6000.2.0b2

Upgraded FSR2 from v2.2.0 to v2.2.1. These are the release notes for FSR2:

Fixed a DRS issue where resource were not correctly cleared on first use.

Fixed an issue where luma instability logic could introduce output artefacts with strobing lights.

Fixed an incorrect luma resource size.

Added previews in the Scene view for Sprite Rect size and pivot changes that are made in the Sprite Editor window.

Added support for integrating AI-powered workflows to the Sprite Editor window.

Added a new "Force GC on Scene Load" option to the Editor Scene Handling section in the Project Settings. Disabling this option prevents forced garbage collection (GC) and unused asset unloading when loading a scene in the Editor. This can improve performance (sometimes significantly) although it can also affect when managed object finalizers are called, which, in rare circumstances, might be an issue depending on the project.

Added an option for Renderers to select and render a specific Mesh Level of Detail (LOD).

Implemented a specific case to allow apps to manually perform MSAA resolve in shaders using VK_QCOM_render_pass_shader_resolve.

Introduced Mesh LOD, a Level of Detail (LOD) system that enables efficient rendering of LODs embedded within meshes. It includes a generator, API, and rendering functionality.

Added a new injection point for custom pass just after the opaque objects are rendered.

Upgraded FSR2 from v2.2.0 to v2.2.1. These are the release notes for FSR2:

Fixed a DRS issue where resource were not correctly cleared on first use.

Fixed an issue where luma instability logic could introduce output artefacts with strobing lights.

Fixed an incorrect luma resource size.

Added a version history entry to display the registry version for packages installed as Local, Git, or Custom.

Added a new Append node to Shader Graph. The Append node combines two float or vector inputs of different types into a single vector with variable dimensions.

Added a new UI Input component that allows you to configure most UI Toolkit world-space input options without using code.

Added functionality to define the origin point for positioning and transformation of UI Documents in world space. You can use this origin point for rotation and scaling.

Added rect-clipping support to UI Toolkit world-space rendering.

Added support for world-space mouse and touch input in the UI Toolkit runtime when using the world-space rendering feature.

Added uGUI interoperability support for world-space input in UI Toolkit runtime when the world-space rendering feature is used.

Added a context action to diff changes for files that were moved/renamed to the history.

Added an ephemeral notification to the undo and update workspace operations.

Added a context action to revert changes to the history of a folder.

Added a context action to the list of branches to diff the branch.

Added a context action to the list of changesetsto create a new branch from a specific changeset.

Added a link to go to the list of changesets and shelves to the check-in and shelve notification. The user can also copy the direct diff link.

Added a notification with a link to go to the pending changes to the merge operation.

Added an "Enter" keyboard shortcut to most dialogs to confirm the operation like the corresponding button.

Added an action to copy to the clipboard the name of the current branch to the status bar.

Added avatars for authors of changes in the merge view.

Added functionality to Shelve your Pending Changes when you switch to another branch or changeset. You can also decide if you want to apply those changes automatically after the switch.

Added the user avatar, if it's available from Gravatar, to the pending changes view.

Added to the list of branches a context action to hide branches. You can use the filter to list the hidden branches and unhide them from the context menu.

You can now create a code review from the list of branches or changesets and open either the Desktop App or the Unity Cloud website.

Added preconfigured build profiles to the Web Platform that implement optimizations to improve performance based on best practices found in Unity's documentation. In addition, development build profiles have been added that reduce build times to help improve developer productivity.

Added a foldout to the overlay header of expanded floating freesize overlays, allowing panel content to be folded and unfolded.

Added an icon to the overlay header of expanded floating freesize overlays.

Improved Editor startup performance on Windows.

Updated il2cpp.exe and UnityLinker.exe to target .NET 8.

Added manual page for TileSet asset.

Added the ability to set an Alpha Tolerance value in the Sprite Editor when generating a custom physics shape. This feature allows users to control the inclusion of transparent pixels in the physics shape generation process.

Improved the performance of setting the SpriteRenderer.sprite property.

Improved the calculation of NavMesh paths and corners to run slightly faster.

Added a console message for AAB installations. Previously, this message was only available for APK installations.

