# Objective
The goal of `bevy_platform_support` is to provide a set of platform
agnostic APIs, alongside platform-specific functionality. This is a high
traffic crate (providing things like HashMap and Instant). Especially in
light of https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/discussions/18799, it
deserves a friendlier / shorter name.
Given that it hasn't had a full release yet, getting this change in
before Bevy 0.16 makes sense.
## Solution
- Rename `bevy_platform_support` to `bevy_platform`.
# Objective
https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/issues/17746
## Solution
- Change `Image.data` from being a `Vec<u8>` to a `Option<Vec<u8>>`
- Added functions to help with creating images
## Testing
- Did you test these changes? If so, how?
All current tests pass
Tested a variety of existing examples to make sure they don't crash
(they don't)
- If relevant, what platforms did you test these changes on, and are
there any important ones you can't test?
Linux x86 64-bit NixOS
---
## Migration Guide
Code that directly access `Image` data will now need to use unwrap or
handle the case where no data is provided.
Behaviour of new_fill slightly changed, but not in a way that is likely
to affect anything. It no longer panics and will fill the whole texture
instead of leaving black pixels if the data provided is not a nice
factor of the size of the image.
---------
Co-authored-by: IceSentry <IceSentry@users.noreply.github.com>
# Objective
- Contributes to #16877
## Solution
- Moved `hashbrown`, `foldhash`, and related types out of `bevy_utils`
and into `bevy_platform_support`
- Refactored the above to match the layout of these types in `std`.
- Updated crates as required.
## Testing
- CI
---
## Migration Guide
- The following items were moved out of `bevy_utils` and into
`bevy_platform_support::hash`:
- `FixedState`
- `DefaultHasher`
- `RandomState`
- `FixedHasher`
- `Hashed`
- `PassHash`
- `PassHasher`
- `NoOpHash`
- The following items were moved out of `bevy_utils` and into
`bevy_platform_support::collections`:
- `HashMap`
- `HashSet`
- `bevy_utils::hashbrown` has been removed. Instead, import from
`bevy_platform_support::collections` _or_ take a dependency on
`hashbrown` directly.
- `bevy_utils::Entry` has been removed. Instead, import from
`bevy_platform_support::collections::hash_map` or
`bevy_platform_support::collections::hash_set` as appropriate.
- All of the above equally apply to `bevy::utils` and
`bevy::platform_support`.
## Notes
- I left `PreHashMap`, `PreHashMapExt`, and `TypeIdMap` in `bevy_utils`
as they might be candidates for micro-crating. They can always be moved
into `bevy_platform_support` at a later date if desired.
# Objective
- Allow other crates to use `TextureAtlas` and friends without needing
to depend on `bevy_sprite`.
- Specifically, this allows adding `TextureAtlas` support to custom
cursors in https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/pull/17121 by allowing
`bevy_winit` to depend on `bevy_image` instead of `bevy_sprite` which is
a [non-starter].
[non-starter]:
https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/pull/17121#discussion_r1904955083
## Solution
- Move `TextureAtlas`, `TextureAtlasBuilder`, `TextureAtlasSources`,
`TextureAtlasLayout` and `DynamicTextureAtlasBuilder` into `bevy_image`.
- Add a new plugin to `bevy_image` named `TextureAtlasPlugin` which
allows us to register `TextureAtlas` and `TextureAtlasLayout` which was
previously done in `SpritePlugin`. Since `SpritePlugin` did the
registration previously, we just need to make it add
`TextureAtlasPlugin`.
## Testing
- CI builds it.
- I also ran multiple examples which hopefully covered any issues:
```
$ cargo run --example sprite
$ cargo run --example text
$ cargo run --example ui_texture_atlas
$ cargo run --example sprite_animation
$ cargo run --example sprite_sheet
$ cargo run --example sprite_picking
```
---
## Migration Guide
The following types have been moved from `bevy_sprite` to `bevy_image`:
`TextureAtlas`, `TextureAtlasBuilder`, `TextureAtlasSources`,
`TextureAtlasLayout` and `DynamicTextureAtlasBuilder`.
