# Objective
Move Bevy UI's rendering into a dedicated crate.
Motivations:
* Allow the UI renderer to be used with other UI frameworks than
`bevy_ui`.
* Allow for using alternative renderers like Vello with `bevy_ui`.
* It's difficult for rendering contributors to make changes and
improvements to the UI renderer as it requires in-depth knowledge of the
UI implementation.
## Solution
Move the `render` and `ui_material` modules from `bevy_ui` into a new
crate `bevy_ui_render`.
## Testing
Important examples to check are `testbed_ui`, `testbed_full_ui`,
`ui_material`, `viewport_node` and `gradients`.
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Co-authored-by: Alice Cecile <alice.i.cecile@gmail.com>
# Objective
- Using Xcode can be confusing to setup for rust projects.
# Solution
- Add instructions to docs/profiling.md for how to use start debugging a
bevy project with Xcode's GPU debugging/profiling tools.
# Objective
add support for light textures (also known as light cookies, light
functions, and light projectors)
## Solution
- add components:
```rs
/// Add to a [`PointLight`] to add a light texture effect.
/// A texture mask is applied to the light source to modulate its intensity,
/// simulating patterns like window shadows, gobo/cookie effects, or soft falloffs.
pub struct PointLightTexture {
/// The texture image. Only the R channel is read.
pub image: Handle<Image>,
/// The cubemap layout. The image should be a packed cubemap in one of the formats described by the [`CubemapLayout`] enum.
pub cubemap_layout: CubemapLayout,
}
/// Add to a [`SpotLight`] to add a light texture effect.
/// A texture mask is applied to the light source to modulate its intensity,
/// simulating patterns like window shadows, gobo/cookie effects, or soft falloffs.
pub struct SpotLightTexture {
/// The texture image. Only the R channel is read.
/// Note the border of the image should be entirely black to avoid leaking light.
pub image: Handle<Image>,
}
/// Add to a [`DirectionalLight`] to add a light texture effect.
/// A texture mask is applied to the light source to modulate its intensity,
/// simulating patterns like window shadows, gobo/cookie effects, or soft falloffs.
pub struct DirectionalLightTexture {
/// The texture image. Only the R channel is read.
pub image: Handle<Image>,
/// Whether to tile the image infinitely, or use only a single tile centered at the light's translation
pub tiled: bool,
}
```
- store images to the `RenderClusteredDecals` buffer
- read the image and modulate the lights
- add `light_textures` example to showcase the new features
## Testing
see light_textures example
# Objective
This PR introduces Bevy Feathers, an opinionated widget toolkit and
theming system intended for use by the Bevy Editor, World Inspector, and
other tools.
The `bevy_feathers` crate is incomplete and hidden behind an
experimental feature flag. The API is going to change significantly
before release.
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Co-authored-by: Alice Cecile <alice.i.cecile@gmail.com>
# Objective
*Step towards https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/issues/19686*
We now have all the infrastructure in place to migrate Bevy's default
behavior when loading glTF files to respect their coordinate system.
Let's start migrating! For motivation, see the issue linked above
## Solution
- Introduce a feature flag called `gltf_convert_coordinates_default`
- Currently,`GltfPlugin::convert_coordinates` defaults to `false`
- If `gltf_convert_coordinates_default` is enabled,
`GltfPlugin::convert_coordinates` will default to `true`
- If `gltf_convert_coordinates_default` is not enabled *and*
`GltfPlugin::convert_coordinates` is false, we assume the user is
implicitly using the old behavior. Print a warning *once* in that case,
but only when a glTF was actually loaded
- A user can opt into the new behavior either
- Globally, by enabling `gltf_convert_coordinates_default` in their
`Cargo.toml`
- Globally, by enabling `GltfPlugin::convert_coordinates`
- Per asset, by enabling `GltfLoaderSettings::convert_coordinates`
- A user can explicitly opt out of the new behavior and silence the
warning by
- Enabling `gltf_convert_coordinates_default` in their `Cargo.toml` and
disabling `GltfPlugin::convert_coordinates`
- This PR also moves the existing release note into a migration guide
Note that I'm very open to change any features, mechanisms, warning
texts, etc. as needed :)
## Future Work
- This PR leaves all examples fully functional by not enabling this flag
internally yet. A followup PR will enable it as a `dev-dependency` and
migrate all of our examples involving glTFs to the new behavior.
- After 0.17 (and the RC before) lands, we'll gather feedback to see if
anything breaks or the suggested migration is inconvenient in some way
- If all goes well, we'll kill this flag and change the default of
`GltfPlugin::convert_coordinates` to `true` in 0.18
## Testing
- Ran examples with and without the flag
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Co-authored-by: Carter Anderson <mcanders1@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: AlephCubed <76791009+AlephCubed@users.noreply.github.com>
# Objective
- add support for alternate zstd backend through `zstd` for faster
decompression
## Solution
- make existing `zstd` feature only specify that support is required,
disambiguate which backend to use via two other features `zstd_native`
and `zstd_rust`.
- Similar to the approach taken by #18411, but we keep current behavior
by defaulting to the rust implementation because its safer, and isolate
this change.
NOTE: the default feature-set may seem to not currently require `zstd`,
but it does, it is enabled transitively by the `tonemapping_luts`
feature, which is a default feature. Thus this does not add default
features.
## Testing
- Cargo clippy on both feature combinations
# Objective
- basis-universal feature is overloaded, you might not want the
compressed_image_saver but you may want basis-universal
## Solution
- split out compressed_image_saver
## Testing
- cargo clippy
# Objective
- Many strings in bevy_ecs are created but only used for debug: system
name, component name, ...
