LITIengine Changelog

What's new in LITIengine 0.5.1 Beta

Feb 10, 2021

This release brings tons of bugfixes and quality-of-life improvements. Feature-wise, the highlight of this version is the addition of a Tweening framework that lets you interpolate values over time, e.g. to let your GuiComponents bounce or your Entities wiggle.
As the engine's networking code had been an unmaintained, untested, and even unsafe mess, we have decided to remove the networking package entirely.

New in LITIengine 0.5.0 Beta (Aug 17, 2020)

New in LITIengine 0.4.20 Alpha (Mar 29, 2020)

Fixes:
d269f4 Fixed importing map nested tile layers
Excluded module-info.class from external lib from the LITIengine jar files
a153 Fixed bug when loading Resource bundles with Spritesheets missing the image format attribute.
be7ae1 Fixed issue with sprite sheets not being reloaded when replacing them at runtime
Fixed image string serialization by returning a compatible image for the current GraphicsEnvironment
a410 Fixed issue with random point implementation in circles
b640d3e Don't use URLs as keys for resources (this had major performance drawbacks)
Features / Improvements:
Improved the visibility of APIs that are not intended to be used publically
Added test coverage to many utility classes
b402 Streamlined the ListField constructors.
bd6faeb Added explicit listeners for the GamepadManager's events
d Added a dedicated ResolutionChangedListener for the GameWindow
b3b5037 Add debug option to render the sprite bounds in addition to the Entity bounds
cc9187 make shadow offset configurable in the ShadowImageEffect
af6f4d Allow custom Creature implementations to override the parents controllers
Enhanced TextRenderer API
a1ea04c Implemented EntitySpawner support for providing spawn points via callback
d4207f8 Make use of Spawnpoint.spawn in the EntitySpawner to support events
d8a575 Added pivot support to Spawnpoint to align spawning entities
ea0151 Load CustomEmitter resources from ResourceBundles
Properly support resolution scaling at runtime
Added a unified Random API for the engine:
Previously the extension methods were spread around the utility classes. With these changes, all additions that provide pseudo-random values have been unified and aggregated into one APIGame.random() Some prominent examples of API changes:
ArrayUtilities.getRandom(...) -> Game.random().choose(...)
CollectionUtilities.random(...) -> Game.random().choose(...)
MathUtilities.randomSign() -> Game.random().nextSign()
MathUtilities.getRandomIndex(...) -> Game.random().getIndex(...)
...
Changes:
a123e Use java.nio.charset instead of constants strings for charsets
eef04d2 Consulted entity AI related namespaces under de.gurkenlabs.litiengine.entities.behavior
a78dc4 Unified some event names:
ICombatEntity.addHitListener -> ICombatEntity.onHit
ICombatEntity.addDeathListener -> ICombatEntity.onDeath
utiLITI:
Added the possibility to export all sprite sheet information
Added additional console feedback for common operations
Placed status-bar directly under the map view
c32f Fixed potential exception when clearing color controls
aa299 Make components and font sizes aware of the configurable UI scale
Fixed silent startup exception when last game file was empty
ca746f Improved the AssetPanelItem visuals
Misc:
Added a ton of Javadoc to the public API
Added GitHub sponsoring button to the repository
Replaced deprecated Gradle configuration elements
d749 Updated Gradle wrapper 6.0.1 -> 6.2.2
ae8f102 Updated JUnit version 5.4.+ -> 5.6.0
ae8f102 Updated Mockito version 2.25.+ -> 3.3.3

New in LITIengine 0.4.19 Alpha (Feb 8, 2020)

