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Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[6.2.0] - 2024-01-29

Added

  • Deprecated soft-dependency packages are detected and a warning with upgrade instructions is shown in the console.

Changed

Fixed

  • Compiler error when Newtonsoft JSON package was not installed.
  • All Draco vertex attributes are assigned by identifier instead of type. As a result, tangents are now decoded properly instead of recalculated.
  • Compilation error when scripting define GLTFAST_BUILTIN_SHADER_GRAPH is set.
  • GltfImport.IsTextureYFlipped returns correct result for non-KTX textures.

[6.1.0] - 2024-01-17

Added

  • (Documentation) Explanation and user case for the add-on API
  • GltfImport.IsTextureYFlipped to support non-default texture orientations

Changed

  • Documentation improvements
  • Auto-formatted all markdown, USS, UXML and shader code
  • CI maintenance

Fixed

  • Updated references to KTX for Unity

[6.0.1] - 2023-10-11

Fixed

  • Compilation error when Animation module is disabled and Newtonsoft JSON package installed.
  • Compilation on Unity 2020 LTS

[6.0.0] - 2023-10-04

Added

  • Custom Add-On API (GLTFast.Addons namespace)
  • Support for alternative JSON parsing via Newtonsoft JSON
  • Accessor.ElementByteSize: Byte size of one element of that accessor
  • Accessor.ByteSize: Overall byte size
  • IGltfReadable.GetAccessor: Generic byte-array view into an accessor
  • GameObjectInstantiator events that allow further instantiation customizations
    • NodeCreated
    • MeshAdded
    • EndSceneCompleted
  • Value array JSON parsing tests
  • String/enum conversions tests
  • (Import) Clearcoat material support in HDRP and URP (via KHR_materials_clearcoat extension)
  • (Export) Clearcoat material export support for HDRP Lit shader

Changed

  • Bumped minimum Unity version to 2020.3.48f1
  • Renamed GltfAnimation to Animation for consistent naming.
  • Bumped Burst dependency version to 1.8.4
  • Bumped Mathematics dependency version to 1.3.1

Fixed

  • Added Obsolete attribute to public schema class fields that are for serialization only and should not get modified directly.
  • More robust parsing of (invalid) enum values

[5.2.0] - 2023-09-14

Added

  • Runtime tests
  • (Export) Setting for deterministic export (limits concurrency to ensure consistent output)
  • (DOTS) Support for Entities 1.0

Changed

  • Optimized Accessor.GetAccessorAttributeType
  • Optimized GltfEntityAsset.ClearScenes via Burst
  • Bump minimum Unity version from 2019.4.7f1 to 2019.4.40f1

Fixed

  • Compiler errors and warnings on Unity 2023.2 (and newer) due to using obsolete types.

[5.1.0] - 2023-05-25

Added

  • (Export) Support for Draco mesh compressed exports

Changed

  • Added proper root namespace to all assembly definitions
  • License and copyright notices
  • (Export) Increased performance due to concurrent buffer conversions

[5.0.4] - 2023-03-30

Fixed

  • Texture transform offset is calculated correctly now

[5.0.3] - 2023-03-29

Fixed

  • Update licensing (internal only)

[5.0.2] - 2023-03-03

Fixed

  • Define constraints for KTX package (internal only)

[5.0.1] - 2023-03-02

Changed

  • (Export) Texture coordinates are now flipped vertically, similar to how it's performed at import. This ensures round-trip consistency (#342).

Fixed

  • (Export) Invalid blend indices or blend weights are not exported anymore (as skinning is not supported yet; #556)
  • Compiler error when using .NET Framework on 2021.3 and newer (#550)
  • GltfBoundsAsset's instantiation settings are applied now
  • GltfBoundsAsset's BoxCollider is positioned correctly, even if GameObject is not at scene origin (#565)

[5.0.0] - 2022-12-09

This release contains multiple breaking changes. Please read the upgrade guide for details.

Added

  • settings parameter to GameObjectBoundsInstantiator's constructor
  • (Import) Support for lights via KHR_lights_punctual extension (#17)
  • (Import) Exclude/include certain features (e.g. camera, animation, lights) via InstantiationSettings.Mask (of type ComponentType)
  • DOTS instantiation settings support
  • (Import) Additional load methods in GltfImport (#409)
    • Load override to load from a byte[]
    • LoadFile to load from local files
    • LoadGltfJson to load a glTF JSON from string
  • (Import) SceneObjectCreation instantiation setting. It controls whether/when a GameObject/Entity should be created for the scene. Options: Always, Never, WhenSingleRootNode. (#320)
  • (Import) Design-time import inspector now offers many more settings (feature parity with run-time settings)
  • Extended access to IGltfReadable
    • GetSourceRoot
    • GetSourceNode
    • GetBindPoses
  • GltfAsset component got new properties for code-less setup
    • Import Settings
    • Instantiation Settings
  • Warning when trying to load the main scene if it is not defined (Editor and development builds only; #450)
  • (Export) Support for camera export
  • (Export) Support for lights export
  • glTF icon assigned to imported glTF assets, GltfAsset* components and and various setting classes
  • (Import) Support for up to 8 UV sets (note: glTF shaders still support only two sets; part of #206)
  • IMaterialGenerator was extended with support for points topology
  • (Export) GameObjectExportSettings.DisabledComponents to explicitly enable export of disabled components (e.g. MeshRenderer, Camera, or Light)
  • (Export) ExportSettings.ComponentMask to include or exclude components from export based on type
  • (Export) GameObjectExportSettings.LayerMask to include or exclude GameObjects from export based on their layer
  • (Import) Async instantiation methods. This helps to ensure a stable frame rate when loading bigger glTF scenes (#205)
  • GltfGlobals is public now
  • GameObjectInstantiator.SceneTransform is public now