- Those strings make a significant part of the final binary and are no
use in a released game
## Solution
- Use [`strings`](https://linux.die.net/man/1/strings) to find ...
strings in a binary
- Try to find where they come from
- Many are made from `type_name::<T>()` and only used in error / debug
messages
- Add a new structure `DebugName` that holds no value if `debug` feature
is disabled
- Replace `core::any::type_name::<T>()` by `DebugName::type_name::<T>()`
## Testing
Measurements were taken without the new feature being enabled by
default, to help with commands
### File Size
I tried building the `breakout` example with `cargo run --release
--example breakout`
|`debug` enabled|`debug` disabled|
|-|-|
|81621776 B|77735728B|
|77.84MB|74.13MB|
### Compilation time
`hyperfine --min-runs 15 --prepare "cargo clean && sleep 5"
'RUSTC_WRAPPER="" cargo build --release --example breakout'
'RUSTC_WRAPPER="" cargo build --release --example breakout --features
debug'`
```
breakout' 'RUSTC_WRAPPER="" cargo build --release --example breakout --features debug'
Benchmark 1: RUSTC_WRAPPER="" cargo build --release --example breakout
Time (mean ± σ): 84.856 s ± 3.565 s [User: 1093.817 s, System: 32.547 s]
Range (min … max): 78.038 s … 89.214 s 15 runs
Benchmark 2: RUSTC_WRAPPER="" cargo build --release --example breakout --features debug
Time (mean ± σ): 92.303 s ± 2.466 s [User: 1193.443 s, System: 33.803 s]
Range (min … max): 90.619 s … 99.684 s 15 runs
Summary
RUSTC_WRAPPER="" cargo build --release --example breakout ran
1.09 ± 0.05 times faster than RUSTC_WRAPPER="" cargo build --release --example breakout --features debug
```
# Bevy Solari
<img
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/94061fc8-01cf-4208-b72a-8eecad610d76"
width="100" />
## Preface
- See release notes.
- Please talk to me in #rendering-dev on discord or open a github
discussion if you have questions about the long term plan, and keep
discussion in this PR limited to the contents of the PR :)
## Connections
- Works towards #639, #16408.
- Spawned https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/issues/18993.
- Need to fix RT stuff in naga_oil first
https://github.com/bevyengine/naga_oil/pull/116.
## This PR
After nearly two years, I've revived the raytraced lighting effort I
first started in https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/pull/10000.
Unlike that PR, which has realtime techniques, I've limited this PR to:
* `RaytracingScenePlugin` - BLAS and TLAS building, geometry and texture
binding, sampling functions.
* `PathtracingPlugin` - A non-realtime path tracer intended to serve as
a testbed and reference.
## What's implemented?
* BLAS building on mesh load
* Emissive lights
* Directional lights with soft shadows
* Diffuse (lambert, not Bevy's diffuse BRDF) and emissive materials
* A reference path tracer with:
* Antialiasing
* Direct light sampling (next event estimation) with 0/1 MIS weights
* Importance-sampled BRDF bounces
* Russian roulette
## What's _not_ implemented?
* Anything realtime, including a real-time denoiser
* Integration with Bevy's rasterized gbuffer
* Specular materials
* Non-opaque geometry
* Any sort of CPU or GPU optimizations
* BLAS compaction, proper bindless, and further RT APIs are things that
we need wgpu to add
* PointLights, SpotLights, or skyboxes / environment lighting
* Support for materials other than StandardMaterial (and only a subset
of properties are supported)
* Skinned/morphed or otherwise animating/deformed meshes
* Mipmaps
* Adaptive self-intersection ray bias
* A good way for developers to detect whether the user's GPU supports RT
or not, and fallback to baked lighting.
* Documentation and actual finalized APIs (literally everything is
subject to change)
## End-user Usage
* Have a GPU that supports RT with inline ray queries
* Add `SolariPlugin` to your app
* Ensure any `Mesh` asset you want to use for raytracing has
`enable_raytracing: true` (defaults to true), and that it uses the
standard uncompressed position/normal/uv_0/tangent vertex attribute set,
triangle list topology, and 32-bit indices.
* If you don't want to build a BLAS and use the mesh for RT, set
enable_raytracing to false.
* Add the `RaytracingMesh3d` component to your entity (separate from
`Mesh3d` or `MeshletMesh3d`).
## Testing
- Did you test these changes? If so, how?
- Ran the solari example.
- Are there any parts that need more testing?
- Other test scenes probably. Normal mapping would be good to test.
- How can other people (reviewers) test your changes? Is there anything
specific they need to know?
- See the solari.rs example for how to setup raytracing.
- If relevant, what platforms did you test these changes on, and are
there any important ones you can't test?
- Windows 11, NVIDIA RTX 3080.
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Co-authored-by: atlv <email@atlasdostal.com>
Co-authored-by: IceSentry <IceSentry@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Carter Anderson <mcanders1@gmail.com>
# Objective
Part of #19236
## Solution
Adds a new `bevy_core_widgets` crate containing headless widget
implementations. This PR adds a single `CoreButton` widget, more widgets
to be added later once this is approved.
## Testing
There's an example, ui/core_widgets.
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Co-authored-by: Alice Cecile <alice.i.cecile@gmail.com>
# Objective
I can't build a project using bevy under the environment of NixOS, so I
have to create flake.nix file.
## Solution
I add flake.nix example to `linux_dependencies.md`.
## Testing
I checked my NixOS environment in a project using bevy and booted the
project's game successfully.
---
## Showcase
<details>
<summary>Click to view showcase</summary>
1. Create a GitHub project using bevy.
2. Add a flake.nix file.
3. Commit to add this file to the GitHub repository.
4. Run `nix develop`
</details>
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Co-authored-by: nukanoto <me@nukanoto.net>
Co-authored-by: Alice Cecile <alice.i.cecile@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Ilia <43654815+istudyatuni@users.noreply.github.com>
# Objective
- Enable hot patching systems with subsecond
- Fixes#19296
## Solution
- First commit is the naive thin layer
- Second commit only check the jump table when the code is hot patched
instead of on every system execution
- Depends on https://github.com/DioxusLabs/dioxus/pull/4153 for a nicer
API, but could be done without
- Everything in second commit is feature gated, it has no impact when
the feature is not enabled
## Testing
- Check dependencies without the feature enabled: nothing dioxus in tree
- Run the new example: text and color can be changed
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Co-authored-by: Jan Hohenheim <jan@hohenheim.ch>
Co-authored-by: JMS55 <47158642+JMS55@users.noreply.github.com>
As I run bevy in a apx container, the default dependencies are bare
minimum.. because of which I was able to find the explicit dependencies
required for bevy. 👍 the same shall also be applicable for the other
distributions but I will have to figure out explicit ones for them and
might open a PR for them later.
