LITIENGINE 🎮 Changelog LITIengine v0.4.20-alpha

31Mar 2020 by Matthias Wilke

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Fixes

e5da360 Fixed an issue that caused only fields with the same name as the TMX property to be loaded
9137bdf Fixed text rendering realative to the environment
#162 Fixed issues with the jaxb dependencies for Java versions >= 9
9e20b20 Fixed an issue with mouse events not being forwarded after the window was resized

aea8877 Rendering the GameMetrics has been improved and additional information has been added.
9dcd82c Implemented support for TextureAtlas created with the TexturePacker tool
#190 Improved error message for Spritesheets.
#211 Introduce the concept of Entity Actions
#103 Cleaned up event handling of the AnimationController
9d2ab20 Implemented support for web resources
#218 Implemented support for SoundResources
8b48d72 The animation controller is now updated when the sprite changes
fc6b586 Implemented support for rendering layers with their respective opacity

68aae15 Overhaul on the Material implementation
5de3620 Internal overhaul of the ScreenManager
- Extracted the GameWindow specific logic to the respective class (see Game.window())
#171 Resources are now being accessed with URI-based filepaths
806309b Some improvements on class names
- Renamed the static class ImageProcessing to Imaging
- Renamed the static class SerializationHelper to Codec
- Moved encoding/decoding of images to the Codec class
17ca6fa Moved the InputLoop to the Game class Input.loop() -> Game.inputLoop()
#215 113b28f Overhaul on the GuiComponent framework
#228 Adjusted the default resolution to be based on the computer’s native resolution
#232 Removed the IEntityProvider interface
a5e634b Replaced the isObstacle flag by the usage of CollisionType.
2e033ea Removed various “adapter” classes in favor of default methods
TMX Map Improvements
- #150 Implemented support for .tx format for blueprints (tmx templates).
- #150 74f45c1 Added support for additional MapObject properties
- #3 The order of image and tile layers will now be serialized in the original order
- #150 3cd351c Implemented support for GroupLayers
- #232 Rewrite the map orientations
- #230 Handle missing version tag more gracefully
SoundEngine API Overhaul
- 03f3c99 The Sound is now always the first argument for all playback methods
- #236 Reworked the SoundPlayback implementation

Various usability and stability improvements
- 1c0bda4 General rework of the layouting process
- 83c9176 OpenSans as default font.
- 2e207c0 Removed custom fonts from the editor
#91 e80d4ae Implemented ‘Movement’ and ‘Combat’ panel for entities
b9cce67 Allow rendering of MapObjects without type
#90 Animations are now being previewed in the Spritesheet dialog
#166 Enhanced the UndoManager
4bec9b3 Fixed issue where the editor size wasn’t properly restored
#216 Fixed an issue when the system doesn’t support tray icons
#235 Fixed an issue with copy/pasing Creatures
5d697f6 Fix potential NullReference when deleting all maps from the editor
20dbcc2 The Entity list is now sorted by mapIDs.