ogre

• Main
  • fix compilation for Real=double
  • RenderSystem - skip FFP texture settings when FFP is not supported
  • range loop refactoring
• CMake
  • fix incomplete zlib update
  • only install samples.cfg, when installing the the samples
  • only reference sample resources, when we build the samples
• RTSS
  • FFPTexturing - do not needlessly pass texture matrix
  • FFPTexturing - thoroughly validate tex coord settings
• BSPSceneManager: Q3Shader - fix TEXGEN_ENVIRONMENT mapping
• D3D11: improve error message for missing VertexElement
• GL: match D3D9 on ENV_PLANAR behavior
• Docs
  • improve cubic texture description in ogre script
  • improve env_map documentation

Highlights

• Implement Automatic Instancing
• Add support for GPU bone to world transform
• Non shadow-casting lights and PSSM integration
• Use Vulkan Memory Allocator

What's Changed

• Main
  • add option to use object space bones
  • AnimationState - use plain vector for BlendMask
  • AnimationTrack - add sanity assert for pose animation
  • DefaultDebugDrawer
    • fix scale being applied twice to axes
    • skip drawing root scene node
  • ETCCodec - fix crash when loading PKM files
  • fix LightAttenuationValue (#2569)
  • Image - make trivial getters inline
  • implement automatic SubMesh batching (SceneManager/ GpuProgram)
  • inject GlobalInstancingDeclaration in SceneManager instead of RS
  • InstanceBatchHW_VTF - range loop refactoring (#2612)
  • Instancing - do not override getNumWorldTransforms if not needed
  • make some error messages more specific
  • Math
    • assert that isNaN is potentially working
    • float is always sufficient to generate a random number
  • move OGRE_MAX_NUM_BONES to OgreConfig.h
  • Pass - hide _getBlendFlags
  • PixelBox - initialise all members
  • PixelFormat - fix wrong PF_ETC2_RGBA8 size calulations
  • PixelUtil - do not widen to size_t on return
  • RenderSystem - provide default dummy video modes
  • RibbonTrail - validate TrailLength
  • SceneManager - inline mWorldGeometryRenderQueue accessors
  • ShadowRenderer - do not create Materials that were never used
  • use diffuse alpha in DERIVED_AMBIENT_LIGHT_COLOUR
  • Zip - correctly forward filename to opened datastream
  • drop unused pieces of InstancedGeometry
  • get rid of internal SPFM_DELETE_T usages
  • correctly handle self-assignment for various classes
  • port compressed format loaders to new Codec API
  • add AbstractNode::getString convenience method
  • annotate code with override
  • range-for loop refactoring (#2545, #2546, #2547, #2549, #2577, #2583, #2594, #2605, #2608, #2617, #2623, #2627, #2572)
  • refactoring and some style fixing (#2580, #2543)
  • use make_shared with StringVector & FileInfoList
  • deprecate Image::getFileExtFromMagic
  • deprecate Math::calculateTangentSpaceVector
  • fully deprecate normalise_normals
  • call createMicrocode statically
  • BillboardChain - deprecate setDynamic in favour of setAutoUpdate
• RTSS
  • add compatibility with automatic instancing
  • add flag for highp interpolation
  • add RenderState::getSubRenderState helper
  • always match VS to PS interface
  • CookTorrance
    • allow injecting UV coords
    • correct ambient and shadows
    • do not depend on PSSM for shadowFactor handling
    • use linear gamma & add PSSM_DEBUG
  • DualQuaternion - move more code to shader
  • fix transparency when using TVC_EMISSIVE
  • get rid of now trivial FFPRenderStateBuilder
  • GLSLES - force highp to avoid precision mismatch between VP/ FP
  • GLSLProgramWriter - fix UniformBlock indentation
  • HW Skinning
    • avoid passing ViewProjMatrix
    • take advantage of object space bone setting in main
    • unify implementations
    • improve parameter parsing
