History

Release dates:

2020/04/20 - Matali Physics 5.3.0.0
- Matali Physics, Matali Render, Matali Content
  New features:
  Comprehensive support for tvOS 11 and higher
  Other changes:
  New minimum requirement: Xcode 11+
  Corrected API documentation in the CHM file format
  Matali Sound
  New features:
  Comprehensive support for tvOS 11 and higher
  Comprehensive support for Core Audio API on macOS, iOS, iPadOS and tvOS
  Other changes:
  Removed support for OpenAL API on macOS, iOS and iPadOS
  New minimum requirement: Xcode 11+
  Corrected API documentation in the CHM file format
  Matali Games
  New features:
  Matali Physics Demo for tvOS
  Improved features:
  General gamepad handling
  Input handling
  Other changes:
  New minimum requirement: Xcode 11+
  Improved Matali Physics Demo on all supported platforms

If you are looking for information about future releases of Matali Physics, check out our roadmap for the engine.

Release dates:

2019/11/18 - Matali Physics 5.0.0.0
- Matali Physics
  New features:
  Comprehensive support for Android 10 and Android Studio 3.5.x
  Comprehensive support for iOS 13.x, iPadOS 13.x and macOS Catalina (version 10.15.x) and Xcode 11.x
  Support for instancing
  Improved features:
  Support for lights, shadows and fogs
  Camera class
  Managers for all types of objects
  Other changes:
  Support for Windows XP and Windows Vista SP2 marked as obsolete
  Removed support for UWP Mobile
  Removed support for Android Java Activity
  Corrected and improved header files (*.h)
  Corrected API documentation in the CHM file format
  Matali Render
  New features:
  Unified lighting, shading and fogging system
  Shadows from point light sources
  Instancing (triangle meshes and shadows)
  Comprehensive support for Metal API on iOS/iPadOS
  Comprehensive support for Metal API on macOS
  Comprehensive support for Android 10 and Android Studio 3.5.x
  Comprehensive support for iOS 13.x, iPadOS 13.x and macOS Catalina (version 10.15.x) and Xcode 11.x
  Improved features:
  All shaders
  Support for Vulkan API
  Support for DirectX 12
  Other changes:
  Support for DirectX 11 marked as obsolete
  Removed support for OpenGL 3.3
  Removed support for OpenGL ES 3.0
  Support for Windows Vista SP2 marked as obsolete
  Removed support for Windows XP
  Removed support for UWP Mobile
  Removed support for Android Java Activity
  Corrected and improved header files (*.h)
  Corrected API documentation in the CHM file format
  Matali Content, Matali Sound
  New features:
  Comprehensive support for Android 10 and Android Studio 3.5.x
  Comprehensive support for iOS 13.x, iPadOS 13.x and macOS Catalina (version 10.15.x) and Xcode 11.x
  Other changes:
  Support for Windows XP and Windows Vista SP2 marked as obsolete
  Removed support for UWP Mobile
  Removed support for Android Java Activity
  Matali Games
  New features:
  Matali Physics Demo for Metal API on iOS/iPadOS
  Matali Physics Demo for Metal API on macOS
  Comprehensive support for Android 10 and Android Studio 3.5.x
  Comprehensive support for iOS 13.x, iPadOS 13.x and macOS Catalina (version 10.15.x) and Xcode 11.x
  Other changes:
  Improved Matali Physics Demo on all supported platforms
  Improved Matali Games on all supported platforms
  Support for Windows Vista SP2 marked as obsolete
  Removed support for Windows XP
  Removed support for UWP Mobile
  Removed support for Android Java Activity
  Removed all demos for OpenGL 3.3 and OpenGL ES 3.0
2019/05/02 - Matali Physics 4.7.0.0
- Matali Physics
  New features:
  Comprehensive support for Universal Windows Platform on Xbox One
  Comprehensive support for Visual Studio 2019
  Improved features:
  Collision masks
  Other changes:
  Support for UWP Mobile marked as obsolete
  Corrected and improved header files (*.h)
  Corrected API documentation in the CHM file format
  Matali Render, Matali Content, Matali Sound
  New features:
  Comprehensive support for Universal Windows Platform on Xbox One
  Comprehensive support for Visual Studio 2019
  Other changes:
  Support for UWP Mobile marked as obsolete
  Matali Games
  New features:
  Matali Physics DirectX 11 Demo for Universal Windows Platform on Xbox One
  Matali Physics DirectX 12 Demo for Universal Windows Platform on Xbox One
  Support for rendering at 4K on Xbox One
  General gamepads handling for all supported platforms
  Support for Xbox One gamepad
  Comprehensive support for Visual Studio 2019
  Improved features:
  Input on all supported platforms
  Ray collision handling
  Other changes:
  Support for UWP Mobile marked as obsolete
  Improved Matali Physics Demo on all supported platforms
  Improved Matali Games on all supported platforms
2019/02/11 - Matali Physics 4.6.0.0
- Matali Physics
  New features:
  Comprehensive support for Windows UAP/UWP ARM 64-bit architecture
  New type of user-defined controller
  Improved features:
  Support for user-defined controllers
  Heightmap primitive shape
  Fluid primitive shape
  Other changes:
  New minimum requirements: Android 7.0+, Android Studio 3.2+, NDK r12b+, iOS 11.0+, macOS 10.13+, Xcode 10+, Ubuntu 16.04+, SteamOS 2.0+, FreeBSD 11.0+
  Support for Windows XP/Vista marked as obsolete
  Removed support for i386 and ARMv7 architectures on iOS
  Corrected and improved header files (*.h)
  Corrected API documentation in the CHM file format
  Matali Render
  New features:
  Comprehensive support for Vulkan API on Android
  Comprehensive support for Vulkan API on Linux
  Comprehensive support for Vulkan API on SteamOS
  Comprehensive support for Vulkan API on *BSD
  Comprehensive support for Windows UAP/UWP ARM 64-bit architecture
  Improved features:
  Support for Vulkan API on Windows
  Support for DirectX 12
  Support for OpenGL 3.3
  Support for Windows UAP/UWP
  Other changes:
  New minimum requirements: Android 7.0+, Android Studio 3.2+, NDK r12b+, iOS 11.0+, macOS 10.13+, Xcode 10+, Ubuntu 16.04+, SteamOS 2.0+, FreeBSD 11.0+
  Support for OpenGL 3.3 marked as obsolete on Windows, Linux, SteamOS and *BSD
  Support for Windows XP/Vista marked as obsolete
  Removed support for i386 and ARMv7 architectures on iOS
  Corrected and improved header files (*.h)
  Corrected API documentation in the CHM file format
  Matali Content
  New features:
  Comprehensive support for Windows UAP/UWP ARM 64-bit architecture
  Other changes:
  New minimum requirements: Android 7.0+, Android Studio 3.2+, NDK r12b+, iOS 11.0+, macOS 10.13+, Xcode 10+, Ubuntu 16.04+, SteamOS 2.0+, FreeBSD 11.0+
  Support for Windows XP/Vista marked as obsolete
  Removed support for i386 and ARMv7 architectures on iOS
  Matali Sound
  New features:
  Comprehensive support for Windows UAP/UWP ARM 64-bit architecture
  Other changes:
  Significantly redesigned and unified add-on core
  New minimum requirements: Android 7.0+, Android Studio 3.2+, NDK r12b+, iOS 11.0+, macOS 10.13+, Xcode 10+, Ubuntu 16.04+, SteamOS 2.0+, FreeBSD 11.0+
  Support for Windows XP/Vista marked as obsolete
  Removed support for i386 and ARMv7 architectures on iOS
  Corrected and improved header files (*.h)
  Corrected API documentation in the CHM file format
  Matali Games
  New features:
  Matali Physics Demo for Vulkan API on Android
  Matali Physics Demo for Vulkan API on Linux, SteamOS and *BSD
  Comprehensive support for Windows UAP/UWP ARM 64-bit architecture
  Other changes:
  New minimum requirements: Android 7.0+, Android Studio 3.2+, NDK r12b+, iOS 11.0+, macOS 10.13+, Xcode 10+, Ubuntu 16.04+, SteamOS 2.0+, FreeBSD 11.0+
  Support for Windows XP/Vista marked as obsolete
  Removed support for i386 and ARMv7 architectures on iOS
  Improved Matali Physics Demo on all supported platforms
  Improved Matali Games on all supported platforms

If you are looking for information about future releases of Matali Physics, check out our roadmap for the engine.