Changed

  • The API was changed considerably to conform closer to Unity's coding standard and the Microsoft's Framework Design Guidelines. Some notable items:
    • PascalCase on properties
    • Removed direct access to fields
    • More consistent naming of assemblies, namespaces, classes, constants, static members, etc.
    • Removed majority of Rider code analysis warnings and suggestions
  • Converted a lot of unintentionally public classes, types and properties to internal ones
  • Replaced CollectingLogger.item with .Count and .Items iterator
  • Moved logging related code into GLTFast.Logging namespace
  • Renamed Schema.RootChild to Schema.NamedObject and made it abstract
  • Converted GameObjectInstantiator.Settings to InstantiationSettings
  • Removed RenderPipelineUtils.DetectRenderPipeline in favor of RenderPipelineUtils.RenderPipeline
  • Additional methods/properties (e.g. from class GameObjectInstantiator) are virtual, so they can be overridden
  • GltfImport implements IDisposable now (#194)
  • Support for PNG/Jpeg textures (via built-in packages Unity Web Request Texture and Image Conversion) is now optional (#321)
  • Root entity created by GltfEntityAsset will inherit its GameObject's name, position, rotation and scale (at instantiation time)
  • Removed GltfImport.GetAccessor from public API (to be replace by a better API; see #426 for details)
  • Converted emissiveFactor shader property from low to high dynamic range (HDR) and removed the now obsolete emissiveIntensity shader property (float)
  • Shader keyword _UV_ROTATION was replaced by _TEXTURE_TRANSFORM, which now controls tiling, offset and rotation all together
  • Animation is not played by default anymore (check the upgrade guide on how to restore this behavior; #339)
  • (Import) Deprecated existing, sync instantiation methods in favor of new async ones
  • KTX textures load much smoother thanks to bumping KtxUnity to 1.3.0 or 2.2.1
  • Sped up loading of external KTX textures by avoid making a redundant memory copy.
  • IDownload does not derive from IEnumerator anymore
  • (Import) Successfully tested mesh primitive draw mode lines and removed error message about it being untested
  • (Export) Disabled components (e.g. MeshRenderer, Camera, or Light) are not exported by default (see also: new GameObjectExportSettings.DisabledComponents setting to get old behavior)
  • (Export) GameObjects with tag EditorOnly (including children) don't get exported (similar to building a scene)
  • Added optional CancellationToken parameter to async import/export methods. This is preparation work for proper cancellation. Does not work as expected just yet.
  • Refactored Assembly Definitions
    • glTFastSchema was merged into glTFast and thus removed
    • glTFastEditor was renamed to glTFast.Editor
    • glTFastEditorTests was renamed to glTFast.Editor.Tests
  • GltfAsset.FullUrl is public now (convenient for some tests)
  • IInstantiator changes
    • IInstantiator.BeginScene signature dropped third parameter AnimationClip[] animationClips that was depending on built-in Animation module to be enabled.
    • IInstantiator.AddAnimation was added. Only available when built-in Animation module is enabled.
  • Converted properties that were hiding conversion logic or caching into methods
    • Accessor: typeEnum to GetAttributeType/SetAttributeType
    • BufferView: modeEnum to GetMode
    • BufferView: filterEnum to GetFilter
    • AnimationChannelTarget: pathEnum to GetPath
    • AnimationSampler: interpolationEnum to GetInterpolationType
    • Camera: typeEnum to GetCameraType/SetCameraType
    • LightPunctual: typeEnum to GetLightType/SetLightType
    • Material: alphaModeEnum to GetAlphaMode/SetAlphaMode
  • Moved some nested classes into dedicated files and up the namespace hierarchy
    • GameObjectInstantiator.SceneInstance is now GameObjectSceneInstance
    • ImportSettings.NameImportMethod is now NameImportMethod
    • InstantiationSettings.SceneObjectCreation is now SceneObjectCreation
  • HttpHeader's properties are readonly now. A constructor was added as compensation.

Removed

  • Obsolete code
    • GltfImport.Destroy (was renamed to GltfImport.Dispose)
    • GLTFast.GltFast (was renamed to GltfImport)
    • GltfImport.InstantiateGltf (was replaced by InstantiateMainScene and InstantiateScene)
    • Remains of Basis Universal extension draft state
      • Schema.Image.extensions
      • Schema.Image.ImageExtension
      • Schema.Image.ImageKtx2

Fixed

  • Shader graphs' BaseColor, BaseColorTexture and vertex color calculations are now in correct color space
  • Export MeshRenderer where number of materials does not match number of sub-meshes (thanks Dan Dando for #428)
  • Shaders and shader graphs now have a proper main color and main texture assigned (except legacy shader graphs where this is not supported)
  • No more redundant default (fallback) materials are being generated
  • (JSON parsing) Potential NPDR when just one of many node extensions is present (#464)
  • (Import) Draco meshes are correctly named (#527)
  • (Import) Gracefully fallback to loading textures from byte arrays if UnityWebRequestTexture module is not enabled and trigger a warning.
  • (Import) GltfBoundsAsset.Load properly passes on the logger now.
  • (Import) Exception upon loading a file that uses the KHR_animation_pointer extension.

[4.9.1] - 2022-11-28

Changed

  • (Import) An Animator component is added to the scene root GameObject when Mecanim is used as animation method (thanks @hybridherbst for #519). This is convenient at design-time and a preparation for Playable API support.
  • (Import) Frame rate improvement when using Draco compression (thanks @hybridherbst for #520).

[4.9.0] - 2022-11-11

Added

  • (Export) HDRP metallic/roughness texture assignment can be omitted by setting the corresponding smoothness remap range min equal to max and metallic factor to 0. Useful for only exporting the ambient occlusion channel of a mask map.
  • (Export) HDRP occlusion texture assignment can be omitted by setting the corresponding AO remap minimum to 1.0. Useful for only exporting the metallic/smoothness channels of a mask map.