If you are using the `bevy` crate, and were importing these types
directly (e.g. before `use bevy::sprite::TextureAtlas`), be sure to
update your import paths (e.g. after `use bevy::image::TextureAtlas`)
If you are using the `bevy` prelude to import these types (e.g. `use
bevy::prelude::*`), you don't need to change anything.
If you are using the `bevy_sprite` subcrate, be sure to add `bevy_image`
as a dependency if you do not already have it, and be sure to update
your import paths.
# Objective
Fixes#15940
## Solution
Remove the `pub use` and fix the compile errors.
Make `bevy_image` available as `bevy::image`.
## Testing
Feature Frenzy would be good here! Maybe I'll learn how to use it if I
have some time this weekend, or maybe a reviewer can use it.
## Migration Guide
Use `bevy_image` instead of `bevy_render::texture` items.
---------
Co-authored-by: chompaa <antony.m.3012@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Carter Anderson <mcanders1@gmail.com>
# Objective
- Fixes#6370
- Closes#6581
## Solution
- Added the following lints to the workspace:
- `std_instead_of_core`
- `std_instead_of_alloc`
- `alloc_instead_of_core`
- Used `cargo +nightly fmt` with [item level use
formatting](https://rust-lang.github.io/rustfmt/?version=v1.6.0&search=#Item%5C%3A)
to split all `use` statements into single items.
- Used `cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets --all-features --fix
--allow-dirty` to _attempt_ to resolve the new linting issues, and
intervened where the lint was unable to resolve the issue automatically
(usually due to needing an `extern crate alloc;` statement in a crate
root).
- Manually removed certain uses of `std` where negative feature gating
prevented `--all-features` from finding the offending uses.
- Used `cargo +nightly fmt` with [crate level use
formatting](https://rust-lang.github.io/rustfmt/?version=v1.6.0&search=#Crate%5C%3A)
to re-merge all `use` statements matching Bevy's previous styling.
- Manually fixed cases where the `fmt` tool could not re-merge `use`
statements due to conditional compilation attributes.
## Testing
- Ran CI locally
## Migration Guide
The MSRV is now 1.81. Please update to this version or higher.
## Notes
- This is a _massive_ change to try and push through, which is why I've
outlined the semi-automatic steps I used to create this PR, in case this
fails and someone else tries again in the future.
- Making this change has no impact on user code, but does mean Bevy
contributors will be warned to use `core` and `alloc` instead of `std`
where possible.
- This lint is a critical first step towards investigating `no_std`
options for Bevy.
---------
Co-authored-by: François Mockers <francois.mockers@vleue.com>
# Objective
- Fixes#10720
- Adds the ability to control font smoothing of rendered text
## Solution
- Introduce the `FontSmoothing` enum, with two possible variants
(`FontSmoothing::None` and `FontSmoothing::AntiAliased`):
- This is based on `-webkit-font-smoothing`, in line with our practice
of adopting CSS-like properties/names for UI;
- I could have gone instead for the [`font-smooth`
property](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/font-smooth)
that's also supported by browsers, but didn't since it's also
non-standard, has an uglier name, and doesn't allow controlling the type
of antialias applied.
- Having an enum instead of e.g. a boolean, leaves the path open for
adding `FontSmoothing::SubpixelAntiAliased` in the future, without a
breaking change;
- Add all the necessary plumbing to get the `FontSmoothing` information
to where we rasterize the glyphs and store them in the atlas;
- Change the font atlas key to also take into account the smoothing
setting, not only font and font size;
- Since COSMIC Text [doesn't support controlling font
smoothing](https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-text/issues/279), we roll
out our own threshold-based “implementation”:
- This has the downside of **looking ugly for “regular” vector fonts**
⚠️, since it doesn't properly take the hinting information into account
like a proper implementation on the rasterizer side would.
