
• Update spine README.md by @rh101 in #1975
• Update llvm setup
  • Remove llvm setup from gh action yml config, since 1kiss will setup it
  • Update 1kiss.ps1 llvm min requirement to 17.0.6 for msvc14.40 support
  • Remove llvm version config from 1k/manifest.ps1 since 1kiss.ps1 already set properly for msvc14.40 support
• Update TLD to axmol.dev in sources by @halx99
• Don't output log when custom ILogOutput was set by @halx99
• Use new logging system for audio by @halx99
• Update DrawNodeV2 0.94 by @aismann in #2008
• Ensure the RenderTexture reference is valid on threaded saveToFile task completion by @rh101 in #2024
• Some warning and other minor fixes by @smilediver in #2038

sdks & tools updates

• gradle: 8.7 ==> 8.8
• AGP: 8.2.2 ==> 8.4.0
• emsdk: 3.1.59 ==> 3.1.63

3rdparty updates

• openssl: 3.0.13 ==> 3.3.1
• Clipper2: 1.3.0 ==> 1.4.0
• simdjson: 3.9.2 ==> 3.9.5
• fmtlib: 10.2.1 ==> 11.0.1
• yasio: 4.2.2 ==> 4.2.3
• oboe: 1.8.1 ==> 1.9.0
• plainlua: 5.4.6 ==> 5.4.7
• c-ares: 1.29.0 ==> 1.32.2
• luajit: 2.1-d06beb0 ==> 2.1-04dca79

MD5 Hash of the release artifacts

• axmol-2.1.4.zip: 849AA31DD6235945A88B7C60360EBB1A

v2.1.20240714-28013e9-nightly

MD5 Hash of the release artifacts

• axmol-2.1.20240714-28013e9-nightly.zip: 10461D9340203A9D5938E07C51E96199

v2.1.20240613-6cb7618-nightly

MD5 Hash of the release artifacts

• axmol-2.1.20240613-6cb7618-nightly.zip: 9179F4154AB389117A12772491F5AB93

v2.1.3

The 2.1.3 release is a minor LTS release for bugfixes and improvements, we also have new home page: https://axmol.dev , thanks to all contributers of axmol, especially

• @iAndyHD3 Add axmol to awsome-cpp
• @asnagni Become new monthly financial contributer of axmol
• @danialias Mantaining axmol wiki pages, axmol.dev home, axmol reddit community and axmol discord
• @rh101 Implement the funding feature: cross-platform MediaPlayer controller, and donate the fund $250 by @asnagni to axmol community
• @paulocoutinhox Made both financial and code contributing to axmol
• @GamesStudioTwo and @rudiHammad made video showcase of axmol
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arbdwd84NEQ
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nPVrxiO-bc

Significant changes relative to 2.1.2:

• Implement cross-platform media controller for video playback by @rh101 in #1845
  • Adjust media control positioning if video aspect ratio is maintained by @rh101 in #1851
  • Allow media controls to be rotated left or right by 90 degrees by @rh101 in #1910
• Allow certain code modules to be removed from build process by @rh101 in #1769, i.e. remove 3d features by -DAX_ENABLE_3D=OFF
• New logging system with general log level and colored support
  • Implement new axmol log system based on fmtlib by @halx99 in #1732
  • Logging colorful support by @halx99 in #1735
  • Improve logging color style by @halx99 in #1739
  • Add support for verbose trace level logging by @rh101 in #1764
  • Removed the '\n' which creates a second (empty) line. by @aismann in #1746
• Add wasm EditBox support
• Simplify axmol cmdlines build command, now you can use command axmol instead axmol build to build your project
• Linking prebuilt xcframework for apple platforms, please do clean AX_ROOT by axmol -c -u if you tracking axmol engine git repo
• Add unit tests by @smilediver in #1862
  • #1870
  • #1871
• Add AXLOGD,AXLOGI,... functions for lua
• Add axmol cmdline build option to specify build optimize flag: -O0(Debug), -O1(MinSizeRel), -O2(RelWithDebInfo), -O3(Release)

Breaking Changes

• Rename ax::Ref ==> ax::Object
• Remove ax::log, use AXLOGD instead
• Remove cmake function: ax_uwp_set_all_targets_deploy_min_version
• Remove deprecated pixel formats L8, A8, LA8 in #1839
• Move axmol/build.ps1 to axmol/tools/cmdline/build.ps1
• Rename ax::ccMessageBox to ax::messageBox
• Move ax::ccNextPOT to ax::utils::nextPOT
• Remove unused API: ax::LuaLog
• Change parameter 'sharedRT' of RenderTexture::create to false