Changed

  • (Export) Reduced memory footprint when exporting textures
  • (Export) Faster temporary texture construction in Unity 2022 and newer
  • (Import) Faster texture creation in Unity 2022 and newer
  • (Import) Default (fallback) material now gets named glTF-Default-Material instead of shader's name, which is deterministic across render pipelines
  • (Export) Don't use HDRP Lit MaskMap metallic/smoothness channels if they are not used (i.e. metallicFactor is zero and smoothness remap range is zero)
  • (Export) HDRP Lit base color map is exported as Jpeg, if alpha channel is not used (similar to other render pipelines)
  • IDownload now has to implement IDisposable as well which ensures resources are disposed correctly.

Fixed

  • (Export) No empty filename for textures with no valid name (e.g. .jpg;#458)
  • (Export) Memory leak: Temporary textures are properly destroyed (happened on non-readable or ORM textures; fixes #502)
  • (Import) Don't duplicate texture assets (textures referenced by relative URI; #508)
  • (Shader) Built-in pbrMetallicRougness shader's metallicFactor property defaults to 1.0, according to the glTF spec
  • (Export) HDRP Lit shader's normal scale is exported correctly now
  • (Export) HDRP Lit shader's double sided property is exported correctly now
  • (Export) HDRP Lit shader's smoothness remap property is exported correctly now
  • (Export) HDRP Lit shader's occlusion texture has correct transform now (was vertically inverted before)
  • (Export) HDRP Unlit color is exported correctly
  • (Import) Unity 2020+ crash in Editor and builds due to undisposed DownloadHandlers
  • (Export) Case of duplicate meshes (even with identical primitives/attributes/indices/materials) when using .NET Standard in your project

[4.8.5] - 2022-08-30

Fixed

  • (Export) Meshes with point topology are exported correctly now (#434)
  • Incorrect texture transform calculation when using rotation (#413)

[4.8.4] - 2022-08-26

Changed

  • (Import) Double-sided GI is enabled on all materials for Editor imports (#452)

Fixed

  • Diffuse texture transform on specular glossiness materials (#454)
  • Corrected pointer math in accessor conversions
    • Int16 texture coordinates
    • Normalized Int16 texture coordinates (#439)
    • Normalized Int16 tangents

[4.8.3] - 2022-06-04

Fixed

  • Loading glTFs with nothing but accessors/bufferViews/buffers (#422)
  • Loading glTFs with invalid embed buffers (#422)
  • Corrected unsigned short joint weights import (#419)

[4.8.2] - 2022-06-15

Changed

  • Load textures/images, even when not referenced by material (#418)

Fixed

  • glTFs without nodes (#417)

[4.8.1] - 2022-06-10

Changed

  • Bumped Burst dependency version to 1.6.6

Fixed

  • UWP build (#400)
  • Shader compile errors in 2021.2 and later due to incorrectly named property in shader graph glTF-pbrSpecularGlossiness-Opaque-double

[4.8.0] - 2022-05-30

Added

  • A target layer can be defined for instantiated GameObjects via GameObjectInstantiator.Settings.layer (thanks Krzysztof Lesiak for #393)
  • Re-normalize bone weights (always for design-time import and opt-in at runtime via GLTFAST_SAFE scripting define)
  • GltfAssetBase.Dispose for releasing resources

Changed

  • Mecanim (non-legacy) is now the default for importing animation clips at design-time (thanks @hybridherbst for #388)
  • Mipmaps are generated by default now when importing at design-time (thanks @hybridherbst for #388)
  • All four bone weights are imported at design-time, regardless of quality setting
  • SkinnedMeshRenderer's rootBone property is now set to the lowest common ancestor node of all joints. This enables future culling optimization (see #301)

Fixed

  • Fail more gracefully when parsing invalid JSON
  • Proper error handling on glTF-binary files with invalid chunks (unknown type or invalid length; #389)
  • Properly handle skins without inverse bind matrices
  • Avoid loading Jpeg/PNG textures twice when they are sampled linearly or mipmaps are generated

[4.7.0] - 2022-04-25

Added

  • RenderPipelineUtils to detect current render pipeline
  • Option to make glTFast an alternative .glb/.gltf importer (not default anymore; via scripting define GLTFAST_FORCE_DEFAULT_IMPORTER_OFF). Useful in projects where you have another default importer for glTF (thanks @hybridherbst for #367)
  • Prefabs glTF-StableFramerate and glTF-FastestLoading for easy, no-code setup of global runtime loading behavior (via IDeferAgent)
  • GltfImport.SetDefaultDeferAgent and GltfImport.UnsetDefaultDeferAgent for setup of global runtime loading behavior (via IDeferAgent)
  • TimeBudgetPerFrameDeferAgent component now has a frameBudget property with a nice slider in the inspector
  • UninterruptedDefaultDeferAgent, a Monobehavior wrapping UninterruptedDeferAgent

Changed

  • (DOTS) Update to Entities 0.50
  • (DOTS) Removed unused GltfComponent
  • Bumped Mathematics and Burst package dependency versions to current 2019 LTS verified versions
  • Renamed UniveralRPMaterialGenerator to UniversalRPMaterialGenerator (typo)

Fixed

  • Using correct file API for reading bytes in EditorDownloadProvider (thanks @hybridherbst for #360)
  • GUID conflict with UnityGLTF
  • (Export) Correct float serialization on systems with non-English culture configuration (relates to #335)
  • Documentation link in error message about missing shaders (#368)
  • Slow loading after scene loading due to reference to destroyed default IDeferAgent (#165)
  • (Import) Better error handling when textures are missing
  • (Export) Remember destination path when exporting individual GameObjects from menu
  • (Export) Vertical texture transform offset is correct now
  • Improved relative file path handling on platforms with non-forward slash directory separator (Windows)
  • (Import) Draco compressed meshes' submeshes now have bounds set from the accessor's min/max values (just like regular/uncompressed meshes; #384)
  • (Export) De-duplication by properly re-using glTF mesh if accessors and materials are identical (#364)
  • (Export) Removed error messages about non-matching Profiler calls (#357)
  • (Export) Re-encoded (blitted) textures are in correct sRGB color space, even when the project is in linear color space (#353)
  • (Export) Removed incorrect color space conversion on normal maps (#346)
  • For projects using the built-in render pipeline in gamma color space, vertex colors are now applied in the correct color space