# Objective
- Have explicit dependencies listed for a bare minimum system /
container
## Solution
- Running bevy in a bare minimum apx / distrobox container.
---
## Changelog
- Added explicit dependency instructions for Arch Linux
Co-authored-by: SHuRiKeN <40650341+shuriken1812@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Alice Cecile <alice.i.cecile@gmail.com>
# Objective
[see original
comment](https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/pull/18801#issuecomment-2796981745)
> Alternately, could we store it on the World instead of a global? I
think we have a World nearby whenever we call default_error_handler().
That would avoid the need for atomics or locks, since we could do
ordinary reads and writes to the World.
Global error handlers don't actually need to be global – per world is
enough. This allows using different handlers for different worlds and
also removes the restrictions on changing the handler only once.
## Solution
Each `World` can now store its own error handler in a resource.
For convenience, you can also set the default error handler for an
`App`, which applies it to the worlds of all `SubApp`s. The old behavior
of only being able to set the error handler once is kept for apps.
We also don't need the `configurable_error_handler` feature anymore now.
## Testing
New/adjusted tests for failing schedule systems & observers.
---
## Showcase
```rust
App::new()
.set_error_handler(info)
…
```
This reverts commit ac52cca033.
Fixes#18815
# Objective
#18782 resulted in using `log` macros instead of `tracing` macros (in
the interest of providing no_std support, specifically no_atomic
support). That tradeoff isn't worth it, especially given that tracing is
likely to get no_atomic support.
## Solution
Revert #18782
# Objective
- Fixes#18781
## Solution
- Moved `LogPlugin` into its own file gated behind a new `tracing`
feature.
- Used `log` instead of `tracing` where possible.
- Exposed a new `tracing` feature in `bevy` which enables
`bevy_log/tracing`.
- Gated `LogPlugin` from `DefaultPlugins` on `tracing` feature.
## Testing
- CI
---
## Migration Guide
- If you were previously using `bevy_log` with default features
disabled, enable the new `std` and `tracing` features.
- If you were using `bevy` with the default features disabled, enable
the new `tracing` feature.
## Notes
Almost all of the diffs in this PR come from moving `LogPlugin` into its
own file. This just makes the PR less noisy, since the alternative is
excessive `#[cfg(feature = "tracing")]` directives all over the plugin.
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Co-authored-by: François Mockers <francois.mockers@vleue.com>
# Objective
The latest version of nixpkgs doesn't include the file, breaking the old
link.
## Solution
Change the nixos packaging example link to a permalink with the latest
known version of the 'jumpy' program.
## Testing
- Did you test these changes? If so, how?
- No testing needed. Just a link change.
- Are there any parts that need more testing?
- No
# Objective
- bevy_core_pipeline is getting really big and it's a big bottleneck for
compilation time. A lot of parts of it can be broken up
## Solution
- Add a new bevy_anti_aliasing crate that contains all the anti_aliasing
implementations
- I didn't move any MSAA related code to this new crate because that's a
lot more invasive
## Testing
- Tested the anti_aliasing example to make sure all methods still worked
---
## Showcase
before:
after:
Notice that now bevy_core_pipeline is 1s shorter and bevy_anti_aliasing
now compiles in parallel with bevy_pbr.
## Migration Guide
When using anti aliasing features, you now need to import them from
`bevy::anti_aliasing` instead of `bevy::core_pipeline`
# Objective
- ECS error handling is a lovely flagship feature for Bevy 0.16, all in
the name of reducing panics and encouraging better error handling
(#14275).
- Currently though, command and system error handling are completely
disjoint and use different mechanisms.
- Additionally, there's a number of distinct ways to set the
default/fallback/global error handler that have limited value. As far as
I can tell, this will be cfg flagged to toggle between dev and
production builds in 99.9% of cases, with no real value in more granular
settings or helpers.
- Fixes#17272
## Solution
- Standardize error handling on the OnceLock global error mechanisms
ironed out in https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/pull/17215
- As discussed there, there are serious performance concerns there,
especially for commands
- I also think this is a better fit for the use cases, as it's truly
global
- Move from `SystemErrorContext` to a more general purpose
`ErrorContext`, which can handle observers and commands more clearly
- Cut the superfluous setter methods on `App` and `SubApp`
- Rename the limited (and unhelpful) `fallible_systems` example to
`error_handling`, and add an example of command error handling
## Testing
Ran the `error_handling` example.
## Notes for reviewers
- Do you see a clear way to allow commands to retain &mut World access
in the per-command custom error handlers? IMO that's a key feature here
(allowing the ad-hoc creation of custom commands), but I'm not sure how
to get there without exploding complexity.
- I've removed the feature gate on the default_error_handler: contrary
to @cart's opinion in #17215 I think that virtually all apps will want
to use this. Can you think of a category of app that a) is extremely
performance sensitive b) is fine with shipping to production with the
panic error handler? If so, I can try to gather performance numbers
and/or reintroduce the feature flag. UPDATE: see benches at the end of
this message.
- ~~`OnceLock` is in `std`: @bushrat011899 what should we do here?~~
- Do you have ideas for more automated tests for this collection of
features?
## Benchmarks
I checked the impact of the feature flag introduced: benchmarks might
show regressions. This bears more investigation. I'm still skeptical
that there are users who are well-served by a fast always panicking
approach, but I'm going to re-add the feature flag here to avoid
stalling this out.
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Co-authored-by: Zachary Harrold <zac@harrold.com.au>
# Objective
WESL's pre-MVP `0.1.0` has been
[released](https://docs.rs/wesl/latest/wesl/)!
