v2.4.0

The 2.4.0 release is a minor LTS release for bugfixes and improvements

🙏Thanks to all contributers of axmol include financial sponsors: @scorewarrior,@peterkharitonov,@duong,@thienphuoc, @bingsoo, @asnagni, @paulocoutinhox, @DelinWorks

🙏Extremely thanks to @scorewarrior become new $3000.00/month financial sponsor, it's a very nice company.

Bug fixes

• Fix build wasm fail with -O0 by @halx99
• Fix #2370 module 'bitop' not found by @halx99
• Fix #2371 Video freezes on the first frame when played on Apple TV by @halx99
• Fix tile animation logic to use correct time per frame by @rh101 in #2345
• Fix: when these extensions set to OFF, compiles by @blairwang in #2347
• Fix tilemap culling by @DelinWorks in #2403

Improvements

• Improve build system, support select msvc toolset version by @halx99
• Improve Label: underline, strikethrough and color by @aismann in #2382
• Disable Spine references if Spine is not enabled by @rh101 in #2346
• Increase MAX_AUDIOINSTANCES value to 128 in AudioEngine by @MartinLutherSu in #2348
• Clipper2 ver. 1.5.0 by @aismann in #2350
• Remove folder DrawNodeExTest by @aismann in #2352
• Clipper2 1.5.2 by @aismann in #2360
• [Android] Allow project to specify Axmol engine root path by @rh101 in #2361
• Improve gradle by @halx99 in #2363
• Add zip in memory support by @AlexandreK38 in #2368
• Use axmol proguard file in template and clean by @AlexandreK38 in #2366
• [Windows] Ensure vertical scrolling is enabled when EditBox is in multiline mode by @rh101 in #2374
• Add Android event for Warm Start by @AlexandreK38 in #2367
• [Windows] Ensure EditBox shows text correctly when it receives focus for the first time by @rh101 in #2376
• Add Image flip Raw data vertically by @AlexandreK38 in #2369
• Committing luabindings for commit 0656f87 by @axmol-bot in #2377
• Improve site and add donate page with donate channels and sponsors list by @halx99
• Improve build system by @halx99
  • Install android cmdline-tools into android sdk root
  • Improve setup.ps1 on macOS
  • Update live2d SDK download url
  • Improve gradle scripts
• Remove unused 3rd lib: yaml-cpp by @halx99
• Fix wasm compile warnings
• Added methods to modify audio pitch by @Janglee123 in #2381
• Improve webgl render fps by @halx99 in #2379
• Add missing const qualifiers for DrawNode by @crazyhappygame in #2394
• Ensure opacity is applied to DrawNode used in Label by @rh101 in #2396
• Update button size if title renderer is changed and ignore size is true by @rh101 in #2401
• Calculate correct positions for underline and strikethrough by @rh101 in #2398
• [Android] Add a way to disable interactions on the SurfaceView by @AlexandreK38 in #2410

SDKs updates

• emsdk: 3.1.73 ==> 4.0.3

3rdparty updates

• astcenc: 5.1.0 ==> 5.2.0
• clipper2: 1.4.0 ==> 1.5.2
• curl: 8.11.1 ==> 8.12.1
• libpng: 1.6.45 ==> 1.6.47
• fmt: 11.1.2 ==> 11.1.3
• openssl: 3.0.15 ==> 3.0.16

MD5 Hash of the release artifacts

• axmol-2.4.0.zip: 88C9EBB706921846BFC0E65B021A0A67
• axmol-bs-2.4.0.zip: 3FEE1585C88334106A785AC349FD98B8