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Changelog

SFML 3 is coming soon! For a sneak peak at what has changed, check out the migration guide.

Unreleased

General

  • Ensure GNUInstallDirs cache vars are included before first used (#2778, #2779)
  • [macOS] Fix incorrect variable expansion (#2780)
  • Issue warning when trying to use UCRT MinGW with precompiled MSVCRT depenencies (#2821)
  • Fix Nix pkg-config support

Audio

Bugfixes

  • Abort looping in SoundStream::streamData if an OpenAL error occurs (#1831, #2781)

SFML 2.6.1

Also available on the website: https://www.sfml-dev.org/changelog.php#sfml-2.6.1

General

  • Stop overwriting CMAKE_MODULE_PATH (#2577)
  • Loosen restrictions on unknown compilers (#2585)
  • Fix CI deprecation warnings (#2624)
  • Fix unused compiler flag error in Clang (#2625)
  • Disable warnings as errors by default (#2680)

Window

Bugfixes

  • [macOS] Fix macOS resize event bug (#2618)
  • [Linux] Skip ClientMessage events with other window ID unless it is for IM (#2651)

Graphics

Bugfixes

  • Ensure OpenGL extensions are loaded before querying maximum texture size (#2603)
  • [Android] Fixed RenderTexture being upside down on Android (#2730)
  • [Linux] Fix warnings in Linux OpenGL ES codepaths (#2747)

Audio

Bugfixes

  • Remove use of C++11 header (#2591)

SFML 2.6.0

Also available on the website: https://www.sfml-dev.org/changelog.php#sfml-2.6.0

General

  • Various CMake enhancements (#1477, #1509, #1561, #1563, #1576, #1624, #1739, #1960)
  • Small documentation changes (#1519, #1608, #1628, #1657, #1658, #1652, #1665, #1697, #1774, #1776, #1853, #2038, #2083, #2271)
  • Various casting fixes (#1499, #1553, #2040, #2222, #2297, #2298, #2323, #2576)
  • Add unit testing foundation to SFML (#623, #1475)
  • Changed Doxygen single-line comment format (#1622, #1623)
  • Add support for GitHub Actions (#1716, #1751, #2058, #2114)
  • Add support for NetBSD (#1535, #1723)
  • Slight increase performance and code refactor (#1732)
  • Use public domain resources for examples (#1627, #1718)
  • Add support for CPack and NSIS with CPack (#1114)
  • Enable support for unity builds (#1787, #1788)
  • Various clean ups (#1848, #1849, #2219, #2220, #2221, #2241)
  • Enable and enforce a large set of warnings (#1785, #1791, #1846, #1906, #1908, #2048, #2066, #2073, #2094, #2100, #2106, #2142, #2217, #2218)
  • Enable search box for the Doxygen documentation (#1841, #1940, #2173, #2477)
  • Enhancements of the CI pipeline (#2046, #2263, #2294)
  • Fix header include paths in Doxygen documentation (#2512)
  • Fix compilation for GCC 13.1.1 (#2553)
  • [macOS] Add support for arm64 on macOS (#1749, #1750, #1761, #1843, #1868)
  • [iOS] Build examples for iOS as well (#1418, #1520, #1522)
  • [Windows] Properly support Clang on Windows (#1612, #1720, #1784, #1795)
  • [Windows] Link legacy stdio definitions on newer Visual Studio versions (#1712)
  • [Windows] Provide additional metadata through resource files (#1419, #1779)
  • [Android] Add 64-bits libraries for Android (#1648, #2165)
  • [Android] Adjust NDK search path to support newer NDKs (#1575)
  • [macOS] Copy logo.png to Resources in Cocoa example (#1818)
  • [Windows] Add support for Visual Studio 2022 (#1819)
  • [Android] Build sfml-main with position-independent code (#2393, #2397)

System

Features

  • [Android] Simplify management of ActivityStates (#1845)

Bugfixes

  • [Windows] Fix overflow when using sf::Clock for long time (#1765, #1771)

Window

Features

  • Allow creation of a window without an OpenGL context (#1484)
  • Dynamically load EGL and GLES extensions as is done for desktop GL (#1539, #1577, #1603, #2157, #2160)
  • Add support for creating Vulkan window surfaces (#1557)
  • Scancode support (#1235, #1400, #1596, #2009, #2096, #2148, #2243)
  • [Linux] Add support for colored cursors in Unix implementation (#1693, #1694)
  • [Linux] Added support for directional arrow resize cursors on Linux (#1688)
  • [Linux] Add support for X Input Method (#1840, #1850, #2191, #2242)
  • [Linux] Add support for Direct Rendering Mode (DRM) / Kernel Mode Setting (KMS) (#2029, #2146, #2246, #2259, #2400)
  • [Windows] Use monitor aware DPI scaling on Windows (#2268)