Add support for WESL shader source so that we can begin playing and
testing WESL, as well as aiding in their development.
## Solution
Adds a `ShaderSource::WESL` that can be used to load `.wesl` shaders.
Right now, we don't support mixing `naga-oil`. Additionally, WESL
shaders currently need to pass through the naga frontend, which the WESL
team is aware isn't great for performance (they're working on compiling
into naga modules). Also, since our shaders are managed using the asset
system, we don't currently support using file based imports like `super`
or package scoped imports. Further work will be needed to asses how we
want to support this.
---
## Showcase
See the `shader_material_wesl` example. Be sure to press space to
activate party mode (trigger conditional compilation)!
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/ec6ad19f-b6e4-4e9d-a00f-6f09336b08a4
# Objective
- Contributes to #15460
- Supersedes #8520
- Fixes#4906
## Solution
- Added a new `web` feature to `bevy`, and several of its crates.
- Enabled new `web` feature automatically within crates without `no_std`
support.
## Testing
- `cargo build --no-default-features --target wasm32v1-none`
---
## Migration Guide
When using Bevy crates which _don't_ automatically enable the `web`
feature, please enable it when building for the browser.
## Notes
- I added [`cfg_if`](https://crates.io/crates/cfg-if) to help manage
some of the feature gate gore that this extra feature introduces. It's
still pretty ugly, but I think much easier to read.
- Certain `wasm` targets (e.g.,
[wasm32-wasip1](https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/rustc/platform-support/wasm32-wasip1.html#wasm32-wasip1))
provide an incomplete implementation for `std`. I have not tested these
platforms, but I suspect Bevy's liberal use of usually unsupported
features (e.g., threading) will cause these targets to fail. As such,
consider `wasm32-unknown-unknown` as the only `wasm` platform with
support from Bevy for `std`. All others likely will need to be treated
as `no_std` platforms.
# Objective
- Fixes#15460 (will open new issues for further `no_std` efforts)
- Supersedes #17715
## Solution
- Threaded in new features as required
- Made certain crates optional but default enabled
- Removed `compile-check-no-std` from internal `ci` tool since GitHub CI
can now simply check `bevy` itself now
- Added CI task to check `bevy` on `thumbv6m-none-eabi` to ensure
`portable-atomic` support is still valid [^1]
[^1]: This may be controversial, since it could be interpreted as
implying Bevy will maintain support for `thumbv6m-none-eabi` going
forward. In reality, just like `x86_64-unknown-none`, this is a
[canary](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/canary_in_a_coal_mine) target to
make it clear when `portable-atomic` no longer works as intended (fixing
atomic support on atomically challenged platforms). If a PR comes
through and makes supporting this class of platforms impossible, then
this CI task can be removed. I however wager this won't be a problem.
## Testing
- CI
---
## Release Notes
Bevy now has support for `no_std` directly from the `bevy` crate.
Users can disable default features and enable a new `default_no_std`
feature instead, allowing `bevy` to be used in `no_std` applications and
libraries.
```toml
# Bevy for `no_std` platforms
bevy = { version = "0.16", default-features = false, features = ["default_no_std"] }
```
`default_no_std` enables certain required features, such as `libm` and
`critical-section`, and as many optional crates as possible (currently
just `bevy_state`). For atomically-challenged platforms such as the
Raspberry Pi Pico, `portable-atomic` will be used automatically.
For library authors, we recommend depending on `bevy` with
`default-features = false` to allow `std` and `no_std` users to both
depend on your crate. Here are some recommended features a library crate
may want to expose:
```toml
[features]
# Most users will be on a platform which has `std` and can use the more-powerful `async_executor`.
default = ["std", "async_executor"]
# Features for typical platforms.
std = ["bevy/std"]
async_executor = ["bevy/async_executor"]
# Features for `no_std` platforms.
libm = ["bevy/libm"]
critical-section = ["bevy/critical-section"]
[dependencies]
# We disable default features to ensure we don't accidentally enable `std` on `no_std` targets, for example.
bevy = { version = "0.16", default-features = false }
```
While this is verbose, it gives the maximum control to end-users to
decide how they wish to use Bevy on their platform.
We encourage library authors to experiment with `no_std` support. For
libraries relying exclusively on `bevy` and no other dependencies, it
may be as simple as adding `#![no_std]` to your `lib.rs` and exposing
features as above! Bevy can also provide many `std` types, such as
`HashMap`, `Mutex`, and `Instant` on all platforms. See
`bevy::platform_support` for details on what's available out of the box!
## Migration Guide
- If you were previously relying on `bevy` with default features
disabled, you may need to enable the `std` and `async_executor`
features.
- `bevy_reflect` has had its `bevy` feature removed. If you were relying
on this feature, simply enable `smallvec` and `smol_str` instead.
---------
Co-authored-by: Alice Cecile <alice.i.cecile@gmail.com>
## Objective
Get rid of a redundant Cargo feature flag.
## Solution
Use the built-in `target_abi = "sim"` instead of a custom Cargo feature
flag, which is set for the iOS (and visionOS and tvOS) simulator. This
has been stable since Rust 1.78.
In the future, some of this may become redundant if Wgpu implements
proper supper for the iOS Simulator:
https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu/issues/7057
CC @mockersf who implemented [the original
fix](https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/pull/10178).
## Testing
- Open mobile example in Xcode.
- Launch the simulator.
- See that no errors are emitted.
- Remove the code cfg-guarded behind `target_abi = "sim"`.
- See that an error now happens.
(I haven't actually performed these steps on the latest `main`, because
I'm hitting an unrelated error (EDIT: It was
https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/pull/17637). But tested it on
0.15.0).
---
## Migration Guide
> If you're using a project that builds upon the mobile example, remove
the `ios_simulator` feature from your `Cargo.toml` (Bevy now handles
this internally).
Didn't remove WgpuWrapper. Not sure if it's needed or not still.
## Testing
- Did you test these changes? If so, how? Example runner
- Are there any parts that need more testing? Web (portable atomics
thingy?), DXC.
