9.19.1

Core

• Fix clustered lighting WGSL validation on Firefox WebGPU - [Bug Fix] by Popov72 (#18761)
• fix(physics): correct inverse inertia tensor rows in PhysicsCharacterController - by RaananW (#18756)
• Prevent touch hover events from exhausting pointer slots - [Bug Fix] by RaananW (#18748)
• Fix one-frame render flash when recreating a mesh in the same tick - by RaananW (#18755)
• Fix: Gaussian Splatting sort padding reuses real splat data, causing splats stuck in front of the model - by raymondyfei (#18752)
• Allow disabling Havok floating origin world regions - by BarthPaleologue (#18750)

Loaders

• chore(deps): pin @adobe/spz to exact 0.2.0 in @dev/loaders - by RaananW (#18759)

9.19.0

Core

• Restore transitive side-effect registrations - [Bug Fix] by RaananW (#18751)

Loaders

• Restore transitive side-effect registrations - [Bug Fix] by RaananW (#18751)

9.18.2

Core

• build: update dependencies and clear npm audit findings - by RaananW (#18744)
• Fix pure engine disposal without loading screen registration - [Bug Fix] by RaananW (#18747)
• fix(AudioV2): spatialize MediaStream/WebRTC sound sources out of the box - by RaananW (#18745)
• Fix .babylonproj transform node duplication - [Bug Fix] by georginahalpern (#18742)

GUI

• build: update dependencies and clear npm audit findings - by RaananW (#18744)

Inspector

• build: update dependencies and clear npm audit findings - by RaananW (#18744)

Loaders

• build: update dependencies and clear npm audit findings - by RaananW (#18744)

Lottie Player

• Replace the Lottie player's sprite atlas with a stencil-then-cover vector renderer - by VicenteCartas (#18743)

Playground

• build: update dependencies and clear npm audit findings - by RaananW (#18744)

Serializers

• build: update dependencies and clear npm audit findings - by RaananW (#18744)

Smart Filters

• build: update dependencies and clear npm audit findings - by RaananW (#18744)

Viewer

• build: update dependencies and clear npm audit findings - by RaananW (#18744)

9.18.0

Core

• Fix PerfCounter min/max initialization - [Bug Fix] by deltakosh (#18721)
• Fix GS Texture leak with resize - [Bug Fix] by CedricGuillemet (#18720)
• Check XRGPUBinding before native fallback - by matthargett (#18711)

Sandbox

• fix(sandbox): apply persisted glTF loader options on page load - by MiiBond (#18702)

9.17.0

Addons

• Preserve antialiased edges when writing depth - [Bug Fix] by VicenteCartas (#18696)

Core

• Preserve antialiased edges when writing depth - [Bug Fix] by VicenteCartas (#18696)
• refactor(splats): Expose safe-orbit camera limits on Gaussian Splatting meshes - by raymondyfei (#18685)

GUI

• fix(gui): InputText paste replaces highlighted selection - by RaananW (#18694)

Inspector

• Inspector v2: Allow FBX files in Project Authoring asset add/swap - by PatrickRyanMS (#18698)

Loaders

• refactor(splats): Expose safe-orbit camera limits on Gaussian Splatting meshes - by raymondyfei (#18685)
• fix(loaders): retry deferred GaussianSplattingStream LOD switch after cooldown expires - by raymondyfei (#18693)

9.16.2

Addons

• Add writeToDepthBuffer option to MSDF TextRenderer - by VicenteCartas (#18691)

Core

• Prepare codebase for TypeScript 7 - by RaananW (#18689)
• Serialization adjustments - by kv-bh (#18690)
• Update material plugin regex replacement implementation - by kv-bh (#18680)
• fix(AudioV2): fix seek-after-resume offset and propagate live loop changes - by RaananW (#18678)

Inspector

• fix(inspector-v2): capture more .babylonproj overrides - [Bug Fix] by georginahalpern (#18668)

Loaders

• fix(loaders): auto-register SceneLoader plugin when importing glTF/2.0 - by RaananW (#18679)

Materials

• Fix WGSL water shader using undefined toLinearSpace on vec3 - by RaananW (#18682)

Sandbox

• fix(sandbox): play correct animation when the animation list is filtered - by RaananW (#18687)

Serializers

• Add materialName parameter to OBJExport.MTL - by FrankNesling (#18686)