Bugfixes

  • Fix sf::Context::getActiveContext to stop returning inactive contexts (#1794)
  • [Linux] Fixed crash with X11 when $DISPLAY is not 0.0 (#724, #1504)
  • [Android] Ensure setActive(false) is called before the surface is destroyed in EglContext (#1530, #1531)
  • [Android] Fixed EGL incorrectly being passed the anti-aliasing level as EGL_SAMPLE_BUFFERS instead of EGL_SAMPLES (#1533, #1534)
  • [Linux] Fix OpenGL extensions not loading in a specific Linux VM configuration (#1495, #1543)
  • [Windows] Fixed potential buffer overrun in Win32 OpenGL error handling (#1245, #1246)
  • [Windows] Fix no longer hides cursor when hovering title bar (#1569, #1570)
  • [macOS] Initialize m_context correctly in SFContext constructors (#1582, #1610)
  • [Android] Fixed navigation bar not being entirely hidden on Android (#1538, #1554)
  • [Windows] Make the process to set a DirectInput device's axis mode more conservative (#1634)
  • [Linux] Fix an issue where the cursor wasn't changed instantaneously (#1686)
  • [Windows] Fix issue where joystick/controller POV values were not set correctly for DirectInput devices (#1719)
  • [Android] Fix warning: control may reach end of non-void function (#1713)
  • [Windows] Fixed Win32 requestFocus in multi-threaded environment (#1600)
  • [Android] Fix issue where EGL_DEFAULT_DISPLAY is NULL (#1639, #1740)
  • [macOS] When initializing an OpenGL view with an existing window, call finishInit (#1759, #1760)
  • [macOS] Fix potential crash when changing cursor (#1721, #1736)
  • [Android] Fixed SIGSEGV after pressing back button on Android (#531, #1580)
  • [Android] Fix issue with waitEvent and an OpenGL Context (#1532, #1790)
  • [iOS] Fix issue where OpenGL ES libraries couldn't be located (#1687, #1804)
  • [macOS] Fix issue where window wouldn't be closing because of events still being processed (#1581, #1814)
  • [Windows] Preserve the drop shadow for system cursors on Windows (#1731)
  • [Windows] Use GetWindowLongPtr for better overall compatibility (#1806)
  • [macOS] Ensure proper nesting of autorelease pools on OS X (#1549, #1820)
  • [Linux] Fix typo in window construction (#1951, #1953)
  • [Linux] Prevent crash in Unix JoystickImpl with too many file descriptors (#1900, #1941)

Graphics

Features

  • Allow re-creation of the shared context as a core context if the user requests a core profile context (#1434, #1443)
  • Added getPosition() and getSize() to sf::Rect (#1047)
  • Added Font::hasGlyph field (#1644)
  • Implemented saveToMemory and saveImageToMemory (#988, #1597, #1669)
  • Implement smoothing for fonts (#1690, #2064, #2072)
  • Add Min and Max blend modes (#1710, #1756)
  • Support geometry shaders when a OpenGL 3.2+ context is available (#1768, #1769, #1786, #1789)
  • Align encodings for new line characters (#2107)
  • Update stb_image to 2.28, thus adding support for more image formats (#1712, #2322, #2464)
  • [macOS] Improve high DPI handling on macOS (#1817)

Bugfixes

  • Fixed missing checks for empty vertex arrays when updating the vertex buffers in sf::Text (#1558, #1560)
  • Remove unnecessary glFlush() in sf::Texture (#1609)
  • Fixed text rendering artifacts on Radeon cards (#1568)
  • Force OpenGL states to be reset when RenderTarget detects that a new context has to be tracked (#1625, #1630)
  • Don't set default Texture Rect of a sf::Sprite before the user provided one (#1725)
  • Added auto hinting compensation to fix too wide gaps between small glyphs (#1745, #1746)
  • Fix support for sRGB color space in sf::RenderTexture (#1092, #1757)
  • Fix incorrect glyph rect for text outline (#1826, #1827, #1836)
  • Fix alpha value calculation for semi-transparent pixels on fully transparent pixels with sf::Image::copy() (#1993)
  • Fix getLocalBounds inconsistency for sf::Text (#2129, #2132)
  • [iOS] Ensure the proper default framebuffer is bound when activating a RenderWindow (#1471, #1487)

Audio

Features

  • Allow explicitly closing sf::InputSoundFile (#1516)
  • Replace use of auto_ptr for future-proofing (#1546)
  • Adjustable processing interval in sf::SoundStream (#1517, #1666)
  • Fix sf::Music sometimes failing to loop after seeking (#1707)
  • Add MP3 decoding support (#1232, #1796, #1851)

Bugfixes

  • Rename FindVorbis -> FindVORBIS, for consistency with exported variables (#1626, #1629)
  • Fix naming of VORBIS in SFMLConfigDependencies.cmake.in (#1636, #1637)
  • Fixed copy assign operator in sf::Sound so it checks for self-assignment (#1744)
  • Fix SoundStream::play to restart the sound if it was played before (#2175)

Networking

Features

  • Added method to get the current read position of sf::Packet (#1382, #1641)

Bugfixes

  • Fixed sometimes failing to read floats and doubles from Packet on Android (#1565, #1578)

