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Phaser 3.60.0 Change Log
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New Feature - Built-in Special FX
We have decided to bundle a selection of highly flexible special effect shaders in to Phaser 3.60 and provide access to them via an easy to use set of API calls. The FX included are:
- Barrel - A nice pinch / bulge distortion effect.
- Bloom - Add bloom to any Game Object, with custom offset, blur strength, steps and color.
- Blur - 3 different levels of gaussian blur (low, medium and high) and custom distance and color.
- Bokeh / TiltShift - A bokeh and tiltshift effect, with intensity, contrast and distance settings.
- Circle - Add a circular ring around any Game Object, useful for masking / avatar frames, with custom color, width and background color.
- ColorMatrix - Add a ColorMatrix to any Game Object with access to all of its methods, such as
sepia
,greyscale
,lsd
and lots more. - Displacement - Use a displacement texture, such as a noise texture, to drastically (or subtly!) alter the appearance of a Game Object.
- Glow - Add a smooth inner or outer glow, with custom distance, strength and color.
- Gradient - Draw a gradient between two colors across any Game Object, with optional 'chunky' mode for classic retro style games.
- Pixelate - Make any Game Object appear pixelated, to a varying degree.
- Shadow - Add a drop shadow behind a Game Object, with custom depth and color.
- Shine - Run a 'shine' effect across a Game Object, either additively or as part of a reveal.
- Vignette - Apply a vignette around a Game Object, with custom offset position, radius and color.
- Wipe - Set a Game Object to 'wipe' or 'reveal' with custom line width, direction and axis of the effect.
What's more, the FX can be stacked up. You could add, for example, a Barrel
followed by a Blur
and then topped-off with a Circle
effect. Just by adjusting the ordering you can achieve some incredible and unique effects, very quickly.
We've worked hard to make the API as easy to use as possible, too. No more messing with pipelines or importing plugins. You can simply do:
const player = this.add.sprite(x, y, texture);
player.preFX.addGlow(0xff0000, 32);
This will add a 32 pixel red glow around the player
Sprite.
Each effect returns a new FX Controller instance, allowing you to easily adjust the special effects in real-time via your own code, tweens and similar:
const fx = container.postFX.addWipe();
this.tweens.add({
targets: fx,
progress: 1
});
This will add a Wipe Effect to a Container instance and then tween its progress value from 0 to 1, causing the wipe to play out.
All texture-based Game Objects have access to Pre FX
(so that includes Images, Sprites, TileSprites, Text, RenderTexture and Video). However, all Game Objects have access to Post FX
, as do cameras. The difference is just when the effect is applied. For a 'pre' effect, it is applied before the Game Object is drawn. For a 'post' effect, it's applied after it has been drawn. All of the same effects are available to both.
this.cameras.main.postFX.addTiltShift();
For example, this will apply a Tilt Shift effect to everything being rendered by the Camera. Which is a much faster way of doing it than applying the same effect to every child in a Scene. You can also apply them to Containers, allowing more fine-grained control over the display.
The full list of new methods are as follows:
Available only to texture-based Game Objects:
-
GameObject.preFX
an instance of the FX Controller, which allows you to add and remove Pre FX from the Game Object. It features methods such asadd
,remove
andclear
. Plus the following: -
GameObject.preFX.addGlow
adds a Glow Pre FX effect to the Game Object. -
GameObject.preFX.addShadow
adds a Shadow Pre FX effect to the Game Object. -
GameObject.preFX.addPixelate
adds a Pixelate Pre FX effect to the Game Object. -
GameObject.preFX.addVignette
adds a Vignette Pre FX effect to the Game Object. -
GameObject.preFX.addShine
adds a Shine Pre FX effect to the Game Object. -
GameObject.preFX.addBlur
adds a Blur Pre FX effect to the Game Object. -
GameObject.preFX.addGradient
adds a Gradient Pre FX effect to the Game Object. -
GameObject.preFX.addBloom
adds a Bloom Pre FX effect to the Game Object. -
GameObject.preFX.addColorMatrix
adds a ColorMatrix Pre FX effect to the Game Object. -
GameObject.preFX.addCircle
adds a Circle Pre FX effect to the Game Object. -
GameObject.preFX.addBarrel
adds a Barrel Pre FX effect to the Game Object. -
GameObject.preFX.addDisplacement
adds a Displacement Pre FX effect to the Game Object. -
GameObject.preFX.addWipe
adds a Wipe Pre FX effect to the Game Object. -
GameObject.preFX.addReveal
adds a Reveal Pre FX effect to the Game Object. -
GameObject.preFX.addBokeh
adds a Bokeh Pre FX effect to the Game Object. -
GameObject.preFX.addTiltShift
adds a TiltShift Pre FX effect to the Game Object.
