November 9 2023

Biggest Changes

• FNA project (experimental) is now available in the new project creation
• Big improvements in parallax with zooming cameras

Everything Else

• Fixed Gum Sprites not showing their correct texture coordinates when using AnimationChains
• Fixed CameraControllingEntity showing area outside of Map bounds when zooming
• Fixed Lerp on the Y axis bug in CameraControllingEntity
• Fixed bug where locked objects could be selected in edit mode with a rectangle selection
• AnimationEditor now has an Add Circle option in the Add dropdown menu
• More XML documentation in engine
• Removed unused IncludeIIVisible property on FRB Objects

Full Changelog: November_1_2023...November_9_2023

November 1, 2023

Biggest Changes

• FlatRedBall works on FNA - currently requires from-source setup (thanks to @Arcnor )
• Lots of work improving FNA and AOT compiling support ( thanks to @Arcnor and @mfigueirido )
• Gum now uses System.Drawing.Color and System.Numerics.Vector2/3 in Gum instead of XNA types. This makes Gum more portable to non-XNA platforms (MAUI, SDL, Unity, etc) (thanks to @Arcnor )
• Add source command to project is now supported in more project types (Android, iOS, and even XNA4)
• If Edit Mode is added to a game, variable changes are applied even if not in edit mode, enabling faster iteration
• Big improvements in Gum layouts when moving between run and edit mode
• Added bottom preview window for embedded animation editor including previewing shapes (thanks to @zdman2022 )
• When creating a new project, FRB will check for FlatRedBall and Gum repositories and offer to link new game to source if they are found
• Recent Files now shows the game's icon
• Layers can now be re-ordered in live edit
• New Platformer projects have a wall slide animation built in
• Glue control code is now only generated if edit mode is enabled, removing tons of bloat
• Added ability to create new projects from local templates instead of only templates online - useful for testing new platforms
• FRB Editor supports localization ( thanks to @Lucasharskamp )

Everything Else

• Lots of warnings fixed in the FRB Editor (Glue with All.sln)
• AnimationEditor binaries now checked in to repository so users don't have to build this on their own with VS2019
• Fixed Tiled map merging when the map is sorted on Y axis (tall maps) and the map uses animated tiles
• FRB UWP has been removed from the new project options
• Adding a new abstract screen (usually GameScreen) shows warning immediately rather than requiring FRB restart
• FRB Editor is now smarter about reporting duplicates in csproj files
• FlatRedBall Editor Wizard now checks for Gum presence before running, and gives a warning if it is missing
• Viewport changing due to render target layers is now reset back to previous viewport
• Popup windows now position correctly when display is not 100%
• Fixed some UI thread deadlocks in FRB Editor
• Fixed error where CameraControllingEntity can get null added to a list.
• Fixed overflowing text in textbox that shows when setting an Entity to IVisible
• Objects defined by base now have a new icon
• Fixed bug causing custom slider min/max values to reset
• Fixed Live Edit crash when moving an object from one layer to another
• Pressing DEL now deletes a file from current files list
• Added right-click option on Collision Relationships node to add new collision relationship
• Added right-click option on Layer node
• Improvements in game going into edit mode to reduce the chances of lost commands
• GameScreen always shows Layer and Collision nodes since that's the most common place where these are added
• New icon shown in the loading window
• Added *.user.* to default gitignore
• Missing csproj files are removed from recent files
• Added checkbox to call activity on List creation, which is checked or unchecked depending on whether the entity type is derived. This can reduce the chances of double-activity calls. This includes a display of the reason for the activity call.
• Fixed partitioning bug causing collisions to be excluded from checks incorrectly
• Added EditorVisuals.ColoredRectangle which can surround a Text object to improve readability of debug displays.
• Improved FRB Editor display on high DPI displays
• Improvements in detecting .NET SDK location
• Double-clicking .achx file now searches for AnimationEditor in default location (unzipped FRBDK) so setting windows file associations is not required.
• Lots of improvements to linking game to source
  • Removed old menu items and replaced them with a single menu item which is enabled/disabled according to whether the project type supports linking to source
• FRB Editor can now find the running .exe if its name does not match the .gluj name
• Merging empty layers is now handled more gracefully
• Improved error reporting on TMX files when merging and textures do not match between the two layers

