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Previous changes from v3.8

• ➕ Added

  • New Plane constructor. #6085
  • Round, Ceiling, Floor functions for Vector2/3/4. #6318
  • Dotnet templating templates. #6494
  • TransformMatrix for SpriteEffect. #6623
  • SpriteBatch constructor overload with capacity parameter. #6682
  • [OpenGL] Support for separate blend states per render target. #6343
  • Multiply operator overload for Color: scale * Color. #6747
  • Overloads for garbageless BoundingBox.CreateFromPoints. #6743
  • UseStandardPixelAddressing flag. #6621 #6780
  • [MGCB] Search fonts in HKEY_CURRENT_USER on Windows. #6671
  • Garbageless GetPressedKeys overload. #6643
  • Expose GraphicsDevice.DiscardColor to set the clear color of render targets. #6832
  • KeyDown and KeyUp events on GameWindow. #6762
  • FromFile for Texture2D and SoundEffect. #6586
  • PlatformInfo class to query runtime platform. #6846 #6873
  • API to query graphical system at runtime. #6872
  • Etc2 texture format support. #6864
  • MonoGame.Content.Builder package. #6905
  • τ constant. #6937
  • [UWP] Overloads for more detailed vibration control. #6933
  • [MGCB Editor] Always use Headerbar. #6938
  • Joystick display name for the Joystick API. #7008
  • [OpenGL] Overload with base index for draw instancing. #7016
  • Google Stadia Support. #7020 #7049
  • LastJoystickIndex for the Joystick API. #7017
  • MouseState.ToString. #7091
  • [MGCB Editor] .NET Core tool. #7090
  • [MGFXC] Wine support. #7098 #7103 #7107 #7188
  • EffectParameter.SetValue for int array. #7143
  • Add Web platform information to the content builder. #7144
  • [macOS] MonoGame Content pad for VS for Mac. #7266

  ✂ Removed

  • Remove obsolete SpriteBatch.Draw overload. #6818
  • Disable Piranha portable build. #6844
  • Removed MonoGame.Framework.Net. #6900 #6775
  • Remove internal PNG Utility Classes. #6976
  • Protobuild removed and replaced with solutions and projects. #7040 #7041

  🔄 Changed

  • OpenAssetImporter Improvements and FbxImporter Unit Tests. #6158
  • Made sound system optional. #6629
  • [UWP] Do not set minimum window size. #6763
  • Added Cake build script to replace NANT. #6776
  • Marked Color.TransparentBlack obsolete. #6817
  • [SDL] Performance and garbage optimizations to Joystick. #6829 #6834
  • Track GamePad packet number and general optimizations. #6760
  • [DirectX] Basic performance enhancements to Texture2D. #6726
  • Inline Vector2 operator / and Point.ToVector2(). #6700
  • Make OggStreamer thread a background thread. #6848
  • Made it so Texture2D in any format could be saved as Png/Jpeg when using MonoGame.DesktopGL backend. #6855
  • Upgrade SDK projects to .NET 4.5.2. #6902 #6903 #7050
  • Reduced garbage in Direct X-specific SetRenderTargets methods. #7034
  • MouseState Improvements. #6973
  • KeyboardState Improvements. #6972
  • [SDL] Updated controller DB. #7124
  • We now pool ContentManager scratch buffers. #5921
  • [OpenAL] Clean up sound disposal. #7097
  • [macOS] Replaced System.Drawing with StbImageSharp to enable tests. #7071
  • [Docs] Moved to DocFX v2 for documentation. #7127
  • [SDL] Bump dependencies to SDL 2.0.12. #7133
  • [Docs] Update for 3.8. #7117 #7240
  • [MGCB Editor] Changed position for context menu item Rebuild. #7176
  • [MGCB] Replace symbols for assembly references. #7272