  • LayeredBlending - add string based blendMode & sourceModifier API
  • LinearSkinning - move more code to shader
  • make available SRS types more discoverable & unify documentation
  • NormalMap - move more computations to shaderlib
  • NormalMap - we must normalise tangents & normals in VS
  • per-pixel lighting - fix using PSSM3 with non casting lights
  • RenderState - add helper to add template SRS by type
  • replace FFPLib_Common by BuiltinFunctionAtom
  • simplify SGX_ApplyShadowFactor_Diffuse
  • deprecate SGScriptTranslator::getString
  • drop superfluous addError calls when parsing scripts
• Terrain
  • factor out TerrainSurface.glsl
  • fix flipped eyeDir vector
  • fix precision issues on GLES2
  • make sure lod1RenderState gets params with FFP
  • MaterialGenerator - deprecate layerDecl.elements
  • use updateParams flow for LOD1 technique
  • we must normalise the incoming normal for constructing TBN
• CI
  • update NDK to latest LTS
  • update to macos-11
  • update windows build to vs19
  • PIP: enable Vulkan on Windows & Linux
• CMake: Install pkgconfig file with mingw toolchain
• Java: disable more warnings for SWIG
• Overlay: BorderPanel - size computations should always be in float
• GLES2: EAGL - dynamically use GLES3 if possible
• GL*: factor out applyGlobalInstancingDeclaration
• GLSupport: allow using pre-GLVND setups again
• GLSLang
  • fix static linking against the plugin
  • ignore warnings in upstream headers
• ParticleFX: hide all symbols
• PCZSceneManager - fix clearScene by using parent impl
• Vulkan
  • add PF_R5G6B5 support
  • avoid VK_FORMAT_D32_SFLOAT_S8_UINT
  • correctly handle PF_DEPTH24_STENCIL8
  • do not pull vulkan headers into plugin
  • port to Vulkan Memory Allocator
  • use float for depth values as others
• STBICodec - port to new Codec API
• EXRCodec: port to new Codec API
• FreeImageCodec: port to new Codec API
• Docs
  • add DotScene to Manual
  • add rationale for OGRE_MAX_NUM_BONES
  • fix some typos
  • high level programs - refactor to include Vulkan GLSL usage
  • improve AutoConstantType documentation/ formatting
  • improve Instancing documentation
  • Renderable - document new getBonesUseObjectSpace behaviour
  • Tutorials - simplify the boostrap code
  • use the new SRS_ RTSS constants in sample code
• Samples
  • add automatic HW Instancing
  • Browser - globally enable object space bones for testing
  • Compositor DoF - fix shader for GLES2
  • Context - use initApp on iOS too
  • fix building sample browser on OSX
  • fix too close near plane
  • InstancedViewport - fix vertex attributes to work with Vulkan
  • Instancing - slight cleanup of technique handling
  • RTSS - correct specular for cook torrance & point light tweaks
  • RTSS - replace vertex lighting by cook torrance
  • SegmentedLights - params are already in world space
  • ShaderSystem - fix layered blending demo
  • Terrain - disable anisotropic filtering on Android
  • hardcode CFBundleVersion for iOS in Info.plist
• Tests
  • add KTX loading test
  • add Light AnimableValue test
  • also test PKM and ASTC loading
  • Context - copy core media on iOS as well
  • move PVR file loading to unit tests and run them on Linux
  • PlayPen - disable anisotropic filtering
  • TestContext - replace ad-hoc parsing of Video-Mode

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• Main
  • some code cleanup (#2540, #2539)
  • clang-tidy to range-based for with some manual naming fixup
  • minor performance improvements
  • use make_shared where possible
• GLSLang
  • correctly release delegate on destruction
  • fix linking and allow using Vulkan SDK on Ubuntu 22.04
• Vulkan
  • correctly use getImageAspect everywhere
  • fix texAccessFlags in prepareForDownload
• Docs: add Bullet component to Notes