## Migration Guide
- Bevy has upgraded to [wgpu
v24](https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu/blob/trunk/CHANGELOG.md#v2400-2025-01-15).
- When using the DirectX 12 rendering backend, the new priority system
for choosing a shader compiler is as follows:
- If the `WGPU_DX12_COMPILER` environment variable is set at runtime, it
is used
- Else if the new `statically-linked-dxc` feature is enabled, a custom
version of DXC will be statically linked into your app at compile time.
- Else Bevy will look in the app's working directory for
`dxcompiler.dll` and `dxil.dll` at runtime.
- Else if they are missing, Bevy will fall back to FXC (not recommended)
---------
Co-authored-by: Alice Cecile <alice.i.cecile@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: IceSentry <c.giguere42@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: François Mockers <francois.mockers@vleue.com>
This commit allows specular highlights to be tinted with a color and for
the reflectance and color tint values to vary across a model via a pair
of maps. The implementation follows the [`KHR_materials_specular`] glTF
extension. In order to reduce the number of samplers and textures in the
default `StandardMaterial` configuration, the maps are gated behind the
`pbr_specular_textures` Cargo feature.
Specular tinting is currently unsupported in the deferred renderer,
because I didn't want to bloat the deferred G-buffers. A possible fix
for this in the future would be to make the G-buffer layout more
configurable, so that specular tints could be supported on an opt-in
basis. As an alternative, Bevy could force meshes with specular tints to
render in forward mode. Both of these solutions require some more
design, so I consider them out of scope for now.
Note that the map is a *specular* map, not a *reflectance* map. In Bevy
and Filament terms, the reflectance values in the specular map range
from [0.0, 0.5], rather than [0.0, 1.0]. This is an unfortunate
[`KHR_materials_specular`] specification requirement that stems from the
fact that glTF is specified in terms of a specular strength model, not
the reflectance model that Filament and Bevy use. A workaround, which is
noted in the `StandardMaterial` documentation, is to set the
`reflectance` value to 2.0, which spreads the specular map range from
[0.0, 1.0] as normal.
The glTF loader has been updated to parse the [`KHR_materials_specular`]
extension. Note that, unless the non-default `pbr_specular_textures` is
supplied, the maps are ignored. The `specularFactor` value is applied as
usual. Note that, as with the specular map, the glTF `specularFactor` is
twice Bevy's `reflectance` value.
This PR adds a new example, `specular_tint`, which demonstrates the
specular tint and map features. Note that this example requires the
[`KHR_materials_specular`] Cargo feature.
[`KHR_materials_specular`]:
https://github.com/KhronosGroup/glTF/tree/main/extensions/2.0/Khronos/KHR_materials_specular
## Changelog
### Added
* Specular highlights can now be tinted with the `specular_tint` field
in `StandardMaterial`.
* Specular maps are now available in `StandardMaterial`, gated behind
the `pbr_specular_textures` Cargo feature.
* The `KHR_materials_specular` glTF extension is now supported, allowing
for customization of specular reflectance and specular maps. Note that
the latter are gated behind the `pbr_specular_textures` Cargo feature.
# Objective
Stumbled upon a `from <-> form` transposition while reviewing a PR,
thought it was interesting, and went down a bit of a rabbit hole.
## Solution
Fix em
Fixes dead link to nixos file and includes a slight wording change.
Adopts #16601 and closes#16811.
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Co-authored-by: Thomas M. DuBuisson <thomas.dubuisson@gmail.com>
# Objective
- As stated in the related issue, this PR is to better align the feature
flag name with what it actually does and the plans for the future.
- Fixes#16852
## Solution
- Simple find / replace
## Testing
- Local run of `cargo run -p ci`
## Migration Guide
The `track_change_detection` feature flag has been renamed to
`track_location` to better reflect its extended capabilities.
# Objective
- Updates the linux-dependencies docs to 1) fix problems with nix
`alsa-lib`, and 2) include additional documentation to run bevy with nix
on non NixOS systems. (nix is a package manager that can be run outside
of NixOS).
## Solution
1. the nix `alsa-lib` package doesn't include `alsa-plugins`, which bevy
depends on. Instead, use the `alsa-lib-with-plugins` package, which
wraps `alsa-plugins` into `alsa-lib`. For more information see:
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/277180
2. using nix on non NixOS systems, software like `nixGL` is required to
correctly link graphics drivers.
## Testing
- Tested on ubuntu 22.04 with nix.
# Objective
- Fixes#16563
- Make sure bevy_image is available when needed
## Solution
- Add a new feature for `bevy_image`
- Also enable the `bevy_image` feature in `bevy_internal` for all
features that use `bevy_image` themselves
# Objective
Expand `track_change_detection` feature to also track entity spawns and
despawns. Use this to create better error messages.
# Solution
Adds `Entities::entity_get_spawned_or_despawned_by` as well as `{all
entity reference types}::spawned_by`.
This also removes the deprecated `get_many_entities_mut` & co (and
therefore can't land in 0.15) because we don't yet have no Polonius.
## Testing
Added a test that checks that the locations get updated and these
updates are ordered correctly vs hooks & observers.
---
## Showcase
Access location:
```rust
let mut world = World::new();
let entity = world.spawn_empty().id();
println!("spawned by: {}", world.entity(entity).spawned_by());
```
```
spawned by: src/main.rs:5:24
```
Error message (with `track_change_detection`):
```rust
world.despawn(entity);
world.entity(entity);
```
```
thread 'main' panicked at src/main.rs:11:11:
Entity 0v1#4294967296 was despawned by src/main.rs:10:11
```
and without:
```
thread 'main' panicked at src/main.rs:11:11:
Entity 0v1#4294967296 does not exist (enable `track_change_detection` feature for more details)
```
Similar error messages now also exists for `Query::get`,
`World::entity_mut`, `EntityCommands` creation and everything that
causes `B0003`, e.g.