Release dates:

2018/12/12 - Matali Physics 4.4.0.0
- Matali Physics
  New features:
  Comprehensive support for Android 9.0 Pie
  Comprehensive support for iOS 12.x, macOS Mojave (version 10.14.x) and Xcode 10.x
  Improved features:
  Camera class
  Synchronization
  Other changes:
  Support for Xcode 8.x and 9.x marked as deprecated. Together the next release of Matali Physics, the Xcode 10.x will be the minimum supported version of Xcode
  Corrected and improved header files (*.h)
  Corrected API documentation in the CHM file format
  Matali Render
  New features:
  Comprehensive support for Android 9.0 Pie
  Comprehensive support for iOS 12.x, macOS Mojave (version 10.14.x) and Xcode 10.x
  Normal mapping and parallax mapping based on the distance from the observer
  Improved features:
  Normal mapping and parallax mapping
  Shaders for shadows, normal mapping and parallax mapping
  All shaders for iOS and Android
  Other changes:
  Support for Xcode 8.x and 9.x marked as deprecated. Together the next release of Matali Physics, the Xcode 10.x will be the minimum supported version of Xcode
  Corrected and improved header files (*.h)
  Corrected API documentation in the CHM file format
  Matali Content
  New features:
  Comprehensive support for Android 9.0 Pie
  Comprehensive support for iOS 12.x, macOS Mojave (version 10.14.x) and Xcode 10.x
  Other changes:
  Support for Xcode 8.x and 9.x marked as deprecated. Together the next release of Matali Physics, the Xcode 10.x will be the minimum supported version of Xcode
  Matali Sound
  New features:
  Comprehensive support for Android 9.0 Pie
  Comprehensive support for iOS 12.x, macOS Mojave (version 10.14.x) and Xcode 10.x
  Other changes:
  Support for Xcode 8.x and 9.x marked as deprecated. Together the next release of Matali Physics, the Xcode 10.x will be the minimum supported version of Xcode
  Matali Games
  New features:
  Comprehensive support for Android 9.0 Pie
  Comprehensive support for iOS 12.x, macOS Mojave (version 10.14.x) and Xcode 10.x
  Other changes:
  Support for Xcode 8.x and 9.x marked as deprecated. Together the next release of Matali Physics, the Xcode 10.x will be the minimum supported version of Xcode
  Improved Matali Physics Demo on all supported platforms
2018/10/10 - Matali Physics 4.3.0.0
- Matali Physics
  Improved features:
  Support for shadows
  Serialization
  Other changes:
  Corrected and improved header files (*.h)
  Corrected API documentation in the CHM file format
  Matali Render
  New features:
  New classes of graphics objects
  Improved features:
  Support for DirectX 12 API
  Support for Vulkan API
  Classes of graphics objects
  Other changes:
  Corrected and improved header files (*.h)
  Corrected API documentation in the CHM file format
  Matali Content
  Improved features:
  Selected class methods for handling WAV files
  Other changes:
  Corrected and improved header files (*.h)
  Corrected API documentation in the CHM file format
  Matali Games
  Other changes:
  Significantly improved Matali Physics Demo on all supported platforms
2018/06/27 - Matali Physics 4.2.0.0
- Matali Physics
  New features:
  Support for heightmaps with holes and with non-rectangular shaped terrain
  Task manager
  Comprehensive support for Android Studio 3.0 and higher
  Improved features:
  Heightmap shape primitive
  Heightmap controller
  Collision detection
  Serialization
  Other changes:
  Dropped support for Android Studio 2.x
  Corrected and improved header files (*.h)
  Corrected API documentation in the CHM file format
  Matali Render
  New features:
  Comprehensive support for Android Studio 3.0 and higher
  Improved features:
  Classes to handle buffers
  Procedural sky with atmospheric scattering
  Other changes:
  Dropped support for Android Studio 2.x
  Corrected and improved header files (*.h)
  Corrected API documentation in the CHM file format
  Matali Content
  New features:
  Comprehensive support for Android Studio 3.0 and higher
  Improved features:
  Classes to handle bitmaps
  Other changes:
  Dropped support for Android Studio 2.x
  Corrected and improved header files (*.h)
  Corrected API documentation in the CHM file format
  Matali Sound
  New features:
  Comprehensive support for Android Studio 3.0 and higher
  Other changes:
  General optimization
  Dropped support for Android Studio 2.x
  Corrected and improved header files (*.h)
  Corrected API documentation in the CHM file format
  Matali Games
  New features:
  Comprehensive support for Android Studio 3.0 and higher
  Multithreaded loading of resources on all supported platforms
  Improved features:
  Cursor handling
  Other changes:
  Added terrain in Matali Physics Demo four times as large as in version 4.1 (on all supported platforms)
  Added cavern example in Matali Physics Demo on all supported platforms
  Dropped support for Android Studio 2.x
2018/04/25 - Matali Physics 4.1.0.0
- Matali Physics
  Improved features:
  Processing of arbitrary sets of triangles
  Fluid shape primitive
  Behavior of arbitrary sets of triangles on fluid surface and inside the fluid volume
  Behavior of all objects on fluid surface and inside the fluid volume
  Other changes:
  Corrected and improved header files (*.h)
  Corrected API documentation in the CHM file format
  Matali Render
  New features:
  Smooth transitions between shadow cascades
  Improved features:
  Shadows from all types of light sources
  Other changes:
  Corrected and improved header files (*.h)
  Corrected API documentation in the CHM file format
  Matali Content
  Improved features:
  PCM sound data normalization and denormalization
  Other changes:
  Corrected and improved header files (*.h)
  Corrected API documentation in the CHM file format
  Matali Games
  Improved features:
  Exception handling
2018/01/15 - Matali Physics 4.0.0.0
- Matali Physics
  New features:
  Comprehensive support for Visual Studio 2017
  Comprehensive support for Android Studio 2.3 and higher
  Comprehensive support for Android 7.x Nougat and Android 8.0 Oreo
  Comprehensive support for macOS High Sierra (version 10.13.x), iOS 11.x and Xcode 9.x
  Priorities for sounds
  Improved features:
  Methods for positioning sounds and groups of sounds
  Linear and angular damping
  Collision groups
  Classes: Frustum, View and Projection
  Primitive shapes: fluid, heightmap
  Fluid surface controller
  Heightmap controller
  Serialization
  Other changes:
  Introduced one extended edition of the engine
  Matali Physics Demo corrected, improved and moved to Matali Games
  Corrected and improved header files (*.h)
  Corrected API documentation in the CHM file format
  Merged APIs documentation
  Removed support for the BlackBerry OS
  Matali Render
  New features:
  Comprehensive support for Visual Studio 2017
  Comprehensive support for Android Studio 2.3 and higher
  Comprehensive support for Android 7.x Nougat and Android 8.0 Oreo
  Comprehensive support for macOS High Sierra (version 10.13.x), iOS 11.x and Xcode 9.x
  Comprehensive support for Vulkan API on Windows
  Physically-based rendering (PBR)
  Screen space ambient occlusion (SSAO)
  Gamma correction
  Improved features:
  Support for DirectX 12 API
  The use of transparency in shaders
  Classes to handle shaders
  Procedural sky with atmospheric scattering
  Other changes:
  Corrected and improved header files (*.h)
  Corrected API documentation in the CHM file format
  Removed support for the BlackBerry OS
  Matali Content
  New features:
  Comprehensive support for Visual Studio 2017
  Comprehensive support for Android Studio 2.3 and higher
  Comprehensive support for Android 7.x Nougat and Android 8.0 Oreo
  Comprehensive support for macOS High Sierra (version 10.13.x), iOS 11.x and Xcode 9.x
  Save masks into alpha bytes of BMP format
  Other changes:
  Corrected and improved header files (*.h)
  Corrected API documentation in the CHM file format
  Removed support for the BlackBerry OS
  Matali Sound
  New features:
  Comprehensive support for Visual Studio 2017
  Comprehensive support for Android Studio 2.3 and higher
  Comprehensive support for Android 7.x Nougat and Android 8.0 Oreo
  Comprehensive support for macOS High Sierra (version 10.13.x), iOS 11.x and Xcode 9.x
  Priorities for sounds
  Global sound volume control
  Other changes:
  Removed support for the BlackBerry OS
  Matali Games
  The first release on all supported platforms and for all supported on these platforms multimedia APIs and IDEs

If you are looking for information about future releases of Matali Physics, check out our roadmap for the engine.