6000.5.0b3

Added a 2D Profiler that displays real-time visualization of texture atlas usage which offers clear insights into sprite and atlas efficiency during gameplay.

Added extensibility support for Light2D and ShadowCaster2D components. Users can now implement custom provider classes to modify or extend their behavior.

Activated Adaptive Performance Basic Provider for additional platforms.

The new Apple provider for Adaptive Performance enables Thermal Warnings for iOS, tvOS and visionOS and a wide range of scalers usable with those warnings.

Insets visibility can now be controlled via Editor API/UI and Runtime API. Refer to PlayerSettings.Android.requestedVisibleWindowInsets, PlayerSettings.Android.systemBarsBehavior, AndroidApplication.currentWindowInsets, AndroidApplication.onWindowInsetsChanged to learn more.

Import result caching in the Accelerator is now disabled by default for new projects since Unity 6.5. Projects upgrading to U6.5 can continue to cache import results, if they already have cache configuration enabled.

AudioClip can now be used as a Scriptable Generator.

Added the ability to extract type tree data from asset bundles to reduce their size. This data can be loaded at runtime and shared between all bundles.

Added a new expression node to simplify inlining mathematical statements.

Added a slider to the CanvasGroup Editor for adjusting the alpha value.

Added custom footer actions to the derived platform sdk.

Added support for custom styling for lists and array from the DataTypeStyleMapper.

Added tracking for UGUI usage.

Changed the Texture Inspector's color channel previews to default to grayscale, and added a button to toggle between grayscale and colorized views.

Code analyzer now catches many serialization issues at compile time in addition to runtime, which gives you an early warning about potential issues around serialization.

GTK : Added list support for variables in the Blackboard and Inspector.

Introduces the Swift project type (experimental) in the iOS Player settings.

Project Auditor: Added asynchronous analysis.

Project Auditor: Detect use of API that will become obsolete in the future.

Updated Project Auditor to report the use of obsolete APIs.

Added IBUS Input Method Editor (IME) support for Embedded Linux platform.

Added the ability to select LTO mode (Full / Thin).

Added a setting (Preferences > Entities) to show hidden Entities in the hierarchy window.

Added a way to filter systems in the Systems window by namespaces.

Added the new TransformRef API for Entities, which uses the same underlying data structure as the UnityEngine transform system and paves the way for integration between Entities and GameObject transforms.

Replaced the search bar in the Systems window with a quick search bar that provides additional filtering options.

DisableAutoTypeRegistration now is allowed assembly-wide.

Added a new LightingSearch window foundation with lightmap browsing and preview capabilities.

Added query tree organization and built-in queries for the LightingSearch window.

Added render pipeline-specific selectors for the LightingSearch window.

Added selectors for editing lighting properties in the Lighting Search window.

Added support for creating Untyped variable nodes in a graph.

Added support for the TextArea attribute to create multi-line text fields for ports and options.

Added the ability to create custom classes that inherit from DataTypeStyleMapper to associate icons and colors with custom data types. Custom DataTypeStyleMapper classes can be decorated with DataTypeStyleMapperAttribute to specify compatible graph types.

Updated the Constant node to support collections, such as lists and arrays. These collections can grow up to 50 elements and each element is editable directly from the node view.

Added an opt-in On-Tile Validation check on UniversalRenderer. Enabling it will enforce On-Tile optimization by issuing a warning and removing non-compatible features.

Added a system that adjusts the frame rate based on the thermal state. When the device overheats, iOS enters Serious and then Critical thermal states. In the Critical state, iOS reduces system-wide performance to lower device temperature. With this new system Unity proactively lowers the frame rate to 30 FPS in Serious state and 15 FPS in Critical state, which helps prevent the device from becoming too hot, improves responsiveness under overheating conditions, and reduces the likelihood of GPU timeouts or rendering freezes. This feature is enabled by default and it can be toggled in the iOS Player Settings using the Adjust iOS FPS based on thermal state checkbox. In addition, the frame rate in the Serious state can be configured using Serious Thermal State FPS, and in the Critical state using Critical Thermal State FPS.

Kerberos proxy authentication support.

Added IBUS and FCITX5 Input Method Editor (IME) support for Desktop Linux platform.

Added the ability to select LTO mode (Full / Thin).