SFML 2.5.1

Also available on the website: https://www.sfml-dev.org/changelog.php#sfml-2.5.1

General

  • Various CMake fixes (#1414, #1416, #1436, #1439, #1467, #1470)
  • Fixed the installation of pkg-config files (#1466)
  • Fixed two conversion warnings (#1454)
  • [Android] Fixes all symbols in sfml-main are hidden (#1457, #1460)
  • [Android] Fixed some #define flag problem (#1458)
  • [Android] Fix deadlock in main cleanup (#1265)
  • [iOS] Modernized toolchain file (#1411)
  • [iOS] Check that <SFML/Main.hpp> is used (#1412)
  • [macOS] Add -ObjC flag to fix static linking on macOS (#1485)

Window

Bugfixes

  • [iOS] Use default supported rotations when none are specified (#1417)
  • [iOS] Fixed autocomplete window overlaps keyboard (#1473, #1482)
  • [Linux] Fixed dual monitor issue (#1226, #1238)
  • [Linux] Fixed issue where fullscreen window didn't go over task bars on top and left on in Ubuntu (#1224)
  • [Linux] Fixed the Unix clipboard implementation causing an abort due to internal data races in Xlib (#1437)
  • [macOS] Added additional system cursors (#1401, #1413, #1425)
  • [Windows] Fixed swapped colors for custom cursors (#1464, #1465, #1491)

Graphics

Bugfixes

  • Fixed a bug in which a sf::RenderTexture would not be re-activated after being re-created (#1438)
  • Fixed sf::RenderTextureImplFBO's destructor incorrectly triggering deletion of other sf::RenderTextureImplFBO's active FBOs (#1440)
  • Fix sf::RenderWindow::setActive incorrectly trying to unbind an FBO during deactivation (#1442)
  • Fixed sf::RenderTexture::display() dereferencing a NULL pointer when being called before sf::RenderTexture::create() (#1446)
  • Fixed bug in sf::Text when applying an outline color/thickness (#1176)
  • Squash duplicated sf::Font glyphs to single chars (#1461)
  • Fixed two issues with glyph sub-pixel positioning (#1452)
  • Reduced context locking & unlocking while creating textures (#1459)
  • Fixed the error message when the wrong bitmap font size is selected (#1456, #1474, #1492)

Audio

Bugfixes

  • Fixed performance issue with reading WAV files (#1450)

SFML 2.5.0

Also available on the website: https://www.sfml-dev.org/changelog.php#sfml-2.5.0

General

  • Replaced FindSFML.cmake with SFMLConfig.cmake (#1335)
  • Markdown'd and updated readme, changelog, contributing and license files (#1196, #1368, #1317)
  • Improve packaging support (#1173)
  • Added Tagfile generation and search (#1327)
  • Added CMake variables to select the modules to be built (#798, #800)
  • Do not install extlibs if SFML_USE_SYSTEM_DEPS is true (#1236, #1237)
  • Fixed various type conversion/comparison warnings (#1325)
  • [Android] Increased minimum API version to 14 (#1362)
  • [Android] Removed custom toolchain and added support for the newest NDK version and Gradle (#1350, #1393)
  • [iOS] Updated the binary libs from exlibs/libs-ios (#1207, #1209)
  • [iOS] Use a CMake toolchain file for iOS build (#1268, #1269)
  • [iOS] Install extlibs if needed (#1348)
  • [iOS] Drop 32 bit support (#1374)
  • [iOS] Force correct iOS architecture for cmake (#1373, #1377)
  • [iOS] Added iOS example (#1378)
  • [macOS] Fixed launch of cocoa examples (#1334)
  • [macOS] Improved application signing process (#1020, #1036, #1194)
  • [macOS] Improved CMake script (#1215, #1371)
  • [macOS] Use -stdlib=libc++ (#1361)
  • [OpenBSD] Added support for OpenBSD (#1330)

System

Bugfixes

  • Added protected destructor to sf::NonCopyable to prevent possible resource leaks (#1125, #1161)
  • Fixed crash when sf::Clock is constructed in a global scope (#1258)

Window

Features

  • Implemented Cursor API (#269, #784, #827)
  • Implemented Clipboard API (#715, #1204, #1221)
  • Renamed a few key codes (#1395)
  • Added joystick example (#1363)
  • [Windows] Added support for interfacing with joysticks via DirectInput when it is available (#1251, #1326)
  • [Windows] Fix discrete GPU preference symbols being exported from the wrong place (#1192, #1406)

Bugfixes

  • [Android] Return correct key code for delete/backspace (#1309, #1362)
  • [iOS] Don't need to find vorbisfile or vorbisenc (#1347)
  • [Linux] Fixed sf::Window::getPosition() returning incorrect position because of differences in window managers (#1228, #1266)
  • [Linux] Fix X11 key repeat handling not filtering out events from other windows (#1223, #1230, #1291)
  • [Linux] Restore fullscreen of a non-visible window (#1339)
  • [macOS] Fixed window menu not working (#1091, #1180, #1193)
  • [macOS] Fixed crash with application messing hardware detection e.g. TeamViewer (#1323)
  • [macOS] Added support for (some) Hat/POV axis (#1248)
  • [Windows] Prevent uninitialized read by zeroing memory (#1264)
  • [Windows] Fixed modifier keys handling (#1357)