- However, **for fonts that have been specifically authored to be pixel
fonts, (a common use case in games!) this is not as big of a problem**,
since all lines are vertical/horizontal, and close to the final pixel
boundaries (as long as the font is used at a multiple of the size
originally intended by the author)
- Once COSMIC exposes this functionality, we can switch to using it
directly, and get better results;
- Use a nearest neighbor sampler for atlases with font smoothing
disabled, so that you can scale the text via transform and still get the
pixelated look;
- Add a convenience method to `Text` for setting the font smoothing;
- Add a demonstration of using the `FontSmoothing` property to the
`text2d` example.
## Testing
- Did you test these changes? If so, how?
- Yes. Via the `text2d`example, and also in my game.
- Are there any parts that need more testing?
- I'd like help from someone for testing this on devices/OSs with
fractional scaling (Android/Windows)
- How can other people (reviewers) test your changes? Is there anything
specific they need to know?
- Both via the `text2d` example and also by using it directly on your
projects.
- If relevant, what platforms did you test these changes on, and are
there any important ones you can't test?
- macOS
---
## Showcase
```rust
commands.spawn(Text2dBundle {
text: Text::from_section("Hello, World!", default())
.with_font_smoothing(FontSmoothing::None),
..default()
});
```
<img width="740" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b881b02c-4e43-410b-902f-6985c25140fc">
## Migration Guide
- `Text` now contains a `font_smoothing: FontSmoothing` property, make
sure to include it or add `..default()` when using the struct directly;
- `FontSizeKey` has been renamed to `FontAtlasKey`, and now also
contains the `FontSmoothing` setting;
- The following methods now take an extra `font_smoothing:
FontSmoothing` argument:
- `FontAtlas::new()`
- `FontAtlasSet::add_glyph_to_atlas()`
- `FontAtlasSet::get_glyph_atlas_info()`
- `FontAtlasSet::get_outlined_glyph_texture()`
# Objective
- Bevy currently has lot of invalid intra-doc links, let's fix them!
- Also make CI test them, to avoid future regressions.
- Helps with #1983 (but doesn't fix it, as there could still be explicit
links to docs.rs that are broken)
## Solution
- Make `cargo r -p ci -- doc-check` check fail on warnings (could also
be changed to just some specific lints)
- Manually fix all the warnings (note that in some cases it was unclear
to me what the fix should have been, I'll try to highlight them in a
self-review)
# Replace ab_glyph with the more capable cosmic-text
Fixes#7616.
Cosmic-text is a more mature text-rendering library that handles scripts
and ligatures better than ab_glyph, it can also handle system fonts
which can be implemented in bevy in the future
Rebase of https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/pull/8808
## Changelog
Replaces text renderer ab_glyph with cosmic-text
The definition of the font size has changed with the migration to cosmic
text. The behavior is now consistent with other platforms (e.g. the
web), where the font size in pixels measures the height of the font (the
distance between the top of the highest ascender and the bottom of the
lowest descender). Font sizes in your app need to be rescaled to
approximately 1.2x smaller; for example, if you were using a font size
of 60.0, you should now use a font size of 50.0.
## Migration guide
- `Text2dBounds` has been replaced with `TextBounds`, and it now accepts
`Option`s to the bounds, instead of using `f32::INFINITY` to inidicate
lack of bounds
- Textsizes should be changed, dividing the current size with 1.2 will
result in the same size as before.
- `TextSettings` struct is removed
- Feature `subpixel_alignment` has been removed since cosmic-text
already does this automatically
- TextBundles and things rendering texts requires the `CosmicBuffer`
Component on them as well
## Suggested followups:
- TextPipeline: reconstruct byte indices for keeping track of eventual
cursors in text input
- TextPipeline: (future work) split text entities into section entities
- TextPipeline: (future work) text editing
- Support line height as an option. Unitless `1.2` is the default used
in browsers (1.2x font size).