• Main
  • refactor code to C++11 style (#2524, #2532, #2533, #2534)
  • slightly clean-up PixelFormat conversions
  • Texture - fix off by one in num mipmaps in convertToImage (#2519)
• ParticleFX: ColourInterpolatorAffector - set particle colour on init
• Dependencies: fix relwithdebinfo bullet build on msvc
• pkgconfig: dont hardcode boost and freeimage lib names (#2525)
• RTSS: NormalMap - use non-normalised post-interpolation values for TBN
• Samples: Bullet - show cursor (#2523)

• Main
  • Root - run destructor on MaterialManager before GpuProgramManager
  • StaticGeometry - logError if Root SceneNode is transformed
  • WorkQueue - fix logging
  • WorkQueue - sync response processing time limit doc and code
• Terrain: generate normal and composite map material in one go
• RTSS: simplify ProgramManager
• Java & CSharp: link only used components libraries
• PCZSceneManager
  • fix scaling of portal radius
  • slightly clean-up readme
• GLSupport: Win32 - fix building with QUAD_BUFFER_STEREO
• Docs
  • update list of components using pugixml
  • Make libxrandr a requirement for Ubuntu
• Samples
  • PCZTest - reduce PCZSceneNode usage
  • ShaderSystem - fix crash on shutdown

• Main: BillboardChain - fix orientation when there is only one camera
• SDK: also ship bullet headers
• CMake: make bullet component self-contained for consuming projects
• Docs
  • drop superfluous remarks annotations
  • make inline images legible in dark mode too

Highlights

• Add Bullet component based on BtOgre
• add VET_INT_10_10_10_2_NORM
• add basic support for joystick devices

What's Changed

• Main
  • add ControllerReal typedef
  • add top-level aliases for material schemes e.g. MSN_DEFAULT
  • AutoParamDataSource - use lookRotation to get spotlight matrix
  • BillboardChain::Element - width and texCoord should always be float
  • EdgeListBuilder - improve asserts in addIndexData
  • Entity - drop useless extractTempBufferInfo indirection
  • factor out VertexData::_cloneRemovingBlendData so it can be shared
  • fix delayed loading of shadow caster material & add test
  • fixed incorrect handling of samplers as constants
  • fix StaticGeometry::setRenderingDistance
  • FocusedShadowCameraSetup - drop special mLightFrustumCamera
  • FrameTimeControllerValue - inline trivial functions
  • GpuProgramParams - validate named constant count
  • GpuSharedParameters - use template to avoid code duplication
  • HardwareBufferManager - devirtualise methods called in destructor
  • InstanceBatchHW - use correct HBU_CPU_TO_GPU
  • LightClippingInfo - clipPlanesValid should be a bool
  • Light - fix OGRE_NODELESS_POSITIONING typo
  • Math - fix noisy compiler warnings (#2463)
  • Mesh
    • add UserObjectBindings & merge PrefabLoader + PrefabFactory
    • check skeleton by pointer instead of by name
    • default AutoBuildEdgeLists to false
    • slightly refactor softwareVertexBlend
  • ParticleSystemRenderer - correctly deprecate ParticleVisualData
  • replace deprecated std::binary_function by lambda
  • Resource - _fireLoadingComplete parameter is unused
  • SceneManager
    • inline _populateLightList overload
    • shadow casting lights can be != shadow textures
  • ScriptTranslator
    • catch invalid multiple target_output usages
    • deprecate bool symbol
    • factor out safeSetConstant
    • make caster_ref fallback technique-specific
  • ShadowCameraSetup
    • do not re-derive orientation when possible
    • use default method to get ShadowMappingMatrix
  • Serializer - slight cleanup
  • ShadowRenderer - const correct sortLightsAffectingFrustum
  • simplify GpuProgramManager::createImpl
  • TangentSpaceCalc - dont discard existing vertex data
  • TempBlendedBufferInfo - handle additional attributes in pos buffer
  • Texture - unify validation of number of requested mips
  • use new HBU_* names in headers to improve documentation
  • VertexData - implement convertVertexElement
  • VertexData - simplify reorganiseBuffers
  • VertexElement - deprecate convertColourValue
  • VertexElement - deprecate getBestColourVertexElementType
  • Viewport - inline trivial member functions
  • Viewport - use TRect to store dimensions
  • WorkQueue - simplify WorkerFunc
• CMake
  • fix setting of OGRE_NODE_INHERIT_TRANSFORM option
  • let CMake autodetect OSX_SYSROOT
  • Dependencies: update to latest releases
  • Dependencies: make sure we capture our self-build SDL2 on Linux
  • pkg-config: match cmake regarding include paths
  • Don't use sse on non-x86 architectures (#2444)
• RTSS
  • CookTorrance - respect transparency and ambient light
  • fix getAutoConstantIntData for array types
  • PBR - iterate lights in shader to avoid redundant computations
  • PSSM - move ApplyShadowFactor to lighting stages as it should be
• Bites
  • add basic support for joystick devices
  • ImGuiInputListener - finish port to event-based IO
  • correct check if a gamecontrollerdb.txt is loaded
• SWIG: wrap BillboardChainElement
• Overlay: update ImGui to 1.87
• Terrain: fix getCastsShadows always being true and change default
• GL: GpuProgram - drop duplicated fields
• Vulkan: correctly check for RSC_USER_CLIP_PLANES
• Metal: fix crash on shutdown from mDefaultVP/FP outliving their creator
• D3D*: port to common isCompatible() method
• D3D11
  • D3D11DeviceResourceManager - improve assert message
  • HLSL - simplify IA reflection handling
• PCZSceneManager: fix named node registration in createSceneNode override
• Assimp
  • explicitly give GenSmoothNormals precendence
  • fix string comparison when walking bones
• Samples
  • add Bullet sample
  • Browsers - fix overflow of samples carousel
  • Python - add google colab compatible ipy notebook
• Tools
  • clean up help CLI help strings
  • make use of Ogre::Root to reduce boilerplate code
  • XMLConverter - drop VET_COLOUR* parsing from CLI
  • MeshUpgrader: add option to pack normals and tangents as int_10_10_10_2
  • AssimpConverter: include plugins in RPATH, so Codec_Assimp is found
• Docs
  • correct channel order of metal roughness params
  • improve FrameTimeControllerValue documentation
  • improve Hardaware Buffers documentation
  • improve Plugin documentation
  • merge getUserObjectBindings descriptions
  • MeshTools - update documentation and add AssimpConverter
  • minor fixes
  • shadows - small formatting fix
• Tests: test PF_A2R10G10B10 packing/ unpacking