Graphics

Features

  • Implemented additional line spacing and letter spacing in sf::Text (#928, #1366)
  • Added sf::VertexBuffer class (#1308)
  • Added GPU local texture copying support, allowing performance optimizations and texture swapping (#1119, #1319, #1320)
  • Optimize performance by skipping glTexCoordPointer() call if not needed (#1015)
  • Generate shape outline vertices only if necessary (#925, #1356)
  • Removed dependency to libjpeg, stb_image_write now supports writing JPEG files (#1278, #1279)
  • Enable comparing sf::Transform and optimize resetting OpenGL back to the identity matrix (#1298)
  • Added missing setActive() virtual method to sf::RenderTarget (#1157)
  • Updated stb_image to v2.16 and stb_image_write to v1.07 (#1270)
  • Added sf::RenderTexture stencil and multisampling support (#1274, #1285)
  • Added example demonstrating sf::VertexBuffer, sf::Shader and sf::Thread usage (#1352)
  • Optimized sf::RenderTexture performance (#1379)

Bugfixes

  • Properly free memory in sf::Font::cleanup() (#1119)
  • Fixed memory leak in sf::Font (#1216)
  • Fix OpenGL texture coordinate pointer not being updated correctly under certain conditions (#1297)
  • Fix for broken text when the font is reloaded (#1345)
  • Fix memory leak in sf::Text (#1233, #1360)
  • Fixed strict aliasing punning warning when generating the key of a glyph in Font.cpp (#1187, #1396)
  • Fixed OpenGL version string being parsed incorrectly on some platforms (#1249, #1390)
  • [macOS] Worked around render target bug (#1132, #1342)
  • [Windows] Replaced time-based joystick poll with a hardware event handler (#1179, #1195, #1198, #1199, #1421)

Audio

Features

  • Added loop point support to sf::Music (#177, #629)
  • Added support for the extensible PCM wave file format (#1296)
  • [iOS] Enable audio module (#1338)

Bugfixes

  • Fixed inconsistent seek behavior in sf::SoundStream (#1118)
  • Fixed stack overflow in sf::SoundStream::fillAndPushBuffer() (#1154)
  • Fixed seeking quirks in the FLAC reader (#966, #1162)
  • Allow polymorphism with sf::SoundSource (#1185)
  • Fixed WAV file writer writing wrong header values (#1280, #1281)
  • Small bugfix to argument of alcCaptureOpenDevice() (#1304, #1305)
  • [iOS] Find OpenAL correctly (#1263, #1376)
  • [Windows] Updated OpenAL Soft to 1.18.1 fixing crashes (#1247, #1260)

Network

Features

  • Add append/overwrite parameter to Ftp::upload (#1072, #1399)

Bugfixes

  • Fixed wrong condition for building network support (#1253)
  • Changed TCP listen backlog from 0 to SOMAXCONN (#1369, #1407)
  • Fixed socket reuse not conforming to documentation (#1346, #1408)

SFML 2.4.2

Also available on the website: https://www.sfml-dev.org/changelog.php#sfml-2.4.2

System

Bugfixes

  • [Windows] Removed thread affinity changes in sf::Clock (#1107)

Window

Bugfixes

  • Fixed bug where TransientContextLock would hang (#1165, #1172)
  • [Linux] Fixed GLX extensions being loaded too late (#1183)
  • [Linux] Fix wrong types passed to XChangeProperty (#1168, #1171)
  • [Windows] Make context disabling via wglMakeCurrent more tolerant of broken drivers (#1186)

Graphics

Bugfixes

  • Optimized sf::Image::create and made it more exception safe (#1166)

SFML 2.4.1

Also available on the website: https://www.sfml-dev.org/changelog.php#sfml-2.4.1

General

  • [kFreeBSD] Define SFML_OS_FREEBSD when compiling for kFreeBSD (#1129)
  • [Windows] Added some simple messaging when trying to build under Cygwin (#1153)

Window

Bugfixes

  • Fixed stack overflow on GlContext creation with multiple threads (#989, #1002)
  • Adjusted mouse cursor grab documentation (#1133)
  • [iOS] Fixed orientation change not rescaling window size properly (#1049, #1050)
  • [Linux] Fixed fullscreen issue (#921, #1138)
  • [Linux] Switched from XCB back to Xlib for windowing (#1138)
  • [Linux] Fixed window icon not showing up on some distros (#1087, #1088)
  • [Linux] Fixed an issue where GNOME flags window unresponsive (#1089, #1138)
  • [Linux] Fixed leak of XVisualInfo objects during GlxContext creation (#1135)
  • [Linux] Fixed possible hang when setting visibility if external window sources (#1136)
  • [macOS] Fixed inconsistency between doc and impl on macOS for the grab feature (#1133, #1148, #1150)
  • [Windows] Fixed context memory leaks (#1143, #1002)