[4.6.0] - 2022-02-23

Added

  • (Export) Runtime glTF export to files
  • (Export) Export for Unity versions older than 2020.2
  • (Export) Save to System.IO.Stream
  • (Export) Occlusion map support
  • (Export) Metallic-gloss map support (converted to roughness-metallic)
  • (Export) Combine multiple maps to single occlusion-roughness-metallic map
  • (Export) Emission support
  • (Export) Correct texture filter and wrap modes by creating glTF sampler
  • (Export) Support for injecting custom material conversion via IMaterialExport
  • (Documentation) XML documentation comments on many types
  • (Documentation) Initial setup for DocFX generator

Changed

  • glTF export menu entries moved from File -> Export to
    • File -> Export Scene to export the active scene
    • Assets -> Export glTF for assets (may also be accessed from project view context menu)
    • GameObject -> Export glTF for GameObjects (may also be accessed from hierarchy view context menu)
  • (Documentation) Split up monolithic docs into multiple markdown files
  • (Documentation) Changelog links to code are now xref (for DocFX)

Removed

  • Converted a lot of unintentionally public classes, types and properties to internal ones
  • StopWatch, a class used for measuring load times in tests, was moved to a dedicated test repository

Fixed

  • Point meshes are rendered consistently on more platforms (iOS, Vulkan) due to explicitly setting PSIZE (thanks Kim Wonkee for #309)
  • Removed Editor markup resources from builds
  • Misformatted XML documentation comments
  • Correct render pipeline detection in case of quality settings override
  • (Documentation) Many minor fixes like XML doc linter errors/warnings
  • (Export) Removed redundant texture entries in glTF schema
  • (Export) Properly closing buffer file stream
  • (Export) Conflict of textures with identical names
  • (Export) Exporting assets/prefabs from project view created empty glTFs
  • (Export) Correct float array serialization on systems with non-english culture configuration (#335)
  • Textures are not duplicated anymore if they use different samplers resulting in equal Unity settings (saves memory on corner-case glTFs)
  • (Export) Various material fixes and improvements
  • (Import) First-time imports work now, because it is ensured that the shaders are loaded correctly (#315)
  • (Import) HDRP >= 10.0: Alpha blended materials are not invisible anymore
  • (Import) URP >= 12.0: Alpha masked materials are correctly alpha tested now
  • (Import) URP >= 12.0: Alpha blended pbrMetallicRoughness materials are correctly blended now
  • (Import) Improved error logs in Editor imports
  • 2019 HDRP compiler errors
  • Correct bounds calculation of meshes with normalized position accessors (applies for most quantized meshes; #323)
  • Removed precautious error message (#281)

[4.5.0] - 2022-01-24

Added

  • Generic shader graphs (to reduce the amount of shader graphs to maintain and reduce shader variants)
    • glTF-pbrMetallicRoughness
    • glTF-pbrSpecularGlossiness
    • glTF-unlit

Changed

  • The new, generic shader graphs are used for
    • Universal render pipe 12 or newer
    • High-Definition render pipe 10 or newer
    • Optional/Experimental for the Built-In render pipe (see Shader Graphs and the Built-In Render Pipeline in the documentation for details)

Fixed

  • Correct emission in HDRP 12 and later
  • (Shader Graph) Vertex color alpha channel is used properly
  • (Shader Graph) Correct vertex colors when project uses linear color space
  • (Shader Graph) Emission is now in correct color space

[4.4.11] - 2022-01-24

Changed

  • SkinnedMeshRenderer created by the GameObjectInstantiator will have updateWhenOffscreen set to true to avoid culling issues (at a performance cost; #301)
  • (Editor Import): Imported Mecanim AnimationClips now have Loop Time set to true (fixes #291)

Fixed

  • Improved skin deformation on unordered-joints-glTFs in projects with Skin Weights (quality setting) below 4 (#294)
  • Textures are not duplicated anymore if they reference different samplers with equal settings (yields huge memory savings, depending on some glTFs; thanks Vadim Andriyanov for #304)

[4.4.10] - 2022-01-14

Changed

  • Improved frame rate when loading glTFs with many morph targets (thanks Eric Beets for #287)
  • GameObjectInstantiator.SetNodeName can be overridden now (thanks STUDIO NYX for #297)

Fixed

  • Matrix decompose error (thanks weichx)
  • Flickering animation on invalid glTFs from Sketchfab (#298)

[4.4.9] - 2021-12-20

Fixed

  • (URP/HDRP) Materials with alphaMode MASK are alpha tested (and not blended as well) as specified in the specification (thanks rt-nikowiss for #296)

[4.4.8] - 2021-12-06

Fixed

  • Morph target animation curves have correct first keyframe value now (thanks Eric Beets for #277)
  • (URH/HDRP) UV transform and UV channel on blended materials
  • Error when using transmission approximation without a logger provided
  • ConsoleLogger non-LogCode messages have the correct log level now
  • Correct blending on URP 12 / HDRP 10 alpha blended materials

[4.4.7] - 2021-11-12

Changed

  • (HDRP): Configuring materials via settings and shader keywords instead of using duplicated shader graphs. This reduces the total shader variant count.