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• Dependencies: update zlib to 1.2.12 due to CVE-2018-25032
• Docs: minor fixes

What's Changed

• Main
  • add plugin path separator on OSX too
  • Animation - correctly compute time index when time == end
  • apply cosmetic changes suggested by PVS-Studio
  • fix bugs detected by PVS-Studio
  • move shadow material initialisation to ShadowRenderer
  • SkyBox - construct box using a triangle strip
  • TextureUnitState - assert that sampler is valid
  • Root - allow calling openFileStream without a Root instance
  • InstanceBatchHW_VTF - assert that maxUsableWidth is correct
• CMake
  • Dependencies: fix assimp in debug builds
  • Dependencies - use CONFIG mode for Qt according to CMP0086
  • set CMP0086 to NEW, as we dont rely on that
  • fix exported OGRE_PLUGIN_DIR
• RTSS
  • normal_map - verify that referenced sampler exists & update docs
  • Delete default program processors
• GL: allow geometry shaders via GL3.2 instead of EXT_geometry_shader4
• Csharp: check for compiler presence on Linux
• Docs
  • fix typos and merge text
  • LiSPSM - properly reference the papers
• Samples
  • fix samples not loading on OSX
  • OpenCV - fix background being drawn on top

What's Changed

• Main
  • Material - add clone overload to correctly resolve char* parameter
  • Material - assert correct Listener behaviour in getBestTechnique
  • Material - slightly clean up clearBestTechniqueList
  • Material/ Technique - use macro to forward function calls to Pass
  • RenderQueue - simplify logic & early out in processVisibleObject
  • ShadowRenderer - correctly handle unsorted transparent casters
  • ShadowRenderer - do not require dummy empty lightList
• CMake: resources.cfg - remove no longer used resource location
• Bites: also scale button events on OSX
• RTSS: PSSM3 - use projective space splits to allow reversed-Z
• Vulkan: implement Reversed Depth mode
• Docs: Pass - clarify when light clip planes are available
• Samples
  • Browser - skip samples.cfg on static builds
  • fix Samples/ Tests exports
• Tests
  • PlayPen - do not modify global material in LightClipTests
  • TestContext - get rid of plugin architecture/ tests.cfg

What's Changed

• CMake: respect OGRE_BIN_DIRECTORY for plugins on Windows
• Docs
  • Add some more information on Shadow Mapping and some minor style corrections
  • scripts - add API samples for GpuProgram, Compositor and RTSS
• Samples/ Docs: Shadows - modernize depth shadows sample
• Tests: update gtest download URL

Highlights

• GL3+: improved performance by 10% when draw-call bound
• Codec_Assimp: allow loading glTF2 meshes
• RTSS: PBR material support
• Improved Gamepad Support via Bites

What's Changed

• Main
  • add PF_DEPTH24_STENCIL8
  • add type to GpuParamVariability
  • clarified WorkQueue request type values.
  • clean-up OGRE_ARCH_TYPE detection
  • deprecated RSC::getStencilBufferBitDepth
  • fixed memory usage calculation when cloning material (#2373)
  • Light - use point sized AABB to allow retrieval via SceneQuery
  • LodStrategyManager - forward declare MapIterator
  • log ExternalTextureSource error int ranslator instead of manager
  • Math - use std::log2 for Log2
  • Matrix3 - improve euler conversion documentation
  • Mesh - const correct _notifySkeleton
  • Rectangle2D
    • do not update bbox by default
    • set default positions & minor code cleanup
    • use infinite bbox by default
  • RenderWindow "border" param is not supported on Linux
  • ResourceGroupManager - unload Archive on removeResourceLocation
  • ResourceManager - provide common parseScript implementation
  • SceneManager
    • allow creating before RenderSystem init