Graphics

Bugfixes

  • Adjusted uniform error message (#1131)
  • Clarify documentation on Rect::contains function bounds (#1151)

Network

Bugfixes

  • Fixed a typo in comment for void unbind() (#1121)

SFML 2.4.0

Also available on the website: https://www.sfml-dev.org/changelog.php#sfml-2.4.0

General

  • Added deprecation macro (#969)
  • Fixed issues reported by Coverity Scan static analysis (#1064)
  • Fixed some initialization issues reported by Cppcheck (#1008)
  • Changed comment chars in FindSFML.cmake to # (#1090)
  • Fixed some typos (#1098, #993, #1099, #956, #963, #979)
  • Updated/fixed string comparisons in Config.cmake (#1102)
  • Added the missing -s postfix for the RelWithDebInfo config (#1014)
  • [Android] Fixed current Android compilation issues (#1116, #1111, #1079)
  • [macOS] Update Xcode template material (#976, #968)
  • [Windows] Added support for VS 2015 (#972)
  • [Windows] Create and install PDB debug symbols alongside binaries (#1037)

Deprecated API

  • sf::RenderWindow::capture(): Use a sf::Texture and its sf::Texture::update(const Window&) function and copy its contents into an sf::Image instead.
  • sf::Shader::setParameter(): Use setUniform() instead.
  • sf::Text::getColor(): There is now fill and outline colors instead of a single global color. Use getFillColor() or getOutlineColor() instead.
  • sf::Text::setColor(): There is now fill and outline colors instead of a single global color. Use setFillColor() or setOutlineColor() instead.
  • sf::LinesStrip: Use LineStrip instead.
  • sf::TrianglesFan: Use TriangleFan instead.
  • sf::TrianglesStrip: Use TriangleStrip instead.

System

Features

  • [Android] Added sf::getNativeActivity() (#1005, #680)

Bugfixes

  • Added missing include in String.hpp (#1069, #1068)
  • Fixed encoding of UTF-16 (#997)
  • [Android] Fixed crash when trying to load a non-existing font file (#1058)

Window

Features

  • Added ability to grab cursor (#614, #394, #1107)
  • Added Multi-GPU preference (#869, #867)
  • Added support for sRGB capable framebuffers (#981, #175)
  • [Linux, Windows] Improved OpenGL context creation (#884)
  • [Linux, Windows] Added support for pbuffers on Windows and Unix (#885, #434)

Bugfixes

  • Updated platform-specific handle documentation (#961)
  • [Android] Accept touch events from "multiple" devices (#954, #953)
  • [Android] Copy the selected EGL context's settings to SFML (#1039)
  • [Linux] Fixed modifiers causing sf::Keyboard::Unknown being returned (#1022, #1012)
  • [macOS] Improved memory management on macOS (#962, #790)
  • [macOS] Fixed crash when resizing a window to a zero-height/width size (#986, #984)
  • [macOS] Use the mouse button constant instead of 0 to avoid a compiler error on macOS (#1035)
  • [macOS] macOS improvement: warnings + bugfix + refactoring, the lot! (#1042)

Graphics

Features

  • Added support for outlined text (#840)
  • Add support for geometry shaders (#886, #428)
  • Feature/blend mode reverse subtract (#945, #944)
  • Implemented support for mipmap generation (#973, #498, #123)
  • Added new API to set shader uniforms (#983, #538)
  • Rewrite RenderWindow::capture (#1001)

Bugfixes

  • Exporting some Glsl utility functions due to linking issues (#1044, #1046)
  • Fixed missing initialisation of Font::m_stroker (#1059)
  • Changed primitive types to be grammatically correct (#1095, #939)

Audio

Features

  • Implemented stereo audio recording (#1010)

Bugfixes

  • Added an assignment operator to SoundSource (#864)
  • [macOS] Updates OpenAL-soft for macOS to version 1.17.2 (#1057, #900, #1000)
  • Fixed a bug where vorbis can't handle large buffers (#1067)
  • Added support for 24-bit .wav files (#958, #955)
  • Fixed threading issue in sf::SoundRecorder (#1011)
  • Made WAV file reader no longer assume that data chunk goes till end of file to prevent reading trailing metadata as samples (#1018)
  • Fixed seeking in multi channel FLAC files (#1041, #1040)

Network

Features

  • Added optional argument on which address to bind (socket). (#850, #678)

Bugfixes

  • Fixed FTP directory listing blocking forever (#1086, #1025)

SFML 2.3.2

Also available on the website: https://www.sfml-dev.org/changelog.php#sfml-2.3.2

General

  • Fixed an issue where FindSFML.cmake couldn't find older versions of SFML (#903)
  • Robust alCheck and glCheck macros (#917)
  • Fixed FindSFML.cmake to use the uppercase FLAC name (#923)
  • Added a CONTRIBUTING file so GitHub shows a message when creating a new issue (#932)

