v4.0.0

Overview

Added

• Multi texture renderering
• Introduces PIXI.TextStyle class to manage the styling of text fields
• Texture GPU Garbage Collection
• Optimise the WebGL renderer, especially for mobiles.
• Added Nineslice Plane
• Webgl now powered by pixi-gl-core
• static transforms - objects only updated if changed
• Fast masking uses stencil buffer if a mask is Graphics Rectangle AABB
• Fast Graphics Rect. If graphics object is Rectangle its is rendered as a sprite
• reset GL function to allow pixi to work in the SAME context as other renderers (such as three.js)
• added some bounds unit tests
• Many, many, many, many bug fixes

Changed

• Big refactoring of WebGL renderer.
• New streamlined build process that is NPM based
• Filter manager - no runs off po2 textures so less big textures required
• Shaders now compiled with glslify
• FXAA Filter now actually looks right (although no longer automatic)
• Introduced Bounds object for much more accurate bounds calculations
• Adds a contributor code of conduct #2844
• MultiSprite Batcher should now work with multiple renderers #2841
• Default destroy options for text are now all true. #2847

Removed

• Complex poly masking. This added lots of complexity but was never really used as the earcut algorithm is too good.
• FXAA no moved to filters rather than used automatically as a replacement for default antialiasing
• Non core filters moved to a new package - pixi-filters