Release 0.9.4

Tons of editor optimizations, UX improvements, bug fixes and many more utilities that enable entire new workflows and more polished experiences.

See full changelog.

Changelog 

Editor

• Added support for multiple fonts: fonts are now resources and found in Views > Resources > Fonts

  

• Added simplified Chinese characters rendering in the editor
• Added --import CLI argument to import a scene file after loading a project
• Added thumbnails to resource selection dropdowns
• Added search field to resource selection dropdowns

  

• Added minimum and maximum values to many float and int input fields throughout the editor
• Improved resource consumption when Scene view is not visible
• Fixed joint objects not returning to original transforms after animation is disabled or no longer previewed
• Fixed Profile view graph range sometimes snapping to infinitely small frame range when view is open before runtime connects
• Fixed texture atlas debug view not visible when enabled
• Optimized loading of scenes with many meshes
• Optimized loading of compressed image cache
• Fixed crash when adding after deleting a mesh on the “Empty” project template
• Added documentation links for native components also
• Made camera fly mode in scene view smooth
• Implemented import of emissive textures
• Improved loading of alpha masked textures by automatically choosing Foliage pipeline
• Improved conversion of PBR material properties to Phong shininess parameter
• Added import of emissive color for Physical materials
• Fixed “Pasted JSON is not a JSON object” warning when copying values in Resources view
• Fixed alphaMaskThreshold Material property missing
• Fixed crash when Scene view is resized too small
• Fixed offline mode sometimes not activating
• Disabled ALPHA_MASK feature for “Phong Opaque Textured” and “Flat Opaque Textured” as default for future projects
• Enabled castShadow for “Phong Opaque Textured” and “Flat Opaque Textured” by default

Engine

• Implemented multi-font rendering
• Added support for emissive textures on Phong and Physical shaders
• Removed obsolete ALPHA feature on Phong and Physical shaders

Runtime

• Fixed cursor sometimes not working for touch events on default index.html template
• Fixed 404 warning in console for f0.png

JavaScript API

• Added experimental API for component classes
• Fixed Material color properties returning single value instead of array
• Fixed alphaMaskThreshold Material property not settable

Components

• video: delay auto-play until user gesture to comply with browser policies