Methane Asteroids v0.8.1

Summary

This release updates Methane Kit to v0.8.1 and modernizes the project with a switch to the C++20 standard. Build with Visual Studio 2019 is no longer supported, CMake configurations for VS2019 were removed.

Asteroids App

• Upgraded project code and switch to the C++20 standard:
  • Use designated initializers for RHI settings;
  • Reduce enums verbosity across all code with help of using enum;
  • Use std::numbers instead of Methane::Data::Constants;
  • Use range-based algorithms.
• Increased minimum CMake version up to 3.24.

External libraries

• Methane Kit was updated to v0.8.1
• CPM.cmake was updated to v0.40.8

Build

• Dropped support of Visual Studio 2019 build on Windows.
• Supported build with XCode 16.3 on Apple platforms.

Note

For MacOS users: In case of error "App Is Damaged and Can't Be Opened" on attempt to run bundled application, try removing application from quarantine using the following command:

sudo xattr -d com.apple.quarantine MethaneAsteroids.app
open MethaneAsteroids.app