Fixes:
bf31e15 Fixed ArgumentNullException that could be thrown if an entity hit event was not related to an Ability.
7c25cb2 Fixed bug that made XmlUtilities.read not work for files within a jar.
69afe69 Don't ignore minimal location updates on entities
680ce0b Fixed issue which caused the Camera hotfix for certain renderscales not to work.
ca5cfa2 Fixed null pointer check in TmxMap
59360c4 Fixed issue with the GameWorld.reset overload
Features / Improvements:
Added and improve the Javadocs of many APIs
aeccaa4 Added possibility to remove timed actions.
301 28f1036 Added entity render events for individual entities.
adb2bfc Extend the ReflectionUtilities with a few helpful methods
9fde70d Added events for changes on ConfigurationGroups
c8ca4b1 Added events for layer rendering on the MapRenderer
70c598a Added onMoved event for IMobileEntity
41679ed Added spawned event for Spawnpoint
87c339d Added updatable count to the GameMetrics
a7a7637 Don't modify layer visibility when serializing maps.
297 Re-Added shortcut API for finding tile bounds
Changes:
5ddf044 Drop the Game.loop().getUpdateRate() method in favor of Game.loop().getTickRate().
30cd2c1 Improve visibility modifies of the SoundEngine
6d92e25 Rework the default mouse cursor behavior
Use the default cursor if no virtual cursor is set and the mouse is not being grabbed by the window.
Move the debug cursor handling to the MouseCursor implementation
Don't grab the mouse by default.
c950d55 Replace some explicitly thrown exceptions by log messages.
d715f2f Drop the de.gurkenlabs.litiengine.annotation package.
39f365e Change Entity collections from the Environment to be immutable
Revamp of several event methods and listeners:
3747d8c 080afea Streamline rendering events and API
59b4b3d Reworked the ScreenManager events
1c41e83 Reworked the Mouse events
537b5d7 Reworked the Keyboard events
480a259 Reworked the Gamepad and GamepadManager events
111d81d Reworked the Camera events
4204d8a Reworked the Emitter events
e438fc8 Reworked the Ability events
Marked many listeners as FunctionalInterface
utiLITI:
60c0466 Fixed initial error when no game file is loaded.
299 Fixed Reassigning map IDs
Misc:
Updated SonarQube plugin 2.7 -> 2.8
Updated Gradle 5.3.1 -> 6.0.1
d4d35a7 Print Gradle warnings in the build log.
7340f5b Prevent duplicated resources in the .jar files.
94b46dc Exclude duplicate files from the jar.

New in LITIengine 0.4.18 Alpha (Jan 16, 2020)