- Support System Fonts and font families
- Example showing of animated text styles. Eg. throbbing hyperlinks
---------
Co-authored-by: tigregalis <anak.harimau@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Nico Burns <nico@nicoburns.com>
Co-authored-by: sam edelsten <samedelsten1@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Dimchikkk <velo.app1@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Alice Cecile <alice.i.cecile@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Rob Parrett <robparrett@gmail.com>
# Objective
Remove some unnecessary coupling between `DynamicTextureAtlasBuilder`
and `bevy_asset`.
## Solution
Remove the dependency of `DynamicTextureAtlasBuilder::add_texture` to
`bevy_asset`, by directly passing the `Image` of the atlas to mutate,
instead of passing separate `Assets<Image>` and `Handle<Image>` for the
function to do the lookup by itself. The lookup can be done from the
caller, and this allows using the builder in contexts where the `Image`
is not stored inside `Assets`.
Clean-up a bit the font atlas files by introducing a `PlacedGlyph` type
storing the `GlyphId` and its `SubpixelOffset`, which were otherwise
always both passed as function parameters and the pair used as key in
hash maps.
## Testing
There's no change in behavior.
---
## Changelog
- Added a `PlacedGlyph` type aggregating a `GlyphId` and a
`SubpixelOffset`. That type is now used as parameter in a few text atlas
APIs, instead of passing individual values.
## Migration Guide
- Replace the `glyph_id` and `subpixel_offset` of a few text atlas APIs
by a single `place_glyph: PlacedGlyph` parameter trivially combining the
two.
# Objective
The physical width and height (pixels) of an image is always integers,
but for `GpuImage` bevy currently stores them as `Vec2` (`f32`).
Switching to `UVec2` makes this more consistent with the [underlying
texture data](https://docs.rs/wgpu/latest/wgpu/struct.Extent3d.html).
I'm not sure if this is worth the change in the surface level API. If
not, feel free to close this PR.
## Solution
- Replace uses of `Vec2` with `UVec2` when referring to texture
dimensions.
- Use integer types for the texture atlas dimensions and sections.
[`Sprite::rect`](a81a2d1da3/crates/bevy_sprite/src/sprite.rs (L29))
remains unchanged, so manually specifying a sub-pixel region of an image
is still possible.
---
## Changelog
- `GpuImage` now stores its size as `UVec2` instead of `Vec2`.
- Texture atlases store their size and sections as `UVec2` and `URect`
respectively.
- `UiImageSize` stores its size as `UVec2`.
## Migration Guide
- Change floating point types (`Vec2`, `Rect`) to their respective
unsigned integer versions (`UVec2`, `URect`) when using `GpuImage`,
`TextureAtlasLayout`, `TextureAtlasBuilder`,
`DynamicAtlasTextureBuilder` or `FontAtlas`.
# Objective
Right now, all assets in the main world get extracted and prepared in
the render world (if the asset's using the RenderAssetPlugin). This is
unfortunate for two cases:
1. **TextureAtlas** / **FontAtlas**: This one's huge. The individual
`Image` assets that make up the atlas are cloned and prepared
individually when there's no reason for them to be. The atlas textures
are built on the CPU in the main world. *There can be hundreds of images
that get prepared for rendering only not to be used.*
2. If one loads an Image and needs to transform it in a system before
rendering it, kind of like the [decompression
example](https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/blob/main/examples/asset/asset_decompression.rs#L120),
there's a price paid for extracting & preparing the asset that's not
intended to be rendered yet.
------
* References #10520
* References #1782
## Solution
This changes the `RenderAssetPersistencePolicy` enum to bitflags. I felt
that the objective with the parameter is so similar in nature to wgpu's
[`TextureUsages`](https://docs.rs/wgpu/latest/wgpu/struct.TextureUsages.html)
and
[`BufferUsages`](https://docs.rs/wgpu/latest/wgpu/struct.BufferUsages.html),
that it may as well be just like that.
```rust
// This asset only needs to be in the main world. Don't extract and prepare it.