Window

Bugfixes

  • [Linux] Fixed an issue where the keypad's key weren't being detected (#910)
  • [Linux] Revert to Xlib event handling (#934)
  • [Linux] Fixed XK_* inconsistency in InpuImpl.cpp (#947)
  • [Linux] Fix _NET_WM_PING messages not being replied to properly (#947)

Graphics

Bugfixes

  • Fixed clear bug on RenderTextures (#915)
  • Fixed image file extension detection (#929, #930, #931)
  • Secure function against random data return (#935, #942)

SFML 2.3.1

Also available on the website: https://www.sfml-dev.org/changelog.php#sfml-2.3.1

Window

Bugfixes

  • [Android] Make sure a window still exists before trying to access its dimensions (#854)
  • [Android] Added Android API level checks (#856)
  • [Android] Updated the JNI/event handling code (#906)
  • [Linux] Resized events are only spawned when the window size actually changes (#878, #893)
  • [Linux] Whitelisted X SHAPE events (#879, #883)
  • [Linux] Remap Unix keyboard when user changes layout (#895, #897)
  • [Linux] Fix undefined behavior in ewmhSupported() (#892, #901)

Graphics

Bugfixes

  • Added support for GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp for systems that don't expose GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp (#880, #882)

Audio

Bugfixes

  • [Android] Fixed audio files not loading (and possibly crashing) (#855, #887)

SFML 2.3

Also available on the website: https://www.sfml-dev.org/changelog.php#sfml-2.3

General

  • Examples only link against sfml-main in release mode (#610, #766)
  • Replaced unsigned int with std::size_t for array indices and sizes (#739)
  • Fixed some issues with the Doxygen documentation (#750)
  • Added support for EditorConfig (#751)
  • Hide success message for CMake in quiet mode (#753)
  • Improved documentation for statuses with sf::Ftp (#763)
  • Moved stb_image into the extlibs directory (#795)
  • Changed the SOVERSION to major.minor (#812)
  • Fixed warnings about switch-statements (#863)
  • Added missing includes in the general headers (#851)
  • [Android] Updated toolchain file and dependencies (#791)
  • [Linux] Fixed missing pthread dependency (#794)
  • [macOS] Relaxed CMake installation rules regarding framework dependencies (#767)

Deprecated API

  • sf::Event::MouseWheelEvent: This event is deprecated and potentially inaccurate. Use MouseWheelScrollEvent instead.

Window

Features

  • Added new events for handling high-precision scrolling (#95, #810, #837)
  • Switched from Xlib to XCB (#200, #319, #694, #780, #813, #825)
  • Added support for OpenGL 3 core context creation (#654, #779)

Bugfixes

  • Fixed glXSwapIntervalSGI being broken for some driver implementations (#727, #779)
  • Fixed simultaneous context operations causing crashes on some AMD hardware (#778, #779)
  • Fixed joystick identification (#809, #811)
  • [iOS] Fixed various issues including stencil bits, device orientation and retina support (#748)
  • [iOS] Fixed inconsistency between sf::Touch::getPosition and touch events (#875)
  • [Linux] Fixed Alt+F4 not getting triggered in window mode (#274)
  • [Linux] Fixed Unix joystick stuff (#838)
  • [macOS] Fixed typo in JoystickImpl.cpp to prevent a crash (#762, #765)
  • [macOS] Fixed an issue in InputImpl::getSFOpenGLViewFromSFMLWindow (#782, #792)

Graphics

Features

  • Replaced GLEW with loader generated by glLoadGen (#779)
  • Added a new constructor to sf::Color that takes an sf::Uint32 (#722)
  • Updated stb_image to v2.02 (#777)
  • Updated FreeType to v2.5.5 (#799, #804)
  • Added checks for software OpenGL (#870)

Bugfixes

  • Fixed GL_ARB_compatibility not being detected (#859)
  • Fixed pixel format selection (#862)
  • Bumped back the OpenGL version requirement to 1.1 (#858)

Audio

Features

  • Dropped libsndfile and started using Vorbis, FLAC and OGG directly (#604, #757)
  • Added a FLAC file to the sound example (#815)

Bugfixes

  • Fixed access violation error in the destructor of sf::AudioDevice (#30, #602)
  • [macOS] Fixed threading issue with sf::SoundStream and OpenAL (#541, #831)

Network

Bugfixes

  • Fixed sf::TcpSocket not handling partial sends properly (#749, #796)

