1.4.0 July 2020 update

• Update to OpenCL v3.0.1 (Provisional Specification)
• Update to Vulkan v1.2.145
• Update to SuperInvoke v1.1.0
• Added an IGLContext implementation (GlfwContext) to Silk.NET.GLFW
• Added glfwSetFramebufferSizeCallback to Silk.NET.GLFW
• Fixed some cases of first-chance exceptions when loading native libraries
• Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements

1.2.0 May 2020 Update

• Update to Vulkan 1.2.139
• Update to OpenCL 3.0
• Add a new context abstraction
• Add extensions for using Silk.NET's Windowing API with Veldrid
• Add a new way of accessing OpenGL-specific and Vulkan-specific functions
• Add a helpful hint as to why your Vulkan functions are throwing EntryPointNotFoundExceptions.
• Add ExtensionName constants to all extension classes (useful for Vulkan)
• Add an option for waiting for events before proceeding to execute the render loop.
• Add a setter to the IsClosing property so you can cancel window closure
• Fix the incorrect DebugUtilsMessengerCallbackFunctionEXT signature
• Fix a bug where you couldn't catch GlfwExceptions on Linux and macOS
• Fix a bug where attempting to call Invoke on a window will result in a deadlock
• Fix a bug where VSync was always on regardless of the requested configuration
• Fix a bug where eventhough we fixed the previous VSync bug, we still weren't respecting initial vsync settings.
• Fix a bug where directly accessing scroll-wheel info would return bogus data
• Fix a bug where Render and Update are fired again after close
• Deprecated adaptive vsync
• Deprecated SilkManager
• Deprecated obsolete native methods that we weren't annotating as obsolete before
• Miscellaneous fixes and improvements

1.1.1 Hotfix

• Fix OpenAL symbol loading bugs
• Fix a bug where gamepad button states weren't stored correctly
• Fix a bug where the Close method wouldn't trigger the Close event

1.1.0 April 2020 Update

• Add Input Capture Extensions
• Add transparent framebuffers
• Fix miscellaneous bugs in OpenAL
• Updated to Vulkan 1.2.136
• Updated OpenCL to include 2.2's latest experimental features

1.0 Full Release

This is the first full release of Silk.NET. Changes since Preview 5:

• Add window icons
• Add more in-depth OpenGL context-management methods.
• Add click events
• Add OpenGL direct state access overloads
• Add Vulkan boolean & version helpers

Preview 5

• Added cursor modes
• Added EGL bindings (no windowing backend yet)
• Rewrite the overload system, hopefully resulting in overloads that make sense.
• Miscellaenous Silk.NET.Core improvements
• Updated to SuperInvoke 1.0.3, encompassing a lot of bug fixes.
• Updated to GLFW 3.3.2, encompassing a lot of bug fixes.
• Fix an infinite loop in OpenAL's GetStringList methods
• Other bug fixes

Preivew 4

This is the fourth preview release of Silk.NET.

Includes:

• OpenGL
• OpenAL
• OpenCL
• Vulkan
• GLFW
• Windowing
• Input

Patch Notes

• Added OpenCL
• Added monitor support
• Added view/window separation (in preparation for mobile support in a later release)
• Added monitors and video modes
• Fixed vsync
• Removed AdvancedDLSupport in favour of SuperInvoke
• Removed dispatcher
• Removed other unused/unnecessary packages

Preview 3

This is the third preview release of Silk.NET.

Includes:

• OpenGL
• OpenAL
• GLFW
• Windowing
• Input

Does not include:

• Mobile support
• OpenCL

Patch Notes

• Added Vulkan
• Added mouse movement
• Added gamepad rumble (though it hasn't been implemented in GLFW yet)
• Added macOS support
• Added more overloads, as well as fixed the existing ones.
• Added DoRender, DoUpdate, DoEvents, Open, Reset, and IsClosing members for custom game loops
• Added KeyChar for receiving text input (modifiers applied)
• Added strongly-typed enum groupings for OpenGL and OpenGLES
• Fixed extension loading
• Fixed a bug where strings weren't marshalled properly
• Fixed a bug where some shaders didn't compile correctly
• Fixed a bug where some programs didn't link correctly
• Fixed various OpenAL bugs
• Removed all built-in thread management, the user will have to take care of this themselves.
• Synchronised the enum of all available keys with that of GLFW

Preview 1

This is the first preview release of Silk.NET.

Includes:

• OpenGL
• OpenAL
• GLFW
• Windowing
• Input

Does not include:

• Mobile support
• OpenCL
• Vulkan
• A metapackage