RenderAssetUsages::MAIN_WORLD
// Keep this asset in the main world and
RenderAssetUsages::MAIN_WORLD | RenderAssetUsages::RENDER_WORLD
// This asset is only needed in the render world. Remove it from the asset server once extracted.
RenderAssetUsages::RENDER_WORLD
```
### Alternate Solution
I considered introducing a third field to `RenderAssetPersistencePolicy`
enum:
```rust
enum RenderAssetPersistencePolicy {
/// Keep the asset in the main world after extracting to the render world.
Keep,
/// Remove the asset from the main world after extracting to the render world.
Unload,
/// This doesn't need to be in the render world at all.
NoExtract, // <-----
}
```
Functional, but this seemed like shoehorning. Another option is renaming
the enum to something like:
```rust
enum RenderAssetExtractionPolicy {
/// Extract the asset and keep it in the main world.
Extract,
/// Remove the asset from the main world after extracting to the render world.
ExtractAndUnload,
/// This doesn't need to be in the render world at all.
NoExtract,
}
```
I think this last one could be a good option if the bitflags are too
clunky.
## Migration Guide
* `RenderAssetPersistencePolicy::Keep` → `RenderAssetUsage::MAIN_WORLD |
RenderAssetUsage::RENDER_WORLD` (or `RenderAssetUsage::default()`)
* `RenderAssetPersistencePolicy::Unload` →
`RenderAssetUsage::RENDER_WORLD`
* For types implementing the `RenderAsset` trait, change `fn
persistence_policy(&self) -> RenderAssetPersistencePolicy` to `fn
asset_usage(&self) -> RenderAssetUsages`.
* Change any references to `cpu_persistent_access`
(`RenderAssetPersistencePolicy`) to `asset_usage` (`RenderAssetUsage`).
This applies to `Image`, `Mesh`, and a few other types.
# Objective
> Old MR: #5072
> ~~Associated UI MR: #5070~~
> Adresses #1618
Unify sprite management
## Solution
- Remove the `Handle<Image>` field in `TextureAtlas` which is the main
cause for all the boilerplate
- Remove the redundant `TextureAtlasSprite` component
- Renamed `TextureAtlas` asset to `TextureAtlasLayout`
([suggestion](https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/pull/5103#discussion_r917281844))
- Add a `TextureAtlas` component, containing the atlas layout handle and
the section index
The difference between this solution and #5072 is that instead of the
`enum` approach is that we can more easily manipulate texture sheets
without any breaking changes for classic `SpriteBundle`s (@mockersf
[comment](https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/pull/5072#issuecomment-1165836139))
Also, this approach is more *data oriented* extracting the
`Handle<Image>` and avoiding complex texture atlas manipulations to
retrieve the texture in both applicative and engine code.
With this method, the only difference between a `SpriteBundle` and a
`SpriteSheetBundle` is an **additional** component storing the atlas
handle and the index.
