r168

https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/wiki/Migration-Guide#r167--r168
https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/milestone/81?closed=1

• Global
  • Clean up. #29050, #29057, #29080, #29088, #29104 (@linbingquan, @aardgoose, @WestLangley)
  • Simplify tone mapping nomenclature. #29093 (@WestLangley)
• Background
  • Fix update when changing env map. #28966 (@Mugen87)
• BatchedMesh
  • Fix colorsTexture size. #29061 (@agargaro)
  • Fix bounding volume calculation. #29243 (@gfodor)
• BleachBypassNode
  • Add FX class for bleach color effects. #28974 (@cmhhelgeson)
• ContextNode
  • Rename context to value. #29131 (@sunag)
• Controls
  • Move into core. #29136 (@Mugen87)
• CubeMapNode
  • Add class for auto-conversion of environment maps. #29073 (@Mugen87)
• GLSLNodeBuilder
  • Add enableExtension(). #28952, #29102 (@cmhhelgeson)
• InstancedPointsNodeMaterial
  • Simplify extension. #29122 (@aardgoose)
  • Don't rebuild every frame. #29222 (@aardgoose)
  • Add pointWidthNode. #29236 (@cmhhelgeson)
  • Support opacity. #29252 (@RenaudRohlinger)
• LightProbeNode
  • Add node class for supporting LightProbe with WebGPURenderer. #29068 (@Mugen87)
• Material
  • Add onBeforeRender() back. #29043 (@Mugen87)
• MaterialX
  • Add basic support for time and frame. #29149 (@sunag)
  • Fix mx_hsvtorgb and brick_procedural. #29150 (@sunag)
• MotionBlurNode
  • Add FX class for per-object motion blur. #29058 (@Mugen87, @sunag, @gkjohnson)
• NodeBuilder
  • Optional comparison methods. #29049 (@sunag)
• NodeMaterial
  • Use materialReference() for env maps. #28982 (@Mugen87, @sunag)
  • Added support to custom MRT depth. #29117 (@sunag)
  • Does not crash if there is no colorNode. #29141 (@sunag)
• Nodes
  • Remove keywords. #29129 (@sunag)
  • Add anaglyph and parallax barrier pass nodes. #29184, #29201 (@Mugen87, @cmhhelgeson)
  • Add invocationLocalIndex. #29202 (@cmhhelgeson)
• OperatorNode
  • Maintain variable types in comparison. #29194 (@cmhhelgeson)
• PassNode
  • Support for access previous frame textures. #29069 (@sunag)
• PMREMNode
  • Only generate PMREM with ready image data. #28970, #29044 (@Mugen87)
• SepiaNode
  • Add FX class for sepia effect. #28961, #28991, #29130 (@cmhhelgeson, @sunag, @WestLangley)
• ShaderNode
  • Remove isArrayInput. #29205 (@wcandillon)
• SSAAPassNode
  • Add FX class for Super-Sampling Anti-Aliasing. #29106, #29119 (@Mugen87, @sunag)
• StereoPassNode
  • Add FX class for stereoscopic rendering. #29173 (@Mugen87)
• ToneMappingNode
  • Properly handle alpha. #29076 (@WestLangley)
  • Adhere to consistent capitalization. #29091 (@WestLangley)
  • Remove the default value for toneMapping. #29101 (@WestLangley)
• TSL
  • Add spherizeUV(). #28976 (@sunag)
  • Rename uniforms() to uniformArray(). #28910, #28979 (@cmhhelgeson, @Mugen87)
  • Introduce billboarding(). #29011 (@sunag)
  • Introduce viewportSafeUV(). #29025, #29067 (@sunag)
  • Flow control function names revision. #29064, #29090 (@sunag, @aardgoose)
  • Remove stack parameter of Fn(). #29070 (@sunag)
  • Rename remainder() to modInt(). #29092 (@cmhhelgeson)
  • Deferred function call and once(). #29121 (@sunag)
  • Support instancing and skinning without normals. #29134 (@RenaudRohlinger)
  • Use TSL approach in more modules. #29178, #29188 (@sunag)
  • Introduce flip*() syntax. #29208 (@sunag)
  • Rename viewportTopLeft to viewportUV. #29211, #29241 (@sunag)