  🛠 Fixed

  • Support arrays > 255 elements in shaders. #5995
  • [DesktopGL] Fix setting mouse cursor from Texture2D. #6187
  • Remove trailing NUL chars in registry font name. #6577
  • [OpenAL] Fix loading OpenAL-Soft in DesktopGL when # is in path. #6581
  • [WindowsDX] Avoid freezing while moving/resizing window. #6594
  • [iOS] Fixed background music stopping on game startup. #6596
  • Fixed GameUpdateRequiredException namespace. #6597
  • [MGCB] Fixed build not cleaning empty projects. #6615
  • Reduce garbage from TextInput. #6664
  • Fix for loading native libraries on Amazon Fire HD 8. #6677
  • Fixes reflection support on SpriteBatch ctor. #6709
  • [Android] Fixed crashes on launch and resume. #6741
  • [Android] Fixed restoration of an activity after Game.Exit. #6739
  • [SDL] Fix rumble infinity threshold. #6744
  • [SDL] Fixed OnTextInput. #6749
  • Move touches are now aged too. (fixes #6753). #6756
  • [Android] Fixed Texture2D.GetData corrupting the Texture2D object. #6729
  • [MGCB Editor] Fix assembly load API used for custom user references. #6770
  • Fix nuget metadata URL properties. #6774
  • Fix IRenderTarget comments. #6785
  • Catch ArgumentException when trying to get encoding upon PipelineController.DoBuild. #6826
  • [OpenAL] Free source when sound instance is disposed. #6813
  • Use Resume when Play is called on Paused sound effect instance. #6815
  • Fixed BoundingSphere.Intersects(BoundingBox). #6666
  • Override Dispose in DrawableGameComponent to unload content. #6858
  • Fixed SwapChain is null in GraphicsDevice.PlatformDispose. #6869
  • Swap red and blue when setting mouse cursor texture. #6859
  • [DesktopGL] Fix IsActive not getting set to false. #6895
  • Fix FileHelpers Uri getting confused by double slashes. #6924
  • [UWP] Vibrate controller handles instead of triggers. #6933
  • Fix for CoreRT support. #6948
  • Fix a crash on macOS and CoreRT related to mishandling unmanaged function pointers. #6949
  • [MGCB] Rethrow InvalidContentException for Importers instead of wrapping it in a new PipelineException. #6954
  • Throw InvalidContentException with error line number/position in ContentIdentity. #6953
  • Fall back to less precise frame pacing on non-Windows platforms. #6941
  • [UWP] Fixes content loading to work with packaged files (and not just resources). #6964
  • [UWP] Fixes window resizing upon GraphicsDeviceManager.ApplyChanges(). #6964
  • [Android] fix GamePad.Back emulation. #6951
  • [Android] Fixes android APIs fallback. #6952
  • Fixed sample count in SoundEffect. #6996
  • [SDL] Fixed memory leak in controller mapping by freeing the returned string. #7021
  • [macOS] Look for native libraries in Frameworks folder for .app bundles. #7022
  • [OpenGL] Fixed PlatformClear and PlatformPresent to be private in GraphicsDevice. #7026
  • [DesktopGL] Fixed GraphicsAdapter.Description to return renderer. #6959
  • [OpenGL] Query correct value for the bounds to GL.ActiveTexture. #6970
  • Fix Content.mgcb not being visible in VS 2019. #7064
  • [iOS] Fix initialization crash on GLES 2.0 devices. #7047
  • [iOS] Fix GL error and race condition. #7073
  • [MGCB Editor] Mac fixes. #7077
  • [OpenAL] Fixing audio duplicating sourceids. #7095
  • [MGCB] Fix FindCommand not looking system locations on macOS/Linux. #7100
  • Fix FuncLoader not properly checking the current folder (fixes #7101). #7102
  • Fix .NET Standard template using wrong nuget. #7099
  • [DirectX] Fixed MSAA RenderTarget GetData and SetData. #5838
  • Fixed deconstruction of color for bytes and floats. #7109
  • [MGCB] Fix failing to find ffmpeg because it tries relative path. #7138
  • [MGFXC] Various fixes. #7148
  • Fixed a bug where The "New Item" dialogue would have no templates listed. #7141
  • [MGCB Editor] Darken text in output. #7163
  • [MGCB] Fix trying to chmod root files. #7183
  • [MGCB Editor] Fixed to not require root privileges for installing. #7185
  • [SDL] Better debugging for macOS. #7187
  • Fixed content failing to load on NetCore. #7199
  • [MGCB Editor] Fix parsing filename from arguments on macOS. #7215
  • [Linux] Flatpak packaging upgrades. #7224
  • Fix path in RebuildMGFX.bat. #7239
  • [DirectX] Fix issues with RenderTexture2D and SwapChainRenderTarget. #7225
  • [macOS] VSMac addin fixes. #7253
  • [MGCB Editor] PropertyGrid fixes. #7256
  • [MGCB Editor] General fixes. #7262
  • Fix a race condition when playing sound in worker threads. #7219
  • [Android] Fixed surface recreation when resuming from sleep mode on FireTV. #7211
  • Fix loading of content with special characters in a file name. #7267

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