r179

https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/wiki/Migration-Guide#178--179
https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/milestone/92?closed=1

• Global
  • Optimize CI workflow by eliminating redundant setup steps. #31383 (@souhailaS)
• BatchedMesh
  • Fix setInstanceCount(). #31458 (@andreas-hilti)
• PassNode
  • Add compileAsync(). #31501 (@Mugen87)
  • Provide viewport and scissor API. #31390, #31428 (@Mugen87)
• ProjectorLight
  • Fix back-projection. #31473, #31474 (@Mugen87)
• Line2NodeMaterial
  • Remove unused lineWidth property. #31401 (@Jenychen1996)
• Line3
  • Add method for computing closest squared distance between line segments. #31384 (@TheBlek, @Mugen87)
• Loader
  • Add abort(). #31276 (@Mugen87, @gkjohnson)
• MaterialXNodes
  • Improved MaterialX import support to align with Blender's MaterialX exporter. #31439 (@bhouston, @sunag)
• Matrix4
  • Rewrite makeOrthographic() for clarity. #31451 (@WestLangley)
• NodeMaterial
  • Make sure fog is applied only once. #31463 (@Mugen87)
• NodeMaterialObserver
  • Add checking the lights. #31440 (@sunag)
• NodeUtils
  • Ignore private sub properties in getNodeChildren(). #31523 (@Mugen87, @sunag)
• Renderer
  • Make info log evaluation more robust. #31438 (@Mugen87)
• SkeletonHelper
  • Add setColors(). #31484 (@lukehorvat)
• StorageTexture
  • Add .setSize(). #31502 (@sunag)
• Timer
  • Move into core. #31385 (@Mugen87)
• TSL
  • Double-check on the parents of the atomic functions to prevent errors. #31509 (@sunag)
  • Add load() function to texture(). #31510 (@sunag)
  • Introduce boolean for uniform(). #31507 (@sunag)
  • Sequential object as parameters for Fn( { .. } ). #31498 (@sunag)
  • Rename label() to setName(). #31490, #31546 (@Mugen87, @sunag)
  • Add debug() for the stack when running outside the code flow. #31486 (@sunag)
  • Introduce automatic use of toVar() to assign(). #31459 (@sunag)
  • Introduce computeKernel(). #31402 (@Spiri0, @sunag)
  • Fix pass() build during sample() call using Mesh. #31431 (@sunag)
  • viewportTexture() cache FramebufferTexture according to RenderTarget. #31343 (@sunag)
  • Introduce events. #31514 (@sunag)
  • Fix blocky gaussian blur. #31528 (@NoxDawnsong)
• VideoTexture
  • Cancel rVFC on Dispose. #31375 (@ycw)
• WebGLRenderer
  • Improve reversed depth buffer support. #31508, #31495, #31499, #31496, #31500, #31464, #31481, #31466, #31370, #31391, #31426, #31410, #31405, #31407, #31512 (@WestLangley, @CodyJasonBennett, @sunag)
  • Support MRT for 2d array textures. #31476 (@mrxz)
• WebGPUBackend
  • Remove obsolete argument from getDrawingBufferSize(). #31460 (@Mugen87)
  • Fix manual clear() regression. #31388 (@Mugen87)
• WebGPURenderer
  • Improve and fix texture bindings manager. #31497 (@sunag)
  • SampledTexture extends of Sampler for bindings. #31494 (@sunag)
  • Persistent video texture approach. #31416, #31425, #31423 (@sunag, @Mugen87)
  • Avoid hardcoding color spaces. #31519 (@Mugen87)
  • Explicitly set colorSpace for video textures. #31534 (@ycw)
• WebGPUUtils
  • Ensure sample count is valid. #31352 (@ycw)
• WebXRManager
  • Set glBinding separately from layer creation. #31443 (@mikeskydev)
  • Disable left eye layer for right eye camera and vice versa. #31437 (@mrxz)
  • Add Raw Camera Access module. #31487, #31543 (@mikeskydev, @Mugen87)