Viewer

• Add @babylonjs/lite-based Viewer variant (@babylonjs/viewer/lite) - by ryantrem (#18692)

9.16.0

Addons

• fix(addons): render atmosphere PBR materials in their creation frame - by RaananW (#18670)

Core

• Add an emitRateControl setter to GPUParticleSystem - by VicenteCartas (#18674)
• Preserve particle texture settings when serializing by reference - by VicenteCartas (#18673)
• Fix ParticleSystem.clone() / GPUParticleSystem.clone() changing the particle texture - [Bug Fix] by VicenteCartas (#18672)
• fix: restore side-effect registrations dropped by the 9.15 pure/non-pure split - by RaananW (#18671)
• fix(AudioV2): propagate live loopStart/loopEnd changes to playing static sounds - by RaananW (#18669)
• WebGPU projection layer + render target provider - by RaananW (#18655)
• fix(AudioV2): resume looping static sound from correct position with loopStart/loopEnd - by RaananW (#18661)
• Fix lighting volume WGSL depth texture binding - by matthargett (#18658)
• TC39 migration: flip experimentalDecorators to Stage 3 decorators (atomic) - by RaananW (#18647)
• fix(core): shrink thin-engine bundle (remove fileTools force-link + thin-closure stubs) - by RaananW (#18656)
• WebGPU-compatible XR session + XRGPUBinding plumbing - by RaananW (#18650)
• WebGPU-XR Phase 0: decouple WebXR from WebGL with API-agnostic seams - by RaananW (#18645)

GUI

• TC39 migration: flip experimentalDecorators to Stage 3 decorators (atomic) - by RaananW (#18647)

Inspector

• Add support for loading .babylonproj files in Sandbox - [New Feature] by georginahalpern (#18666)
• feat(inspector): expose PBR metallic texture channel mapping (glTF ORM) - by ryantrem (#18667)

Loaders

• KHR_gaussian_splatting gltf extension - by CedricGuillemet (#18659)

Materials

• TC39 migration: flip experimentalDecorators to Stage 3 decorators (atomic) - by RaananW (#18647)

Node Editor

• TC39 migration: flip experimentalDecorators to Stage 3 decorators (atomic) - by RaananW (#18647)

Node Geometry Editor

• TC39 migration: flip experimentalDecorators to Stage 3 decorators (atomic) - by RaananW (#18647)

Node Particle Editor

• TC39 migration: flip experimentalDecorators to Stage 3 decorators (atomic) - by RaananW (#18647)

Node Render Graph Editor

• TC39 migration: flip experimentalDecorators to Stage 3 decorators (atomic) - by RaananW (#18647)

Playground

• TC39 migration: flip experimentalDecorators to Stage 3 decorators (atomic) - by RaananW (#18647)

Sandbox

• Add support for loading .babylonproj files in Sandbox - [New Feature] by georginahalpern (#18666)

Serializers

• TC39 migration: flip experimentalDecorators to Stage 3 decorators (atomic) - by RaananW (#18647)

Smart Filters

• TC39 migration: flip experimentalDecorators to Stage 3 decorators (atomic) - by RaananW (#18647)

Viewer

• TC39 migration: flip experimentalDecorators to Stage 3 decorators (atomic) - by RaananW (#18647)
• Viewer: Treat OpenPBRMaterial as PBR for light setup - by MiiBond (#18622)
• Upgrade Vite to 8.1.3 (Rolldown) for faster tool builds - by RaananW (#18649)

9.15.0

Addons

• Keep pure barrels side-effect-free in gui, loaders, and atmosphere addon - by RaananW (#18625)

Core

• TC39 prep: Symbol.metadata-based serialization decorator store (no behavior change) - by RaananW (#18631)
• Normalize diagonal keyboard movement for Free, Fly, and ArcRotate cameras - [Bug Fix] by georginahalpern (#18634)
• fix(core): restore CubeTexture static crash in EnvironmentHelper (pure barrel) - by RaananW (#18629)
• Fix WGSL exact sRGB conversions failing on WebGPU - by RaananW (#18628)
• fix(core): register PostProcess side-effects for tree-shaken SSAO2 - by ryantrem (#18624)
• Fix unregistered image processing parser breaking material clone in tree-shaken builds - by RaananW (#18623)
• OpenPBR Fuzz Fixes - by MiiBond (#18617)
• fix(core): register hard side-effect dependencies at construction time for pure barrel - by RaananW (#18620)
• Geospatial camera: configurable double-tap fly-to, primary-pointer guard, and normalized keyboard pan - [Bug Fix] by georginahalpern (#18616)
• fix: four pure-import / tree-shaking regressions (clearQuad 404, clustered lighting, snapshot helper, glTF worker materials) - by RaananW (#18618)