Improved the console message for APK installations to include details about the installed APK.

Unity will show a message in the console when obb is deployed.

Updated the documentation to inform users that -androidChainedSignalHandlerBehavior legacy never worked for GameActivity.

Added folder size information to the attachments table.

Signed the Bug Reporter executable on Windows.

Updated the Bug Reporter tool's design to ensure visual consistency with the Unity Editor.

Added .pdb files for all platform Editor extensions to improve logging and provide more detailed information in case of exceptions in platform Editor code.

Added better support for cancellation when using Multi-Process AssetBundle building. In some cases, the progress bar would not respond if active imports failed to complete. With this fix, the build can be cancelled and any incomplete imports will be logged. (CBD-1101)

Added a potential fix and additional logs for the build error message "Read the full binlog without getting a BuildFinishedMessage".

Improved logging for the Read the full binlog without getting a BuildFinishedMessage internal build error. Logs now include information about whether the build was canceled from the Editor process.

Fixed an issue where ScheduleJobDepends would synchronize the first job prematurely. Synchronization of job chains now occurs only when explicitly needed.

Added a copy button to code examples in the documentation.

Added a fixed width to the body of the user manual so that the text doesn't overrun on large screens.

Added a fixed width to the text of the Scripting API documentation to make it easier to read on larger screens.

Added examples for Sample.FindByPackage and PackageManagerExtensions.RegisterExtension.

Added examples for Sample.FindByPackage, Sample.Import, and PackageManagerExtensions.RegisterExtension.

Added keyboard support to copy code examples.

Updated content build-related topics in the Unity Manual.

Updated Mesh.vertexBufferTarget and Mesh.indexBufferTarget to describe buffer destruction, recreation, and CPU data requirements when changing the target.

Reduced memory consumption by reducing the size of internal buffer allocations.

Added a Scale Mode option to the Local Volumetric Fog components.

Added a feature to recover SceneBackup files when launching the Editor. Users can open these backup files to restore and copy any lost work to their scene assets.

Added a foldout to the overlay header of expanded floating freesize overlays, allowing panel content to be folded and unfolded.

Added a tooltip to the Color field in the Inspector. The tooltip displays the color value and the name of the Default Color currently in use.

Added a -disable-playback-engines command-line argument to prevent the specified playback engines from loading.

Added an icon to the overlay header of expanded floating freesize overlays.

Added exceptions when misusing Render Graph APIs.

Added Script Templates for URP Scriptable Render Feature, URP Unlit Shader, and SRP Blit Shader.

Added the 3D Placement Mode option to the Scene View preferences where you can use raycasts to select a better initial position for new objects. This resolves common poor placement cases like new objects clipping into existing geometry, being placed below the floor level, or being placed floating in space.

All colors from Color.cs are now presented as defaults in the Color Picker window.

Improved diagnostic logs for parsing issues in malformed YAML text, including errors like Unknown type, Type mismatch, and Invalid Script reference.

Improved Editor startup performance on Windows.

Improved the error message when the [ResourcePath] attribute is used on a \`IRenderPipelineResource' field that points to an asset without a compatible asset type at the specified path for the hosting field type.

Improved the shader code output for the Rotate, RotateAboutAxis, FresnelEffect, and Posterize nodes in Shader Graph. These improvements maintain the same results but improve shader performance.

Improved the startup speed of LicensingClient version 1.17.0.

Improved water samples with support for custom current and deformation maps, using the Splines package.

Modifying an IRenderPipelineGraphicsSettings through SetValueAndNotify now only marks the corresponding GlobalSetting host as dirty in a coexistance project.

Optimized APIs that use GlobalKeyword as an argument to improve performance.

Removed Built-In Render Pipeline menu items when using a Scriptable Render Pipeline.

Removed the requirement to call RefreshPopup when changing the size of an overlay. Overlay size updates no longer need to occur on a per-frame basis.

Reseting IRenderPipelineGraphicsSettings through the UI in ProjectSettings > Graphics (contextual menu) now preserves their reference.

Updated the Color Picker tool to display the currently selected Default Color or Preset.