Mark as deprecated

• 2d/TextFieldTTF
• ui/UITextField, use ui/TextFieldEx instead

BugFixes

• Fix fullscreen incorrect in retina display by @halx99, reported by @TyelorD
• Fix same uniforms in fragment and vertex shaders not working in Metal by @smilediver in #1808
• Fix android build by @smilediver in #1723
• Fix EditBox error by @binxiaojiao in #1755
• Fix InputEvent in fairyGUI onKeyDown and onKeyUp by @binxiaojiao in #1757
• Fix wasm FPS control not working by @binxiaojiao in #1762
• Fix texture recreation when GL context is lost by @smilediver in #1763
• Fix DebugDraw issue in 3D physics by @halx99
• Fix OpenGLState cache error, reported by @solan-solan in #1759
• Fix linux crash after close window by @halx99
• Fix setup.ps1 not update AX_ROOT in unix profile by @halx99
• Fix a regression introduced by 2.1.2 that template gradlew permission incorrect
• Fix build android with axmol cmdline arch not working
• Fix crash on iOS by @smilediver in #1799
• Fix typo: BLEND_CLOLOR ==> BLEND_COLOR
• Fix typo: RESERVE_SUBTRACT ==> REVERSE_SUBTRACT
• Fix video player crash on apple platforms, reported by @asnagni in #1815
• Fix an issue where ProgressTimer didn't properly set or cascade its opacity by @TyelorD in #1830
• Fix ClippingNode stencil needing global z set manually by @TyelorD in #1831
• Fix FileUtilsApple::getPathForDirectory() checking wrong path by smilediver in #1828
• Fix issue where UIWidget couldn't be reselected by @TyelorD in #1827
• Fix glfw crash on macOS for large mouse button ids by @smilediver in #1835
• Fix 1k/fetch.cmake not working on powershell 5.1
• Fix spine two color tint data not being copied across to backend buffer on first frame by @rh101 in #1875
• Fix FileUtils issues on macOS by @smilediver in #1863
• Fix memory corruption bug and resulting crash in the TextFieldTTF by @TyelorD in #1890
• Fix shaders not copying to final build on macOS for non Xcode builds by @smilediver in #1908
• Fix system font blurring by in @DelinWorks in #1907
• Fix android ImGui crash due to invalid pointer by @rh101 in #1920

Improvements

• Update prebuilt tool glslcc to 1.9.5, macos-arm64 support and built for macos-10.15+
• Improve MediaPlayer: handle video rotation properly
• Disable c++20 char8_t
• Improve build system, set rpath properly for platforms: linux, apple
• HttpClient: add support for PATCH method by @smilediver in #1722
• Add -f switch info to axmol command help output by @rh101 in #1729
• Adapt DrawNodeEx to the changes on: Move color types to math/Color.h #1741 by @aismann in #1760
• Add Node World Space Positioning by @DelinWorks in #1743
• Move color types to math/Color.h by @halx99 in #1741
• Removing EditBox should not result in logging an error message by @rh101 in #1740
• Update LUA config for new build options by @rh101 in #1772
• Update TLD axmol.org -> axmol.dev
• Rename folder thirdparty ==> 3rdparty
• Update spine to 4.1-54fac9d
• Update axmol cmdline preferred cmake to 3.29.3+ for supress xcode 15 duplicated linking warnings
• Remove unnecessary cmake option: AX_VS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET
• Make FileStream open file for write share flags same with cstd
• Fix some compile warnings
• Add ttf fallback render support
• Add cmake option: AX_EXT_HINT to set default extensions state
• Add axmol cmdline option -dm to dump compiler preprocessors before build
• Display cmake command used by build script in console by @rh101 in #1834
• Add Borderless Windowed Mode by @TyelorD in #1826
• Add CC_USE_CULLING Alias to cocos2d.h by @TyelorD in #1825
• Prevent repeated loading of plist files when loading csb files by @tkzcfc in #1844
• Remove Info.plist from mac Resources by @martinking71 #1849
• Add libvlc prebuilt entry CMakeLists.txt
• Add ability to create console apps by @smilediver in #1859
• Add support for ensuring sprite content size does not change on new texture by @rh101 in #1897
• Remove obsolete box2d-optimized support by @aismann in #1913
• Add macOS, Linux support for tools/ci/genbindings.ps1
• Fix axmol cmdline not raise error when cmake build fail
• Migrate wasm ci from appveyor to github actions
• Set AX_USE_METAL and AX_USE_GL to 1 if defined by @smilediver in #1916
• Update the CMake minimum version requirement to 3.23.0+ by @rh101 in #1918
• Add x86_64 to example list of possible target architectures for android by @rh101 in #1919
• Enable lua bit module for all lua versions supported by axmol
• Fix passing non null terminated strings for null terminated params by @smilediver in #1924
• Fix sol problem in emplace method by @paulocoutinhox in #1927
• Fix descriptor typo by @paulocoutinhox in #1928
• Do image processing to reverse premultiplied alpha in separate thread by @rh101 in #1929

sdks & tools updates

• emsdk: 3.1.53 ==> 3.1.60
• AGP: 8.2.1 ==> 8.2.2
• androidx.media3: 1.0.2 ==> 1.2.1
• glslcc: 1.9.4 ==> 1.9.5

3rdparty updates

• simdjson: 3.7.0 ==> 3.9.2
• flatbuffers: 2.0.8 ==> 24.3.25
• curl: 8.6.0 ==> 8.8.0
• glad: 2.0.5 ==> 2.0.6
• yasio: 4.2.1...

v2.1.3-rc1

MD5 Hash of the release artifacts

• axmol-2.1.3-rc1.zip: BDEEFB9B3B14AD1F42C92826C87B1741

v2.1.3-beta2

MD5 Hash of the release artifacts

• axmol-2.1.3-beta2.zip: 070B4D60E252CDA6FA1BEEF60FECF585

v2.1.3-beta1

MD5 Hash of the release artifacts

• axmol-2.1.3-beta1.zip: B4F0602C3036AE887C8AC790F08B3CD8