GUI

• Keep pure barrels side-effect-free in gui, loaders, and atmosphere addon - by RaananW (#18625)
• Remove side-effect import closure baseline mechanism - by RaananW (#18619)

Loaders

• Keep pure barrels side-effect-free in gui, loaders, and atmosphere addon - by RaananW (#18625)
• fix: four pure-import / tree-shaking regressions (clearQuad 404, clustered lighting, snapshot helper, glTF worker materials) - by RaananW (#18618)

Sandbox

• fix(sandbox): load glTF extensions, animation side-effects, and inspector in dev - by RaananW (#18627)

Viewer

• fix(core): register PostProcess side-effects for tree-shaken SSAO2 - by ryantrem (#18624)

9.14.0

Core

• feat: HTML-in-Canvas (WICG) support — HtmlTexture, interaction managers, polyfill installer - by RaananW (#18604)
• Fix Gaussian Splatting GPU picking and IBL voxelization - by raymondyfei (#18612)
• Flow Graph Editor: playground snippet auto-load, no auto-run on load, and stopped-state variable types - by RaananW (#18611)
• IBL Shadows frame graph hardening - by MiiBond (#18608)
• Report engine.name "Native" and implement updateTextureData - by bkaradzic-microsoft (#18566)
• GS + bucket sort + RH - by CedricGuillemet (#18606)
• Fix RectAreaLight serialization: position, photometric scale, and emission texture - by SergioRZMasson (#18605)
• fix overrides on morphs - by sebavan (#18595)
• fix(AudioV2): apply play options when resuming a paused sound - by RaananW (#18601)
• Add canvasTabIndex engine option - by RaananW (#18598)
• Fix VideoTexture not updating under WebGPU FAST snapshot rendering - [Bug Fix] by Popov72 (#18591)
• Decouple camera inertia glide cutoff from camera.speed - by georginahalpern (#18589)
• GS streaming lod part3 - by CedricGuillemet (#18588)
• Add cube render target support to the native engine - by bkaradzic-microsoft (#18561)

GUI

• build(treeshaking): make gui/loaders/serializers side-effect-free (.pure/.types split) - by RaananW (#18610)

Loaders

• build(treeshaking): make gui/loaders/serializers side-effect-free (.pure/.types split) - by RaananW (#18610)
• Fix glTF morph target animation stutter from shader recompiles - [Bug Fix] by PatrickRyanMS (#18596)
• fix(OBJ): Guard empty vertex buffers when normals/uvs/colors are absent - by raymondyfei (#18597)
• fix(SPLAT): Fix GSplat PLY misclassified as point cloud when both RGB and f_dc colors present - by raymondyfei (#18593)
• GS streaming lod part3 - by CedricGuillemet (#18588)

Playground

• fix(playground): declare uuid as a direct dependency to fix broken build - by RaananW (#18609)
• Playground: support importing external resources by absolute URL - by RaananW (#18599)

Sandbox

• fix(sandbox): import LoadingScreen side-effect in renderingZone - by RaananW (#18614)
• Add FBX support to the Sandbox - [New Feature] by PatrickRyanMS (#18607)

9.13.0

Core

• Rework SceneLoader and add unit tests - [Bug Fix] by ryantrem (#18590)
• Auto-populate is2DArray/depth in wrapNativeTexture from native layer count - [Bug Fix] by bghgary (#18535)
• Add GPU picker depth point and normal support - by Celeste-twinkle (#18572)
• Honor depthCullingState.depthTest on the native engine - by bkaradzic-microsoft (#18558)
• GS streaming/lod part2 - by CedricGuillemet (#18585)

Inspector

• GS streaming/lod part2 - by CedricGuillemet (#18585)

Loaders

• Rework SceneLoader and add unit tests - [Bug Fix] by ryantrem (#18590)
• GS streaming/lod part2 - by CedricGuillemet (#18585)