~~This solution can be applied to `bevy_ui` as well (see #5070).~~
EDIT: I also applied this solution to Bevy UI
## Changelog
- (**BREAKING**) Removed `TextureAtlasSprite`
- (**BREAKING**) Renamed `TextureAtlas` to `TextureAtlasLayout`
- (**BREAKING**) `SpriteSheetBundle`:
- Uses a `Sprite` instead of a `TextureAtlasSprite` component
- Has a `texture` field containing a `Handle<Image>` like the
`SpriteBundle`
- Has a new `TextureAtlas` component instead of a
`Handle<TextureAtlasLayout>`
- (**BREAKING**) `DynamicTextureAtlasBuilder::add_texture` takes an
additional `&Handle<Image>` parameter
- (**BREAKING**) `TextureAtlasLayout::from_grid` no longer takes a
`Handle<Image>` parameter
- (**BREAKING**) `TextureAtlasBuilder::finish` now returns a
`Result<(TextureAtlasLayout, Handle<Image>), _>`
- `bevy_text`:
- `GlyphAtlasInfo` stores the texture `Handle<Image>`
- `FontAtlas` stores the texture `Handle<Image>`
- `bevy_ui`:
- (**BREAKING**) Removed `UiAtlasImage` , the atlas bundle is now
identical to the `ImageBundle` with an additional `TextureAtlas`
## Migration Guide
* Sprites
```diff
fn my_system(
mut images: ResMut<Assets<Image>>,
- mut atlases: ResMut<Assets<TextureAtlas>>,
+ mut atlases: ResMut<Assets<TextureAtlasLayout>>,
asset_server: Res<AssetServer>
) {
let texture_handle: asset_server.load("my_texture.png");
- let layout = TextureAtlas::from_grid(texture_handle, Vec2::new(25.0, 25.0), 5, 5, None, None);
+ let layout = TextureAtlasLayout::from_grid(Vec2::new(25.0, 25.0), 5, 5, None, None);
let layout_handle = atlases.add(layout);
commands.spawn(SpriteSheetBundle {
- sprite: TextureAtlasSprite::new(0),
- texture_atlas: atlas_handle,
+ atlas: TextureAtlas {
+ layout: layout_handle,
+ index: 0
+ },
+ texture: texture_handle,
..Default::default()
});
}
```
* UI
```diff
fn my_system(
mut images: ResMut<Assets<Image>>,
- mut atlases: ResMut<Assets<TextureAtlas>>,
+ mut atlases: ResMut<Assets<TextureAtlasLayout>>,
asset_server: Res<AssetServer>
) {
let texture_handle: asset_server.load("my_texture.png");
- let layout = TextureAtlas::from_grid(texture_handle, Vec2::new(25.0, 25.0), 5, 5, None, None);
+ let layout = TextureAtlasLayout::from_grid(Vec2::new(25.0, 25.0), 5, 5, None, None);
let layout_handle = atlases.add(layout);
commands.spawn(AtlasImageBundle {
- texture_atlas_image: UiTextureAtlasImage {
- index: 0,
- flip_x: false,
- flip_y: false,
- },
- texture_atlas: atlas_handle,
+ atlas: TextureAtlas {
+ layout: layout_handle,
+ index: 0
+ },
+ image: UiImage {
+ texture: texture_handle,
+ flip_x: false,
+ flip_y: false,
+ },
..Default::default()
});
}
```
---------
Co-authored-by: Alice Cecile <alice.i.cecile@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: François <mockersf@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: IceSentry <IceSentry@users.noreply.github.com>
# Objective
- No point in keeping Meshes/Images in RAM once they're going to be sent
to the GPU, and kept in VRAM. This saves a _significant_ amount of
memory (several GBs) on scenes like bistro.
- References
- https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/pull/1782
- https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/pull/8624
## Solution
- Augment RenderAsset with the capability to unload the underlying asset
after extracting to the render world.
- Mesh/Image now have a cpu_persistent_access field. If this field is
RenderAssetPersistencePolicy::Unload, the asset will be unloaded from
Assets<T>.
- A new AssetEvent is sent upon dropping the last strong handle for the
asset, which signals to the RenderAsset to remove the GPU version of the
asset.
---
## Changelog
- Added `AssetEvent::NoLongerUsed` and
`AssetEvent::is_no_longer_used()`. This event is sent when the last
strong handle of an asset is dropped.
- Rewrote the API for `RenderAsset` to allow for unloading the asset
data from the CPU.
- Added `RenderAssetPersistencePolicy`.
- Added `Mesh::cpu_persistent_access` for memory savings when the asset
is not needed except for on the GPU.
- Added `Image::cpu_persistent_access` for memory savings when the asset
is not needed except for on the GPU.
- Added `ImageLoaderSettings::cpu_persistent_access`.
- Added `ExrTextureLoaderSettings`.
- Added `HdrTextureLoaderSettings`.