September 17, 2023

Biggest Changes

• Fix compile errors on Android/iOS/.NET 4.7 projects due to missing effect manager.
• Added right-click option for adding derived entity on entity
• FlatRedBall.Forms DialogBox now can skip printing with a B press
• Added icon to indicate whether game is connected to FRB Editor

Everything Else

• Removed confusing popup about X/Y/Z variables when deriving from a base entity which does not have X/Y/Z
• Improved handling of Byte type with sliders and in edit mode
• Added support to run project in edit mode even if the .exe is renamed in
• Gum fonts now rebuild on project load
• Fix renaming shape in ShapeCollection
• FlatRedBall Editor can now handle Game classes other than Game1.cs
• Build in FlatRedBall Editor can now be release
• Crash fix on F12

September 13, 2023

Biggest Changes

• Added new Profiling tab in FRB Editor
• Added dedicated collision tab under profiling tab
• Auto size partitioning now considers sprite animation shapes
• Added checkbox in FRB Editor to automatically set collision from a sprite's animation
• Added Sprite.SetCollisionFromAnimation to simplify updating ICollidable collisions from the current animation
• Huge improvements to render target handling in FRB Editor including..
  • Sprites being able to reference a render target as their texture
  • Layers being able to reference render targets in FRB Editor UI (no longer requiring code)
• Added new update button in the about page

Everything Else

• Fixed possible crash due to render break reporting on screen transition
• Added I2DInput.Position2D and Position3D
• More EditorVisuals.Sprite overloads to simplify drawing sprites
• IsEditingLocked now respects inheritance during live edit
• Fixed AnalogStick as d pad repeat rate applying every frame
• Fixed bug in IDamageable implementation applying the wrong damage
• Setting nullable bool values in live edit no longer restarts the game
• Better duplicate file error reporting in FRB Editor
• Added codegen check for double-activity call
• Added AudioManager.PlayAsync
• Fixed bug where codegen wouldn't occur on add/delete screen
• Variable reordering is faster now and properly sets icons
• Fixed closing drag+drop dialog from collision relationships unintentionally creating relationship (thanks @treesgobark )
• Added drag+drop entities from one list to another (thanks @treesgobark )
• Improved stacked cloud collision physics on platformer
• Added check when merging layers to see if textures differ
• Derived objects now have lower weight in search box
• Derived objects which are lists now have their own icon
• Added ability to copy/paste states in Screens/Entities
• Fixed cut-off text in Collision Relationship UI
• Fixed numerous bugs in FRB Editor where assigning values was not persisting - specifically around setting a variable's custom displayer
• Lots of comments clarifying how partitioning works in code
• Fixed bug with SpriteManager.MoveLayerAboveLayer (thanks @treesgobark )
• Added "ZeroInput" support in platformer input UI
• Improved diagnostics when drag+dropping on list on another which cannot create a collision relationship
• Setting Color Operation to default no longer restarts live edit (thanks @treesgobark)
• Lots of information added to collision performance output
• If an item has no name, its type is displayed in the render break output
• RenderBreak output now combines multiple identical render breaks to reduce output size on apps with lots of render breaks
• Fixed various crashes in the FRB Editor

August 19, 2023

• Improved live edit functionality handling creation of new entity types, list removal, list destruction, resetting states back to default, and the shfit-to-origin bug when drag+moving an object.
• Improved handling of UWP projects
• Improved handling of failures to create project and reporting them before the wizard runs
• Added ShapeCollection.ForceUpdateDependencies
• Removed folder and VS icons when project is unloaded
• Deleting an object in base screen is now more performant
• New effects manager and rendering allowing color operations on tiled and gum
• Live Edit no longer selects objects under Forms UI
• .Forms DialogBox is now more flexible for auto-advance of text
• Added ItemsControl.ItemsCollectionChanged
• Added ScrollViewer.ScrollToBottom

August 4, 2023

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