Breaking Changes

• [BREAKING] Deprecated pc.createShader and pc.createShaderFromCode by @mvaligursky in #7657
• [BREAKING] Update gsplat component material API by @slimbuck in #7749
• [BREAKING] New public API to customize shader chunks (Material and global) by @mvaligursky in #7665
• [BREAKING] Removing non-functional depth pass by @mvaligursky in #7597
• [BREAKING] Feature: KHR_materials_anisotropy by @emadurandal in #7668

Changes

• Envmap and partial lighting works using WGSL by @mvaligursky in #7581
• Enable debug warning if the required uniform is null or undefined by @mvaligursky in #7582
• Convert many StandardMaterial front end and required backend chunks to WGSL by @mvaligursky in #7583
• Morphing uses texture array to store morph targets by @mvaligursky in #7584
• WGSL shaders support PCF shadows by @mvaligursky in #7586
• WGSL support for batching by @mvaligursky in #7590
• WGSL clustered cookies by @mvaligursky in #7591
• More gsplat inf checks by @slimbuck in #7592
• WGSL support for picker pass by @mvaligursky in #7594
• Improve Texture JSDocs (and some others) by @willeastcott in #7595
• Adds Script scriptName field by @marklundin in #7593
• Histogram sort for uncompressed gsplat by @slimbuck in #7596
• WGSL implementation of VSM shadows by @mvaligursky in #7599
• Removed unused fullscreenQuadPS chunk by @mvaligursky in #7600
• Revert recent types by @slimbuck in #7601
• WGSL implementation of soft shadows by @mvaligursky in #7602
• The built-in instancing works with WGSL by @mvaligursky in #7603
• WGSL version of remaining reflection chunks by @mvaligursky in #7606
• WGSL chunks for msdf and nine-sliced UI rendering by @mvaligursky in #7608
• WGSL version of few internal chunks by @mvaligursky in #7610
• IridescenceDiffraction chunk converted to WGSL by @mvaligursky in #7611
• WGSL version of screenDepth chunk and debug texture shaders by @mvaligursky in #7612
• WGSL version of outputTex2DPS chunk used by outline-renderer by @mvaligursky in #7613
• Use arrow functions in all example code by @willeastcott in #7615
• Improve JSDocs for Geometry classes by @willeastcott in #7617
• More incremental improvements to JSDocs by @willeastcott in #7619
• Improve Gizmo API docs by @willeastcott in #7620
• Improve SoundSlot API docs by @willeastcott in #7621
• Improve ScreenComponent API docs by @willeastcott in #7622
• CoreExporter image transformation uses WGSL shader on WebGPU by @mvaligursky in #7623
• Applied fresnel-schlick Inf value fix to WGSL chunk by @mvaligursky in #7624
• WGSL version of LTC shader chunk used to evaluate area lights by @mvaligursky in #7625
• Lightmapping WGSL chunks by @mvaligursky in #7627
• Update NPM dependencies by @willeastcott in #7626
• Strip comments from the chunk before the validation by @mvaligursky in #7629
• WGSL version of an internal floatAsUintPS shader chunk by @mvaligursky in #7631
• Custom user chunks to customize lit / standard shaders by @mvaligursky in #7632
• Add static scriptName property to multiple script classes by @marklundin in #7633
• Update SWC options to target ES5 for UMD builds by @marklundin in #7635
• Fixed typo in shader ifdef from yesterday by @mvaligursky in #7637
• Add missing docs for SoundSlot.EVENT_END by @willeastcott in #7634
• Adds missing license header back into builds by @marklundin in #7646
• Particle system internal shaders use WGSL by @mvaligursky in #7647
• First few gsplat chunks converted to WGSL by @mvaligursky in #7648
• Converted remaining Gsplat shader chunks to WGSL by @mvaligursky in #7650
• Shader creation no longer supplies dummy shader in none is specified by @mvaligursky in #7651
• Renamed internal class ShaderUtils to ShaderDefinitionUtils by @mvaligursky in #7652
• Support for unfilterable texture in WGSL by @mvaligursky in #7655
• Renamed folder ‘chunks’ to ‘chunks-glsl’ by @mvaligursky in #7660
• Sogs updates by @slimbuck in #7662
• Wgsl GS chunk updates by @slimbuck in #7664
• Sogs load tweaks by @slimbuck in #7667
• docs: Document i18n's change event by @Christopher-Hayes in #7661
• Rename Key and Node classes by @willeastcott in #7653
• Speed up sogs centers calc by @slimbuck in #7669
• Release script update by @kpal81xd in #7663
• Strip comments from WGSL chunks by @mvaligursky in #7671
• Refactor entity rotation script: renamed class from EntityRotator to … by @marklundin in #7676
• Improved docs for the physical camera properties by @mvaligursky in #7680
• Improved docs for Material.setDefine by @mvaligursky in #7679
• SOGS chunks in WGSL format by @mvaligursky in #7681
• Sogs SH fix by @slimbuck in #7684
• Release script updates by @kpal81xd in #7685
• Sogs load fix by @slimbuck in #7687
• Render passes use WGSL chunks by @mvaligursky in #7690
• Publish workflow repo restriction by @kpal81xd in #7691
• Moved multiple examples from Graphics to Materials or Shaders folders by @mvaligursky in #7692
• Quad vertex chunk cleanup by @mvaligursky in #7693
• Using more recent addition to createShader API from chunks where possible by @mvaligursky in #7694
• Reorganized folders for chunks and their collections by @mvaligursky in #7695
• Gsplat fix by @slimbuck in #7696
• Some tiny cleanup by @mvaligursky in #7699
• Small tweaks to anisotropy examples by @mvaligursky in #7700
• Build visualizer output fix by @kpal81xd in #7701
• Break compose shader to chunks for easier customization + convert to WGSL by @mvaligursky in #7702
• Better version of nearestPowerOfTwo function by @mvaligursky in #7714
• Improved point rendering on WebGL2 by @mvaligursky in #7706
• Use camera inertia for anisotropy examples to match other examples by @mvaligursky in #7707
• Handling anisotropy material properties deprecation for the Editor / validations by @mvaligursky in #7708
• Internal MapUtils.merge to merge maps by @mvaligursky in #7709
• WorldClusterDebug compatibility with WebGPU by @mvaligursky in #7710
• Support for treeflame (Flamegraph) build size visualisation by @mvaligursky in #7711
• Small chunks cleanup related to opacity by @mvaligursky in #7721
• Shader transpilers are optional now for WebGPU by @mvaligursky in #7722
• Quat fromArray and toArray methods by @kpal81xd in #7724
• Quat dot product and lerp by @kpal81xd in #7725
• Removed optional precision specifier by @mvaligursky in #7728
• Camera frame handles layer changes on the camera by @mvaligursky in #7719
• Added color correction using LUT texture to CameraFrame postprocessing by @mvaligursky in #7720
• Mesh-based Skydome can write depth during prepass, to be comparible with DOF by @mvaligursky in #7729
• Bump tar-fs from 2.1.2 to 2.1.3 by @dependabot in #7731
• Bump tar-fs from 3.0.6 to 3.0.9 in /examples by @dependabot in #7732
• Optimize shader generation with many clustered lights by @mvaligursky in #7735
• GSplat resource cleanup by @slimbuck in #7734
• Hiding test only examples by @mvaligursky in #7738
• Small update to OutlineRenderer to avoid runtime uniform warning by @mvaligursky in #7740
• Moved matrix_normal uniform declaration to more appropriate chunk by @mvaligursky in #7746
• Small changes to aid in headless WebGPU rendering by @slimbuck in #7748
• Use GLSL transpilation to WGSL if only GLSL chunks were overriden by @mvaligursky in #7751
• Basic parameters to create device & xr session compatible with WebGPU by @mvaligursky in #7737
• WebGPU supports internal multi-view rendering used by WebXR by @mvaligursky in #7747
• Update to gsplatting examples by @mvaligursky in #7752
• Convert internal configureMaterial function to use options by @mvaligursky in #7756
• Various small gsplat fixes by @slimbuck in #7761
• Handle passing null entity to OutlineRenderer by @mvaligursky in #7762
• Fix sogs reorder during device lost by @slimbuck in #7763
• Clone gsplat material by @slimbuck in #7764
• Small jsdocs update regarding wasm transpilation requirements by @mvaligursky in #7767