```
error[B0003]: Could not insert a bundle (of type `MaterialMeshBundle<StandardMaterial>`) for entity Entity { index: 7, generation: 1 }, which was despawned by src/main.rs:10:11. See: https://bevyengine.org/learn/errors/#b0003
```
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Co-authored-by: kurk070ff <108901106+kurk070ff@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Freya Pines <freya@MacBookAir.lan>
Co-authored-by: Freya Pines <freya@Freyas-MacBook-Air.local>
Co-authored-by: Matty Weatherley <weatherleymatthew@gmail.com>
# Objective
Draw the UI debug overlay using the UI renderer.
Significantly simpler and easier to use than
`bevy_dev_tools::ui_debug_overlay` which uses `bevy_gizmos`.
* Supports multiple windows and UI rendered to texture.
* Draws rounded debug rects for rounded UI nodes.
Fixes#16666
## Solution
Removed the `ui_debug_overlay` module from `bevy_dev_tools`.
Added a `bevy_ui_debug` feature gate.
Draw the UI debug overlay using the UI renderer.
Adds a new module `bevy_ui::render::debug_overlay`.
The debug overlay extraction function queries for the existing UI layout
and then adds a border around each UI node with `u32::MAX / 2` added to
each stack index so it's drawn on top.
There is a `UiDebugOptions` resource that can be used to enable or
disable the debug overlay and set the line width.
## Testing
The `testbed_ui` example has been changed to use the new debug overlay:
```
cargo run --example testbed_ui --features bevy_ui_debug
```
Press Space to toggle the debug overlay on and off.
---
## Showcase
<img width="961" alt="testbed-ui-new-debug"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e9523d18-39ae-46a8-adbe-7d3f3ab8e951">
## Migration Guide
The `ui_debug_overlay` module has been removed from `bevy_dev_tools`.
There is a new debug overlay implemented using the `bevy_ui` renderer.
To use it, enable the `bevy_ui_debug` feature and set the `enable` field
of the `UiDebugOptions` resource to `true`.
# Objective
Fixes typos in bevy project, following suggestion in
https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy-website/pull/1912#pullrequestreview-2483499337
## Solution
I used https://github.com/crate-ci/typos to find them.
I included only the ones that feel undebatable too me, but I am not in
game engine so maybe some terms are expected.
I left out the following typos:
- `reparametrize` => `reparameterize`: There are a lot of occurences, I
believe this was expected
- `semicircles` => `hemicircles`: 2 occurences, may mean something
specific in geometry
- `invertation` => `inversion`: may mean something specific
- `unparented` => `parentless`: may mean something specific
- `metalness` => `metallicity`: may mean something specific
## Testing
- Did you test these changes? If so, how? I did not test the changes,
most changes are related to raw text. I expect the others to be tested
by the CI.
- Are there any parts that need more testing? I do not think
- How can other people (reviewers) test your changes? Is there anything
specific they need to know? To me there is nothing to test
- If relevant, what platforms did you test these changes on, and are
there any important ones you can't test?
---
## Migration Guide
> This section is optional. If there are no breaking changes, you can
delete this section.
(kept in case I include the `reparameterize` change here)
- If this PR is a breaking change (relative to the last release of
Bevy), describe how a user might need to migrate their code to support
these changes
- Simply adding new functionality is not a breaking change.
- Fixing behavior that was definitely a bug, rather than a questionable
design choice is not a breaking change.
## Questions
- [x] Should I include the above typos? No
(https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/pull/16702#issuecomment-2525271152)
- [ ] Should I add `typos` to the CI? (I will check how to configure it
properly)
This project looks awesome, I really enjoy reading the progress made,
thanks to everyone involved.
# Objective
- Make it easier to understand how to profile things.
- Talk about CPU vs GPU work for graphics.
## Solution
- Add a section on GPU profiling and CPU vs GPU work.
- Rearrange some sections so Tracy is the first backend mentioned.
## Issues
I did this as a very quick fix to clear some things up, but the overall
guide still flows poorly and has too much extraneous info distracting
from the use case of "I just want to figure out why my app is slow",
where the advice should be "use tracy, and if GPU bottlenecked, do
this". Someone should do a full rewrite at some point.
I chose to omit talking about RenderDiagnosticsPlugin, but it's
definitely worth a mention as a way to easily check GPU + GPU time for
graphics work, although it's not hooked up in a lot of the engine, iirc
only shadows and the main passes. Again someone else should write about
it in the future.
Similarly it might've been useful to have a section describing how to
use NSight/RGP/IGA/Xcode for GPU profiling, as they're far from
intuitive tools.
# Objective
- Fixes#16469.
## Solution
- Make the picking backend features not enabled by default in each
sub-crate.
- Make features in `bevy_internal` to set the backend features
- Make the root `bevy` crate set the features by default.
## Testing
- The mesh and sprite picking examples still work correctly.
# Objective
- Fixes#16152
## Solution
- Put `bevy_window` and `bevy_a11y` behind the `bevy_window` feature.
they were the only difference
- Add `ScheduleRunnerPlugin` to the `DefaultPlugins` when `bevy_window`
is disabled
- Remove `HeadlessPlugins`
- Update the `headless` example
# Objective
PCSS still has some fundamental issues (#16155). We should resolve them
before "releasing" the feature.
## Solution
1. Rename the already-optional `pbr_pcss` cargo feature to
`experimental_pbr_pcss` to better communicate its state to developers.
2. Adjust the description of the `experimental_pbr_pcss` cargo feature
to better communicate its state to developers.
3. Gate PCSS-related light component fields behind that cargo feature,
to prevent surfacing them to developers by default.
The two additional linear texture samplers that PCSS added caused us to
blow past the limit on Apple Silicon macOS and WebGL. To fix the issue,
this commit adds a `--feature pbr_pcss` feature gate that disables PCSS
if not present.
Closes#15345.
Closes#15525.
Closes#15821.
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Co-authored-by: Carter Anderson <mcanders1@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: IceSentry <IceSentry@users.noreply.github.com>
# Objective
Bevy seems to want to standardize on "American English" spellings. Not
sure if this is laid out anywhere in writing, but see also #15947.
