Ceramic v2.1.0

This release brings a new cross-platform shader system named Shade, and many more improvements and fixes.

Changelog

New Features

• Shade: New cross-platform shader system with GLSL output support
  • Add ceramic shade command to convert Haxe shaders into GLSL or ShaderLab
  • Shade plugin is now enabled by default and Haxe shaders are converted automatically
• Graphics: New Graphics class for immediate-mode drawing (Canvas 2D / Flash-like API)
• Runtime: Add Visual.addBefore() and Visual.addAfter() methods for precise child ordering
• Runtime: Add ScrollView.autoComputeContentSize option
• Runtime: Add Float32 type and Float32Utils utilities
• Runtime: Add lerp32 function
• Runtime: Add basic support for Construct 3 bitmap font format
• Runtime: Add window size configuration defines for HD/4K defaults
• Tilemap: Add useMesh to TilemapLayer for more efficient rendering using a single mesh
• Tilemap: Add shader field to TilemapLayerData

Improvements

• Clay: Abstract OpenGL into cross-platform GLGraphicsDriver and GLGraphicsBatcher API
• Clay: Fix antialiasing not working through WebGL
• HTTP: Improved native download implementation with cleaner per-target code
• Tools: Move from C++11 to C++17 on native targets
• Tools: Add --no-download option for node tools/install
• Tools: Improved plugin discovery
• Tools: Allow plugins to be enabled by default via +plugins in runtime config
• Android: Fix compatibility with more recent Gradle/JVM versions
• Unity: Various fixes for new shader pipeline compatibility
• Renderer: Non-linear z-depth progression to avoid z-fighting issues
• Renderer: Per-render-target z tracking

Bug Fixes

• Runtime: Fix IntFloatMap off-by-one error
• Runtime: Fix inaccurate check when using floatColors instead of colors
• Runtime: Make Float32Utils.f32() work on C# target
• LDtk: Fix entity layerInstance and level not being assigned to layer instance
• Loreline: Fix assets not loading when using runtime assets/hot reload
• Loreline: Fix C# target compatibility
• Elements: Restore LabeledFieldView

Documentation

• Comprehensive API documentation overhaul
• Expose more types from AllApi.hx for documentation generation

New Contributors

• @CodeLazier made their first contribution in #165

Full Changelog: v2.0.2...v2.1.0