SFML 2.2

Also available on the website: https://www.sfml-dev.org/changelog.php#sfml-2.2

General

  • Support for iOS and Android platform (#410, #440)
  • Various documentation corrections (#438, #496, #497, #714)
  • Fixed support for compilers on Debian FreeBSD (#380, #578)
  • Added support for Visual Studio 2013 and proper support for the TDM builds (#482)
  • Fixed CMake problems related to FindSFML and cached variables (#637, #684)
  • Switched and enforced LF line endings (#708, #712)
  • Updated OpenAL to version 1.15.1 (d077210)
  • Made compiler and OS variable names much clearer in CMake files (9b0ed30)
  • Re-enabled RPATH feature (e157e7a)
  • Slight adjustments to the examples (#737)
  • [FreeBSD] Various configuration fixes (#577, #578)
  • [Linux] Updated FindSFML.cmake to add UDev to SFML's dependencies (#728, #729, #734, #736)
  • [macOS] Fixed incorrect symlink in freetype.framework (#519)
  • [macOS] CMake module for correct dependencies (#548)
  • [macOS] Fixed SFML target for Xcode (#595, #596)
  • [macOS] Updated implementation, mainly reverting to non-ARC (#601)
  • [macOS] Fixed memory leaks and dead store (#615)
  • [macOS] Improved event handling and performance (#617)
  • [macOS] Reduced memory usage (#672, #698)
  • [macOS] macOS 10.10 support (#691, #699)
  • [macOS] Improve flexibility of dependencies' locations (#713)
  • [Windows] Removed the hack that copied external libraries into SFML static libraries (dbf01a7)

System

Features

  • Added substring and replace functions to sf::String (#21, #355)
  • Added toUtfX to sf::String (#501)
  • Added fromUtfX functions to set the internal data to a string by converting from another string in a fixed encoding (#196)
  • Added modulo operator for sf::Time (#429, #430)
  • Added division operator for sf::Time (#453)

Bugfixes

  • Ensured a high resolution for sf::sleep (#439, #475)
  • [Windows] Fixed stack unalignment by two internal functions (#412)

Window

Features

  • Added window methods to request and to check focus (#518, #525, #613, #723, #735)
  • Provide name, manufacturer ID and product ID via sf::Joystick (#152, #528)
  • [FreeBSD] Joystick support (#477)
  • [macOS] Improved integration with menus and dock actions (#11)
  • [macOS] Support for OpenGL 3.2 (#84)
  • [macOS] Improved fullscreen support (#343)
  • [macOS] Added support for retina displays (#353, #388)
  • [Windows] Removed support for Windows 9x (#469)
  • [Windows] Fixed typo in Windows keyboard implementation (#516)

Bugfixes

  • sf::Window::create() now also resets framerate limit (#371)
  • Fixed OpenGL context leak (#635, #705)
  • Fixed various joystick problems (memory leak, accelerometer detected, code refactoring) (#660, #686, #742, #743)
  • Optimized sf::Window::waitEvent a bit, no sleep if events are available at first try (ff555d6)
  • [Linux] Output error message when XOpenDisplay() fails (#508, #616)
  • [Linux] Resize window with setSize when sf::Style::Resize is set (#466)
  • [Linux] Fixed broken key repeat on window recreation (#564, #567)
  • [macOS] Fixed KeyReleased not being fired in fullscreen mode (#465)
  • [macOS] Fixed an issue where disconnecting the keyboard would cause a crash (#467)
  • [macOS] Fixed unexpected resizing behavior (#468)
  • [macOS] Improved resizing windows (#474)
  • [macOS] Fixed memory leak with sf::Window::create() (#484)
  • [macOS] Fixed menu shortcuts in fullscreen on macOS (#527)
  • [macOS] Improved cursor hiding (#703)
  • [macOS] Fixed right click not detected with trackpads (#716, #730)
  • [Windows] Fixed joystick POV values (ef1d29b)
  • [Windows] Fixed Unicode inconsistency (#635)
  • [Windows] Fixed Alt+F4 and mouse clicks issues (#437, #457)
  • [Windows] Send MouseButtonReleased event when the mouse is outside of the window (#455, #457)
  • [Windows] Fixed sf::Joystick wrong registry usage (#701, #702, #706)

Graphics

Features

  • Provide more information about the loaded font in sf::Font (#164)
  • Implemented a more flexible blending system (#298)
  • Added strikethrough text style (#243, #362, #682)
  • Slight optimization for sf::Text::setString (#413)
  • Added subtraction operator for sf::Color (#114, #145)
  • Optimized sf::Image::flipVertically/flipHorizontally (#555)
  • Changed sf::Font measurements from int to float to allow better underline drawing (#693)

Bugfixes

  • Improved text quality for small and pixelated fonts (#228)
  • Yet another fix for Intel GPUs with sf::RenderTexture (#418)
  • Removed VTab since it causes issues and doesn't have a use nowadays (#442, #445, #460, #588)
  • Fixed broken BDF and PCF font formats (#448)
  • Fixed compilation issue with newer versions of GCC for sf::Rect (#458)
  • Fixed resetGLStates() not explicitly setting the default polygon mode (#480)
  • Fixed division-by-zero in sf::RectangleShape (#499)
  • Fixed potential memory leak in sf::Font (#509)
  • Updated glext and removed glxext (#511, #583)
  • Make sure texture unit 0 is active when resetting sf::RenderTarget states (#523, #591)
  • Fixed texture rect computation in fonts (#669)
  • Improved rendering of underlined text (#593)
  • Avoided repeated output of error messages (#566)
  • Fixed text rendered with vertical offset on ascent and font size mismatch (#576)
  • Fixed rounding problem for viewports (#598)
  • Fixed sf::Shader::isAvailable() possibly breaking context management (#211, #603, #608, #603)
  • Fixed sf::Texture::getMaximumSize() possibly breaking context management (#666)
  • Fixed various sf::Text rendering issues (#692, #699)
  • The texture matrix is now reset in sf::Texture::bind(NULL) (7c4b058)
  • [Windows] Fixed DPI scaling causing strange window behavior (#679, #681, #688)