    • disable normaliseNormals when there is no FFP
    • do not bind compute programs
    • move renderObjects to QueuedRenderableVisitor
    • we no longer have to re-issue texgen settings
    • modulative shadows - use autoconstants for shadow color
  • SceneNode - improve error message on duplicate object name
  • ScriptCompiler - unify OBJECTALLOCATIONERROR handling
  • ScriptTranslator - catch missing Particle Affectors/ Emitters
  • ShadowRenderer - move material definitons to script
  • simplify StaticGeometry::Region
  • Texture: call ManualResourceLoader as per Resource protocol
• UnifiedShader
  • add FOG semantic
  • cover precision qualifiers
  • define mod() for HLSL
• Media: drop unused Vulkan shaders
• RTSS
  • CookTorrance - allow material level parametrisation
  • fix two-sided lighting on Vulkan
  • GLES - dont force highp precision on all shaders
  • gracefully handle shader compilation error
  • implement metallic-roughness PBR
  • merge FFPLib_Transform.{cg, hlsl}
  • simplify code by moving to shaderlib
• Bites
  • ApplicationContextSDL - add gamecontrollerdb.txt support
  • ImGuiListener - add Gamepad support
• CMake
  • clean up macro_log_feature calls
  • fix OpenGL build on OSX
  • rename FeatureSummary.cmake to avoid name clashes
  • treat minsizerel as release
  • Fix plugindir in OGRE pkgconfig files, fix OGRE-PCZ pkgconfig
  • Fix plugins not installed into OGRE_PLUGINS_PATH
  • Android: fix build with gradle 7
• SWIG
  • sync ignores to deprecations
  • wrap MovableList
  • ImGui
    • enable passing ImTextureID
    • expose ImGuiStyle::Colors
    • set __version__ for Python
• Assimp
  • apply some fixes to IO to make glTF importer work
  • Fix detection of assimp 5.1, upgrade bundled assimp, remove cmake workaround for CI (#2318)
  • AssimpLoader: optimize for fast loading by default
  • use normal and metal roughness maps if present
• Terrain: GLSLES - only use highp precision where needed
• Tools: create dummy skeletons - just as we create dummy materials
• GL*
  • drop unused GLSLProgramCommon::extractLayoutQualifiers
  • HBL_NO_OVERWRITE does not imply DISCARD & update docs
• GLSupport
  • EGL - fix restarting thread to GLES
  • GLX - fix selecting maximal supported context version
  • fix compilation on emscripten
• GL3+
  • avoid conflict between OSX shader patching and UnifiedShader
  • clean up StateCache and unconditionally cache perf critical state
  • notify StateCache of VAO destruction
• GL3+/ GLES2
  • enforce buffer discard with HBL_DISCARD
  • fix debug labelling of textures
• GL: replace glew by glad, so we dont pull GLX & WGL any more
• D3D9/ D3D11/ Cg: take target profile into account when caching shaders
• D3D11: stop leaking D3D11DepthBuffer (#2357)
• D3D9: use shared vertex/ fragment textures and deprecate binding_type
• Metal
  • export metal device name
  • HardwareBuffer - clean up code
  • use PF_DEPTH24_STENCIL8 by default
• Vulkan
  • Buffer - warn if user hits unimplemented codepath
  • enable RSC_VERTEX_TEXTURE_FETCH
  • export VulkanPlugin for static plugin loading
  • use persistent mapping for HBU_CPU_TO_GPU
• Docs
  • correct External Texture Sources documentation
  • do not use deprecated *BufferSharedPtr for code appearing in docs
  • drop unused style.css
  • exclude private headers from API reference
  • improve InstanceManager documentation
  • improve particle-system documentation
  • License - better reference for Cuckoo font
  • update 13-Notes
• Samples
  • add OpenCV ArUco sample
  • simplify ParticleGS Sample
  • Transparancy - check whether OIT is supported
  • Python: fix raw sample
  • Android: migrate to AndroidX

