MLEM/CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

MLEM uses semantic versioning.

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• 5.1.0 (Unreleased)
• 5.0.0

5.1.0 (Unreleased)

MLEM

Additions

• Added RotateBy to Direction2Helper

Improvements

• Improved NinePatch memory performance
• Moved sound-related classes into Sound namespace
• Added customizable overloads for Keybind, Combination and GenericInput ToString methods
• Moved ColorHelper.Invert to ColorExtensions.Invert
• Removed LINQ Any and All usage in various methods to improve memory usage

Fixes

• Set default values for InputHandler held and pressed keys to avoid an exception if buttons are held in the very first frame
• Fixed GenericFont MeasureString using incorrect width for Zwsp and OneEmSpace

MLEM.Ui

Additions

• Added a masking character to TextField to allow for password-style text fields

Improvements

• Removed LINQ Any and All usage in various methods to improve memory usage
• Explicitly disallow creating Paragraphs without fonts to make starting out with MLEM.Ui less confusing
• Allow adding Link children to non-Paragraph elements

Fixes

• Fixed a crash if a paragraph has a link formatting code, but no font
• Fixed tooltips with custom text scale not snapping to the mouse correctly in their first displayed frame

MLEM.Extended

Improvements

• Adjusted GenericStashFont line height calculations to result in values closer to GenericSpriteFont and added a constructor parameter to set a custom line height

MLEM.Data

Additions

• Added the ability to specify a coordinate offset in data texture atlases

Improvements

• Improved RawContentManager's reader loading and added better exception handling

5.0.0

MLEM

Additions

• Added some Collection extensions, namely for dealing with combinations
• Added repeat-ignoring versions of IsKeyPressed and IsGamepadButtonPressed
• Added SoundExtensions
• Added string truncation to TokenizedString
• Added a sprite batch extension to generate a gradient
• Added InputsDown and InputsPressed properties to InputHandler
• Added text alignment options to tokenized strings

Improvements

• Allow NinePatches to be drawn tiled rather than stretched
• Added the ability for Direction2 to be used as flags
• Made Padding and Direction2 DataContracts
• Expose the viewport of cameras
• Greatly improved the efficiency of line splitting for GenericFont and TokenizedString
• Improved performance of TextFormatter tokenization
• Replaced TextInputWrapper with a more refined MlemPlatform that includes the ability to open links on various platforms
• Allow for underline and shadow formatting codes to be mixed with font changing codes
• Exposed Keybind Combinations

Fixes

• Fixed the input handler querying input when the window is inactive
• Fixed UnderlineCode ending in the wrong places because it was marked as a font-changing code

Removals

• Removed the array-based GetRandomEntry method
• Removed obsolete ColorExtension methods

MLEM.Ui

Additions

• Added a text scale multiplier value to Paragraph
• Added an option to limit auto-height and auto-width in elements to a maximum and minimum size
• Added the ability to set a custom viewport for ui systems
• Added string truncation to Paragraph
• Added a simple way to change the action that is executed when a link is pressed in a paragraph
• Added events for when a root element is added or removed
• Added an ElementHelper method to create a keybind button
• Added text alignment options to paragraphs

Improvements

• Stop a panel's scroll bar from being removed from its children list automatically
• Removed unnecessary GraphicsDevice references from UiSystem
• Dispose of panels' render targets to avoid memory leaks
• Allow changing the color that a panel renders its texture with

Fixes

• Fixed auto-sized elements doing too many area update calculations
• Fixed a rare stack overflow where scroll bars could get stuck in an auto-hide loop
• Fixed auto-sized elements without children not updating their size correctly
• Fixed panels drawing children early within the render target (instead of regularly)

MLEM.Extended

Additions

• Added GenericFont compatibility for FontStashSharp
• Added a method to make sidescrolling collision detection easier with TiledMapCollisions
• Added some more TiledMapExtension utility methods

Improvements

• Reversed the y loop in GetCollidingTiles to account for gravity which is usually more important

Fixes

• Fixed some number parsing not using the invariant culture

MLEM.Data

Additions

• Added StaticJsonConverter
• Added DynamicEnum, a cursed custom enumeration class that supports arbitrarily many values

Fixes

• Fixed some number parsing not using the invariant culture
• Fixed RawContentManager crashing with dynamic assemblies present