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flixel v3.1.0 Release Notes

Release Date: 2014-02-07 // about 10 years ago
    • 🔨 Refactor of FlxRandom
      • All functions are now deterministic and safe to use with replays
      • Due to the use of a new algorithm for pseudo-random number generation (a linear congruential generator) and a new seed type (integer instead of float values), old replays will have unpredictable results
      • FlxColorUtil.getRandomColor(), FlxArrayUtil.shuffle(), and FlxArrayUtil.getRandom() have been moved to FlxRandom.color(), FlxRandom.shuffleArray(), and FlxRandom.getObject(), respectively. The old functions are still in place but are marked as deprecated.
      • weightedPick(), weightedGetObject() and colorExt() have been added
      • Replays are now fully deterministic, whether replaying the whole game or just a single state.
    • New FLX_NO_SOUND_SYSTEM conditional
    • FlxTrailArea:
      • can now be resized with setSize()
      • default delay is now 2
      • removed smoothing, use antialising instead
      • is now compatible with animated sprites / sprites that have a spritesheet
    • 🚚 Moved FlxSlider, FlxTrail and FlxTrailArea to flixel-addons
    • 🚚 FlxMisc has been removed, openURL() can now be found in FlxG. Added Target param to openURL().
    • FlxCamera:
      • getContainerSprite() has been removed, as well as the underscore in some public variables ("_flashSprite")
      • BUG: fixed alpha being initialized with 0 instead of 1
      • BUG: fixed FlxSprites not taking camera.alpha into account on cpp targets
    • FlxSpriteGroup: Added forEach(), forEachAlive(), forEachDead() and forEachExists()
    • FlxSpriteUtil:
      • new drawTriangle() and drawPolygon(), fadeIn() and fadeOut() functions
      • more control for the drawing functions via FillStyle and DrawStyle
      • added convenient default values for drawCircle()
      • allow FlxObjects in screenWrap() and screenCenter()
      • now the functions return the sprite / object to allow chaining
      • BUG: fixed null error in alphaMaskFlxSprite()
    • 🔨 FlxTypedButton refactor
      • Callbacks are now set via the FlxButtonEvent objects, for example button.onDown.callback = someFunction;
      • The type of callback has been changed from Dynamic to Void->Void to avoid Reflection. This means you need to bind custom parameters to your callback function like so: callback = someFunction.bind(1); (more info)
      • new labelAlphas and labelOffsets arrays for more control
      • the highlight frame is now disabled by default on mobile
      • "swiping" is now possible (entering the button area while the input is pressed to press the button)
    • FlxTypedEmitter and FlxSound: Added setPosition() methods
    • ⚡️ FlxSlider: New setVariable flag, improvements to inner update logic
    • FlxSprite:
      • pixelsOverlapPoint() has been removed
      • setGraphicDimensions() -> setGraphicSize(), removed the UpdateHitbox flag
      • added getGraphicsMidpoint()
      • bakedRotation -> bakedRotationAngle
      • loadfromSprite() -> loadGraphicFromSprite()
      • loadImageFromTexture() -> loadGraphicFromTexture()
      • loadRotatedImageFromTexture() -> loadRotatedGraphicFromTexture()
      • setColorTransformation() -> setColorTransform()
    • ⚡️ Optimized input checking when using FlxG.keys (aka FlxKeyShortcuts)
    • FlxTypedGroup:
      • autoReviveMembers flag has been removed
      • Revive param has been added to recycle()
      • Fixed a bug with callAll()'s Args parameter which would get lost in recursive mode
    • FlxRect, FlxPoint and FlxBasic and FlxObject now have toString() functions used for traces and the flixel debugger
    • The focus lost screen and the sound tray now react to window resizes
    • 🐛 BUG: Fixed numpad minus not working as a default volume down key
    • FlxStringUtil:
      • added sameClassName()
      • added getDomain()
    • 🔨 The stats window of the debugger has been refactored, now has fancy FPS and memory graphs
    • FlxGame.focusLostFramerate added
    • 🐛 BUG: Fixed flixel cursor reappearing after regaining focus
    • Android sound caching improvement
    • 🛠 Fixes for OUYA gamepad combatibility (fixed some button IDs in OUYAButtonID)
    • 🛠 Fix for a bug in the standalone flash player that would fire onFocus / onFocusLost twice
    • Prevent paused sounds from playing after regaining focus
    • FlxText:
      • BUG: Fix inaccurate text color when setting both color and alpha
      • BUG: Fix incompatiblity of FlxText.borderStyle and FlxText.alpha
      • BUG: Fixed changing color or alpha of a FlxText affecting its origin
      • Internal optimizations for less BitmapData creations
      • Added basic text formatting via FlxTextFormat, so different sections of the same FlxText can have different formatting. For this, addFormat(), removeFormat() and clearFormats() have been added.