Fixes:
f3b0e52 Fixed a possible StackOverflowException in ImageFormat.isSupported(...)
479e484 Fixed mapID assignment for Blueprints
52f80e1 Fixed concurrency issues in TmxMap by using thread-safe containers for Tilesets and Layers
9ac68d1 Removed redundant call to Creature.updateAnimationController()
6bed9f1 Replaced RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING with RenderingHints.KEY_TEXT_ANTIALIASING in the TextRenderer
5aa2313 Fixed Trigger to adopt changing activation conditions while relevant Entities are in the trigger area
#266 Fixed the way AnimationRules are added to EntityAnimationController
afc1997 c39d441 Fixed some graphics issues in the Camera and Environment
4cfe6ed Fixed Concurrency issue in TileLayers.
#264 Fixed wrong tileset locations in exported maps.
fa573c9 Fixed possible NullPointerException when a Tileset's image was null
217d41b Fixed UpdateLoop interruption behaviour
f152d52 Made sure Entities cannot have negative width or height.
#271 Fixed wrong argument in Spritesheet.setSpriteHeight(...)
#283 Fixed potential null reference when CustomProperty value is undefined.
c53b036 Fixed potential null reference in DecimalFloatAdapter.
4956e23 Fixed potential text outline bug when using certain RenderScales.
65317ef Fixed entity debug rendering being cancelled when current animation frame is null.
64b1de4 Set default font for all ImageComponents containing text, not only the ones with a background spritesheet.
#295 Fixed issue with virtual mouse and grabMouse setting.
25f60bf Encoded spaces in file paths.
cfbe31d Prevent potential null reference when trying to scale images that are null.
#284 Fixed map serialization being distúrbed by handling paths as URL fragments.
1d4ad94 Fixed an issue when combining paths with whitespaces.
FEATURES / IMPROVEMENTS:
8996fd4 Throw ResourceLoadExceptions when failing to load resources
9bc1f2b Added renderWithLayer property to @EntityInfo
f93a191 Set default RenderType for TileLayer to GROUND
6876143 Set default RenderType for all Layers to GROUND
de2c7a0 Added util method to extrude rectangles
eba3d49 Added getter EntityAnimationController.getAnimationRules()
816715a Added method overload for EntityAnimationController.addAnimationRule(...)
#224 Added Appearance properties for borders
dc550f0 Added SpeechBubbleListener
7674c6c Allow setting SpeechBubble text display time
61dbc65 Allow hiding Speechbubble
e067ef1 63d4fb2 ca714b7 f6db03d 077b525 Minor overhaul of the Sound Engine
98255f9 Allow an Entity to be removed by an EnvironmentEntityListener it triggers
c188504 Replaced some CopyOnWriteArrayList instances with the faster ConcurrentHashMap.newKeySet()
#265 Added ImageScaleMode.FIT to strech ImageComponent images with the correct aspect ratio
5abf10a c5391ae Improved generic type handling in EntityAnimationController
9c41b51 Overhauled version checking for TmxMaps
102c48b Added Unit tests
a538528 #268 Implemented more performant Collections for keyboard listeners.
3d41a91 Added method overload for ResourcesContainer.getAsync(...)
d8236a9 0d55b7a Switched to more specialized function interfaces in some places.
bcfc753 Made sure the miscVolume of a SoundPlayback is updated automatically.
511d0b8 Instead of explicitly setting RenderingHints in the TextRenderer, toggle AntiAliasing with a boolean argument.
e2675a1 Removed some unnecessary wildcards in EntityAnimationController and AnimationRule.
90737bb Added active flag to exclude IUpdateables from the update mechanism, where desired.
9da3822 Set mouse Cursor to be visible by default.
e043ae5 Added multiple collision handling to PhysicsEngine.getIntersection(...)
b57df91 Improved logging on the entity action framework.
a26a993 Added attribute to CreatureAnimationState to remember its string representation. Cancelled MovementController.handleForces() if no forces are present.
bfa6d81 0fc383d 6f3f2dd 95bc61d Changed some SonarQube project settings.
c46632a Improved Resolution implementation.
d6c976f 7278da5 Switched to CollectionUtilities and ArrayUtilities for random access. Switched to ThreadLocalRandom instead of individual Random objects. Added method overloads to pass random instance as argument.
d452fda Enabled null values in CustomProperties declared as enum.
16f0929 Simplified and improved entity debug rendering.
eb6924b Added some additional API to allow map generation from code.
24df305 Added util method to get a random point within a circle.
477eddf Added overload to MapUtilities.getTile(...) with map argument.
10a233f Removed redundant call of ByteArrayOutputStream.flush()
c0c001e Added util method to replace colors in an image according to a Map with source and target colors.
f62e23c Made sure the GamepadManager updates the gamepads once it is initialized.
3128eb0 f124186 Enabled clearing registered event consumers from Input API.
63c9b8d Added reflection util method to retrieve values of static fields.
47c4ddc Added Gamepad.isPressed(...) to check if a button is pressed on a gamepad.
c67bf33 Enhanced Gamepad.toString().
8e5ed73 Enabled gamepad polling via component name instead of JInput specific identifier.
4e5a108 Added possibility to parse a given resource file into a string.
c4b40a9 Added mouse pressing event.
44a765d Added missing setters for some Ability properties.
#290 Implemented borderless display mode. There are now three modes:
WINDOWED = Resizable Window with decoration (otherwise it would not be resizable)
BORDERLESS = Basically windowed but without decoration and scaled to the entire screen
FULLSCREEN = Native Fullscreen; locked to the framerate of the Monitor
564ea96 Stored a string attribute as lower cased so that it doesn't always have to be converted.
ac0b11b Made XML format more compatible to the TMX tiled format.