Added support for CAMetalDisplayLink on the Mac Player. It is disabled by default and can be enabled in Player Settings by toggling "Use MetalDisplayLink (Mac Player only)" or by using the environment variable UNITY_USE_METAL_DISPLAY_LINK=1. Using CAMetalDisplayLink decreases stuttering, improves frame pacing, and makes Time.deltaTime more stable.

Moved the Netcode for Entities package from the DOTS repository into the Unity Engine as a built-in package.

Netcode for Entities package has now all the same changes as 1.12.0 version which marks the common package state between standalone package version and built-in one.

Moved the Transport package from a separate repository into the Unity Engine as a built-in package.

Added a Locate button in the Package Manager to locate imported samples in the Project window.

Added a new dedicated Samples view in the Package Manager window.

Added a View More Samples button to the samples details tab.

Added images field to the package Sample class that allows for displaying images in the samples details tab.

Added publish date as a sorting option in the samples page.

Enabled full modification of the technical names through the Inspector for packages in development.

Reduced information in the header and displayed them in cards in the Details and Overview tab.

Added a worldDrawing flag to PhysicsBody, PhysicsShape, PhysicsChain, all PhysicsJoint types, and their respective definitions. This flag controls whether the object automatically draws when the world debug renderer draws.

Added new Physics Core 2D features including a dedicated settings Editor, per-world custom transform writing/tweening with callbacks and events, custom transform planes, global transform read modes, contact filter mode, rendering availability in non-development builds, control of maximum worlds to reduce static memory overhead, and always-draw options.

Added support in PhysicsMath for transform setting with PhysicsTransform.

Improved debug rendering for multiple cameras to ensure accurate custom draw element lifetimes. Custom drawing is now always drawn after any automatic scene drawing.

Optimized Debug Rendering with more optimized SDF shaders. In addition, the properties "drawThickness" and "drawPointScale" are fixed so they correctly render in pixel scales. It is recommended that you either reset the "PhysicsWorldDefinition" to its defaults or use the defaults for "drawThickness" of 1 and "drawPointScale" of 0.5.

PhysicsRotate can now create rotations using either radians or degrees. Deprecated the constructor that accepted a radian angle due to the Burst compiler incompatibility. In addition, simplified its property drawer to display only its rotation without the resultant direction.

When using PhysicsBody transform writing of Interpolation, you can now perform a final interpolation-sync prior to the next simulation. This ensures the Transform is synchronized with the current body pose using the PhysicsWorld.syncInterpolation or PhysicsWorldDefinition.syncInterpolation options.

Added code coverage support for development builds on standalone platforms (Windows, macOS, and Linux) that use the Mono scripting backend.

Added a log message on Editor shutdown that displays the version of the oldest serialized file loaded during the session.

Added a menu item to create a new shader graph using a template, from the URP Decal Projectors and URP Fullscreen Renderer Feature.

Added a new switch node, allowing multiple branching cases to be expressed in a single node. The node automatically matches cases for connected float inputs in enum mode.

Added an option to disable the connector on subgraph inputs for select types, forcing them to be statically compiled.

Added initial support for reflected functions.

Added support for float mode in subgraphs, allowing for additional UX options for inputs on corresponding subgraph nodes.

Added the UNITY_PLATFORM_META_QUEST preprocessor directive for shader compilation when targeting Meta Quest. This can be used to create platform-specific shader optimizations.

Added the RaycastReceiver component.

Made the Selectable methods IsPressed and IsHighlighted public.

Added a PanelRenderer component to UI Toolkit.

Added an experimental USS Stats window.

Added drag and drop support for StyleSheetsWindow.

Added editor support for VisualElementReference<T>.

Added support for animating PanelRenderer UIToolkit content using the Animator of the legacy Animation component.

Added support for PanelRenderer to display its elements in the new Hierarchy window.

Added support for simulate.Click on world-space content in UIToolkit Test Framework.

Integrated override bars and affordances for attributes in the Visual Element Inspector.

Synchronized the stylesheets window to the staging context.

