PlayCanvas Engine Files

Breaking Changes

• [BREAKING] Use linear space for vertex colors in gLTF by @LeXXik in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8122

  Note: Projects that use vertex colors—especially those imported from FBX—may see visual changes because vertex colors are now treated as linear by default (for glTF compatibility). If your assets use gamma-encoded vertex colors, set material.vertexColorGamma = true to restore the previous appearance. This affects StandardMaterials only, ShaderMaterials are not affected.

Other changes

• Refactor gsplat shader chunks: move helpers and customize to common by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8129
• Adds a soft limit on total splat count rendered for streaming lod by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8217
• Picker class can (optional) render depth and provide world space pick points by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8154
• GSplat streaming lod - used memory optimization by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8171
• Add frame:ready event to GSplatComponentSystem for video capture workflows by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8128
• Updated main jsdocs block for GSplatComponent by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8130
• Optimize BoundingBox.containsPoint performance by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8137
• AGENTS.md file automatically used by AI agents (such as Cursor) by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8140
• Update all npm dependencies by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8143
• Migrate Renovate config by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8144
• Gizmo mouse button option by @kpal81xd in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8153
• Update actions/checkout action to v6 by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8157
• Add GSplat to ComponentSystemRegistry by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8174
• Add loadingCount parameter to GSplat frame:ready event by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8178
• Add GSplat flipbook animation script + related functionality + example by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8141
• Add WebGPU support to instancing-custom example - custom WGSL shader by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8186
• [DOCS] clarify Asset.preload behaviour by @lucaheft in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8189
• Update all npm dependencies by @renovate[bot] in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8194
• Update sinon to latest by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8195
• Update @webgpu/types dependency to latest by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8196
• Regenerate package-lock.json by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8197
• Added tracing support to log all assets in the registry by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8209
• Add WGSL shader support for annotation hotspots by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8219
• Outline renderer WGSL chunk by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8225

Fixes

• Fix incorrect time calculation in first two frames by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8185
• [Fix] Fixed gsplat shader effect to handle limit to a camera by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8117
• Workaround for packHalf2x16 precision issues on some Android devices by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8121
• CameraControls enablePan fix by @kpal81xd in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8126
• docs: fix typos in some files by @Edge-Seven in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8131
• Fix unified gsplat double transformation bug by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8135
• Fix GSplat LOD calculation to use nearest point on bounding box by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8138
• Fix PBO texture uploads by ensuring correct texture binding state by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8146
• Fix unified gsplat rendering when viewport is resized by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8147
• Gizmo snap state fix by @kpal81xd in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8151
• Camera controls fly shift fix by @kpal81xd in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8152
• [Fix] UploadStream functionality handles lost context by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8160
• [Fix] improve error messages for script attribute validation by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8172
• [Fix] Correct transmission attenuation rendering by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8173
• Fix Screen.priority signed integer overflow by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8180
• Improvements and fixes to streaming lod gsplat being destroyed by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8210
• Fix spherical harmonics not rendering with streaming SOGS by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8215
• Fix null values in asset cache for ESM scripts causing error by @snave333 in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8221

Examples

• WebGPU Compute shader edge detect example by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8192
• Add ESM script for annotations and an example by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8202
• Remove unnecessary GLSL transpiler config from examples by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8175
• Use ministats to display number of splats in an streaming lod example by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8182
• [FIX] Address race condition when loading example code by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8198
• Update examples NPM dependencies by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8199
• Update Examples Browser to React 19 by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8200
• Regenerate examples package-lock.json by @willeastcott in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8201
• Removed unused react-es6 package from examples by @kpal81xd in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8208
• Fix examples browser compatibility with React 19 and React Router v7 by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8212
• Remove deprecated bloom script from animation examples by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8213
• Remove old private LOD example now that we have public examples by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8218
• fix: Fix broken BlendTrees example by @abstrakt8 in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8216
• Updated Trees example to supply wgsl chunks by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8223
• Shader Hatch example has WGSL shader to avoid transpilation from GLSL by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8224
• WGSL shader variant for Integer Textures example by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8226
• AreaPicker & internal shader properties test example fixes by @mvaligursky in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8227

New Contributors

• @Edge-Seven made their first contribution in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8131
• @lucaheft made their first contribution in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8189
• @snave333 made their first contribution in https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/pull/8221

Full Changelog: https://github.com/playcanvas/engine/compare/v2.13.6...v2.14.0