Examples

• Example to demonstrate standard material chunk overrides by @mvaligursky in #7638
• Converted example shader from ColorGrabPass to WGSL by @mvaligursky in #7682
• Converted TextureArray and ShaderToon example to use WGSL by @mvaligursky in #7683
• Convert GLSL shaders in multiple examples to WGSL by @mvaligursky in #7686
• Improve positional audio example by @LeXXik in #7739
• Example - demonstrate how to regenerate skydome textures from HDRI when device was lost by @mvaligursky in #7759

Fixes

• [Fix] Fix to asset class refactor by @mvaligursky in #7577
• Minor fixes to various toArray function docs by @willeastcott in #7578
• Fix texture type type by @slimbuck in #7579
• Gsplat rotation fix by @slimbuck in #7587
• [Fix] Fix shader passes order by @mvaligursky in #7598
• [FIX] Restore callback descriptions by @willeastcott in #7607
• Gsplat render fix for wgpu by @slimbuck in #7609
• Fix bloom artifacts appearing due to bad specular data by @Christopher-Hayes in #7605
• Misc types fixes by @willeastcott in #7618
• [Fix] More flexible Preprocessor handling of include directive by @mvaligursky in #7628
• [Fix] Fixes tags for assets by @mvaligursky in #7636
• [Fix] UV-coordinates debug rendering fix by @mvaligursky in #7642
• [Fix] Fix uniform access in a new WGSL shader chunk by @mvaligursky in #7670
• [Fix] FIx to regex collecting global (bindable) resources from WGSL by @mvaligursky in #7672
• [Fix] Fixed particles update speed on high refresh screens by @mvaligursky in #7675
• Fix SOGS rendering scenes with SH 1 or 2 by @vincentwoo in #7703
• [Fix] Remove Nans from scene texture when downscaling for bloom / dof to avoid artifacts by @mvaligursky in #7717
• [Fix] DepthBias is only supported for triangles on WebGPU by @mvaligursky in #7715
• Added missing import statement in the Rotator example. by @marklundin in #7677
• Fix to dispersion related WGSL chunks by @mvaligursky in #7712
• Fix: Dynamic batching now uses skinning normal for lighting by @mvaligursky in #7713
• Fixed simTime check for ParticleSystem by @AlexAPPi in #7742
• Fix to no shadows from clustered lights in a specific case by @mvaligursky in #7745
• [Fix] Re-render all shadows when the device context is restored by @mvaligursky in #7757
• [Fix] Re-render cookie atlas use by clustered lighting when the device context is restored by @mvaligursky in #7758

New Contributors

• @emadurandal made their first contribution in #7668

Full Changelog: v2.7.7...v2.8.0