Added a new sample to the Unity Physics package that demonstrates how to use the new Direct Solver to produce an advanced game physics scenario. Import "Advanced Game Physics Sample - Chain and Gears" into your project from the Package Manager from the Samples tab of the Unity Physics package. The sample leverages Unity Physics' novel solver technology to simulate a complex mechanism involving gears interacting with a chain. It combines the new Direct Solver for accurate simulation of the stiff chain links and the gears with the Iterative Solver for efficient simulation of all the collisions in the scene. Unity Physics automatically couples the results of both solvers for lifelike, stable and efficient simulation results. This setup demonstrates how both solvers combined can capture emerging physical behaviors at real-time simulation rates, such as the jamming of the gears caused by the chain getting stuck between the gears' teeth in this example scenario.

Added On-Tile Post Processing to optimize GPU bandwidth for Tile Based GPUs on platforms such as Android and iOS.

Enabled the Extensible On-Tile Renderer using the "Tile-Only Mode" setting.

Added "Add to Source Control" and "Undo Changes" actions for folders from the Project browser and Inspector.

Added a cset by cset diff panel in the branches view.

Added a new Branch Explorer to visualize and navigate branches.

Added a properties panel for the selected changeset/shelveset.

Added an empty state in the history view.

Added branch names to the branch deletion dialog.

Added persistence for all splitter positions across window reloads and sessions.

Added specific empty states for Pending/Incoming Changes with filters.

Added support in the merge view to partially apply a shelve.

Added the F2 keyboard shortcut to rename branches and labels.

Added an option to release the VFX batch instance when the VisualEffect is disabled.

Added the ability to search and filter in the template window (also available for ShaderGraph).

Exposed "Target minimum visionOS Version" to visionOS Player settings.

Added a submodule for the libtess2 external library.

Added submodule for external library double-conversion.

Added submodule for the Clipper external library.

Added submodule for the external library zlib.

Added submodules for Physics2D and PhysicsCore2D built-in modules.

Added submodules for PhysX libraries.

Added submodules for the Box2D external libraries.

Added submodules for libpng and libjpeg libraries that enable stripping these third-party libraries if no PNG or JPEG images are loaded during runtime.

Enabled the Player setting WebAssembly 2023 by default.

Updated Emscripten SDK compiler toolchain used by Unity's Web platform from earlier Emscripten 3.1.38 to version 4.0.19.

Updated Emscripten SDK compiler toolchain used by Unity's Web platform from earlier Emscripten 3.1.38 to version 4.0.19.

Added DirectStorage support for asset loading in Windows Standalone builds. You can use this feature by using Enable Direct Storage in Player Settings.

Improved the documentation for GetArtifactData and related functions.

Added more detail to the Tilemap.GetTiles API when the withinBounds parameter is set to true.

Improved SetBlendShapeWeight out-of-bounds error message.

Improved performance when sampling the nearest position on the NavMesh.

Added Link Time Optimization in Android Build Profile window.

Added profiling markers to AndroidPlayer initialization process.

Enabled ThinLTO for XR.

Improved Android Studio integration, file paths in compilation errors are now clickable and navigate to the correct line and column.

Improved the dialog messages for Keystore signing error.

Play.asset-delivery plugin updated from version 2.1.0 to 2.3.0.

Refactor UnityInitApplication by splitting it into multiple functions.

Added a field to the AnimationEvent inspector to control the reporting of errors when the event method cannot be found on the target object.

Improved performance for symlinks detection.

Improved the documentation for GetArtifactData and related functions.

Added optimizations to improve launch times.

Made Linux ARM64 dedicated server builds not rely on internal tools, allowing source code customers to build for Linux ARM64.

Updated the 7-Zip that is bundled with the editor to 26.00.

Added additional detail for PointerEventData.pointerId.

Added direct links to the Memory Profiler package.

Added information about clean and dirty page management to memory management documentation.

Improved documentation for Mesh.SetVertexBufferData &amp; Mesh.SetIndexData.

Added a DX12 GraphicsTests job.

Added DX12 Validation Layer SRPTests.

Improved DX12 Split Jobs SRP Testing Coverage.

Improved DX12 SRP Test QV Coverage.

Improved UWP DX12 SRPTests coverage.

Added a "Create Folder with Selection" option to the Create menu to allow the creation of a new folder containing the current Project Browser selection.

Added a Save option to Project Auditor when selecting New Analysis.

Added an informational message for light loop unroll shader improvement for Meta Platforms.

Added an open settings button to "Can not sign the application" dialog. Changed warning symbol to error symbol.

