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2 years ago O3DE as an SDK
Features
- Added Engine SDK layout support for Linux and Mac: https://github.com/o3de/o3de/issues/3189, https://github.com/o3de/o3de/issues/3192
- Added support for installing non-monolithic and monolithic artifacts into the same Engine SDK layout: https://github.com/o3de/o3de/issues/3227
- Added support for installing a Project Game Release Layout(Windows, Linux, MacOS): https://github.com/o3de/o3de/issues/3201
- Added ComponentApplication Lifecycle Events to facilitate startup configuration for the GameLauncher: https://github.com/o3de/o3de/commit/b3b646dad9c16d4a93cf1058034329c615c1a54b
- Updated the AssetBundler to use AZ::IO::Archive for creation of Pak Files: https://github.com/o3de/o3de/issues/3419
- Improved Error messags in the project's EngineFinder.cmake to help with indicating why the project could not locate the engine: https://github.com/o3de/o3de/pull/4713
- Added Multi-Config/Multi-Permutation support to the installer. This adds support for build configurations like debug, profile, release can be placed in the same installer. This also allows non-monolithic(Default) and monolithic(Monolithic) permutations to be added to the installer: https://github.com/o3de/o3de/pull/5062
- Limit the configuration types available in the Engine SDK layout to only the configurations that were built. i.e If the SDK was only built with the profile configuration, only the profile configuration will be available when using the SDK with a project: https://github.com/o3de/o3de/issues/2526
- Added support for importing Json files. https://github.com/o3de/o3de/pull/4609
Bug fixes
- Resolved issues with required gems not being treated as required when using an Engine SDK: https://github.com/o3de/o3de/issues/3430
- Fixed issue "Relocating the Project Game Release Layout outside of the install directory fails to initialize": https://github.com/o3de/o3de/commit/627012840d62a8f10fd6a7c595bac0b68d936f4b
- Fixed for launching the Editor through ProjectManager on Mac as well as other miscellaneous Project Manager fixes.: https://github.com/o3de/o3de/pull/5264
- Fixed level creation on Linux: https://github.com/o3de/o3de/pull/3488
- Fixed rpaths when using an Engine SDK layout on Linux: https://github.com/o3de/o3de/pull/3370
- Added fix for Android Monolithic release builds: https://github.com/o3de/o3de/pull/3788
- Fixed issue where CMake targets which were wrapped in two layers of generator expressions could not be added as dependencies when using an Engine SDK layout: https://github.com/o3de/o3de/pull/2337/files
Deprecations
- Updated the FileIO Aliases to provide more accurate descriptions of the paths they represent: https://github.com/o3de/o3de/issues/4183, Impactful Change link: https://discord.com/channels/805939474655346758/852574203437121586/895059153247170590
- The AssetProcessor Exclude Filters are now treated relative to the Scan Folder: https://github.com/o3de/o3de/issues/4044 Impactful Change link: https://discord.com/channels/805939474655346758/852574203437121586/902248898683363400
- The
--project-pathparameter is now treated relative to the current working directory in C++ Applications: https://github.com/o3de/o3de/pull/5194 Impactful Change link: https://discord.com/channels/805939474655346758/852574203437121586/905874057998766161 - Rewrote the AzToolsFramework ArchiveComponent to use the AZ::IO::Archive instead of 7za.exe. 7za.exe has been removed from the code base https://github.com/o3de/o3de/pull/4332
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