  • Prevent viewportBottomLeft breaking change and cleanup. #29223 (@RenaudRohlinger)
  • Color space revision. #29248, #29259 (@sunag)
• VelocityNode
  • Add component for rendering motion vectors per fragment. #29058 (@Mugen87, @sunag, @gkjohnson)
• ViewportDepthNode
  • Fix material.depthNode=depth assign. #29116 (@sunag)
• WebGLRenderer
  • Add support for changing the assigned render target depth texture. #28584 (@gkjohnson)
• WebGPUPipelineUtils
  • Fix blending with premultiplied alpha. #29100 (@Mugen87)
• WebGPURenderer
  • Add debug.getShaderAsync(). #28997, #29001, #29010 (@Mugen87, @sunag)
  • Apply Scene.environment only on PBR materials. #29033 (@Mugen87)
  • Fix instance meshes that shares the same count. #29066 (@RenaudRohlinger)
  • Enable subgroup directives/builtins. #29053 (@cmhhelgeson)
  • Only use PMREM for background when blurriness is configured. #29089 (@Mugen87)
  • Avoid using proxy in rendering cycle. #29094 (@sunag)
  • Premultiply alpha for clear color. #29103 (@Mugen87)
  • Manual shadow update control via shadow.needsUpdate. #29110 (@RenaudRohlinger)
  • WebGL State improvements. #29132 (@RenaudRohlinger)
  • Don't create duplicate shader programs in the WebGL fallback renderer. #29135 (@aardgoose)
  • New normal nodes approach. #29137 (@sunag)
  • Fix scissor with MSAA for WebGL backend. #29148 (@aardgoose)
  • Fix generateMipmaps() in texture layers for WebGPU backend. #29151 (@sunag)
  • Fix occlusion when rendering to a texture with WebGL backend. #29154 (@aardgoose)
  • Fix linear filter textures w/o mipmaps. #29172 (@RenaudRohlinger)
  • Fix BatchedMesh with indexed geometry. #29174 (@RenaudRohlinger)
  • Remove redundant code. #29176, #29186 (@aardgoose)
  • Align WebGL backend extensions initialization with WebGLRenderer. #29177 (@RenaudRohlinger)
  • Cache GPUBindGroupLayouts. #29158 (@aardgoose, @sunag)
  • Support filterable Float32 textures in WebGPU. #29175 (@RenaudRohlinger)
  • BatchedMesh colors support. #29203 (@RenaudRohlinger)
  • Reduce bindingGroup creation for data texture content updates. #29183 (@aardgoose)
  • Use material name or type to label WebGPU pipelines, add names to Nodes internal materials. #29217 (@aardgoose)
  • Get fallback approach. #29218 (@sunag)
  • Use getPreferredCanvasFormat(). #29221 (@sunag)
  • Fix sync NodeFrame state if render call tree are used. #29230 (@sunag)
  • Improve clippingContext cache key. #29232 (@aardgoose)
  • Support Compressed Texture Array. #29231 (@RenaudRohlinger)
  • Remove duplicate const. #29237 (@aardgoose)
  • Improve Tree-shaking. #29187, #29250 (@sunag)
  • Add signature to shader. #29240 (@WestLangley)
  • getCache() & trackTimestamp check optimization. #29245 (@aardgoose)
  • Rework to use a single renderBundle per Group.static object. #29239 (@aardgoose)
  • Move viewport and scissor to WebGPU convention - top-left. #29249 (@sunag)
  • Fix wrong color space for video textures in WebGL backend. #29254 (@RenaudRohlinger)
  • Ensure correct pixel storage parameters in WebGL backend. #29255 (@RenaudRohlinger)
  • Cache textureViews for reuse in bindGroup. #29257, #29261 (@aardgoose, @sunag)
• WebXRManager
  • Avoid invalid projection matrices when using depth sensing. #29120 (@mrxz)
• WGSLNodeBuilder
  • Fix pow() with negative base on Windows. #28971 (@sunag)
  • Fix WGSL vertex code directive typo. #29023 (@cmhhelgeson)

