Polyray V1.4

The biggest update so far!

This update adds tons of new features and a couple of fixes, especially on test-branch!
With this update comes a lot of changes to previous features which might be a bit annoying, but I hope this will be the last time I change core features this much.

I'd also highly recommend using the test-branch version since most features are starting to be done and it's soon time to move most features over to master!

Main branch:

Added:

• InputSystem and BindSet for better input managing and control flow.
• A method in BindingRegistry for binding textures with any format.
• FullscreenQuad now supports custom fragment shaders.
• GLFWindow now explicitly sets the GL version to 4.6.
• GLFramebuffer and GLFramebufferMSAA now allows any formats for depth and color.
• A G-Buffer class for generic render passes.
• Improved GLTexture usage a ton with better optional control and with the addition of mip mapping.
• The Input class now has a method to get all active keys.
• Renamed ResourceLoader to ResourceManager and added support for multiple resources along with a couple of really handy util methods.
• ShaderBuffer now has a wrap constructor, setting buffer size/preallocating, partial data uploads and buffer mapping.
• ShaderPreprocessor now has a #override preprocessor and supports any custom shaders.
• ShaderProgram now supports any type of shader and has a compute dispatch method.
• Transform2D and Transform3D now has a method for general purpose in-place transform inverting.
• Vector#i classes with bitwise operations and fixed vector3f/d's equal method as well as added 4 component vector types.
• A VertexBufferTemplate class to easily create vertex layout templates for making VAOs.
• A Wallpaper window (Windows only).
• A base Camera class for managing Camera buffers as well as built in Camera2D and Camera3D.
• A base PostProcessor class along with a built in DefaultPostProcess for some wacky drug effects.
• RenderObject now has generics for vertices and instances.
• A GenericRenderObject class that makes the internal vertex and instance collections generic.
• A base Renderable interface which allows for any rendering at all.
• A ServerStream for more accurate server reading.
• The OBJLoader is now more generic and (hopefully) easier to use.
• Renamed Particle and all Particle constraints to Particle3D and added a 2D version.
• Renamed PhysicsObject to PhysicsObject3D and added a PhysicsObject2D.
• Fixed Texture2D.vert.

Deleted:

• Default shader constructor for Material.
• vertexBuffer class due to ShaderBuffer replacing it.
• Forced post processing.
• ParticleSphere since it was highly unstable and useless.
• PhysicsObject.applyGround since it was included on accident.

Optimized:

• Background now precomputes ray directions and uses a triangle strip instead of two separate triangles.
• FullscreenQuad now uses a triangle strip instead of two separate triangles.
• DCDBR to use more aligned vector loads (DCDBR2).
• PBR shader to precompute dot products and other minor stuff.

Test branch:

Added:

• Base Collider2D and Collider3D classes for computing collisions.
• CollisionInfo2D and CollisionInfo3D classes for storing information about a collision.
• A super fast bitmap text renderer.
• A dimension agnostic BVH.
• A static Camera class with frustum culling. (going to be replaced by Camera3D soon)
• A generic FixedUpdate helper class.
• A experimental OpenGL resource garbage collector.
• A modular Gizmos class.
• A IDGenerator helper class for managing and creating unique IDs.
• A Particle class for particle effects.
• Base Controller2D and Controller3D classes for Entity Controllers like player controller or entity AI controllers.
• THE LONG AWAITED ECS!!!
• A Entity class for holding component references with methods to get component(s) of a certain type.
• EntityCollider2D and EntityCollider3D classes for holding a reference to a physics object and a collider implementation.
• Physics2DSystem and Physics3DSystem classes for handling physics, collision detection and resolving.
• A Scripting system with a base Script class for supporting user defined logic and scripting.
• A Item system that still needs refining.
• JDS API for Discord Social DSK bindings (very primitive and useless so far).
• ShaderManager for simplifying shader creation.
• Inigo Quilez noise.
• Fractal noise using IQ noise.
• Hash based noise (BitNoise) designed to give equal results on the CPU and GPU.
• Voronoi path noise, a kind of voronoi cell noise that returns a value given the distance to the nearest cell border.
• A generic RenderRegistry class for coupling RenderObjects to class types.

Polyray V1.3

Big Update Again!

Added:

• Modular post processing.
• Remove methods for vertices and instances in RenderObject.
• A modular Multiplayer handler.
• A Deconvolution algorithm for use with the DCDBR and DBR.
• A loader for OBJ files.
• A effect for panning audio.

Optimized:

• Audio FFT.
• Jar file size by 33%.

Removed:

• The broken ReverbEffect that the DCDBR replaces.
• Forced post processing.

Polyray V1.2

Big Update!

Added

• A setString method for ShaderPreprocessor for general use.
• transpose methods for Transform classes.
• A Optimized version of DCDBR using AVX in C++ which coupled with Java using JNI for 2x performance.
• A magnitudeSquared for performance.
• 1D and 2D IFFT for inverse transforms.
• PhysicsSolver for frame independent and deterministic physics.

Fixed/Optimized

• Controllers can now connect and disconnect during runtime.
• Optimized FFT class by removing unnecessary operations and allocations.
• Optimized Renderer3D and built in shaders by precomputing cameraPos and passing it as a UBO.

Polyray V1.1

Small update

• Added PhysicsObject and Particle for physics
• Added Particle constraints such as a simple line with two particles, a line with multiple particles, a plane and a sphere

Polyray V1.0

First Release of Polyray!