Added fixes and improvements to the LightingSearch feature.

Added main Project Auditor preferences to its start screen.

Added options in Project Settings &gt; Graphics to enable automatic Pipeline State Object (PSO) tracing and prewarming using the GraphicsStateCollection API. This allows easier access to the performance improvements provided by the GraphicsStateCollection API.

Added the ability to opt out of the "Unsaved Changes" popup in the main toolbar.

Added unused memory information in bytes to texture atlas messages in Project Auditor.

Changed underlying storage of selection in Hierarchy.

Deprecated the following components in the Built-In Render Pipeline: Lens Flare, Flare Layer, Halo, Projector, and Light Probe Proxy Volume. Also deprecated the following method signatures with Light Probe Proxy Volume as an argument: Graphics.DrawMeshInstancedIndirect, Graphics.DrawMeshInstanced, Graphics.DrawMeshInstancedProcedural, and Graphics.DrawMesh.

Fixed a performance regression with the Editor's property caching system.

Fixed an issue where overlay presets dropdown not showing their status when modified.

Fixed example script to bind water texture to VFX Graph not compiling.

Improved interactivity of progress bar when opening the "Compile and Show Code" dropdown in the Shader Inspector.

Improved performance when changing the graphics tier in the Editor.

Improved Project Auditor code analysis.

Improved the batchmode converter command line tool.

Improved the RSUV sample to leverage the new shader reflection API.

Increased the automated test coverage for Platform Browser to better validate package installation and UI behavior.

Increased the automated test coverage for Preconfigured Settings items.

Increased the minimum width of the Sprite Editor Window so when the window is undocked it cannot be resized so that the window is too thin to display all the buttons on the toolbar.

Obsolete Helpbox can have a replacement component button.

Optimized the Asset Hot Reloading subscription system.

Switched IMGUI text backend to ATG.

The "Destroy may not be called from edit mode\!" error now contains the relevant GameObject name.

The "DontDestroyOnLoad only works for root GameObjects or components on root GameObjects." warning now contains the relevant GameObject name.

The "Using mirror once texture wrap mode which is not supported by the platform." warning now contains the relevant Texture name.

Updated documentation button styling in Project Auditor to match the Editor.

Updated the existing required components structure to no longer be no-op.

Added a new setting in the Entities Preferences where you can select which Worlds should be visible in the Hierarchy. By default, Live Worlds are visible in the hierarchy.

Changed SubScene nodes in the Hierarchy window to be named after the SubScene and displayed with the Scene icon.

Entity and section nodes are now parented below subscene nodes in the new Hierarchy.

No longer showing the System Entities in the Hierarchy window.

Optimized iteration over component types within an archetype in certain cases.

Removed expensive baking analytics in the Entities packages that occurred during subscene importing. This was done to speed up build times.

Switched the Entities Component inspector to use Quick Search.

World nodes are now always displayed after Scene nodes in the hierarchy window.

Write link.xml when building Entities Content.

Modified light probe baking to use the pushoff value from Lightmap Parameters.

Moved the internal hardware ray-tracing toggle from the internal UI to the bottom bar GUI of the Lighting window. It has not been set as default with this change.

Removed unneeded noise evaluation in APV when sampling per-vertex.

Added a message to the Frame Debugger that displays when the Editor is waiting for the player to respond or send messages.

Implemented memory tracking for the D3D12 UGK backend.

Improved performance of Metal (macOS/iOS) Development builds.

Improved baseVertex validation when setting a sub-mesh on a Mesh.

Added an option for SRP tests to default to a target-specific threading mode.

Added option to run SRPTests with validation layer.

Changed SRP tests build jobs to be reused for all threading modes.

DX11 SRP Tests to run with correct threading modes.

Improved GraphicsTests Split Jobs Coverage.

Improved Metal MultiThreaded testing coverage.

Partially reenabled 051_Shader_Graphs_Canvas test on WebGL.

Partially reenabled 124_Camera_Stacking_Clear_RT test.

Partially reenabled the Frustum For ShadowCaster test.

Reenabled ClearCoat and Mapping tests in URP_Foundation project.

Reenabled test 013_CameraMulti_Splitscreen_RenderPass.

Set many SRP Tests to default to target specific default threading modes.

Added additional options for Contact Shadows to adjust for performance.

