2.13 February 2022 Update

Silk.NET February 2022 Update

• Add an OpenGLES version of the ImGui plugin (thanks @Beyley)
• Add an initial version of a Rider/ReSharper plugin to open Khronos specifications with one click (may not be available for install immediately)
• Update to OpenXR 1.0.22
• Update to Vulkan 1.3.205 (NB: The NuGet release notes are wrong here)
• Update to latest OpenCL specifications
• Fix mouse scroll wheels state not always being up-to-date on the SDL backend (thanks @paralaxsd)

In addition, thanks to @roeyskoe for contributing lots of behind-the-scenes changes to improve the Silk.NET native packaging experience.

2.12 January 2022 Update

Silk.NET January 2022 Update

• Add support for retrieving the clipboard text on IKeyboard (thanks @Beyley)
• Add a constructor for customizing the ImGui configuration before ImGuiController applies its configuration (thanks @sampletext32)
• Add Flags attributes to all bitmasks generated from C++ headers (i.e. DirectX), fixing warnings on usage
• Update to latest OpenCL specifications
• Update to Vulkan 1.2.203 (from 1.2.201, not 1.2.210 as the previous update indicated)
• Fix input information being one or two frames behind due to running in DoUpdate instead of DoEvents
• Fix BuildTools incorrectly defaulting to Cdecl instead of Winapi (fixes 32-bit issues)
• Fix string marshalling not allocating enough memory for multibyte UTF8 strings
• Fix a DivideByZeroException in PointToFramebuffer thrown in some circumstances
• Fix SymbolLoadingExceptions on usage of GetStringList functions in OpenAL

2.11 December 2021 Update

Silk.NET December 2021 Update

• Add a high-level C# wrapper over Vulkan Structure Chains (thanks @thargy).
• Add a WindowClass option in Windowing for setting the X11 class name (thanks @Pyrdacor)
• Add a IsContextControlDisabled option in Windowing to disable automatically making OpenGL contexts current
• Add support for cloning Vk objects to allow reuse of their function tables independently
• Update to latest OpenCL specifications
• Update to latest OpenGL and OpenGLES specifications
• Update to Vulkan 1.2.210
• Fix string marshalling regression which resulted in multiple string-overloaded functions throwing
• Fix multiple input-related problems when using the SDL backend of our Windowing abstractions
• Discontinued support for Legacy Xamarin (exclusively supporting .NET 6 mobile from now on)

2.10.1 .NET Conf 2021 Update

Silk.NET .NET Conf 2021 Update

• Fixes issues with 2.10 (compiled against .NET 6 RC1) not working correctly in projects using the .NET 6 Release SDK.

2.10 November 2021 Update

Silk.NET November 2021 Update

• Added support for BigInteger and Complex in the Silk.NET.Maths.Scalar APIs. (thanks @WhiteBlackGoose)
• Added helper constructors for maths types (Rectangle, Box2D, Box3D, etc). (thanks @nathan-alden-sr)
• Added bitwise APIs to Silk.NET.Maths.Scalar. (thanks @WhiteBlackGoose)
• Added support for configuring OpenGL multisamping.
• Updated to Vulkan 1.2.197.
• Updated to latest OpenCL specifications.
• Updated to latest OpenGL specifications.
• Updated DirectX and Win32 bindings to Windows 11 SDK.
• Removed redundant references with no DLLs (i.e. BCL/legacy packages not needed on newer platforms, thanks @nathan-alden-sr @WhiteBlackGoose)
• Removed problematic implicit-in OpenGL overloads (fixes the infamous VertexAttribPointer bug)
• Fixed incorrect character encoding of keyboard (text) input on the SDL backend. (thanks @roeyskoe)
• Fixed native libraries not being resolved despite being present in the "runtimes" folder.
• Miscellaneous documentation fixes and improvements.

2.9 October 2021 Update

Silk.NET October 2021 Update

• Add bindings for DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA)
• Add bindings for D3D9Ex
• Add bindings for extra core Win32 APIs (as required by DXVA)
• Add a .NET 6 code path for GlobalMemory using NativeMemory
• Add more TFMs in addition to .NET Standard 2.0 for DirectX bindings
• Add enhanced anonymous struct support with ref-returning properties on .NET Standard 2.1 and up
• Update to Vulkan 1.2.194
• Update to latest OpenCL specifications
• Fix MarshalDirectiveException when a struct containing a char passes across a native boundary
• Fix Vulkan out parameters not having their structure type set before passing across the native boundary
• Fix native libraries not being found in some cases for self-contained executables

2.8 September 2021 Update

Silk.NET September 2021 Update

• Add TryGetExtension methods to AL & ALContext
• Add support for .NET 6 Android
• Update to Vulkan 1.2.190
• Update to OpenXR 1.0.19
• Update to latest OpenGL specifications
• Update to latest OpenCL specifications
• Fix calling CreateInput on an uninitialized IView resulting in a AccessViolationException
• Fix calling Close on an uninitialized IView resulting in an AccessViolationException
• Fix Silk.NET (and by extension SDL) taking full control of orientation on Android
• Fix DoRender being called if Window.Close was called during DoUpdate
• Fix Scalar.Abs for double values
• Fix "Pfn" function pointer structures being marshalled with the incorrect calling convention
• Fix Scalar.IsNaN and Scalar.IsInfinity returning true for non floating point types
• Fix Box2D.Center returning bogus values
• Fix incorrect documentation in Thumbstick.Direction
• Fix incorrect documentation in WindowOptions

2.7 August 2021 Update

Silk.NET August 2021 Update

• Add code signing to all Silk.NET binaries
• Add support for platform-default calling conventions
• Update to latest OpenGL specifications
• Update to Vulkan 1.2.187
• Update to OpenXR 1.0.18
• Fix loading some OpenAL extensions

2.6 July 2021 Update

Silk.NET July 2021 Update

• Add support for OpenAL Soft native libraries for ALContext
• Update to Vulkan 1.2.183
• Update to latest OpenCL specifications
• Fix struct layout issues in DirectX and OpenXR bindings
• Fix OpenCL library name resolution on Linux
• Fix NU5127, NU5128, and NU1701 native package NuGet errors on .NET Framework
• Improve FileNotFoundExceptions when native library loading fails
• Improve GlobalMemory call chains by removing unnecessary usage of Span<T>

2.5 June 2021 Update

Silk.NET June 2021 Update

• OpenXR bindings are now production-ready & no longer experimental!
• Add (optional) native binaries for OpenAL Soft
• Add support for reversed-z projection matrices in Silk.NET.Maths
• Add bindings for a number of missing Vulkan and OpenCL extensions
• Add OpenGL-OpenXR interoperability helper APIs
• Add more helper APIs in Silk.NET.Core and Silk.NET.Maths
• Update to latest OpenGL and OpenGLES specifications
• Update to OpenXR 1.0.16
• Update to Vulkan 1.2.180
• Fix SDL OpenGL context issues when not using OpenGL
• Fix GLFW native window issues on 32-bit Windows
• Fix OpenXR loading issues
• Fix incorrect bindings in OpenXR
• Miscellaneous windowing & input bugfixes & improvements