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Matter.js v0.8.0-alpha Release Notes

Release Date: 2014-05-05 // about 10 years ago

  • 🚀 Release Highlights

    • ➕ added Views demo
    • ➕ added Time Scaling demo
    • ➕ added Rounded Corners (Chamfering) demo
    • ➕ added Raycasting demo
    • ➕ added Query module, including raycasting
    • ➕ added 3 useful new Composite methods
    • ➕ added support for mouse wheel, mouse scaling and offsets
    • ➕ added Body.scale for scaling bodies on the fly
    • ➕ added Body.timeScale for slowing down bodies per-body
    • ➕ added Body.setStatic for correctly setting static
    • ➕ added Vertices.chamfer for rounding corners of any set of vertices
    • ➕ added integration of chamfer to body factories
    • ➕ added engine.timing.isFixed option to disable dynamic timing
    • ➕ added render.bounds for translating and scaling views
    • ⚡️ easier use of Engine.update and Engine.render for those using custom game loops
    • 🛠 fixed issues with time scaling
    • 🛠 fixed error in calculation of centre of mass
    • ✂ removed Matter.Gui in preparation for the MatterTools project launch

    ➕ Added

    • ➕ added Demo.views
    • ➕ added Demo.timescale
    • ➕ added Demo.rounded
    • ➕ added Demo.raycasting
    • ➕ added demo support for hash + '-inspect' to start the MatterTools inspector
    • ➕ added Composite.rebase
    • ➕ added Composite.move
    • ➕ added Composite.get
    • ➕ added Matter.Query
    • ➕ added Query.ray
    • ➕ added Query.region
    • ➕ added Bounds.translate
    • ➕ added Bounds.shift
    • ➕ added Mouse.setScale
    • ➕ added Mouse.setPosition
    • ➕ added mouse.absolute
    • ➕ added mouse.wheelDelta
    • ➕ added mouse.offset
    • ➕ added Body.setStatic
    • ➕ added Body.scale
    • ➕ added body.timeScale
    • ➕ added Vector.angle
    • ➕ added Vertices.chamfer for rounding corners
    • ➕ added Engine.render
    • ➕ added engine.timing.isFixed option
    • ➕ added render.bounds for translating and scaling views
    • ➕ added Common.nextId
    • ➕ added body.label
    • ➕ added constraint.label
    • ➕ added composite.label

    🔄 Changed

    • 🔄 changed engine.timing.timestamp to be simulation based rather than wall-clock based
    • ⚡️ changed correction to now be optional in Engine.update (defaults to 1)
    • 🔄 changed Events.on to return callback
    • 🔄 changed Events.off to accept callbacks for removal
    • 🔄 changed vertices in Bounds.create to optional
    • 🔄 changed engine.timeScale to engine.timing.timeScale
    • 🚚 moved Matter.Inspector and Matter.Gui to the MatterTools project
    • 📚 moved event documentation to end of file for clarity
    • ⚡️ moved respective engine event triggers into Engine.update and Engine.render

    ✂ Removed

    • ✂ removed body.render.path (redundant)
    • ✂ removed Body.nextId
    • ✂ removed Constraint.nextId
    • ✂ removed Composite.nextId
    • ✂ removed Body.updateProperties (now a private method)

    🛠 Fixed

    • 🛠 fixed issues with timing.timeScale
    • 🛠 fixed constraints now account for timeScale
    • 🛠 fixed Vertices.centre calculation to get correct centre of mass