Added the in keyword to RenderGraph TextureHandle and BufferHandle function parameters in HDRP, as they are now readonly structs.

Improved inspector messaging when advanced water features can have a perfomance impact in a given platform.

Improved Inspector messaging when RTX, SSS, or Film Grain can have a performance impact in a given platform.

On building the project. Show messages about RTX, SSS or Film Grain performance impact if the platform will have a performance impact.

Optimized thread usage for volumetric lighting filtering.

Render Pipeline Converter: Allowed HDRP to use Readonly material converter.

UX improvements for performance warnings in HDRP produced on certain platforms.

Improved de-virtualization of boxed virtual calls in generic code that are guarded by an is check.

Made a minor reduction in IL2CPP player build times by optimizing managed symbol file handling by UnityLinker and IL2CPP.

Optimized calls to typeof(T).IsEnum, typeof(T).IsByRefLike, typeof(T).IsValueType, typeof(T).IsPrimitive in generic code.

Optimized type equality checks in generic code.

Reduced code size by reducing the number of method invoker variations generated.

Removed boxing in generic code when the box is done for an isinst call.

Removed collection of generic instances for method that are replaced by intrinsics.

Small performance improvement in generic variance type checks.

IMGUI now uses Advanced Text Generator to generate its Text.

Installers on Windows can now take up to 60% less time due to an optimization in the compression strategy.

Improved TouchScreenKeyboard with visible input to support liquid glass on iOS 26 and later.

Action button text in trust warnings and error window matches the action made by the user.

Aligned active trust messages with passive trust.

Improved active trust handling in the Package Manager.

Renamed Effects to Visual Effects in the GameObjects menu.

Added the ability to specify if internal collision, trigger, and joint event buffers should be de-allocated with a specific time interval. Effectively allowing memory pressure to be reduced when a physics scene's preparation stage runs. These settings can be found in Project Settings &gt; Physics &gt; Settings &gt; GameObjects tab, under the "Frame Maintenance" foldout.

Changed the default broad-phase type for new projects to Automatic-Box Pruning. This improves performance for dynamic setups. You can find the broad-phase type for the physics system at Project Settings &gt; Physics &gt; Settings under the GameObject tab.

Exposed incremental static broadphase toggle within the Project Settings -&gt; Physics -&gt; Settings pane. Historically incremental static broadphase has always been on, this does carry a performance cost for cases where all static Colliders never move/change. The default of this toggle is always ON.

Exposed log verbosity as a option within the Physics pane to allow users to suppress some warnings and logs coming out of the PhysX integration. The new setting can be found under *Edit &gt; Project Settings &gt; Physics &gt; Settings* under the GameObject tab.

PhysicsComposer can now convert both "CircleGeometry" and"CapsuleGeometry" to "PolygonGeometry" using a static method of "PhysicsComposer.ToPolygons()".

PhysicsComposer now implements the IDisposable interface where the public IDisposable.Dispose method simply calls "PhysicsComposer.Destroy()".

Added a selection of key profiler markers available in release builds to the runtime metrics gathering system.

Upgraded DLSS SDK from v310.4.0 to v310.5.0, including adding Preset L and M to DLSS Super Resolution.

Editor: Migrated Profiler charts from IMGUI to UITK.

Added QNX Memory Profiler support.

Added an overload to GameObjectUtility.DuplicateGameObjects that allows not recording the Undo.

Improved performance when merging Search Index artifacts of large projects with "Deep Indexing" enabled.

Improved the Search window fluidity and responsiveness when fetching search results.

Fixed an issue where the swizzle node's input slot could end up in a bad state. Changed its behavior so that the node's input and output slot always reflect the swizzle mask.

Improved appearance of channel dropdown on UV node when node is collapsed.

Improved contrast of category names.

Improved some cases where swapping pipeline assets could cause disruptions.

Improved the alignment of the help box in the Project Settings window.

Improved the formatting of the help box in the Project Settings window.

Improved UGUI Shaders sample to take advantage of promoted properties and subgraph improvements, by replacing former custom nodes with subgraphs.

More reflected information is now presented in the node inspector for reflected functions.

Updated the grouping shortcut to match the context menu behavior.

Updated the help button for heatmap values to redirect to the Shader Graph package documentation.