Updated the visuals for Load/Store Operations and Memoryless Textures in Render Graph Viewer.

Added an error that displays when you attempt to build a scene that contains Adaptive Probe Volumes when targeting WebGL. Adaptive Probe Volumes are not supported on WebGL.

Added an option to enable stitching of lightmap shadowmask seams. To enable this option, go to EditorSettings.asset and set m_ApplyShadowmaskStitching to 1.

Improved the error message displayed when attempting to load Adaptive Probe Volumes from Addressables or AssetBundles without selecting the Probe Volume Disable Streaming Assets option.

Modified OpenCL GPU device detection to occur when opening the Lighting window instead of during the first bake operation.

Updated tool icons in the Inspector window for Reflection Probe and Planar Reflection Probe components.

Added support for clearing individual color targets in CommandBuffer.ClearRenderTarget.

Updated Metal to log device information and capabilities on startup.

Added a detailed error message when a Reflection Probe uses an incorrect format.

Updated il2cpp.exe and UnityLinker.exe to target .NET 8.

Added support for CAMetalDisplayLink. This feature is enabled by default on iOS when built with Xcode 15 or later and run on iOS 17 or later. You can override it at runtime by modifying the UnityAppController shouldUseMetalDisplayLink method. By default, this feature is disabled on tvOS because most devices are slower. Failing to maintain the target FPS in complex scenes may produce misleading GPU hang warnings.

Apply VSync and MSAA Quality Settings.

Build & Run.

CI / commandline builds.

Icon setting is exported to manifest.

Improved SDK Discovery.

Set persistent and temporary paths.

Use product name as process name.

Added allocation root reporting for Physics.IgnoreColliders entries. Memory usage for this API's data storage can now be found under Physics/PhysX Shape Ignore Pairs.

Due to the coefficient setting changes done for UUM-79798, pinning all particles on a Cloth component is no longer a unsupported operation.

Added a new Shader Graph UGUI Shaders sample content set to the Shader Graph package. This sample demonstrates how to use the new Canvas target in Shader Graph to create dynamic UI elements. You can import this sample from the Samples tab in the Package Manager after selecting the Shader Graph package.

Added support for dynamic branching (dynamic_branch) in Shader Graph keywords.

Exposed Custom Attributes settings on Shader properties. Refer to the supplied example in Samples for further details.

Exposed Enum Attribute settings on Float properties.

Exposed Slider Attributes (IntSlider and PowerSlider) settings on Range (Float) properties.

Exposed the [PerRendererData] Attribute on Shader properties.

Improved code generation times for permutations.

Improved the sharpness of the Shader Graph asset icon on Retina and HiDPI displays.

Improved Time node output across graph actions.

Added support for Vector2 and Vector3 properties in the Material Inspector.

Added an API to query the preferred depth-only format for target platforms.

Improved the Render Graph subpass merging workflow to reduce CPU performance cost.

Optimized the Render Graph workflow in ExecuteBeginRenderPass().

Improved the performance of Auto Text Generation (ATG) by implementing multithreading for generating multiple TextElement objects.

Reduced garbage collection allocations during TextElement creation by moving RegisterCallback to the HandleEventBubbleUp virtual method.

Removed unnecessary RenderGraph.AllowPassCulling() calls when already enforced by RenderGraph.AllowGlobalStateModification().

Clarify internal URP terminology regarding camera stacking.

Cleaned up the URP RenderGraph initialization step.

Implemented minor CPU optimizations for the Post-Processing Bloom effect. Enhanced code quality by consistently using TextureDesc in place of RenderTextureDescriptor.

Improved the URP ScriptableRendererFeature template.

Removed the unused internal ScriptableRenderPass variablebreakGBufferAndDeferredRenderPass.

Reduced allocations in VFXBatch.Update that previously caused slowdowns.

Added a submodule for Advanced Text Generator to allow stripping it when unused.

Added UnityTroubleshooter.exe to the Unity Editor installation. This tool helps troubleshoot issues when Unity.dll fails to load during Editor startup.

Added support for Android SDK 36.

Updated the XR Plugin Management package to version to 4.5.1.

Throw an error if an HDRP compiler function is used from the NRP compiler.