Audio

Features

  • Added support for selecting the audio capture device (#220, #470)
  • Make sf::SoundRecorder processing frequency configurable (#333)
  • Added up vector to sf::Listener (#545)

Bugfixes

  • Prevented sf::SoundStream::setPlayingOffset() from restarting playing even when paused (#203, #592)
  • Fixed sf::SoundBuffer contents not being able to be updated when still attached to sounds (#354, 367, #390, #589)
  • Catch audio format error and prevent division by zero (#529)
  • Fixed sf::SoundBuffer returning wrong duration for sounds containing more than ~4.3 million samples (2ff58ed)
  • Optimized sf::Listener with a cache (d97e524)

Network

Features

  • Added support for PUT and DELETE in sf::Http (#257, #312, #607)
  • Added support for chunked HTTP transfers (#296, #337)
  • Added support for 64-bit integers in sf::Packet (#710)
  • Made sf::Ftp::sendCommand() public (2c5cab5)

Bugfixes

  • Checked socket descriptor limit (#153, #628, #683)
  • Fixed sf::TcpSocket::connect()'s switching from blocking to non-blocking mode on immediate connection success (#221)
  • Fixed FTP download and upload file sizes being limited by available RAM (#565, #590)
  • Fixed C++11 compiler warnings for sf::Uint8 (#731, #732)

SFML 2.1

Also available on the website: https://www.sfml-dev.org/changelog.php#sfml-2.1

General

  • Updated the Window and OpenGL examples (got rid of GLU and immediate mode)

Window

Features

  • Now using inotify on Linux to avoid constantly polling joystick connections (#96)
  • Add keypad return, equal and period keys support for macOS
  • Improved mouse events on macOS regarding fullscreen mode
  • Improved mouse events on macOS (#213, #277)
  • Improved reactivity of setMousePosition on macOS (#290)
  • Added support for right control key on macOS
  • Improved TextEntered for macOS (#377)
  • Improved the performances of Window::getSize() (the size is now cached)
  • Added the WM_CLASS property to SFML windows on Linux
  • Fake resize events are no longer sent when the window is moved, on Linux
  • Pressing ALT or F10 on Windows no longer steals the focus

Bugfixes

  • Fixed MouseMove event sometimes not generated when holding left button on Windows (#225)
  • Fixed ContextSettings ignored when creating a 3.x/4.x OpenGL context on Linux (#258)
  • Fixed ContextSettings ignored on Linux when creating a window (#35)
  • Fixed windows bigger than the desktop not appearing on Windows (#215)
  • Fixed KeyRelease events sometimes not reported on Linux (#404)
  • Fixed mouse moved event on macOS when dragging the cursor (#277)
  • Fixed KeyRelease event with CMD key pressed (#381)
  • Fixed taskbar bugs on Windows (#328, #69)
  • Fixed Window::getPosition() on Linux (#346)
  • Unicode characters outside the BMP (> 0xFFFF) are now correctly handled on Windows (#366)

Graphics

Features

  • Checking errors in RenderTarget::pushGLStates() to avoid generating false error messages when user leaves unchecked OpenGL errors (#340)
  • Optimized Shader::setParameter functions, by using a cache internally (#316, #358)

Bugfixes

  • Fixed bounding rect of sf::Text ignoring whitespaces (#216)
  • Solved graphics resources not updated or corrupted when loaded in a thread (#411)
  • Fixed white pixel showing on first character of sf::Text (#414)
  • sf::Rect::contains and sf::Rect::intersects now handle rectangles with negative dimensions correctly (#219)
  • Fixed Shape::setTextureRect not working when called before setTexture

Audio

Features

  • loadFromStream functions now explicitly reset the stream (seek(0)) before starting to read (#349)

Bugfixes

  • Added a workaround for a bug in the macOS implementation of OpenAL (unsupported channel count no properly detected) (#201)
  • Fixed SoundBuffer::loadFromStream reading past the end of the stream (#214)

Network

Features

  • Replaced the deprecated gethostbyname with getaddrinfo (#47)
  • Minor improvements to sf::Packet operators (now using strlen and wcslen instead of explicit loops) (#118)

Bugfixes

  • Fixed non-blocking connection with a sf::TcpSocket on Windows
  • Fixed TCP packet data corruption in non-blocking mode (#402, #119)
  • On Unix systems, a socket disconnection no longer stops the program with signal SIGPIPE (#72)

SFML 2.0

Also available on the website: https://www.sfml-dev.org/changelog.php#sfml-2.0

No changelog available. Everything changed.

Older Releases

See the website for changelogs of older releases: https://www.sfml-dev.org/changelog.php