Fixed

  • Correct blend mode for transmission in URP
  • Correct transparency on HDRP >= 10.x (Unity 2020.3 and newer)
  • (URP/HDRP) Using the second UV set on double-sided materials
  • (URP/HDRP) Corrected baseColorTexture UV transform on double-sided materials

[4.4.6] - 2021-11-10

Added

  • Added warning when more than two UV sets are supposed to be imported (not supported yet)

Changed

  • Major performance improvement when loading glTFs with many KTX textures

Fixed

  • Correct import of interleaved float RGBA vertex colors (thanks @mikejurka for #266)
  • Corrected potential pitfall by incorrect UV import job handling (thanks @mikejurka for reporting)
  • (Export) Exception due to incorrect property ID usage
  • JSON parse tests
  • Added missing Job variant for users of the Jobs package
  • GltfBoundsAsset now has correct sceneInstance and currentSceneId properties
  • Documentation: Fixed and improved export via script section (#270)
  • Removed precautious error message after testing real world example (#268)

[4.4.5] - 2021-11-01

Fixed

  • Error when animation package is not enabled (#267)

[4.4.4] - 2021-10-28

Fixed

  • Build compiler error about missing variable (#265)

[4.4.3] - 2021-10-27

Fixed

  • Release build only compiler errors

[4.4.2] - 2021-10-27

Fixed

  • Offset of accessor into buffer was incorrect for some scalar accessors (#262)

[4.4.1] - 2021-10-27

Fixed

  • .NET 4.6 compiler issue (#261)

[4.4.0] - 2021-10-27

Added

  • Experimental glTF Editor Export (under main menu File > Export and via API GLTFast.Export.GameObjectExport; #249)
  • Support for meshopt compressed glTFs (EXT_meshopt_compression; #106)
  • Generate Lightmap UVs option in the glTF import inspector lets you create a secondary texture coordinate set (similar to the Model Import Settings from other formats; #238)
  • Generic ICodeLogger methods that don't require a LogCode

Changed

  • Raised required Unity version to 2019.4.7f1 (fixes Burst 1.4 compiler issue #252). If you're on 2019.x, make sure to update to the latest LTS release!
  • Less GC due to CollectingLogger creating the item list on demand

[4.3.4] - 2021-10-26

Added

  • Option to turn off Editor import by adding GLTFAST_EDITOR_IMPORT_OFF to the project's Scripting Define Symbols in the Player Settings (#256)

Fixed

  • Import of glTFs with no meshes (#257)

[4.3.3] - 2021-10-15

Fixed

  • Corrected mesh bounds (calculated from accessor's min/max)
  • No errors when importing empty scenes
  • Removed redundant code

[4.3.2] - 2021-10-13

Added

  • Completed quantization by supporting UInt8/UInt16 skin bone weights

Changes

  • If skin.skeleton is properly set, SkinnedMeshRendererRoot's root bone property will be assigned accordingly
  • Major animation loading performance improvements by inlining and optimizing hot for-loops

Fixed

  • Animation sampler properly defaults to LINEAR interpolation in case it is not specified
  • Correct LINEAR animation interpolation due to fixing tangent calculation
  • Correct LINEAR animation interpolation on (quaternion) rotations by ensuring shortest path (#250, #251)
  • Unlit built-in render pipeline materials have correct texture transform again
  • Correct quantized morph target shading by fixing (not normalizing) delta normals and delta tangents

[4.3.1] - 2021-09-14

Changed

  • Point clouds (POINTS primitive mode) are approved now - removed error log

Fixed

  • Avoid Burst compiler issue on Windows by using UnsafeUtility.MemCpy over System.Buffer.MemoryCopy (#245)

[4.3.0] - 2021-09-10

Added

  • Multiple texture related import settings (thanks @aurorahcx for #215)
    • generateMipMaps (default is false)
    • defaultMinFilterMode (minification; default is linear)
    • defaultMagFilterMode (magnification; default is linear)
    • anisotropicFilterLevel (default is 1)
  • Unit tests for all vertex/index buffer conversion jobs

Changed

  • Performance improvement due to enabling Burst compiler on all vertex/index buffer conversion jobs
  • defaultMinFilterMode was changed to Linear (from NearestMipmapLinear). This way textures will fall back to bilinear filtering (FilterMode.Bilinear) when it was not specified explicitly.
  • GameObject specifics were moved from GltfAssetBase into GltfAsset in preparation for ECS
  • Exposing glTFast assembly internals to glTF-test-framework

Fixed

  • Memory corruption when using unsigned byte positions or signed short UVs
  • Set _METALLICGLOSSMAP and _OCCLUSION keywords in material editor on texture import (thanks @hybridherbst for #237)
  • Missing name on some textures
  • Incorrect rotations from signed byte quaternions
  • Incorrect UVs when using unsigned byte or signed/unsigned short texture coordinates
  • Incorrect values converting signed byte encoded tangents
  • Correct specular-glossiness materials in spite of (correct or incorrect) presence of metallic-roughness properties (fixes #241)

[4.2.1] - 2021-08-26

Changed

  • Added Burst as dependency

Fixed

  • Improved handling corrupted glTF files (thanks @zharry for #230)
  • Loading Ready Player Me avatars with unsupported node extension (MOZ_hubs_components)
  • Loading glTF-binary files that have no buffers or an empty binary chunk (#227)
  • Crash and incorrect mesh clustering caused in MeshPrimitive.Equals (#224)
  • Compiler error when Burst is not installed (#222)

[4.2.0] - 2021-07-16

Added

  • Support for morph targets / blend shapes (#8)
  • Support for animated morph targets / blend shapes
  • Support for sparse accessors (morph targets and vertex positions only for now)
  • Safe build option for more robust loading (GLTFAST_SAFE scripting define)
  • Burst as dependency

Changed

  • Minor primitive GameObject name change. GltfImport is now fully responsible for GameObject names in order to ensure consistency between animation paths and model hierarchy.
  • glTF importer inspector
    • Removed "Node Name Method" option from glTF importer inspector. It still an option at run-time, but is always OriginalUnique at design-time imports.
    • Animation setting is disabled if built-in package animation is disabled
  • For better clarity, changed type of Sampler properties minFilter, magFilter, wrapS and wrapT from into to enum types and added tests
  • Optional dependencies

Fixed

  • Works again with built-in package animation disabled (thanks @Bersaelor for #204)
  • Resolve dot segments ("." and "..") in URIs according to RFC 3986, section 5.2.4 (fixes #213)
  • Corrected vertex attribute order when loading meshes with both texture coordinates and vertex colors
  • Added some sanity checks

[4.1.0] - 2021-07-06

Added

  • Import setting to create non-legacy animation clips (thanks @hybridherbst for #196)
  • Support for two texture coordinate sets in materials (URP, HDRP and Built-in; fixes #34)
  • Support for individual texture transform per texture type (URP, HDRP and Built-in)
  • Support for occlusion maps on specular-glossiness materials (extension KHR_materials_pbrSpecularGlossiness)