949be86 14175b6 Added overload method to set mouse cursor location with Align and Valign parameters instead of absolute offset values. Set default pivot to TOP LEFT
f12df41 Implemented human-like alphanumeric string comparison using the Alphanum algorithm by dave koelle. Switched to alphanum comparison for IMap and Resource names ([map1, map2, map10] instead of [map1, map10, map2]).
#259 Made the CreatureAnimationController only display the death animation as the last fallback if no other animation is present.
406adc5 Slightly improved CombatEntity events.
504ccd4 Added append and distinct util methods to ArrayUtilities.
d14fa49 Added collision event to CollisionEntity
6310fd2 Improved logging for unsupported tmx version.
5a13edd Improved exceptions when an XML file is not found.
2cab4c6 Reset the logmanager before config to avoid redundant logs.
cbd947e Improved access modifiers on some internals.
368ec92 Improved AbilityOrigin enum.
75d16bb Added custom effect target evaluation.
CHANGES:
3462f03 Changed Creature.updateAnimationController() visibility to protected
ff59b0a Changed EntityAnimationController.AnimationRule visibility to public
4252de5 Changed constructor visibility for MapObjectLoader implementations to public
41b6047 Removed type parameters for XmlUtilities.save(...)
14c712b Replaced Oracle JDK with OpenJDK.
#279 Separated mouse Cursor implementation from the RenderComponent.
a4ebf58 Don't limit cursor rendering to when the window is focused.
887d635 Attached camera to RenderLoop instead of GameLoop.
7490c53 Removed sample emitter implementations from the engine.
9e03791 Removed unused overload for Spritesheets.get(...)
#282 #289 Updated ListField to create 2D list fields
bdbde7d Added Blueprints to game resources.
#285 Enabled TileData serialization.
Before that, TileData could only be deserialized.
2d340b7 Streamlined GamepadManager API.
Input.gamepads().onGamepadAdded(pad -> {});
5fee6fd Removed background spritesheet argument from TextFieldComponent. Enabled commenting string list files using '//' at the beginning of a line.
c0c9322 Don't evaluate collision if a particle should not be moved.
eaa98c7 Set SpriteParticle Dimensions to the sprite dimensions by default.
ad5a0a4 Consolidated the RenderLoop with the GameLoop to circumvent a lot of concurrency issues and to make life easier for LITIengine devs.
d14fa49 Streamlined logging API.
A default Logger instance is now added to every game and can be called with Game.log().log(...). Added ConsoleHandler and FileHandler for logging.
cd75d15 Streamlined Trigger interactions.
a612d69 4d23378 Unified hit events for CombatEntities.
695806a Moved file format enums to the resources namespace.
02e7471 Removed empty child implementations of PolyShape.
816d7ad 1894c98 Streamlined Attribute implementation.
utiLITI:
#258 Fixed MapObjectLayers being deselected when copy-pasting entities
3433362 Improved MapObject ID rendering
#261 Correctly refresh UI after deleting entities.
15f2347 Separated Entity snapping from clamping to map. Renamed snapping presets.
02d6b02 96223f9 5ad81e1 1e9d84b Added dedicated zooming handler.
50d511e 7f75cfd Extracted Entity transforming logic. Separated rendering tasks into dedicated classes.
940190b Added Unit test routine to Gradle script.
5e4bb3f 8612f69 Added general UI scaling. Added ConfirmDialog wrapper.
d4cf6df Moved UserPreferences to the Editor class
63ff169 Added some localizable strings.
c4d2115 Fixed a Font scaling issue. Minor fixes and improvements.
c061d8e Fixed issue that sometimes caused the map list to be blank.
edd0bfe Removed redundant focus update.
25ef97a Declared some overrides correctly.
7c9117e Fixed clamping when moving multiple selected MapObjects.
2724acb 1f34a90 Improved resize operation.
#277 Made snapping grid size configurable by user.
14fec87 Removed redundant reload from map when transforming Entities.
#262 Fixed the map selection being discarded when changing map properties.
50b3978 Fixed positional transformation using keyboard.
777ba8a Added private constructors for static handlers.
213c1e5 Fixed issue that prevented new maps from being imported.
fc0d1bf Fixed potential null reference when no map was loaded.
879cde1 Improved behaviour when trying to load non-existing projects.
f15177b Added Ambient Light and static shadow preview to MapPropertyPanel and enhanced the panel's layout.
#292 Enabled Map property manipulation in the MapPropertyPanel
64ec7b7 392bcc5
Added Alpha spinner to the ColorComponent to make it more reusable.
Enhanced MapPropertyPanel with the streamlined ColorComponents, a scrollable Editor field for the map description, and omitted non-custom map properties from the table on the lower end.
Allowed complex components with varying height to be added to a PropertyPanel.
Fixed Label Alignment in the PropertyPanels
5309c6f 5964444
Switched to concrete Map objects instead of just name strings in the MapList.
#262 Fixed the MapList losing its selection when changing map properties.
Added MapListCellRenderer for further customizability of the MapList.
Don't rebind all Maps to the MapList when just saving the game file.
04223a4 Changed the AssetPanel layout type from a GridLayout to a dynamic WrapLayout.
b7d464e Display the default value for CombatEntity hitpoints in the editor.
3e22f1c Improved control flow via keyboard.
2089445 Replaced usages of deprecated Event class.
d95c73a Fixed issue with save state of a map not being tracked.
Misc:
1e7030b Updated code of conduct link in CONTRIBUTING.md.
a9706fd Moved "Games made with LITIengine" showcase to docs pages.
7477318 Added FUNDING.yml
448b630 Whoop whoop.
Code Style:
95f44c3 Removed some curly brackets to match correct single statement syntax.
274e802 Removed redundant if-block
8d7ddd7 Fixed variable name shadowing
02611a3 Added unused annotation to empty test method.
b391b16 4730c37 e0ca3a8 5e10e26 9485f97 bbd10e7 Fixed minor style issues.