LWJGL 3.1.2 Released

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LWJGL, the Light Weight Java Game Library, just released version 3.1.2.  LWJGL is series of low level language bindings to critical game development related APIs such as OpenGL and OpenAL.  LWJGL is the underlying technology Java libraries such as LibGDX and jMonkeyEngine depend on for desktop targets.  The 3.1.2 release brings several new fixes and features, including new VR oriented library bindings.

 

Details from the release log:

Bindings
  • Added OpenVR bindings.
  • Added Tiny OpenEXR bindings.
  • Added Yoga bindings.
  • bgfx: Updated to API version 41 (up from 34)
  • glfw: Updated to pre-release 3.3.0 version (up from 3.2.1). Includes many fixes and new features:
    • Last error code query (glfwGetError)
    • Requesting attention from the user (glfwRequestWindowAttention)
    • Platform dependent scancodes for keys (glfwGetKeyScancode)
    • Window maximization events (glfwSetWindowMaximizeCallback)
    • Window attribute modification (glfwSetWindowAttrib)
    • Joystick hats (glfwGetJoystickHats)
    • Library initialization hints (glfwInitHint)
    • Headless OSMesa backend
    • Cursor centering control (GLFW_CENTER_CURSOR)
    • macOS: Cocoa hints (GLFW_COCOA_RETINA_FRAMEBUFFER, GLFW_COCOA_FRAME_AUTOSAVE, GLFW_COCOA_GRAPHICS_SWITCHING, GLFW_COCOA_CHDIR_RESOURCES, GLFW_COCOA_MENUBAR)
    • macOS: Vulkan support via MoltenVK
    • X11: Moved to XI2 XI_RawMotion for disabled cursor mode motion input
    • EGL: Added support for EGL_KHR_get_all_proc_addresses and EGL_KHR_context_flush_control
  • jemalloc: Updated to 4.5.0 (up from 4.4.0)
  • LibOVR: Update to 1.14.0 (up from 1.10.0)
  • lmdb: Updated to 0.9.20 (up from 0.9.18)
  • NanoVG: Added support for fallback fonts.
  • nuklear: Updated to 1.37.0 (up from 1.29.1, with the new versioning)
  • OpenAL: Added AL_SOFT_source_resampler extension.
  • stb
    • Updated stb_dxt to 1.0.6 (up from 1.0.4)
    • Updated stb_easy_font to 1.0 (up from 0.7)
    • Updated stb_image to 2.15 (up from 2.13)
    • Updated stb_image_resize to 0.94 (up from 0.91)
    • Updated stb_image_write to 1.05 (up from 1.02)
    • Updated stb_perlin to 0.3 (up from 0.2)
    • Updated stb_rect_pack to 0.11 (up from 0.10)
    • Updated stb_truetype to 1.15 (up from 1.12)
    • Updated stb_vorbis to 1.10 (up from 1.09)
  • tinyfiledialogs: Updated to 2.8.3 (up from 2.7.2)
  • Vulkan: Updated to 1.0.49 (up from 1.0.38)
Improvements
  • MemoryStack: Increased default stack size to 64kb (up from 32kb)
  • Shared library loading can now utilize a ClassLoader specified by the caller. (#277)
  • Significantly reduced DEBUG_MEMORY_ALLOCATOR and DEBUG_STACK overhead in Java 9 using the new StackWalker API.
  • Migrated windows builds to appveyor and updated to Visual Studio 2017 (up from 2015)
  • EGL: The core API now includes javadoc links to the Khronos references pages
  • OpenGL ES: The core API now includes javadoc links to the Khronos references pages
Fixes
  • Assimp: Struct member nullability fixes
  • Linux: Removed dependencies to newer GLIBC versions.
  • LibOVR: Fixed layout of the ovrInputState struct.
  • OpenAL: Removed buffer auto-sizing from alcCaptureSamples. The number of samples must now be specified explicitly, similar to alcRenderSamplesSOFT.
  • Vulkan: Function addresses are now retrieved only once, using the optimal method for each function type.
    • This avoids warnings on pedantic validation layers.
  • Fixed callback invocation bugs on 32-bit architectures.
  • Fixed various javadoc formatting issues (#308)
Breaking Changes
  • Mapped more integer parameters and return values to Java boolean, that were missed while working on #181.
    • Xlib’s Bool
    • OpenCL’s cl_bool
    • DynCall’s DCbool
  • Moved JNI global reference functions from MemoryUtil to the generated org.lwjgl.system.jni.JNINativeInterface.
  • The Vulkan capabilities have been split into two classes: VKCapabilitiesInstance and VKCapabilitiesDevice.
    • Flags for core Vulkan versions exist in both classes.
    • Flags for instance extensions exist only in VKCapabilitiesInstance.
    • Flags for device extensions exist only in VKCapabilitiesDevice.
    • Functions that dispatch on VkInstance or VkPhysicalDevice exist only in VKCapabilitiesInstance.
    • Functions that dispatch on VkDevice and device-derived handles exist only in VKCapabilitiesDevice.
    • Bootstrapping functions can be retrieved with VK.getFunctionProvider().

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