LuaSTG Retro v0.0.2

Full Changelog: v0.0.1...v0.0.2

Custom resource pools, asynchronous loading, Lua hot reloading, and SQLite support.

• Lua API
  • NEW: lstg.ResourceManager.createPool(name:string): ResourcePool
  • NEW: lstg.ResourceManager.getPool(name:string): ResourcePool?
  • NEW: lstg.ResourceManager.destroyPool(pool:ResourcePool)
  • NEW: lstg.ResourceManager.setLookupOrder(pools:ResourcePool[])
  • NEW: lstg.ResourceManager.getLookupOrder(): ResourcePool[]
  • NEW: lstg.ResourceManager.getPools(): ResourcePool[]
  • NEW: Pool loader methods for textures, videos, sprites, animations, particles, audio, fonts, effects, models, and render targets.
  • CHANGED: lstg.Load* and lstg.CreateRenderTarget now take a pool name or ResourcePool as their first argument.
  • CHANGED: Resource lookup follows the order set by lstg.ResourceManager.setLookupOrder.
  • REMOVED: lstg.SetResourceStatus, lstg.GetResourceStatus, lstg.RemoveResource, lstg.CheckRes, and lstg.EnumRes.
• Async Lua API
  • NEW: lstg.LoadTextureAsync, LoadVideoAsync, LoadImageAsync, and LoadAnimationAsync.
  • NEW: lstg.LoadPSAsync, LoadSoundAsync, and LoadMusicAsync.
  • NEW: lstg.LoadFontAsync, LoadTTFAsync, and LoadTrueTypeFontAsync.
  • NEW: lstg.LoadFXAsync and LoadModelAsync.
  • NEW: Matching ResourcePool methods: loadTextureAsync, loadVideoAsync, createSpriteAsync, createAnimationAsync, loadParticleAsync, loadSoundAsync, loadMusicAsync, loadSpriteFontAsync, loadTTFAsync, loadTrueTypeFontAsync, loadFXAsync, and loadModelAsync.
  • NEW: lstg.FileManager.ReadFileAsync(path:string): AsyncResourceJob.
  • NEW: AsyncResourceJob:status(): string
  • NEW: AsyncResourceJob:isDone(): boolean
  • NEW: AsyncResourceJob:error(): string?
  • NEW: AsyncResourceJob:read(): boolean|string|nil, string?
  • NEW: AsyncResourceJob:cancel(): boolean
• Lua modules
  • NEW: require("luasql.sqlite3") provides SQLite through LuaSQL.
  • NEW: Lua hot reloading is available from the ImGui debugger.
• Tools and engine
  • Added a DAT archive builder and updated DAT archive handling.
  • Added resource-pool logging and an ImGui resource status view.
  • Improved asynchronous texture, font, shader, audio, and video handling.
  • Localized several engine log messages.
• Build
  • Added AMD64 Ninja Debug and Release presets.
  • Added windows-ninja-amd64-release as a CMake workflow preset.
  • Updated GitHub Actions dependencies and CI configuration.
  • Removed the documentation Git submodule.
• Fixes
  • Fixed inconsistent async resource variable names.

What's Changed

• Modify the simple custom SQLite support to use the LuaSQL implementation by @Hoshiruna in #10
• build(deps): bump actions/checkout from 6 to 7 by @dependabot[bot] in #11
• build(deps): bump actions/cache from 5 to 6 by @dependabot[bot] in #12
• feature/custom resource pool by @Hoshiruna in #13
• imgui tweak #1 by @Hoshiruna in #14
• Imgui Resource Pool Status Interface by @Hoshiruna in #15

LuaSTG Retro v0.0.1 Pre-release

Pre-release, includes the following updates:

• API addition: lstg.SwapChain.ScalingMode.integer_aspect_ratio has been added.

  • This mode preserves the canvas aspect ratio and prefers integer scaling for sharper pixel output.
  • If no valid integer scale fits the window, it falls back to normal aspect-ratio scaling.

• API addition: lstg.DiscordRPC has been added.

• Support for managing game resources and assets using the DAT archive format is now available.