A new Murl Engine Build 2018.1.7420 is available for download.

Build Environment:

• Android Studio 3.1.4 with NDK 17.2.4988734
• Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8.0
• emscripten 1.38.12

New Features:

• Emscripten build files for building asm.js and WASM output running in web browsers
• Added IEnums::TargetHost enumeration, to distinguish if code runs natively in an app, or within a web browser
• Android 64bit builds (arm64 and x86_64)
• Visual Studio 2017 builds for x86 and x64

Changes:

• Removed builds for iOS 5.x
• Removed builds for VS2008
• 2015 (still available on request)
• Removed 3rd_party glee
• Removed 3rd_party agal_assembler
• Removed facebook addon
• Removed vuforia addon
• Removed openmax addon
• Changed Android STL form gnustl to c++_static
• Replaced OpenAL Soft with MojoAL
• Changed Android Murl Package File Extension from *.jet to *.murlpkg to be consistent on all platforms. For existing projects, please add a noCompress option to your build.gradle file in the Android section:

              aaptOptions {
                noCompress 'murl', 'murlpkg', 'lua'
              }
  

• Removed deprecated node classes:
• <Graph::BoxCuller> Replace with <Graph::VolumeCuller>
• <Graph::FrustumCuller> Replace with <Graph::VolumeCuller>
• <Graph::OrthographicCamera> Replace with <Graph::Camera projectionType="ORTHOGRAPHIC">
• <Graph::PerspectiveCamera> Replace with <Graph::Camera projectionType="PERSPECTIVE">
• <Graph::Sound> Replace with <Graph::AudioSource>
• Removed deprecated node attributes:
• Graph::Node
• swappable="<Bool>" Replace with enableAutomaticSwapping="<Bool>"
• Graph::AudioSource
• soundResourceId="<Resource ID>" Replace with audioResourceId="<Resource ID>"
• Graph::AudioSequence
• soundIds="[<Node IDs>]" Replace with audioSourceIds="[<Node IDs>]"
• soundId="<Node ID>" Replace with audioSourceId="<Node ID>"
• soundId.N="<Node ID>" Replace with audioSourceId.N="<Node ID>"

New Interfaces:

• Util::IFactory
• Util::IFactoryRegistry
• Util::IImageDecompressor
• Util::IVideoSurfaceDecoder
• Util::IVideoSurfaceEncoder

New Classes:

• Math::Ray
• Misc Util::VideoSurfaceDecoder and VideoSurfaceEncoder classes, for decoding/encoding various image formats

New Resource Objects:

• Resource::HdrImage
• Resource::PfmImage

New Graph Node Interfaces:

• Graph::IAnchorState

New Graph Node Classes:

• Graph::IAnchorState
• Graph::IAnchorStateCopy

New Graph Controller Classes:

• Graph::CameraNodeLinkController
• Graph::ScalableNodeLinkController
• Graph::SubjectNodeLinkController

Improvements:

• Added "Safe Area" margin support for notched displays (iPhone X, Android API>=28) via IAppConfiguration GetDisplaySurfaceSafeMarginXX()
• Improved graph traversal performance
• Implemented resource aliases in .murlpkg files, to prevent duplicate resources from being included more than once
• Added GetLoadMode() and GetFileCategory() methods to IPackage interface
• Refined sorting in video renderer to improve performance
• Increased slot count to 256 for materials, parameters, textures, vertices, lights, surfaces and layers
• Added support for non-breaking space characters in Graph::TextGeometry
• Improved power-of-two checks on textures after initialization
• Changed visibility in Util::Rng and derived classes from "private" to "protected", to facilitate state de-/serialization
• Updated astc_encoder to 1.4
• Updated expat to 2.2.5
• Updated glew to 2.1.0
• Updated zlib to 1.2.11
• Updated libpng to 1.6.34
• Updated jpeglib to 9c
• Updated libwebp to 1.0.0
• Updated libogg to 1.3.3
• Updated libvorbis to 1.3.6
• Updated lua to 5.3.4
• Updated freetype to 2.9.1
• Updated assimp to 4.1.0
• Updated FBXSdk to 2019.0

Fixes:

• Fixed Util::VideoSurface clamping color values on reading/writing individual pixels
• Added missing pixel converters for L8/LA16 to Float16/32
• Added incomplete System::CLib file/folder functions on Android
• Fixed Luminance/Alpha texture formats for GL3.3 wrapper
• Fixed an issue in Util::Base64Decoder::DecodeValue()
• Fixed dead code in Logic::Animation::Reset()
• Added missing device enums for newer Apple devices
• Fixed Graph::GenericGeometry sometimes not reacting on calls to SetNumberOfIndices()/SetNumberOfVertices()
• Fixed GetProductName() and GetVersionName() in IEngineConfiguration incorrectly appending a null character on Windows
• Fixed misc iOS audio issues when device locked/unlocked or interrupted by a phone call or timer signal
• Fixed incorrect usage of SHFileOperationW() on Windows, preventing folders from correctly being created or deleted
• Fixed Util::FileInterface::GetAbsoluteName() on Windows
• Fixed a crash in GLES2.0 dynamic vertex buffer batching
• Added missing interface methods in Graph::IShadowCamera
• Fixed content size calculation for bitmap fonts when container fitting is enabled
• Fixed HTTPS POST requests not working on Windows
• Fixed Util::ShaderBuilder falsely complaining about not writing to shader output
• glsl_optimizer: Fixed single-scalar vector constructor parameters when translating to HLSL
• Misc rendering fixes in DX9 and DX11.1 renderers

All changes can also be found in the change log.

As always, if you encounter difficulties, find a bug or want to discuss development issues, head over to the Forum.