Updated the Node Reference sample to include new nodes (Append, Switch, Expression and Reflected Functions).

Added keyword type information in the X_KEYWORD_DECLARED macros. This allows the shader code to make preprocessing time decisions based on whether specialized variants are being generated or if dynamic branching is used instead. X_KEYWORD_DECLARED will have KEYWORD_TYPE_FLAG_SPECIALIZED_VARIANTS set if shader_feature or multi_compile is in use. Correspondingly dynamic_branch keywords will have KEYWORD_TYPE_FLAG_RUNTIME_BRANCHING set.

Improved errors reported when a shader compiler process crashes.

Improved GPU performance on Meta Quest devices by avoiding shadow map sampling for geometry that is back facing in relations to the shadow casting light.

Added filtering for converter items in the Render Pipeline Converter. Improved the UI and the list view handling.

Added Material Variants handling to the Render Pipeline Converter's Shader Upgrade.

Added Search filter for Rendering Debugger.

Avoid Render Pipeline Converter to output unnecessary information upon conversion.

Fixed Motion Vector tests in Terrain project.

Fixed the error "Cannot return local actualPasses by reference because it is not a ref local" in RenderGraph PassesData.

Improved render pipeline creation performance by avoiding debug UI initialization.

Improved the Render Pipeline Converter console report to display conversion results.

Improved the way VolumeManager collects VolumeComponent types to avoid slow reflection overhead on Player startup.

Optimized Render Graph through several small improvements, with no changes in logic. Render Graph recording step is 2% to 4% faster on the main CPU thread in several scenarios.

Reenabled Swapbuffer Depth test.

Removing Finalizers from RenderGraph --native-leak-detection EnabledWithStackTrace.

Render Pipeline Converter - Disabled Scan and Convert actions during Play Mode to prevent errors.

Render Pipeline Converter: Scan and Convert now only handles the visible converters.

Volumes - Fixed Open In Rendering Debugger. Now it selects the given Volume Component to inspect.

Added warning for unsupported behaviour when rotation or scale is modified on a terrain object or one of its parents.

Improved Test Data ToString Representation.

Added OnFontMaterialRequest callback to complement the existing OnFontAssetRequest callback that allows custom loading of font related resources that are not contained in a Resources folder when using the &lt;font&gt; and &lt;material&gt; markup tag variants. Added new variant to the &lt;font&gt; markup tag to allow referencing a font asset by the source font's family and style name. Example: &lt;font familyName="Roboto" styleName="Bold"&gt;. This new variant assumes the referenced font asset has already been loaded. Added missing OnColorGradientRequest callback to provide the same custom loading functionality that is available with the &lt;font&gt; and &lt;material&gt; markup tags. Added OnCharacterRequest callback to allow loading font asset resources based on the requested character.

Added a GameObject menu item to add a Panel Renderer.

Added live reload support to PanelRenderer.

Added schema support for "authoring-id".

Converted Font and FontDefinition computed style properties to unmanaged.

Converted MaterialDefinition computed style property to unmanaged.

Improved consistency between computed style length encoding and corresponding layout node style.

Improved consistency between computed style units and corresponding layout node style data.

Improved inspector support for elements so they use driven properties when displaying live attribute values.

Improved memory usage of Visual Element layout border data and simplified preprocessing step for border style data.

Improved mesh update performance on WebGL.

Improved mesh update performance on WebGPU.

Improved mesh update performance.

Improved performance of layout calculation by removing various pre-layout data conversions.

Improved UXML importer performance.

Improved Visual Element Reference picker to include a type and name filter. The full path is now also considered in the search.

Moved data used for native layout into computed style structure and removed data redundancy from LayoutManager.

The UI Debugger now shows the Authoring Id for elements.

Improved documentation to clarify how transformations of rigid body GameObjects are represented within baked Entity hierarchies.

Only perform direct solver related processing when required, that is, when either joints or contacts require use of the direct solver.

Added the in keyword for RenderGraph TextureHandle and BufferHandle function parameters in URP, as they are now readonly structs.

Changed DepthCopyPass to ignore copyToDepth and copyResolvedDepth constructor parameters. These are now derived from the source and destination TextureHandles to ensure functional correctness.