Fixed

  • Editor import: Separate textures are only referenced in AssetDatabase (not re-added)
  • Warnings due to conflicting script file names Animation.cs and Camera.cs (#198)

[4.0.1] - 2021-06-10

Changed

  • Renamed GLTFast.ILogger to GLTFast.ICodeLogger to avoid confusion with UnityEngine.ILogger

Fixed

  • Null pointer dereference exception on accessorData (thanks @hybridherbst)
  • Corrected flipped texture transform for KTX texture (#176)

[4.0.0] - 2021-05-21

Added

  • Import glTF files at design-time in the Editor
  • Custom inspector for imported glTF files, featuring import log messages
  • ImportSettings can be provided to GltfImport.Load (optionally) to customize the loading behavior (quite limited at the moment, but gives room to grow)
    • ImportSettings.nodeNameMethod to allow customizing Node/GameObject naming convention
  • IGltfReadable interface for GltfImporter
  • Import and instantiation logging customization (see ILogger). Allows users to analyze log messages and/or opt out of logging all messages to the console (which is still done by default if you're using GltfAsset).
  • Scene support. glTF can contain multiple scenes and now it is possible to instantiate them selectively
    • GltfImport.InstantiateMainScene to create an instance of the main scene (or nothing if the scene is not set; following the glTF 2.0 specification)
    • GltfImport.InstantiateScene to create an instance of a specific scene
  • GPU instancing via EXT_mesh_gpu_instancing glTF extension (#107).
  • Camera support (via IInstantiator.AddCamera; #12)

Changed

  • Coordinate space conversion from glTF's right-handed to Unity's left-handed system changed. Please see the upgrade guide for details and the motivation behind it.
  • Nodes' names are made unique (within their hierarchical position) by supplementing a continuous number. This is required for correct animation target lookup and import continuity.
  • IInstantiator.AddPrimitive extended parameter first (bool; true for the first primitive) to primitiveNumeration (int; counting upwards from zero). This allows for creating unique GameObject names.
  • Renamed the main class GltFast to GltfImporter to properly reflect its purpose. There is a fallback GltFast class for backwards compatibility
  • Renamed GltfImporter.Destroy to GltfImporter.Dispose to have more consistent naming similar to native containers
  • IMaterialGenerator overhaul that allows more flexible generation of materials (ahead of time)
    • GenerateMaterial instead of passing on all require data (like full texture arrays), data has to be fetched from the GltfImporter/IGltfReadable.
  • IInstantiator.AddPrimitive: Instead of Material the IDs/indices of materials are provided and the materials themselves have to be fetched from the IGltfReadable/GltfImporter (allowing more flexible usage)
  • GltfImport.InstantiateGltf (instantiates all scenes at once) is marked obsolete in favour of InstantiateMainScene and InstantiateScene
  • Performance improvement: NativeArray buffers are not created copying memory. Instead they are created from pinned managed byte arrays. This should have some positive effect on binary glTFs with Draco meshes and KTX textures.
  • Update to DracoUnity 3.0.0

Removed

[3.3.1] - 2021-05-21

Fixed

  • GltfBoundsAsset create just one instances (was two before; fixes #182)

[3.3.0] - 2021-05-19

Added

  • Support for alpha modes BLEND and MASK on unlit materials (thanks Sehyun av Kim for #181; fixes #180)

Fixed

  • Ignore / don't show errors when newer DracoUnity versions with incompatible API are installed

[3.2.1] - 2021-05-05

Fixed

  • Properly freeing up memory of animation clips
  • GameObjectBoundsInstantiator correctly calculates bounds for scenes that contain multi-primitive meshes (fixes #173)
  • Corrected linear/gamma sampling whenever texture index does not equal image index (fixes #172)

[3.2.0] - 2021-04-13

Added

  • Support for animations via Unity's legacy animation system (Animation component; #124)

Fixed

  • Image format is properly detected from URIs with HTTP queries (thanks JonathanB-Vobling for #160; fixes #158)
  • Unlit shaders are now correctly assigned for double-sided variants (thanks @hybridherbst for #163)
  • Sample code for custom defer agent is now thread safe (fixes #161)
  • Meshes with two UV sets and vertex colors now work (fixes #162)

[3.1.0] - 2021-03-16

Added

  • Unlit alpha blended ShaderGraph variants (thanks @hybridherbst for #144)
  • Support for unsigned byte joint indices

Changed

  • Accelerated loading meshes by obtaining and setting bounds from accessors min/max values instead of recalculating them
  • Improved log message when DracoUnity/KtxUnity packages are missing
  • Restored/simplified GLTFast.LoadGltfBinary, allowing users to load glTF binary files from byte arrays directly (also added documentation; fixes #148)

Fixed

  • Texture offset/tiling values don't get lost when switching shaders (thanks @hybridherbst for #140)
  • Correct vertex colors for RGB/unsigned short, RGBA/unsigned short and RGBA/unsigned byte. (thanks @camogram for #139)
  • Error when trying to set texture offset/scale but material doesn't have _MainTex property (thanks @hybridherbst for #142)
  • Crash when trying to combine meshes created by glTFast by setting proper sub-mesh vertex count (fixes #100)

[3.0.2] - 2021-02-07

Changed

  • Had to bring back GltfAsset.isDone for render tests

Fixed

  • WebGL loading by not using unsupported System.Threading.Task.Run (fixes #131)
  • Escaped, relative buffer/texture URIs now work on local file system consistently
  • Rendertests work again

[3.0.1] - 2021-02-04

Added

  • Error message when a UV set other than the first one is used (is unsupported; see issue #34)
  • Unit test for loading all models once (good for quick checks in comparison to performance tests, which take very long)

Fixed

  • No more exception on models with KHR_materials_variants glTF extension (not supported yet)
  • Compiler errors in Tests assembly due to inconsistent/incomplete class names/namespaces changes

[3.0.0] - 2021-02-04

Changed

  • Moved SampleSet related code into dedicated Assembly, so it can be used in unit tests as well client applications (but doesn't have to).