Available to all Game Objects:
-
GameObject.clearFX
removes both Pre and Post FX from the Game Object. -
GameObject.postFX
an instance of the FX Controller, which allows you to add and remove Post FX from the Game Object. It features methods such asadd
,remove
andclear
. Plus the following: -
GameObject.postFX.addGlow
adds a Glow Post FX effect to the Game Object. -
GameObject.postFX.addShadow
adds a Shadow Post FX effect to the Game Object. -
GameObject.postFX.addPixelate
adds a Pixelate Post FX effect to the Game Object. -
GameObject.postFX.addVignette
adds a Vignette Post FX effect to the Game Object. -
GameObject.postFX.addShine
adds a Shine Post FX effect to the Game Object. -
GameObject.postFX.addBlur
adds a Blur Post FX effect to the Game Object. -
GameObject.postFX.addGradient
adds a Gradient Post FX effect to the Game Object. -
GameObject.postFX.addBloom
adds a Bloom Post FX effect to the Game Object. -
GameObject.postFX.addColorMatrix
adds a ColorMatrix Post FX effect to the Game Object. -
GameObject.postFX.addCircle
adds a Circle Post FX effect to the Game Object. -
GameObject.postFX.addBarrel
adds a Barrel Post FX effect to the Game Object. -
GameObject.postFX.addDisplacement
adds a Displacement Post FX effect to the Game Object. -
GameObject.postFX.addWipe
adds a Wipe Post FX effect to the Game Object. -
GameObject.postFX.addReveal
adds a Reveal Post FX effect to the Game Object. -
GameObject.postFX.addBokeh
adds a Bokeh Post FX effect to the Game Object. -
GameObject.postFX.addTiltShift
adds a TiltShift Post FX effect to the Game Object.
New Feature - Pre FX Pipeline
- When defining the
renderTargets
in a WebGL Pipeline config, you can now set optionalwidth
andheight
properties, which will create a Render Target of that exact size, ignoring thescale
value (if also given). WebGLPipeline.isPreFX
is a new boolean property that defines if the pipeline is a Sprite FX Pipeline, or not. The default isfalse
.GameObjects.Components.FX
is a new component that provides access to FX specific properties and methods. The Image and Sprite Game Objects have this component by default.fxPadding
and its related methodsetFXPadding
allow you to set extra padding to be added to the texture the Game Object renders with. This is especially useful for Pre FX shaders that modify the sprite beyond its bounds, such as glow or shadow effects.- The
WebGLPipeline.setShader
method has a new optional parameterbuffer
that allows you to set the vertex buffer to be bound before the shader is activated. - The
WebGLPipeline.setVertexBuffer
method has a new optional parameterbuffer
that allows you to set the vertex buffer to be bound if you don't want to bind the default one. - The
WebGLRenderer.createTextureFromSource
method has a new optional boolean parameterforceClamp
that will for the clamp wrapping mode even if the texture is a power-of-two. RenderTarget
will now automatically set the wrapping mode to clamp.WebGLPipeline.flipProjectionMatrix
is a new method that allows you to flip the y and bottom projection matrix values via a parameter.PipelineManager.renderTargets
is a new property that holds an array ofRenderTarget
objects that allPreFX
pipelines can share, to keep texture memory as low as possible.PipelineManager.maxDimension
is a new property that holds the largest possible target dimension.PipelineManager.frameInc
is a new property that holds the amount theRenderTarget
s will increase in size in each iteration. The default value is 32, meaning it will create targets of size 32, 64, 96, etc. You can control this via the pipeline config object.PipelineManager.targetIndex
is a new property that holds the internal target array offset index. Treat it as read-only.- The Pipeline Manager will now create a bunch of
RenderTarget
objects during itsboot
method. These are sized incrementally from 32px and up (use theframeInc
value to alter this). These targets are shared by all Sprite FX Pipelines. PipelineManager.getRenderTarget
is a new method that will return the aRenderTarget
that best fits the dimensions given. This is typically called by Pre FX Pipelines, rather than directly.PipelineManager.getSwapRenderTarget
is a new method that will return a 'swap'RenderTarget
that matches the size of the main target. This is called by Pre FX pipelines and not typically called directly.PipelineManager.getAltSwapRenderTarget
is a new method that will return a 'alternative swap'RenderTarget
that matches the size of the main target. This is called by Pre FX pipelines and not typically called directly.- The
WebGLPipeline.setTime
method has a new optional parametershader
, which allows you to control the shader on which the time value is set. - If you add
#define SHADER_NAME
to the start of your shader then it will be picked up as theWebGLShader
name during thesetShadersFromConfig
process withinWebGLPipeline
. - Calling
setPostPipeline
on a Game Object will now pass thepipelineData
configuration object (if provided) to the pipeline instance being created. PipelineManager.getPostPipeline
now has an optional 3rd parameter, aconfig
object that is passed to the pipeline instance in its constructor, which can be used by the pipeline during its set-up.
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