      • Added italic property (flash-only for now)
    • 📇 Renamed framerates to clear up confusion:
      • gameFramerate -> updateFramerate
      • flashFramerate -> drawFramerate
    • 🐛 BUG: Fixed order of operations issue that was causing FlxSubStates to crash on close.
    • 🐛 BUG: Fixed a splash screen repeating bug when using default splash screen.
    • 👍 Gamepad support improvements
      • Improvements and optimizations to gamepad api, fixed Ouya compatibility!
      • FlxGamepadManager: getActiveGamepadIDs(), getActiveGamepads(), getFirstActiveGamepadID(), getFirstActiveGamepad and anyInput() added
      • FlxGamepad: firstPressedButtonID(), firstJustPressedButtonID() and firstJustReleasedButtonID() added
      • Added PS3ButtonID and LogitechButtonID classes
      • FlxG.gamepads.get() -> getByID()
    • 🚚 Ported scale modes from flixel for moneky (FlxG.scaleMode / flixel.system.scaleModes) and removed FlxG.autoResize
    • 📇 Renamed FlxG.debugger.visualDebug to drawDebug
    • FlxTween:
      • optimizations
      • AngleTween now accepts FlxSprite as a parameter
      • Now possible to delay tweens via the TweenOptions typedef
      • FlxEase: Added elastic easing functions
      • Exposed the duration and the type of tweens so they can be changed after they have been started
    • 🐛 BUG: Fixed jittering movement of FlxObjects following a FlxPath
    • ✂ Removed FlxG.paused, it was a container variable without functionality
    • FlxRect:
      • Added setSize()
      • top / bottom / left / right can now be set
    • FlxArrayUtil:
      • added fastSplice()
      • moved intFromString() to FlxStringUtil.toIntArray()
      • moved floatFromString() to FlxStringUtil.toFloatArray()
    • 🚚 Moved flixel.system.input to flixel.input
    • 📦 Moved interfaces into a new interfaces package
    • 🐛 BUG: Fixed crash when using traces on android
    • Haxe 3.1.0 compatibility
    • 🚀 FlxG.keyboard has been merged with Flx.keys again. FlxG.keyboard.pressed(), justPressed() and justReleased() have been removed, anyPressed(), anyJustPressed() and anyJustReleased() should be used instead.
    • ✂ Removed dynamic types and casting in some places
    • 🔨 FlxMouse refactor
      • Removed show() and hide(), visible should be used instead
      • load() should be used for loading a cursor graphic, which was previously possible via show()
      • FLX_MOUSE_ADVANCED has been turned into FLX_NO_MOUSE_ADVANCED, which means the event listeners for middle and right mouse clicks are now available by default / opt-out
      • FlxState.useMouse has been removed
      • The mouse cursor is now by default visible on non-mobile targets
    • ⚡️ FlxG.pixelPerfectOverlap() / FlxCollision.pixelPerfectCheck() has been heavily optimized to perform well on cpp targets, default AlphaTolerance is now 1
    • FlxG.LIBRARY_MINOR_VERSION, LIBRARY_MAJOR_VERSION, LIBRARY_NAME and libraryName have been refactored into a FlxVersion object available via FlxG.VERSION
    • FlxSound:
      • Made fadeIn() and fadeOut() more intuitive to use
      • Added pan property to allow non-proximity-based panning
    • FlxAngle:
      • added getCartesianCoords() and getPolarCoords()
      • removed the Round parameter from getAngle()
    • 💅 FlxVirtualPad now extends FlxSpriteGroups and uses enums for the action and dpad-button-styles
    • ➕ Added collisionXDrag flag to FlxObject to allow turning off the default "move-with-horizontally-moving-platform"-behaviour
    • 🚚 FlxSoundUtil has been removed
    • 📚 General improvements to the in-code documentation
    • ➕ Added <window allow-shaders="false" /> to the include.xml to boost performance (especially on mobile)
    • ➕ Added an option for looping to FlxG.sound.playMusic()
    • 🐛 BUG: Fix the last command of the console not working
    • 🐛 BUG: Fix setting a Boolean on cpp not working
    • 🐛 BUG: Added a workaround for onFocus() firing immediately on startup for cpp targets
    • 📚 Code style change for keyword order, public/private first, see the styleguide for more info
    • ➕ Added getByID() to FlxG.touches
    • ➕ Added FlxG.swipes (contains all the FlxSwipe objects that are active this frame) to allow for better handling of touch inputs. A FlxSwipe has the following properties:
      • startPosition
      • endPosition
      • distance
      • angle
      • duration
    • 0️⃣ All FlxPoints of FlxObject and FlxSprite are now (default, null) / read-only - this means you should now use .set(x, y) if you were previously new()-ing the point.
    • ⚡️ Asset embedding has been optimized to only embed sound / graphic assets when they are needed, as opposed to always including all of them.
    • 🐎 Changed the way FlxTypedGroup.sort() works by adding flixel.util.FlxSort for increased performance
    • 🐛 BUG: fixed onFocus and onFocusLost not working on mobile
    • 🔄 Changed default volume from 0.5 to 1