Documentation

• Improve Audio page. #29099 (@mrxz)
• Improve Chinese translation. #28965, #29107, #29123, #29229 (@Uiwzen, @puxiao, @appache163)
• Improve Creating a scene guide. #29118 (@KURELLANAVEEN)

Examples

• Clean up. #29014, #29086, #29157 (@WestLangley, @0b5vr, @Mugen87)
• Add webgpu_tsl_vfx_flames example. (@brunosimon)
• Update webgpu_mrt_mask imports. #28972 (@sunag)
• Add webgpu_shadowmap_opacity example. #28973 (@sunag)
• Add webgpu_tsl_coffee_smoke example. #28967 (@brunosimon)
• Add webgpu_tsl_compute_attractors_particles example. #28983 (@brunosimon)
• Add webgpu_tsl_halftone example. #28998 (@brunosimon)
• Add webgpu_tsl_raging_sea example. #29000 (@brunosimon)
• Fix flickering/black screen on Apple devices with webgpu_mesh_batch. #29002 (@Mugen87)
• Add webgpu_tsl_earth example. #29003 (@brunosimon)
• Add webgpu_tsl_procedural_terrain example. #28999 (@brunosimon)
• Add webgpu_postprocessing_masking example. #29016 (@sunag)
• Add webgpu_tsl_angular_slicing example. #29007 (@brunosimon)
• Add webgpu_tsl_vfx_tornado example. #29020 (@brunosimon)
• Revert "scroll to currently selected example in the sidebar". #29042 (@Mugen87)
• Improve webgpu_morphtargets_face example. #29047 (@Mugen87)
• Add performance comparison examples for WebGL and WebGPU renderers. #29077 (@RenaudRohlinger)
• Use FullScreenQuad in effect addons. #29126 (@Mugen87)
• Add webgpu_compute_birds example. #29081 (@cmhhelgeson)
• Update tags. #29155 (@cmhhelgeson)
• Remove curvature estimation demo. #29171 (@Mugen87)
• Improve webgl_texture2darray_layerupdate example. #29190 (@HunterLarco)
• Simplify bloom emissive demo. #29215 (@Mugen87)
• Remove LogLuvLoader. #29144 (@mrdoob)
• Fixed smoothstep usage failing to compile in Chrome Beta. #29265 (@mrdoob)

Addons

• AnimationClipCreator

  • Fix timeStep logic in CreateMaterialColorAnimation(). #29111 (@JiDW)

• ArcballControls

  • Derive from Controls. #29109 (@Mugen87)

• BleachBypassShader

  • Use luminance(). #29056 (@Mugen87)

• DragControls

  • Refactor API. #29079 (@Mugen87)

• FirstPersonControls

  • Derive from Controls. #29097 (@Mugen87)

• FlyControls

  • Derive from Controls. #29095 (@Mugen87)

• GLTFExporter

  • Preventing to write null for attenuationDistance. #29035 (@Cold5tar)

• KTX2Loader

  • Add parse() method for direct buffer processing. #28936 (@laddish)

• LightProbeHelper

  • Clean up. #29166 (@WestLangley)

• OrbitControls

  • Derive from Controls. #29142 (@Mugen87)

• OutlinePass

  • Improve performance of VisibilityChangeCallBack(). #29220 (@Barokoli, @Mugen87)

• PCDLoader

  • Fix regex to match header fields at line start. #29196 (@lenville)

• PointerLockControls

  • Derive from Controls. #29085 (@Mugen87)

• RapierPhysics

  • Add triangular mesh collider. #28993 (@ferminLR)

• RoomEnvironment

  • Remove obsolete renderer parameter. #29048 (@Mugen87)

• SkyMesh

  • Add WebGPURenderer version of Sky. #29013, #29015 (@Mugen87, @sunag)
  • Rename up property to avoid name collision. #29199 (@Methuselah96)

• SSAARender

  • Add property to control the stencil buffer. #29082 (@gdu041)

• StereoEffect

  • Handle clear differently. #29125 (@Mugen87)

• TrackballControls

  • Derive from Controls. #29124 (@Mugen87)

• USDZExporter

  • Improve material export. #29216 (@LynX39)

• WaterMesh

  • Add WebGPURenderer version of Water. #29019, #29029 (@Mugen87)

• Water2Mesh

  • Add WebGPURenderer version of Water. #29027 (@Mugen87)

• WebGL

  • Deprecate isWebGLAvailable() and getWebGLErrorMessage(). #29153 (@Mugen87)

Node Editor

• Fix imports. #28987 (@Mugen87)
• Make sure scene is properly resetted. #28992 (@Mugen87)

Editor

• Add Korean language. #29022 (@shinjeongmin)
• Remove unused method moveObject(). #29078 (@s-rigaud)