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[0.3.0] - ???​

Added​

  • Automatic UNActorPoolSet loading configurable in project Actor Pool Settings
  • Glyph based FNPrimitiveFont supporting rendering FString through PDI (FNPrimitiveDrawingUtils::DrawString) and other drawing interfaces (FNDrawDebugHelpers::DrawDebugString).
  • Support for FNDrawDebugHelpers::DrawDebugString via UNDeveloperLibrary::DrawDebugString.
  • UNMultiplayerLibrary exposing FNMultiplayerUtils support for PlayerIdentifier.

Changed​

  • Allow adding multiple UNCellJunctionComponent to a single parent.
  • UNCellJunctionComponent will now draw indicators for the unit size as well as their actual size.
  • The NCellActor will rename itself to reflect the map name that it creates data for.
  • The Is Host and ? Is Host Blueprint methods have had their display names changed to Is Server and ? Is Server resepectively.
  • N_IMPLEMENT_SETTINGS now offers a GetMutable non-const accessor, copying N_IMPLEMENT_EDITOR_SETTINGS.

Fixed​

  • Selecting the NCellActor no longer adds it to the current selection, instead clearing and making it the sole selected.

0.2.2 - 2025-09-24​

Added​

  • FNActorPoolSettings::Flags now has a defaulted APF_SetNetDormancy flag.

Changed​

  • Optimized FNActorPool actor creation to quarter the costs in Editor and Development builds.
  • FNActorPool::CreateActor now takes an optional count to support bulk creation.

0.2.1 - 2025-09-23​

Added​

  • Native calls to fill arrays with results of NMersenneTwister methods.
  • Additional blockout shapes for torus' and some larger cuboids.

Changed​

  • Exposed FNMethodScopeTimer for external linking/usage.
  • Optimized some NMersenneTwister distribution calls.
  • Explicit ManualStop option to both FNTestScopeTimer and FNTestScopeTimer.
  • Clarified flags for Actor Pools created during tests.

Removed​

  • Internal distribution resets in the NMersenneTwister.

0.2.0 - 2025-09-19​

Added​

  • NEngineContentValidator throws configurable severity when any content inside the Engine folder is saved.
  • VLOG support for all pickers.
  • #65 Option to automatically profile multiplayer test clients and standalone server.
  • #64 Utilize DefaultTransform option on FNActorPoolSettings as the return location and the scale when spawning.
  • #63 Add ServerOnly flag by default to FNActorPoolSettings.
  • #62 Added support for nesting UNActorPoolSet.
  • #31 Added a watermark option to NSamplesDisplayActor.
  • #45 Configurable default NActorPool settings via project settings (Projct Settings > Nexus > Actor Pools).
  • #47 Add update channel support to the framework.
  • Ability to determine if a game is running inside a multiplayer test via both utility and blueprint library methods.
  • Support programatically allowing/disallow config files to be staged via FNEditorUtils::AllowConfigFileForStaging and FNEditorUtils::DisallowConfigFileForStaging.
  • Add safety check when creating actor pools that we are not getting passed a nullptr.
  • INActorPoolItem now has a dynamic multicast delegate (OnActorOperationalStateChanged) that fires when changing states.
  • UNActorPoolLibrary supporting methods to bind to INActorPoolItem delegate.
  • Configurable distribution inner & outer visualizer colors in Editor Preferences > NEXUS > Core (User)
  • External tool section to Unreal default Tools > Profile menu with NetworkProfiler when present.
  • Samples content now contains ANSamplesHUD and ANSamplesPawn to support making documentation easier.
  • UNDeveloperSubsystem in non-release builds allowing for monitoring of object counts and providing details.
  • stats NActorPools command to show stats (if tracking enabled).
  • Manual AddReference / RemoveReference access on UNDynamicReferencesSubsystem.
  • Custom cpp.hint file in the plugin folder to mitigate Visual Studio's parser from incorrectly flagging UE macros as not found.

Fixed​

  • ANSamplesDisplayActor no longer causes headless servers to crash.
  • FNActorPool will properly time-slice their strategies.
  • FGCScopeGuard guards like a boss during tests now.
  • Crashes when trying to Pan a non-blueprint editor that uses the blueprint editor (Curves, etc).
  • UNActorPoolSpawnerComponent will properly now allow BP editing of some variables.

Changed​

  • [#48] Use HideCategories instead of using a layout customizer pattern.
  • Corrected a comparison link at bottom of CHANGELOG.
  • Renamed InstanceObjects to DelayedEditorTask types.
  • Validators now have a combined configuration / strictness level in Project Settings.
  • Performance testing framework can now use GCScopeGaurd when doing measured tests.
  • Properly renamed validators with the N prefix.
  • SplineLevelReference will only be visible when APSD_Spline is selected as the Distribution on UNActorPoolSpawnerComponent.
  • Renamed bDontDestroyStaticActors / bDontDestroyNonInterfacedActors to bIgnoreStaticActors / bIgnoreNonInterfacedActors.
  • FNActorPoolSettings now uses a bitmask Flags configuration option instead of a long list of boolean flags.
  • Clarified all int to int32 to standardize with Unreal platform definitions.
  • Disabled Automatically Set Usage in Editor flag on M_NDebug, M_NDebugText and M_NWireframe materials.
  • General spelling and grammar fixes to CHANGELOG.md.
  • Altered NSamplesDisplayActor to support replication.
  • Inside or On abbreviated to IO.
  • Miscellaneous fixes and tweaks to support rolling out documentation.
  • Optimized FNActorPool to use a cached IsStubMode() for clients using a server-only pool.
  • Moved Leak Check duration setting to user level preference.
  • Clearly defined usage of FNMetaUtils static methods in helper macros.
  • NEXUS: Material Library renamed to NEXUS: Blockout.
  • External documentation now supports comma delimited multiple entries.

Removed​

  • bAllowCreateMoreObjects became obsolete on FNActorPoolSettings.
  • Extra bRequiresDeferredConstruction on FNActorPool, replaced with a flag.

Core Redirects​

+PropertyRedirects=(OldName="/Script/NexusActorPools.NActorPoolSettings.ReturnMoveLocation",NewName="/Script/NexusActorPools.NActorPoolSettings.StorageLocation")
+PackageRedirects=(OldName="/NexusMaterialLibrary/",NewName="/NexusBlockout/MaterialLibrary/",MatchSubstring=true)

Experimental​

  • NEXUS: Developer Console renamed to NEXUS: Developer Menu still not functioning stub.
  • NEXUS: ProcGen has some intial structural work done, but is still not functioanl.

0.1.1 - 2025-08-01​

Changed​

  • Resolves issues with Shipping build configuration (accidental reference to FunctionalTesting modules in Core).
  • Resolves issues with Shipping build configuration for NSamplesDisplayActor, in shipping builds the test portions will not function.
  • Replaced NTextRenderActor functionality with NTextRenderComponent functionality.

0.1.0 - 2025-07-31​

Added​

  • NActorPools Generalized pooling system for Actors.
  • NCore Functionality used by all NEXUS plugins in the framework.
  • NDynamicReferences Method for referring to runtime Actors without knowing them.
  • NFixers A collection of tools for fixing content in the Unreal Editor.
  • NMaterialLibrary Library of Materials commonly used.
  • NMultiplayer Functionality and tools that are useful when developing multiplayer games.
  • NPicker Selection functionality for points and other items.
  • NUI Components for creating a user interface based on UMG/Slate.