Docs

• Clean up. #31447, #31450 (@s-rigaud)
• Add KTX2Exporter page. #31441 (@mkeblx)
• Add USDZExporter page #31417 (@mkeblx)
• Improve AnimationClip page. #31415 (@Mugen87)
• Improve KeyframeTrack page. #31373 (@floriandotorg)
• Improve Texture page. #31477 (@agargaro)
• Improve Korean translation. #31344 (@sonwonjae)
• Improve JSDoc. #31475, #31380, #31341, #31529, #31535 (@powah, @Mugen87, @WestLangley, @cmhhelgeson)

Examples

• Clean up. #31504, #31483, #31485, #31412, #31411, #31379, 827a421 (@Mugen87, @WestLangley, @linbingquan, @mrdoob)
• Improved webgpu_reflection example. #31409, #31372 (@mrdoob, @Mugen87)
• Add webgpu_postprocessing_dof_basic. #31445 (@Mugen87)
• Upgrade meshopt_decoder.module.js to 0.22. #31449 (@zeux)
• Switch to OrbitControls in webgl_shadowmap example. #31406 (@WestLangley)
• Improve AA approach in WebGPU water demo. #31354 (@Mugen87)
• Use onLoad() in webgpu_materials. #31362 (@andyleiserson)
• Add webgpu_compute_texture_3d example. #31337 (@RenaudRohlinger)
• Rename import from three to three/webgpu in WebGPU demos. #31518 (@sunag)
• Add GUI to webgpu_loader_materialx example. #31530 (@WestLangley)
• Improve WebGPU SSR example. #31539 (@mrdoob)
• Improve MaterialX example. #31541, d71fc38 (@mrdoob)
• Improve WebGPU reflection example. 5e91943 (@mrdoob)
• Improve transpiler example. 0688cb0 ba0568f (@mrdoob)

Addons

• EXRLoader

  • Added lossyDctChannelDecode. #31482 (@mrdoob)
  • Introduces output-format API. #31511 (@sciecode)
  • Set color space to linear-sRGB. #31525 (@WestLangley)

• FBXLoader

  • Fix vertex color check. #31420 (@Mugen87)

• GTAOPass

  • Improve cache performance. #31454 (@querielo)
  • Exclude Line2 objects from AO calculation #31422 (@wyc001122)

• HTMLMesh

  • Add support for email and password inputs. #31345 (@HuangLinBao)

• LensflareMesh

  • Use colorNode instead of fragmentNode. #31433 (@Mugen87)

• LightProbeGenerator

  • Support FloatType in fromCubeRenderTarget(). #31349 (@Mugen87)

• OutlinePass

  • Exclude Line2 objects from outline computation. #31503 (@pwlviolet)

• RapierPhysics

  • Support RoundedBoxGeometry. #31351 (@linbingquan)

• RoomEnvironment

  • Set emissiveIntensity instead. #31348 (@WestLangley)

• RoundedBoxGeometry

  • Add type, parameters and toJSON(). #31340 (@vis-prime)

• SSAOPass

  • Improve cache performance. #31453 (@querielo)

• TRAANode

  • New TRAA implementation. #31421 (@Mugen87, @sunag)

• TTFLoader

  • Fix when TTF has different unicode assign to same glyph index. #31386 (@Rikahei)

• TSL Transpiler

  • Fix operator precedence of GLSLDecoder. #31515 (@sunag)

• USDZExporter

  • Add option for onlyVisible. #31489 (@mkeblx)
  • Export scene hierarchy. #31448 (@mkeblx)
  • Use object names #31442, #31444 (@mkeblx)
  • Refactor to use two stages. #31400 (@mkeblx)

Tests

• Clean up Frustum tests. #31456 (@WestLangley)
• Add test for USDZExporter. #31435 (@mkeblx)

Editor

• Fix crash when geometry lacks position attribute. #31334 (@AlexRynas)
• Add support for EXR files. 01d3c94 (@mrdoob)
• Load image loaders only when needed. 2f3dd38 (@mrdoob)