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What's Changed

Quick Fix for regression in v13.2.2, where OpenGL was no longer buildable on OSX

• CMake: fix OpenGL build on OSX
• GL3+: avoid conflict between OSX shader patching and UnifiedShader

What's Changed

Quick Fix for regression in v13.2.0, where skeleton links are lost by OgreTools

• Tools: create dummy skeletons - just as we create dummy materials

What's Changed

• Main
  • PixelFormat - use red channel when packing PF_A8 to match OpenGL
  • SceneManager - drop redundant calls to _setPolygonMode
  • ScriptTranslator - fix constant parameter parsing
  • shadow caster material should never receive shadows
  • Ogre.h - include OgreUnifiedHighLevelGpuProgram.h
• CMake: clean up GL linking
• Overlay: BorderRenderable - correctly follow parent PolygonModeOverride
• GLSupport
  • clean-up VideoModes handling
  • Win32 - factor out switchMode
• D3D9: Texture - fix generation of Cube mipmaps
• Vulkan
  • add swizzling for PF_A8
  • enable PF_DEPTH32
  • Texture - fix mipmap generation for layerd textures
• Docs
  • add fedora setup instructions (#2301)
  • improve SceneQuery documentation
  • Instancing - use real code snippets
• Samples
  • Instancing - drop unused invShadowMapSize
  • VTFInstancing - clean up HLSL shaders
• Tests: fix PlayPen_Distortion

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What's Changed

Highlight: PF_DEPTH support in D3D9

• Main
  • Texture - fix loadImage after loadingstate changes
  • fixed build on old macOS
• GLSupport
  • factor out common GLX & EGL X11-code
  • fix potential crash in EGLDisplay exception path
• D3D11: allow PF_DEPTH as part of a MRT
• GLES2: fix HardwareBuffer::readData
• D3D9
  • add PF_DEPTH16 support via INTZ
  • do not call D3DXCheckTextureRequirements twice
  • Texture - streamline format selection
• Samples: Compositors - use UnifiedShader for DOF on HLSL

