(Updated: v3.13.1 update released) Cocos2d-x v3.13 released!

slackmoehrle · August 29, 2016, 7:53pm

We are happy to announce the release of Cocos2d-x v3.13!

This release brings bug fixes and API maintenance, as well as these highlights:

added VR plugins for Gear, Deepoon, Google Cardboard and Oculus.
support ETC1 alpha channel
fix AudioEngine performance for Android 4.2+
improve canvas renderer performance with dirty region
add Android arm-64 support switch to use gcc 4.9
upgrade CURL to 7.50.0
upgrade Spine to 3.4
upgrade GLFW to 3.2

Read the full release notes.
Download it today!

slackmoehrle · August 29, 2016, 7:53pm

energyy · August 29, 2016, 8:05pm

Can’t wait:D to test it and find some bugs :D:D:D

BTW:

Do you know if I can compile 3.11.1 with 3.13 configured on MAC or it will have same behaviour as 3.12 when apps with earlier cocos crashed due this?

slackmoehrle · August 29, 2016, 8:13pm

I am not aware of any issues with doing this. Please let me know if you see something and I will get it over to the engineering team.

energyy · August 29, 2016, 8:26pm

Hi,

yes there is issue when you have configured on MAC 3.12 cocos2d-x and you trying to compile for Android older project made before like 3.11.1 - application starting randomly crashing on Android 5.x devices and probably some others also. I think @nite confirmed that due changes in cocos 3.12 console scripts which seems have different behaviour with NDK compile. I’m assuming 3.13 will have same issue - just now questions is 3.12 and 3.13 fully compatible in this case?

Meir_yanovich · August 30, 2016, 5:54am

@slackmoehrle
What is the road map related to 3d ?

MatrixAndrew · August 30, 2016, 8:29am

Link to release notes are broken.

catch_up · August 30, 2016, 8:54am

This is the link.

github.com

cocos2d/cocos2d-x/blob/v3/docs/RELEASE_NOTES.md

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- [Cocos2d-x 3.16 Release Notes](#cocos2d-x-316-release-notes)
- [Misc Information](#misc-information)
- [v3.16](#v316)
  - [Highlights](#highlights)
  - [Highlights in detail](#highlights-in-detail)
    - [Better support [`creator_to_cocos2dx`][1]](#better-support-creator_to_cocos2dx1)
    - [LayerRaidalGradient](#layerraidalgradient)
    - [Lua app crashed on iOS simulator with Xcode 8.0+](#lua-app-crashed-on-ios-simulator-with-xcode-80)
    - [Cocos Studio](#cocos-studio)
    - [Improve compiling speed](#improve-compiling-speed)
    - [Remove some platforms support](#remove-some-platforms-support)

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# Cocos2d-x 3.16 Release Notes #

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schngrg · August 30, 2016, 8:58am

The crashes with 3.12 were because of moving to clang ndk toolchain. 3.13 again uses gcc toolchain like 3.11. So using 3.13 scripts with 3.11 apps should not cause any issues (but you must test to make sure).

Google has deprecated gcc toolchain but they have many issues with clang toolchain due to which cocos team decided to keep using gcc for now and to switch to clang after next ndk version release.

energyy · August 30, 2016, 9:39am

ok, thanks for making it clear. Do you know which NDK version best would work with 3.11.1 and 3.13? We now using 10e with 3.11.1 and not sure if should update to some other NDk if new project will be made with 3.13. Also is it worth to move on crystax ndk?

gejza · August 30, 2016, 10:56am

Hi,

“https://github.com/cocos2d/cocos2d-x/blob/v3.13/docs/RELEASE_NOTES.md”
Not found

Magniffect · August 30, 2016, 11:19am

What the recommended NDK version?

slackmoehrle · August 30, 2016, 2:41pm

Release Notes link is now fixed.

Rusty · August 30, 2016, 6:09pm

Congrats Y’all! Very excited to see GLFW upgraded in this release. Oculus support is also intriguing.

slackmoehrle · August 31, 2016, 1:06pm

We know. This thread is about Cocos2d-x, however, not Creator.

farulz · September 1, 2016, 4:50am

Any idea when html5 lite version will be updated? Thanks.

netunlimited · September 1, 2016, 1:07pm

@slackmoehrle Possible bug: in 3.13, it seems that text color of a Label inside a CSB file (Cocos Studio scene) is ignored. The label is shown with white text when running the project.

slackmoehrle · September 1, 2016, 1:42pm

We are aware. It has been fixed in GitHub.

umen242 · September 2, 2016, 9:05am

Great release thanks!

salim1994 · September 3, 2016, 11:23am

i downloaded this engine v3.13 but i can’t install it cause to out of date wiki guide(Win32 Installation and Setup). i can’t find ““cocos2d-win32.vc2012.sln”” file in build folder. it seems this installation guide is for 2 years ago. and now i can’t use it.

i downloaded cocos creator before. but when i’ve got it not supporting C++ & i disappointed.1