While perusing the docs for `typos`, I noticed that it has a `locale`
config option and tried it out.
## Solution
Switch to `en-us` locale in the `typos` config and run `typos -w`
## Migration Guide
The following methods or fields have been renamed from `*dependants*` to
`*dependents*`.
- `ProcessorAssetInfo::dependants`
- `ProcessorAssetInfos::add_dependant`
- `ProcessorAssetInfos::non_existent_dependants`
- `AssetInfo::dependants_waiting_on_load`
- `AssetInfo::dependants_waiting_on_recursive_dep_load`
- `AssetInfos::loader_dependants`
- `AssetInfos::remove_dependants_and_labels`
Resolves#15968. Since this feature never worked, and enabling it in the
`image` crate requires system dependencies, we've decided that it's best
to just remove it and let other plugin crates offer support for it as
needed.
## Migration Guide
AVIF images are no longer supported. They never really worked, and
require system dependencies (libdav1d) to work correctly, so, it's
better to simply offer this support via an unofficial plugin instead as
needed. The corresponding types have been removed from Bevy to account
for this.
# Objective
As discussed in #15341, ghost nodes are a contentious and experimental
feature. In the interest of enabling ecosystem experimentation, we've
decided to keep them in Bevy 0.15.
That said, we don't use them internally, and don't expect third-party
crates to support them. If the experimentation returns a negative result
(they aren't very useful, an alternative design is preferred etc) they
will be removed.
We should clearly communicate this status to users, and make sure that
users don't use ghost nodes in their projects without a very clear
understanding of what they're getting themselves into.
## Solution
To make life easy for users (and Bevy), `GhostNode` and all associated
helpers remain public and are always available.
However, actually constructing these requires enabling a feature flag
that's clearly marked as experimental. To do so, I've added a
meaningless private field.
When the feature flag is enabled, our constructs (`new` and `default`)
can be used. I've added a `new` constructor, which should be preferred
over `Default::default` as that can be readily deprecated, allowing us
to prompt users to swap over to the much nicer `GhostNode` syntax once
this is a unit struct again.
Full credit: this was mostly @cart's design: I'm just implementing it!
## Testing
I've run the ghost_nodes example and it fails to compile without the
feature flag. With the feature flag, it works fine :)
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Co-authored-by: Zachary Harrold <zac@harrold.com.au>
# Objective
Closes#15545.
`bevy_picking` supports UI and sprite picking, but not mesh picking.
Being able to pick meshes would be extremely useful for various games,
tools, and our own examples, as well as scene editors and inspectors.
So, we need a mesh picking backend!
Luckily,
[`bevy_mod_picking`](https://github.com/aevyrie/bevy_mod_picking) (which
`bevy_picking` is based on) by @aevyrie already has a [backend for
it](74f0c3c0fb/backends/bevy_picking_raycast/src/lib.rs)
using [`bevy_mod_raycast`](https://github.com/aevyrie/bevy_mod_raycast).
As a side product of adding mesh picking, we also get support for
performing ray casts on meshes!
## Solution
Upstream a large chunk of the immediate-mode ray casting functionality
from `bevy_mod_raycast`, and add a mesh picking backend based on
`bevy_mod_picking`. Huge thanks to @aevyrie who did all the hard work on
these incredible crates!
All meshes are pickable by default. Picking can be disabled for
individual entities by adding `PickingBehavior::IGNORE`, like normal.
Or, if you want mesh picking to be entirely opt-in, you can set
`MeshPickingBackendSettings::require_markers` to `true` and add a
`RayCastPickable` component to the desired camera and target entities.
You can also use the new `MeshRayCast` system parameter to cast rays
into the world manually:
```rust
fn ray_cast_system(mut ray_cast: MeshRayCast, foo_query: Query<(), With<Foo>>) {
let ray = Ray3d::new(Vec3::ZERO, Dir3::X);
// Only ray cast against entities with the `Foo` component.
let filter = |entity| foo_query.contains(entity);
// Never early-exit. Note that you can change behavior per-entity.
let early_exit_test = |_entity| false;
// Ignore the visibility of entities. This allows ray casting hidden entities.
let visibility = RayCastVisibility::Any;
let settings = RayCastSettings::default()
.with_filter(&filter)
.with_early_exit_test(&early_exit_test)
.with_visibility(visibility);
// Cast the ray with the settings, returning a list of intersections.
let hits = ray_cast.cast_ray(ray, &settings);
}
```
This is largely a direct port, but I did make several changes to match
our APIs better, remove things we don't need or that I think are
unnecessary, and do some general improvements to code quality and
documentation.
### Changes Relative to `bevy_mod_raycast` and `bevy_mod_picking`
- Every `Raycast` and "raycast" has been renamed to `RayCast` and "ray
cast" (similar reasoning as the "Naming" section in #15724)
- `Raycast` system param has been renamed to `MeshRayCast` to avoid
naming conflicts and to be explicit that it is not for colliders
- `RaycastBackend` has been renamed to `MeshPickingBackend`
- `RayCastVisibility` variants are now `Any`, `Visible`, and
`VisibleInView` instead of `Ignore`, `MustBeVisible`, and
`MustBeVisibleAndInView`
- `NoBackfaceCulling` has been renamed to `RayCastBackfaces`, to avoid
implying that it affects the rendering of backfaces for meshes (it
doesn't)
- `SimplifiedMesh` and `RayCastBackfaces` live near other ray casting
API types, not in their own 10 LoC module
- All intersection logic and types are in the same `intersections`
module, not split across several modules
- Some intersection types have been renamed to be clearer and more
consistent
- `IntersectionData` -> `RayMeshHit`
- `RayHit` -> `RayTriangleHit`
- General documentation and code quality improvements
### Removed / Not Ported
- Removed unused ray helpers and types, like `PrimitiveIntersection`
- Removed getters on intersection types, and made their properties
public
- There is no `2d` feature, and `Raycast::mesh_query` and
`Raycast::mesh2d_query` have been merged into `MeshRayCast::mesh_query`,
which handles both 2D and 3D
- I assume this existed previously because `Mesh2dHandle` used to be in
`bevy_sprite`. Now both the 2D and 3D mesh are in `bevy_render`.