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What's Changed

Highlight: Vulkan RenderSystem added

• Main
  • Frustum - deprecate getProjectionMatrixRS
  • Mesh - drop mSkeletonName as it always matches mSkeleton
  • RenderSystemCapabilities - deprecate int&bool programConstantCount
  • RenderSystem - hard deprecate old StencilState API
  • ResourceGroupManager - move error checking to getResourceGroup
  • SceneManager - better GPU profiler grouping
  • ScriptTranslator - deprecate cull_software
  • ScriptTranslator - streamline parameter type parsing
  • ShadowRenderer - load spot_shadow_fade.dds ahead of time
  • Texture - ensure listeners are notified for manual textures too
  • TextureUnitState - drop reference to managed textures on unload
  • GpuProgramParams - dbg assert we dont write out of bounds
  • update zip/ miniz to 2.2.0
  • Use safe idiom for math constants.
  • allow instanced rendering w/o an instance buffer
  • Fix FTBFS on GCC 11
  • Media: drop obsolete HLMS shaders
  • remove windows defines from cross-platform code
• Bites
  • ApplicationContext - add method to query the current DPI
  • Trays - disable transparent sorting to improve batching
• UnifiedShader
  • add OGRE_UNIFORMS macro to toggle UBO usage
  • add row_major for Vulkan
  • correctly guard Vulkan specific macros
  • fix availability of semantic aliases
  • map ivecN to HLSL
  • add all TEXCOORDn defines
• RTSS
  • allow targeting glslang
  • further refactor parameter writing
  • GLSL - enable binding samplers in shaders via UnifiedShader
  • GLSL - let UnifiedShader take care of gl_FragColor differences
  • GLSL - use separate program linkage when available
  • GLSL - Vulkan is strict regarding vertex attribute type
  • GLSL - we can safely use custom attribs for VES_COLOUR everywhere
  • GLSL - write params as UBOs when using SPIRV
  • GLSL - write uniform location when possible
  • merge GLSLESProgramProcessor into GLSLProgramProcessor
  • ProgramManager - use writer language as cache-file extension
  • refactor ProgramProcessor registration
  • refactor ProgramWriter registration
  • update ShadowPCF4 for Vulkan
  • use UnifiedShader sampler declarations with all ProgramWriters
  • write semantics with GLSL too - to be used as attribute locations
• Overlay
  • fix missing bits for HiDPI support
  • Font - disable transparent sorting to improve batching
  • ImGui - use Vulkan friendly buffer management
  • revert our changes to utf8_decode that broke it
  • update imgui to 1.85
• Terrain
  • avoid interrupting rendering for Vulkan compatibility
  • GLSL - add Vulkan support
  • use texture unit count instead of shader language as heurstic
• GLSLang
  • correctly read alignment of UBOs
  • do not register if SPIRV is not supported
  • SPIRV-Tools dependancy is superfluous
  • UBO - fix wrong size and disable logical indexing
  • do not pad 1-element uniforms as per std140
  • use latest GLSL version to get all features
• Vulkan
  • add new RenderSystem based on ogre-next version
  • currently classified as BETA
• D3D*: drop unused createInternalResources overload
• D3D11
  • allow using debug markers, regardless of Ogre instrumentation
  • HLSLProgram - destroy default buffer on unload
• D3D9
  • HLSLProgram - set correct bufferSize when reading microcode
  • stop counting constants twice for parameter buffer size
• GL*
  • drop superflous GLHardwarePixelBuffer indirection
  • RTT Preferred Mode is legacy GL specific
  • allow PF_DEPTH MRT on GL & GLES2 + small fix for GL3+
• GL3+
  • allow binding samplers in shader
  • use BaseVertex variants for vertexStart instead of trashing VAO
• Metal
  • drop superflous code-paths
  • finish DepthBuffer support
  • simplify uniform index offset handling
  • fix wrong VES_TANGENT location
• Docs
  • BuildingOgre - add Vulkan requirements
  • BuildingOgre - update dependancy list
  • improve cmake part of bootstrap tutorial
  • improve instancing section
  • Manual - rework hardware buffers section
  • Manual - adapt some pages for new theme
  • move library descriptions from Tutorial1 to Setup
  • use doxygen awesome theme for readability & mobile support
  • add Metal and Vulkan to modules and remove GLSupport
• Samples
  • Browser - fix drawing of Thumbnails
  • Browser: scale overlay on HiDPI displays
  • Instancing - drop check for specific shader languages
  • LightShafts - update for Vulkan
  • PBR - update for Vulkan
  • Skinning - make sure we query the correct scheme
  • TextureArray - update for Vulkan
  • use UnifiedShader for B&W compositor to get Vulkan support
  • Fresnel - port to UnifiedShader for Vulkan support
  • implement DoF compositor
  • ShaderSystem - move InstancedViewports code to that SRS
• Tests
  • update gtest to 1.10
  • BillboardText - use non-ascii pangram to test utf8 decoding