TreeViews are now generic. If you were before using TreeView, TreeViewItem and TreeViewState, you can likely now use TreeView<int>, TreeViewItem<int> and TreeViewState<int>, and not think more about it. But if you were using that identifier to store InstanceID data, you should instead opt to upgrade your TreeViews to use TreeView<InstanceID> to get the proper typing.

Addded Android SDK 36 support.

Added unity.agpVersion to the gradle.properties file.

Enabled predictive back gesture support by default for new projects.

Improved the error message displayed when the Editor loses connection to an Asset Import Worker process.

Enabled building AssetBundles with both the DisableTypeTree and StripUnityVersion flags. Fixed the ability to load these AssetBundles at runtime.

Throw an error if an HDRP compiler function is used from the NRP compiler.

Review documentation about UniversalRenderer.CreateRenderGraphTexture.

Editor: Improved RepositoryInfo API documentation.

Editor: Improved Request(Generic) API documentation.

Improved synchronization between activeRenderPipelineAssetChanged and activeRenderPipelineTypeChanged. The activeRenderPipelineAssetChanged event is now always called before activeRenderPipelineTypeChanged.

Improved the error message in the Editor to prevent Players from being built inside PlayerLoop.

Updated the Terrain Tools package to version 5.2.1.

Removed unused LGPL libusb code from SDL.

Updated R8G8B8A8 and B8G8R8A8 sRGB formats to report LoadStore as unsupported on Intel Macs. This change reflects that sRGB writes are explicitly not supported on these devices.

Corrected the displayName value in the package.json file to match the official package name "High Definition Render Pipeline".

Rendering Debugger - Moved decals to the Rendering Section.

Rendering Debugger - Moved lighting HDR settings to the Rendering Section.

TreeViews are now generic. If you were before using TreeView, TreeViewItem and TreeViewState, you can likely now use TreeView<int>, TreeViewItem<int> and TreeViewState<int>, and not think more about it. But if you were using that identifier to store InstanceID data, you should instead opt to upgrade your TreeViews to use TreeView<InstanceID> to get the proper typing.

Modified the interface between the Trampoline and Unity Player for setting up backbuffer. The recommend best practice is not to modify the way the trampoline sets up the backbuffer, but if you do, please note that now we UnityViewSwapchain struct instead of passing whole UnityDisplaySurfaceMTL. Currently, the backward compatibility is preserved and we still UnityDisplaySurfaceMTL members that are related to drawables, but soon we will move it from this completely.

Updated the onReconfigure event to pass system values to its callbacks and delegates.

Removed unused LGPL libusb code from SDL.

Updated the behavior for activating a secondary display so that it no longer forces the main window to switch to fullscreen mode.

Changed the default value of overrideBuiltins to prevent breaking user projects that override built-in packages during an upgrade.

Included the optional isDiscoverable property as a nested field within the UnityLifecycleInfo object.

Removed unused LGPL libusb code from SDL.

Corrected the displayName value in the package.json file to match the official package name "Scriptable Render Pipeline Core".

Rendering Debugger - Moved Render Graph to the Rendering Section.

Rendering Debugger - Moved the GPU Resident Drawer to the Rendering Section.

Corrected the displayName value in the package.json file to match the official package name "Universal Render Pipeline".

Added dedicated toolbar buttons to open the list of branches and the Branch Explorer of the Desktop App.

Changed the changeset context menu item Undo this change to Revert this file to the previous revision to be more explicit.

Improved the Create workspace window to suggest the matching Unity Cloud project if it exists.

Moved the Unity Version Control menu item under Window'/'Version Control to a submenu.

Optimized incoming changes and merge so the Package Manager only reload when it is needed.

Serialized the Checkin comment and tick selection so they are retained on domain reload and in Play mode.

Updated the Meta Quest default package to be OpenXR Plugin (com.unity.xr.openxr).

Updated the Oculus XR Plugin package to version 4.5.1.

Updated the OpenXR Plugin package to version to 1.14.3.

Updated the com.unity.xr.openxr package to version 1.15.0-pre.1.

Updated the xr.sdk.openxr package to version 1.14.1.