"Docs moar docs, throw more docs!!!" Release v0.4.19-alpha

Fixes

• bf31e15 Fixed ArgumentNullException that could be thrown if an entity hit event was not related to an Ability.
• 7c25cb2 Fixed bug that made XmlUtilities.read not work for files within a jar.
• 69afe69 Don't ignore minimal location updates on entities
• 680ce0b Fixed issue which caused the Camera hotfix for certain renderscales not to work.
• ca5cfa2 Fixed null pointer check in TmxMap
• 59360c4 Fixed issue with the GameWorld.reset overload

Features / Improvements

• Added and improve the Javadocs of many APIs
• aeccaa4 Added possibility to remove timed actions.
• #301 28f1036 Added entity render events for individual entities.
• adb2bfc Extend the ReflectionUtilities with a few helpful methods
• 9fde70d Added events for changes on ConfigurationGroups
• c8ca4b1 Added events for layer rendering on the MapRenderer
• 70c598a Added onMoved event for IMobileEntity
• 41679ed Added spawned event for Spawnpoint
• 87c339d Added updatable count to the GameMetrics
• a7a7637 Don't modify layer visibility when serializing maps.
• #297 Re-Added shortcut API for finding tile bounds

Changes

• 5ddf044 Drop the Game.loop().getUpdateRate() method in favor of Game.loop().getTickRate().
• 30cd2c1 Improve visibility modifies of the SoundEngine
• 6d92e25 Rework the default mouse cursor behavior
  • Use the default cursor if no virtual cursor is set and the mouse is not being grabbed by the window.
  • Move the debug cursor handling to the MouseCursor implementation
  • Don't grab the mouse by default.
• c950d55 Replace some explicitly thrown exceptions by log messages.
• d715f2f Drop the de.gurkenlabs.litiengine.annotation package.
• 39f365e Change Entity collections from the Environment to be immutable

Revamp of several event methods and listeners

• 3747d8c 080afea Streamline rendering events and API
• 59b4b3d Reworked the ScreenManager events
• 1c41e83 Reworked the Mouse events
• 537b5d7 Reworked the Keyboard events
• 480a259 Reworked the Gamepad and GamepadManager events
• 111d81d Reworked the Camera events
• 4204d8a Reworked the Emitter events
• e438fc8 Reworked the Ability events
• Marked many listeners as FunctionalInterface

utiLITI

• 60c0466 Fixed initial error when no game file is loaded.
• #299 Fixed Reassigning map IDs

Misc

• Updated SonarQube plugin 2.7 -> 2.8
• Updated Gradle 5.3.1 -> 6.0.1
  • d4d35a7 Print Gradle warnings in the build log.
• 7340f5b Prevent duplicated resources in the .jar files.
• 94b46dc Exclude duplicate files from the jar.

Contributors in this release

@TheRamenChef
@Phlosioneer

Also, thanks to all the contributors to the LITIENGINE community in the forum and our discord! All your comments and thoughts help us to shape the engine towards a stable release.