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What's Changed

• D3D11: drop superfluous ColourValue mapping
• GL3Plus: fix usage of glObjectLabel
• GLES2: clean-up glLabelObjectEXT usage
• GLSLang
  • add local copy of gl_types.h as Vulkan SDK lacks it on Windows
  • allow compiling on Android
  • allow compiling on Windows

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What's Changed

• Main
  • add factory for Rectangle2D to allow auto memory management
  • add Rectangle2D to Ogre.h
  • Deprecated - drop duplicate definition of aligned_vector
  • ensure manual Textures have correct Resource load state
  • Entity - handle srcbuf == dstbuf in finalisePoseNormals
  • FactoryObj - provide default destroyInstance
  • HighLevelGpuProgram - make entry_point a common property
  • HighLevelGpuProgram - _resolveIncludes fix off-by-one #line number
  • MeshSerializer - simplify colour conversion logic
  • ParticleSystem::_expire - use idiomatic remove-erase
  • ParticleSystem - properly initialise bursting emitted emitters
  • ParticleSystem - we can assume emitters are not NULL
  • RenderSystem - factour out flipFrontFace
  • RenderWindow - provide default isClosed() implementation
  • SceneManagerFactory - provide default destroyInstance
  • SceneManager - inline aliases for destroyMovableObject
  • fix some warnings messages in android ndk r23 compilation
• CMake
  • allow to control resource paths (#2199)
  • Allow to configure docs path
  • Fixed missing include in FindOpenGLES2.cmake
  • Enable OBJC and OBJCXX for apple build
• RTSS
  • Fix implicit cast in shader (#2201)
  • implement two-sided lighting
  • PSSM - make PCF kernel configurable & fix reversed-z
  • PSSM - properly respect shadow far distance
• Bites: Use Qt 6 for OgreBitesQt if present
• UnifiedShader
  • add texture2DArray support and refactor respective sample
  • initial support for glslang
• Overlay
  • BorderPanelOverlayElement - fix crash on device lost
  • fix compilation with imgui on mingw
• D3D11: Sampler - fix mipFilter=FO_NONE translation
• D3D9: Texture - do not recreate unloaded buffers
• Metal: drop uneeded Discard and Staging buffer stubs
• GL3Plus & GLES2: improve GL error logging
• GLSupport: Fix build issue with libglvnd 1.3.4 (#2221)
• GLSLang
  • fix parsing of UBO members and define VULKAN as appropriate
  • handle includes and defines
  • enable standard params & add vulkan support
• Samples: fix build without terrain component
• Docs: Particles - fix emitting emitter description and improve layout

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• Fix compiling errors with OGRE_CONFIG_DOUBLE
• Main: FileSystemLayer - add missing include for OSX
• Overlay: also link against zlib, when using freetype
• Samples: EndlessWorld - fix AutoLOD toggle

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