Added an "Open Project Settings &gt; Graphics" button below the warning "BatchRendererGroup Variants must be set to Keep All" that appears in the Inspector when enabling GPU Resident Drawer on a URP asset.

Improved shader performance by removing a dynamic branch in URP shaders that was used to test whether a surface is opaque or transparent.

Preview of a visible GameView camera would discard history and effectively disable TAA in the GameView. Previews are treated as redraws to avoid discarding the history of the GameView.

Render Pipeline Converter - BiRP to URP 2D : Added settings converter workflow.

Reduced the number of shader variants produced by VFX Graph outputs in builds.

Added submodules for "TextCoreFontEngine".

Improved performance of opening files on Windows with DirectStorage enabled.

Added support for transparent and UI elements for SpaceWarp (UGUI &amp; TMP).

Implemented a GPU performance improvement on the Meta Quest platform by optimizing the function that queries for whether the active camera uses perspective or orthographic projection.

Improved GPU performance on Meta Quest devices when a render batch is not affected by spotlights.

Improved GPU performance on Meta Quest on Forward. Added a loop unroll keyword if there is only one additional light per object selected on the URP Asset.

Improved GPU performance on Meta Quest on the Forward and Forward+ renderer. If the light distanceAttenuation &lt;=0, the renderer avoids calculating light contribution to the pixel.

Changed the Quickstart hyperlink to point at the ECS Feature Set Unity Documentation page.

Fixed \[UUM-137859\](https://jira.unity3d.com/browse/UUM-137859) to fix entity prefab node's color.

Made Adaptive Performance Android Provider package discoverable in the Unity Package Manager.

Improved GPU performance on Meta Quest on Forward. Added a loop unroll keyword if there is only one additional light per object selected on the URP Asset.

Updated GameActivity library from 3.0.5 to 4.4.0.

Upgraded Gradle to 9.1.0 and AGP to 9.0.0.

\[Android\] Moved PlayerUnloading integration test from Misc to Android/Application folder, renamed to AndroidPlayerUnloading, and converted to test dual activity.

Migration of the Animation Window to UI Toolkit.

Updated the format of Editor logs related to importing assets. The full type of ScriptedImporter is now displayed.

Included DotNetSdk 8.0.312 with the Editor, to eventually replace NetCoreRuntime, DotNetSdkRoslyn and netcorerun.

Upgraded DotNetSdk from 8.0.312 to 8.0.318.

Upgraded DotNetSdkRoslyn from 6.0.413 to 8.0.318. Note that we will not be exposing support for newer C\# language versions as a part of this change. Updating the compiler is a step towards this, but other components also need to be updated before we can enable newer C\# language versions.

Made EntityIds 8-bytes (making it the same size as an Entity from com.unity.entities).

Changed the Quickstart hyperlink to point at the ECS Feature Set Unity Documentation page.

Added a persistent information box for the Built-In Render Pipeline deprecation in the Graphics settings window.

Added deprecation messaging and grouping for built-in shaders in the Material Editor shader selection dropdown when using Scriptable Render Pipelines.

Added deprecation messaging for Built-In Render Pipeline scene templates.

Added multi-select support for "Copy Path". Each entry is separated by a new line.

Added UX framework changes for the Built-In Render Pipeline deprecation.

Changed Look Dev Volume Profile Lifetime Management.

Changed previous fix to only happen in Editor outside of Play Mode.

Changed the default save location for Editor.log to the project's /Logs/ directory.

Changed the Prismatic Articulation Joint type with targetVelocity set (a velocity motored prismatic articulation joint) so now setting the Target Velocity to a positive value results in a positive linear velocity during simulation. Similarly, setting the Target Velocity to a negative value will result in a negative linear velocity.

Replaced obsolete GetInstanceId calls in Unity Physics baking with GetEntityId calls.

Shortened the message from the Serialization Roslyn analyzer and added a link to documentation.

Stopped shipping DotNetSdkRoslyn with the Editor. Use roslyn from DotNetSdk/ instead.

Moved internal windowing functionality to WindowManager.

Added a new world icon for displaying world nodes in the new Hierarchy.

Added entities world node support in the new Hierarchy.

Added support for entity prefab nodes in the Hierarchy window.

Added support for parent and children entity nodes.

Added support for reparenting Entity nodes in the new Hierarchy.