- There is no `debug` feature or ray debug rendering
- There is no deferred API (`RaycastSource`)
- There is no `CursorRayPlugin` (the picking backend handles this)
### Note for Reviewers
In case it's helpful, the [first
commit](281638ef10)
here is essentially a one-to-one port. The rest of the commits are
primarily refactoring and cleaning things up in the ways listed earlier,
as well as changes to the module structure.
It may also be useful to compare the original [picking
backend](74f0c3c0fb/backends/bevy_picking_raycast/src/lib.rs)
and [`bevy_mod_raycast`](https://github.com/aevyrie/bevy_mod_raycast) to
this PR. Feel free to mention if there are any changes that I should
revert or something I should not include in this PR.
## Testing
I tested mesh picking and relevant components in some examples, for both
2D and 3D meshes, and added a new `mesh_picking` example. I also
~~stole~~ ported over the [ray-mesh intersection
benchmark](dbc5ef32fe/benches/ray_mesh_intersection.rs)
from `bevy_mod_raycast`.
---
## Showcase
Below is a version of the `2d_shapes` example modified to demonstrate 2D
mesh picking. This is not included in this PR.
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/7742528c-8630-4c00-bacd-81576ac432bf
And below is the new `mesh_picking` example:
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b65c7a5a-fa3a-4c2d-8bbd-e7a2c772986e
There is also a really cool new `mesh_ray_cast` example ported over from
`bevy_mod_raycast`:
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3c5eb6c0-bd94-4fb0-bec6-8a85668a06c9
---------
Co-authored-by: Aevyrie <aevyrie@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Trent <2771466+tbillington@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: François Mockers <mockersf@gmail.com>
# Objective
Bevy supports feature gates for each format it supports, but several
formats that it loads via the `image` crate do not have feature gates.
Additionally, the QOI format is supported by the `image` crate and
wasn't available at all. This fixes that.
## Solution
The following feature gates are added:
* `avif`
* `ff` (Farbfeld)
* `gif`
* `ico`
* `qoi`
* `tiff`
None of these formats are enabled by default, despite the fact that all
these formats appeared to be enabled by default before. Since
`default-features` was disabled for the `image` crate, it's likely that
using any of these formats would have errored by default before this
change, although this probably needs additional testing.
## Testing
The changes seemed minimal enough that a compile test would be
sufficient.
## Migration guide
Image formats that previously weren't feature-gated are now
feature-gated, meaning they will have to be enabled if you use them:
* `avif`
* `ff` (Farbfeld)
* `gif`
* `ico`
* `tiff`
Additionally, the `qoi` feature has been added to support loading QOI
format images.
Previously, these formats appeared in the enum by default, but weren't
actually enabled via the `image` crate, potentially resulting in weird
bugs. Now, you should be able to add these features to your projects to
support them properly.
# Objective
- `bevy_render` should not depend on `bevy_winit`
- Fixes#15565
## Solution
- `bevy_render` no longer depends on `bevy_winit`
- The following is behind the `custom_cursor` feature
- Move custom cursor code from `bevy_render` to `bevy_winit` behind the
`custom_cursor` feature
- `bevy_winit` now depends on `bevy_render` (for `Image` and
`TextureFormat`)
- `bevy_winit` now depends on `bevy_asset` (for `Assets`, `Handle` and
`AssetId`)
- `bevy_winit` now depends on `bytemuck` (already in tree)
- Custom cursor code in `bevy_winit` reworked to use `AssetId` (other
than that it is taken over 1:1)
- Rework `bevy_winit` custom cursor interface visibility now that the
logic is all contained in `bevy_winit`
## Testing
- I ran the screenshot and window_settings examples
- Tested on linux wayland so far
---
## Migration Guide
`CursorIcon` and `CustomCursor` previously provided by
`bevy::render::view::cursor` is now available from `bevy::winit`.
A new feature `custom_cursor` enables this functionality (default
feature).
# Objective
Yet another PR for migrating stuff to required components. This time,
cameras!
## Solution
As per the [selected
proposal](https://hackmd.io/tsYID4CGRiWxzsgawzxG_g#Combined-Proposal-1-Selected),
deprecate `Camera2dBundle` and `Camera3dBundle` in favor of `Camera2d`
and `Camera3d`.
Adding a `Camera` without `Camera2d` or `Camera3d` now logs a warning,
as suggested by Cart [on
Discord](https://discord.com/channels/691052431525675048/1264881140007702558/1291506402832945273).
I would personally like cameras to work a bit differently and be split
into a few more components, to avoid some footguns and confusing
semantics, but that is more controversial, and shouldn't block this core
migration.
## Testing
I ran a few 2D and 3D examples, and tried cameras with and without
render graphs.
---
## Migration Guide
`Camera2dBundle` and `Camera3dBundle` have been deprecated in favor of
`Camera2d` and `Camera3d`. Inserting them will now also insert the other
components required by them automatically.
# Objective
Add two features to switch bevy to use `NativeActivity` or
`GameActivity` on Android, use `GameActivity` by default.
Also close #12058 and probably #12026 .
## Solution
Add two features to the corresponding crates so you can toggle it, like
what `winit` and `android-activity` crate did.
---
## Changelog
Removed default `NativeActivity` feature implementation for Android,
added two new features to enable `NativeActivity` and `GameActivity`,
and use `GameActivity` by default.
## Migration Guide
Because `cargo-apk` is not compatible with `GameActivity`,
building/running using `cargo apk build/run -p bevy_mobile_example` is
no longer possible.
Users should follow the new workflow described in document.
---------
Co-authored-by: François Mockers <francois.mockers@vleue.com>
Co-authored-by: BD103 <59022059+BD103@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Rich Churcher <rich.churcher@gmail.com>
