v8.0.0-pre.1

Release Notes

This is the first preview for the upcoming v8.0.0 major release.

Installation is supported via OpenUPM or source code zip download from GitHub.

Changelog

Added

• Added BuildConstants.buildCounter constant (by @magicjar)
• Added Dedicated Server support for Windows, Mac and Linux. (with contribution from @firdiar-mita)
• Added support for building for ARM64 on Windows in Unity 2023.1+
• Added support for BuildPlatforms to draw additional option properties in BuildPlatformListDrawer

Changed

• Breaking change: Solution for setting Android API levels that UnityEditor.AndroidSdkVersions does not include, which was preventing building Meta Quest Store-compatible apps in certain Unity versions.
• Breaking change: Raised minimum supported Unity version to Unity 2021.3 LTS.
• Breaking change: Refactored BuildPlatforms and renamed BuildPC to BuildWindows and BuildOSX to BuildMac to match Unity platform naming conventions.

Fixed

• Fix $DAYSSINCE build version template token being mangled by $DAY token.
• Fix $NOUN and $ADJECTIVE build version template tokens not working since conversion to UPM package.
• Fix 'Error building Player: Incompatible color space with graphics API' when building for Linear color space on Android. (by @MatthieuG9)
• Fix Android split APK setting usage in Unity 2023.1 (by @Brian-Jiang)
• Fix build scripting defines not being culture-agnostic (by @hilminamli)