## Migration Guide
- Asset loaders (GLTF, etc) now load meshes and textures without
`cpu_persistent_access`. These assets will be removed from
`Assets<Mesh>` and `Assets<Image>` once `RenderAssets<Mesh>` and
`RenderAssets<Image>` contain the GPU versions of these assets, in order
to reduce memory usage. If you require access to the asset data from the
CPU in future frames after the GLTF asset has been loaded, modify all
dependent `Mesh` and `Image` assets and set `cpu_persistent_access` to
`RenderAssetPersistencePolicy::Keep`.
- `Mesh` now requires a new `cpu_persistent_access` field. Set it to
`RenderAssetPersistencePolicy::Keep` to mimic the previous behavior.
- `Image` now requires a new `cpu_persistent_access` field. Set it to
`RenderAssetPersistencePolicy::Keep` to mimic the previous behavior.
- `MorphTargetImage::new()` now requires a new `cpu_persistent_access`
parameter. Set it to `RenderAssetPersistencePolicy::Keep` to mimic the
previous behavior.
- `DynamicTextureAtlasBuilder::add_texture()` now requires that the
`TextureAtlas` you pass has an `Image` with `cpu_persistent_access:
RenderAssetPersistencePolicy::Keep`. Ensure you construct the image
properly for the texture atlas.
- The `RenderAsset` trait has significantly changed, and requires
adapting your existing implementations.
- The trait now requires `Clone`.
- The `ExtractedAsset` associated type has been removed (the type itself
is now extracted).
- The signature of `prepare_asset()` is slightly different
- A new `persistence_policy()` method is now required (return
RenderAssetPersistencePolicy::Unload to match the previous behavior).
- Match on the new `NoLongerUsed` variant for exhaustive matches of
`AssetEvent`.
# Objective
The quality of Bevy's text rendering can vary wildly depending on the
font, font size, pixel alignment and scale factor.
But this situation can be improved dramatically with some small
adjustments.
## Solution
* Text node positions are rounded to the nearest physical pixel before
rendering.
* Each glyph texture has a 1-pixel wide transparent border added along
its edges.
This means font atlases will use more memory because of the extra pixel
of padding for each glyph but it's more than worth it I think (although
glyph size is increased by 2 pixels on both axes, the net increase is 1
pixel as the font texture atlas's padding has been removed).
## Results
Screenshots are from the 'ui' example with a scale factor of 1.5.
Things can get much uglier with the right font and worst scale
factor<sup>tm</sup>.
### before
<img width="300" alt="list-bad-text"
src="https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/assets/27962798/482b384d-8743-4bae-9a65-468ff1b4c301">
### after
<img width="300" alt="good_list_text"
src="https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/assets/27962798/34323b0a-f714-47ba-9728-a59804987bc8">
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## Changelog
* Font texture atlases are no longer padded.
* Each glyph texture has a 1-pixel wide padding added along its edges.
* Text node positions are rounded to the nearest physical pixel before
rendering.
This makes the [New Bevy Renderer](#2535) the default (and only) renderer. The new renderer isn't _quite_ ready for the final release yet, but I want as many people as possible to start testing it so we can identify bugs and address feedback prior to release.
The examples are all ported over and operational with a few exceptions:
* I removed a good portion of the examples in the `shader` folder. We still have some work to do in order to make these examples possible / ergonomic / worthwhile: #3120 and "high level shader material plugins" are the big ones. This is a temporary measure.
* Temporarily removed the multiple_windows example: doing this properly in the new renderer will require the upcoming "render targets" changes. Same goes for the render_to_texture example.
* Removed z_sort_debug: entity visibility sort info is no longer available in app logic. we could do this on the "render app" side, but i dont consider it a priority.
Extend the Texture asset type to support 3D data
Textures are still loaded from images as 2D, but they can be reshaped
according to how the render pipeline would like to use them.
Also add an example of how this can be used with the texture2DArray uniform type.
Use glyph_brush_layout and add text alignment support
Co-authored-by: Olivier Pinon <op@impero.com>
Co-authored-by: tigregalis <anak.harimau@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Carter Anderson <mcanders1@gmail.com>
