r169

https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/wiki/Migration-Guide#r168--r169
https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/milestone/82?closed=1

• Global
  • Clean up. #29355, #29383 (@linbingquan, @s-rigaud)
• Audio
  • Add delay parameter to stop(). #29376 (@tatsmaki)
• BatchedMesh
  • Add setGeometryIdAt() and getGeometryIdAt(). #29343 (@Makio64)
  • Add deleteInstance(). #29449 (@JordanLane-Veerum)
  • Add getGeometryRangeAt(). #29409 (@agargaro)
• CacheNode
  • Fix parent reference. #29369 (@Mugen87)
• Clock
  • Drop fallback to Date.now(). #29233 (@satelllte)
• Controls
  • Add null as default parameter for domElement. #29368 (@Mugen87)
• CylinderGeometry
  • Don't add degenerate triangles. #29460 (@gkjohnson)
• InstancedPoints
  • Fix texture coordinates. #29396 (@RenaudRohlinger)
• Loader
  • Unpack colors to working color space. #29448 (@donmccurdy)
• LOD
  • Add removeLevel(). #29359 (@JaimeTorrealba, @Mugen87)
• Node
  • Introduce static type. #29282 (@sunag)
  • Add AtomicFunctionNode. #29385 (@cmhhelgeson)
  • Access remaining compute builtins. #29469 (@cmhhelgeson)
• NodeBuilder
  • Introduce addFlowCodeHierarchy() / NodeBlock. #29495 (@sunag)
• NodeMaterial
  • Clean up Line2NodeMaterial and InstancedPointsNodeMaterial. #29319 (@aardgoose)
• PMREMGenerator
  • Fix compile methods and background usage. #29297 (@Mugen87)
• Raycaster
  • Add barycoord to intersection result, make attribution interpolation more convenient. #29340 (@gkjohnson)
• ReferenceNode
  • Fix null reference using getNodeType(). #29498 (@sunag)
• SpriteMaterial
  • Simplify shader. #29397 (@WestLangley)
• SpriteNodeMaterial
  • Add sizeAttenuation. #29394 (@RenaudRohlinger)
• StorageArrayElementNode
  • Remove check for non-existent property. #29276 (@cmhhelgeson)
• ToonOutlinePassNode
  • Add FX pass for toon outlines. #29483 (@Mugen87)
• TSL
  • Export color space, tone mapping methods. #29288 (@sunag)
  • Remove redundancy in Normal.js. #29300 (@sunag)
  • Introduce screenUV, screenSize, screenCoordinate and viewport revision. #29347 (@sunag)
  • Add workingToColorSpace, colorSpaceToWorking. #29378 (@sunag)
  • Support uniformArrays from userData() and .label() for userData() and reference(). #29430 (@aardgoose)
• WebGPURenderer
  • Sort objects in clip space. #29271 (@RenaudRohlinger)
  • Added basic three.webgpu.nodes.js. #29273 (@sunag)
  • Add BundleGroup. #29277 (@aardgoose)
  • Fix material arrays and geometry groups. #29278 (@RenaudRohlinger)
  • Fix normalView normalize applied at vertex stage. #29280 (@sunag)
  • Fix getArrayBufferAsync() race condition and ensure proper buffer sequencing. #29293 (@RenaudRohlinger)
  • Sort bind groups and minimize setBindGroup() commands. #29256 (@aardgoose)
  • Compute modelViewMatrix using GPU. #29299, #29312 (@sunag)
  • Ignore diagnostic() method in Firefox. #29306 (@sunag)
  • Add cube face to readRenderTargetPixelsAsync() parameters. #29323 (@aardgoose)
  • Fix viewportCoordinate in WebGLBackend. #29326 (@sunag)
  • Add support for VSM. #29225 (@Mugen87, @sunag)
  • Extract common draw call logic from backends. #29358 (@aardgoose)
  • Add depth/layer support to copyTextureToTexture(). #29364 (@Spiri0)
  • Support stencil and depth config parameters. #29371 (@aardgoose)
  • Workgroup Arrays and Barrier support. #29192 (@cmhhelgeson)
  • Fix InstancedMesh init with zero instance. #29399 (@RenaudRohlinger)
  • Introduce NodeMaterialObserver and updates. #29386, #29421 (@sunag, @aardgoose)
  • Fix renderGroup.needsUpdate logic. #29402 (@aardgoose)
  • Fallback for alphaToCoverage if antialias is disabled #29395 (@RenaudRohlinger)
  • Use shared UBOs for common uniform groups for WebGL fallback. #29420 (@aardgoose)
  • Add geometry in material cache key. #29427, #29465 (@sunag)
  • Add rectangle parameter to copyFrameBufferTexture(). #29384 (@aardgoose)
  • Correct texelFetch() texel coordinates in WebGL fallback. #29400 (@aardgoose)
  • Prevent out of bounds textureLoad access in WGSL. #29470 (@aardgoose)
  • Reuse LightNode when available. #29480 (@RenaudRohlinger)
  • Introduce hash-based cache key. #29479 (@sunag)
  • Respect the renderer.shadowMap.enabled property. #29492 (@aardgoose)
• WebGLRenderer
  • Merge update ranges before issuing updates to the GPU. #29189 (@HunterLarco)
  • Remove deprecated code. #29298 (@aardgoose)
  • Fix feedback loop with RTT read pixels async. #29320 (@gkjohnson)
  • Reduce readRenderTargetPixelsAsync() latency. #29339 (@aardgoose)
  • Only compile renderable objects. #29345 (@vanruesc)
  • Improve support of integer formats. #29392 (@Mugen87)
  • Add reverse-z depth buffer via EXT_clip_control. #29445, #29461 (@CodyJasonBennett)