Fixed an issue where the Inspector wrongly displays "This Entity only exists at runtime" when selecting entities from the new Hierarchy.

Fixed \[UUM-137859\](https://jira.unity3d.com/browse/UUM-137859) to fix entity prefab node's color.

Improved the performance of entities in the new Hierarchy.

Moved the new recently added scripts to support entities in the new Hierarchy from Packages/com.unity.entities/Unity.Entities.Editor/Hierarchy/Utility to Packages/com.unity.entities/Unity.Entities.Editor/Hierarchy.

Selecting a GameObject inside a subscene in the new Hierarchy will only show its GameObject authoring representation not its runtime ECS representation if there is an entity associated to it.

System inspection information is moved from the inspector window into its own panel in the Systems window.

GPUResidentDrawer and EntitiesGraphics Unification Part 1 : Extend GRD

Introduced the foundations for a RenderWorld.

Added support for custom instance injection in GPUResidentDrawer. Needed to inject Entities from the outside.

Added support for generalized GPU archetypes and instanced material properties. Needed to support EntitiesGraphics MaterialsProperty override.

Added support for Lightmap TextureArray. Needed for Entities support.

Texture importing now strictly adheres to the supported formats in https://docs.unity3d.com/Documentation/Manual/ImportingTextures.html. Circumventing this by changing an image file's extension will no longer work. If a image file format is necessary, please file a feature request so we can look into properly supporting it.

Disabled Swapbuffer test on XR.

Added optimization warning for Graphics Compositor for certain platforms.

Added optimization warning for High Quality Line Rendering for certain platforms.

Moved Look Dev to the HDRP package.

Changed the serialized form of GenericParameterIndex in the global metadata file to use the smallest possible numeric representation and changed Il2CppGenericContainer's TypeArgc to ushort, reducing the metadata size for most programs.

Changed the serialized form of MethodIndex in the global metadata file to use the smallest possible numeric representation, reducing the metadata size for most programs.

Implemented UIScene lifecycle events for iOS/tvOS/VisionOS.

The GhostUpdateSystem's predicted ghost history backup lookup failure case now only attempts to rollback to the snapshot if said rollback isn't too severe. This change marginally worsens correctness in exceptional cases, but prevents egregiously large rollbacks.

Grouped and renamed export functions in the Editor's right-click menu.

The selection of the Package Manager window no longer affects the inspector. Editing the package manifest remains available.

UPM logs now default to <ProjectPath>/Logs/upm.log, while still honoring explicit -upmLogFile overrides.

Changed the Scene Depth Difference Node to default to using View Position instead of World Position.

Disabled profiling during Shader Graph code generation to fix errors that occurred in some circumstances.

Converted Rendering Debugger Editor and Runtime UI to use UI Toolkit.

Migrate from UIDocument to PanelRenderer at Rendering Debugger Runtime UI.

Changed uGUI and TMP elements to always instantiate at the origin of their canvas upon creation via the editor.

Renamed uGUI's profiler modules (UI and UI Details) to "UI (Canvas)" and "UI Details (Canvas)".

Updated Profiler icons for UI Canvas modules.

Enabled multiple documentation versions for UI Test Framework by syncing the package version to the Unity Editor version.

PanelRenderer now releases its root visual element to help reclaim memory and diagnose usage of stale element references.

UI Toolkit Test Framework: Internalized some IMGUI-related properties.

Added detailed documentation for use of solvers in Unity Physics.

Improved the warning message shown when running render pipeline converters in batch mode to better explain potential limitations and recommend the dedicated conversion UI for reliable results.

Added changeset and label icons to the status bar.

Displayed progress indicator overlaying the view.

Implemented a "clever" truncation of paths.

Improved text field focus behavior across dialogs for more consistent keyboard workflows.

Improved the empty state in the Pending Changes view.

Moved incoming and shelves notifications to the top bar.

Prevented connecting a project to a different organization by mistake.

Redesigned all the views and dialogs.

Redesigned the main panel to include a top breadcrumb.

Renamed toolbar dropdown to comply with a 120px max width limit in 6.5.

Show real indeterminate progress bar.

Updated deleted and moved overlay icons.

Updated new project initialization to perform a full initial checkin.

Updated the macOS hide shortcut to Cmd+Shift+H.

AsyncReadManager now supports DirectStorage when enabled.