Fixed

  • Build size optimization: Physics package is not required anymore (GltfBoundsAsset won't work as expected in that case)
  • Build size optimization: Removed usage of System.Linq
  • Removed compiler warnings (in case KtxUnity is missing)
  • KtxUnity required version >=1.0.0
  • DracoUnity required version >=1.4.0

[3.0.0-preview] - 2021-02-01

Changed

  • Converted API and internals to async/await. This is more convenient in some cases and eases future optimizations.
  • Performance improvements
    • Non-trivial JSONs are parsed in a thread now
    • More consistent frame rates due to task duration estimation in various places along the loading code
    • Embed base 64 buffers are decoded in a thread now
    • Less memory usage (and likely faster) du to Jpeg and PNG textures being loaded non-readable (if possible)

[2.6.0] - 2021-01-31

Added

  • Support for performance benchmark package

Fixed

  • Unit tests are working in builds again (not just in the Editor)

[2.5.1] - 2021-01-22

Changed

  • Renamed glTF shader graph properties to match Unity Lit/BuiltIn Standard shader properties. Switching shaders preserves more attributes this way.

Fixed

  • Consistent casing in shader graph names
  • Apply material's occlusion strength properly
  • Removed artifacts on double sided opaque materials
  • Properly clean up volatile download dictionaries
  • Build compilation when targeting URP/HDRP

[2.5.0] - 2020-12-14

Added

  • Ported partial support for transmission materials to URP/HDRP 7.x
  • Improved/alternative transmission mode for Universal Render Pipeline that kicks in if Opaque Texture is enabled in URP settings

[2.4.0] - 2020-12-10

Added

  • Partial support for transmission materials in built-in render pipeline (extension KHR_materials_transmission; see #111 for details)

Changed

  • Performance improvement: Avoid redundant Shader.Find invocations by making cached shader references static
  • Built-In shaders can customized now by overriding BuiltInMaterialGenerator.FindShader* methods

Fixed

  • Unlit double sided shader graph materials

[2.3.0] - 2020-12-04

Added

  • Support for Shader Graph based Render Pipelines including Universal Render Pipeline (URP) and High Definition Render Pipeline (HDRP) (#41,#42)
  • Material inspector: texture rotation value (in degrees) for both built-in and Shader Graph materials
  • GltfAsset now provides a streamingAssets option (default is off), for loading relative paths from the StreamingAssets folder
  • GameObjectBoundsInstantiator, a derived version of GameObjectInstantiator that calculates the glTF's axis-aligned bounding box
  • GltfBoundsAsset, a derived version of GltfAsset that adds a BoxCollider to instantiations
  • Render Tests: Minimize chance of visual regression by checking import results against reference images

Changed

  • Texture transform UV rotation: Using standard _ST property (Scale-Translation) by default. When rotation is enabled, scale values act as m00/m11 values of 2-by-2 rotation/scale matrix and are supplemented by two rotation values (for m01/m10).
  • Textures that fail to load don't cause the whole loading process to fail (thanks @Bersaelor for #117)
  • Unit Tests: Sample model list is now part of GltfSampleSet objects and not loaded from text file anymore

Fixed

  • Removed shader compiler warnings for built-in shaders
  • Removed compiler warnings in Unity 2020.1/2020.2
  • Changes to materials (in custom shader GUI) are saved now
  • Invalid matrix error. ValidTRS reports error in matrix data that does look correct (fixes #116)
  • Removed potential memory leak warnings by allocating all buffers permanently (#115)

[2.2.0] - 2020-11-20

Added

  • Blend mode can be set in inspector for glTF materials via custom ShaderGUI (thanks @camnewnham for #89)
  • Option to make all mesh data readable via GLTFAST_KEEP_MESH_DATA scripting define (alternative to #86)
  • Better support for URLs without file extension. glTF type (JSON or binary) is derived from HTTP Content-Type header, if present. (thanks @camnewnham for #87)
  • Method GltFast.LoadGltfBinary to load .glb files from byte arrays is public now (#81)

Changed

  • Switched internal URL type from string to Uri
  • Dependency on com.unity.mathematics was added (for matrix decomposition; see fix below)

Fixed

  • Unit tests updated to latest glTF-Sample-Models
  • Absolute URI in external resources
  • Special characters in URL (#79)
  • Corner-case matrix decomposition errors (#99)
  • Missing Shader results in error message instead of exception (#88)

[2.1.0] - 2020-10-25

Changed

  • Updated KTX/Basis Texture Unity Package to 0.8.x
  • The KTX specification changed (from ~draft20 to pr-draft2), thus older KTX files cannot be loaded anymore.

Added

  • Support for KTX specification 2.0 pr-draft2 (fixes #16)
  • Support for Basis Universal UASTC super-compression mode (higher quality)

[2.0.0] - 2020-09-05

Added

  • Support for skinning
  • Instantiation can now be customized via injection

Changed

  • Complete refactor to allow more optimization by using Unity's new Mesh API (introduced in 2019.1)
  • Required Unity version was raised to 2019.1 or newer

[1.2.0] - 2020-09-05

Added

  • Material generator (IMaterialGenerator) is now properly exposed and can be injected ( thanks @p-skakun for #80 )

Changed

  • Reduced memory usage by uploading mesh data instantly and make it no longer readable

[1.1.1] - 2020-05-28

Fixed

  • Unlit shader now works with vertex colors

[1.1.0] - 2020-05-25

Added

  • GltFast.LoadingDone state property indicates if loading routine has finished
  • GltfAssetBase, a minimum asset component for manual loading via script
  • GetMaterial interface, to retrieved imported materials by index.