Documentation

• Clean up. #29296 (@Mugen87)
• Add Giro3D to libraries and plugins. #29304 (@vpicavet)
• Improve Chinese translation. #29314, #29406, #29506 (@puxiao, @fengT-T)
• Improve French translation. #29305 (@vpicavet)
• Improve Korean translation. #29290, #29316, #29313 (@appache163, @mym0404)
• Improve How to update things guide. #29318 (@Red1C3)
• Improve VR guide. #29456 (@Mugen87)
• Improve WebGLRenderer page. #29459 (@Mugen87)
• Add pages for wide line modules. #29381 (@tommie)
• Fix white flash on iframe load for Safari. #29419 (@JeremyJaydan)
• Added pointer cursor to summary tags. #27837 (@Therobo77)

Manual

• Improve French translation. #29329 (@lhapaipai)

Examples

• Clean up. #29310, #29422, #29431, #29209, #29438, #29473 (@linbingquan, @Mugen87, @WestLangley)
• Improve webgpu_lights_custom example. #29279 (@sunag)
• Clean up webgpu_performance_renderbundle example. #29289 (@sunag)
• Fix webgpu_materials example using node materials lib. #29291 (@sunag)
• Fix some warning messages in physics addons. #29315 (@puxiao)
• Add exposure control to webgl_tonemapping example. #29311 (@WestLangley)
• Added helpers to light probe examples. #29309 (@WestLangley)
• Improve webgpu_compute_birds example. #29334, #29366, #29380 (@mrdoob)
• Add webgpu_animation_retargeting example. #29338, #29387 (@sunag)
• Add webgpu_compute_water example. #29147 (@cmhhelgeson)
• Add webgpu_tsl_vfx_linkedparticles example. #29354 (@ULuIQ12)
• Add webgpu_tonemapping example. #29363 (@WestLangley)
• Remove WebGPU modules from Addons.js. #29373 (@Mugen87)
• Add underwater transition webgpu_backdrop_water example. #29377 (@sunag)
• Add webgpu_animation_retargeting_readyplayer example. #29428, #29485 (@sunag)
• Fix NodeMaterial imports. #29477 (@donmccurdy)
• Add decal as a child of mesh in webgl_decals example. #29486 (@WestLangley)
• Improve shadow map size in webgpu_tsl_angular_slicing. #29499 (@sunag)

Addons

• CurveModifier

  • Add WebGPU version. #29453 (@aardgoose)

• DecalGeometry

  • Transform normal with normal matrix. #29476 (@WestLangley)

• Exporters

  • Convert from working color space. #29472 (@donmccurdy)

• EXRExporter

  • Add support for WebGPURenderer. #29302 (@Mugen87)

• FBXLoader

  • Fix incorrect joint orientation for animated FBX models exported from Maya. #29307 (@mwhirls)
  • Remove support for orthographic cameras. #29425 (@Mugen87)

• GLTFLoader

  • Fix sparse normalized. #29330 (@stephomi)
  • Remove deprecated code. #29502 (@Mugen87)

• GPUStatsPanel

  • Remove addon. #29317 (@Mugen87)

• KTX2Exporter

  • Add support for WebGPURenderer. #29308 (@Mugen87)

• KTX2Loader

  • Update ktx-parse dependency to v0.7.1. #29060 (@yue4u)
  • Upgrade to Basis Universal v1.50. #29418 (@donmccurdy)
  • Add support for VK_FORMAT_ASTC_4x4_SFLOAT_BLOCK_EXT. #29441 (@donmccurdy)

• Lensflare

  • Add WebGPU version. #29451, #29458 (@aardgoose, @Mugen87)

• LightProbeGenerator

  • Add support for WebGPURenderer. #29335 (@aardgoose)

• LightProbeHelper

  • Add WebGPU version. #29301, #29303 (@Mugen87)

• MaterialXLoader

  • Implement separate(2|3|4) nodes. #29437 (@aardgoose)
  • Add invert implementation. #29433 (@beersandrew)
  • Add extract implementation #29443 (@beersandrew)

• PackedPhongMaterial

  • Remove addon. #29382, #29493 (@Mugen87, @eugenehp)

• SDFGeometryGenerator

  • Remove addon. #29281 (@Mugen87)

• ShadowMapViewer

  • Simplify code. #29322 (@Mugen87)
  • Add WebGPU version. #29331 (@Mugen87)

• SkeletonUtils

  • Add getBoneName(). #29416 (@sunag)
  • Add hipInfluence. #29423 (@sunag)
  • Add trim. #29424 (@sunag)

• TextureUtils

  • Add WebGPU version. #29348 (@Mugen87)

• TiltLoader

  • Remove addon. #29471 (@Mugen87)

• Timer

  • Drop fallback to Date.now(). #29233 (@satelllte)

• TrackballControls

  • Separate mouse action and state logic. #29442 (@Mugen87)

• TransformControls

  • Derive from Controls. #29146, #29398 (@Mugen87)

• XRControllerModelFactory

  • Prevent hand input source processing. #29179 (@jorodi)