Changed

  • Added loading state sanity checks to instantiation

Fixed

  • Loading glTFs with materials only (no scene/geometry)
  • Normal texture scale is applied correctly now

[1.0.1] - 2020-04-29

Added

  • Abstract interface IDownloadProvider let's users implement custom download behavior (useful for authentication or caching)
  • Added CustomHeaderDownloadProvider, a reference implementation that downloads glTF's files with custom HTTP headers

Changed

  • Removed support for obsolete draft extensions KHR_texture_cttf and KHR_image_ktx2

Fixed

  • Correct (brighter) colors due to color-space conversion (conversion from linear to gamma before applying to material)
  • Correct shading in linear color space projects due to correct (linear) sampling of normal, occlusion and metallic-roughness maps
  • Memory leak: free up volatile array imageFormats

[1.0.0] - 2020-03-13

Changed

  • Support for Draco mesh compression is now optional (install DracoUnity package to enable it)
  • Support for KTX2/Basis Universal textures is now optional (install KtxUnity package to enable it)
  • Faster mesh creation due to using the advanced Mesh API on Unity 2019.3 and newer.

[0.11.0] - 2020-03-07

Added

  • Support for texture samplers' wrapping mode
  • Support for texture samplers' filter modes (partial; see issue)

Changed

  • Increased performance due to more balanced threading by making all C# Jobs parallel
  • Refactored loading behavior
    • Main loading class does not interfere with it's IDeferAgent anymore. It just follows its order.
    • GltfAsset now has a loadOnStartup flat to disable automatic loading
    • GltfAsset.onLoadComplete now also returns its GltfAsset instance for convenience

Fixed

  • Redundant Load calls when using UninterruptedDeferAgent

[0.10.2] - 2020-02-26

Changed

  • Normals and tangents (if not present) are only calculated if the assigned material actually requires them.

[0.10.1] - 2020-02-24

Added

  • Experimental KTX / Basis Universal support was merged (off by default)

Fixed

  • Proper error handling invalid URL/path
  • Improved glTF-binary URL extension detection
  • Correct index order for line strip primitives (#59)

[0.10.0] - 2020-02-22

Added

  • Support for Universal Windows Platform (not verified/tested myself)

Changed

  • Refactored GltFast class to control loading coroutine in an effort to make usage and future port to async easier.
  • Optimization: Data loading is now based on accessors (rather than primitives). This reduces redundant loading jobs wherever accessors are used across primitives.
  • Optimization: Primitives of a mesh, that share vertex attributes now become sub-meshes of one Unity Mesh. This reduces memory usage and creates less Renderers/GameObjects.
  • glTF type (JSON or binary) is now auto-detected based on file name extension. Removed obsolete GlbAsset. This was done so GltfAsset can be derived off more flexible.

[0.9.0] - 2020-02-02

Added

  • Support for quantized mesh data via KHR_mesh_quantization extension

Changed

  • UV space conversion now happens per UV coordinate (not negatively scaled via texture tiling anymore). This helped to fix tangent calculation.
  • glTF standard shaders now have a cull mode, allowing them to be double-sided. The now obsolete Double variants were removed (thanks to Ben Golus for support)

Fixed

  • Certified correct normal mapping by making normals, UVs and tangents consistent
  • Double sided material fixes

[0.8.1] - 2019-12-05

Fixed

  • Shader compilation error on Vulkan/GLES3

[0.8.0] - 2019-12-05

Added

  • Support for texture transform (extension KHR_texture_transform)
  • Support for double sided materials
  • Support for data URI / embedded buffers and images
  • Support for vertex colors in materials
  • Support for implicit/undefined primitive indices
  • Experimental support for primitive modes points, lines, line strip and line loop

Changed

  • Using custom glTF shaders instead of Unity Standard shaders. This speeds up occlusion and roughness/metallic texture loading since they don't have to be converted at runtime anymore.

Fixed

  • Factor and texture (for metallic-roughness and specular-glossiness) are now multiplied as defined in spec.
  • Unlit materials now support baseColorTexture and texture transforms

[0.7.1] - 2019-11-29

Fixed

  • glTF binary with Draco compression (decoding error due to invalid buffer view access)
  • Legacy .NET speed regression

[0.7.0] - 2019-11-22

Added

  • Unity backwards compatibility (tested with 2018.2 with .NET 3.5)

Changed

  • Removed job-less support
  • The node or primitive GameObjects now have their mesh's name, if there is no node name provided

Fixed

  • Correct transforms and coordinate space. The glTF scene's root node is not scaled negative in any axis anymore
  • Texture default wrap mode is repeat (not set to clamp anymore)

[0.6.0] - 2019-11-15

Added

  • Support for unlit materials (KHR_materials_unlit extension)
  • Support for specular-glossiness type materials (KHR_materials_pbrSpecularGlossiness extension)

Fixed

  • Fixed broken assembly references by switching to non-GUID refs (thanks Stephen Gower for pointing it out)
  • Metallic-Roughness texture not working. Now they are created only after their source was properly loaded.

[0.5.0] - 2019-09-14

Added

  • Draco mesh compression support

Fixed

  • Report unsupported glTF extensions and gracefully fail if a required extension is not supported.

[0.4.0] - 2019-07-24

Changed

  • Transformed Project into a Unity Package, which can easily be installed via Package Manager

[0.3.0] - 2019-06-30

Added

  • Threaded glTF loading via Unity Job System

Changed

  • Update to Unity 2019.1.7f1
  • Formatted ChangeLog markdown file

[0.2.0] - 2019-02-22

Added

  • Support for regular JSON glTFs (non-binary)

[0.1.0] - 2018-11-27

Added

  • First pre-release

[0.0.5] - 2018-09-02

Fixed

  • Support for meshes with more than 65k vertices.

[0.0.4] - 2018-06-20

Fixed

  • free up memory when destroying content

[0.0.3] - 2018-05-29

Added

  • Added support for interleaved vertex data

[0.0.2] - 2018-05-20

Added

  • added support for 3 component vertex colors (rgb without alpha)
  • added support for uint16 vertex colors

Fixed

  • fixed metallic roughness texture usage (workaround)
  • fixed occlusion texture usage (workaround)

[0.0.1] - 2018-05-12

Added

  • initial version