r172

https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/wiki/Migration-Guide#r171--r172
https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/milestone/85?closed=1

• Global
  • Remove deprecated code. #30004 (@Mugen87)
  • Clean up. #30078, #30119, #30138, #30143, #30176 (@s-rigaud, @ycw)
• CameraHelper
  • Fix usage with WebGPU. #30136 (@AlaricBaraou)
• ConditionalNode
  • Fix setup process. #30229 (@sunag)
• GaussianBlurNode
  • Fix custom uv #30232 Merged
• LightsNode
  • Fix cache key. #30045 (@Mugen87, @sunag)
• Line2NodeMaterial
  • Fix usage of optional nodes. #30107 (@s-rigaud)
• LineDashedNodeMaterial
  • Fix node references. #30175 (@ycw)
• Node
  • Add customCacheKey(). #30062 (@sunag)
  • Ensure that the child nodes are processed first for events. #30228 (@sunag)
• Nodes
  • Ensure getBackgroundNode() and getEnvironmentNode() only return nodes. #30169 (@Mugen87)
• NodeUtils
  • Add getDataFromObject(). #30171 (@sunag)
• PMREMGenerator
  • Fix fromScene() back-side materials. #30063 (@sunag)
• PropertyBinding
  • Fix versioning scheme determination. #30054 (@Mugen87)
• ReflectorNode
  • Force autoClear. #30199 (@sunag)
  • No cache event if bounces=false. #30231 (@sunag)
• RendererUtils
  • Honor fog. #30178 (@Mugen87)
• ShadowBaseNode
  • Fix CSM shadowWorldPosition. #30060 (@sunag)
• ShadowNode
  • Fix updateMatrices sequence. #30064 (@sunag)
  • Ensure background does not influence shadow map. #30170 (@Mugen87)
• SkinningNode
  • Fix previousBoneMatrices. #30161 (@sunag)
• TextureNode
  • Rename uv() to sample(). #30061 (@sunag)
  • Fix matrix update. #30200 (@sunag)
  • Improve error message. #30215 (@sunag)
• TSL
  • Improve fog approach. #30080, #30092 (@sunag)
  • Add texture_depth_multisampled_2d for wgslFn. #30082 (@sunag)
  • Fix positionWorld used in material.positionNode and fragment-stage. #30105 (@sunag)
  • Vertex shader revision. #30108, #30147 (@sunag)
  • Add missing export. #30129 (@Methuselah96)
  • Overloaded atan2 to atan. #30131 (@sunag)
  • More consistent names shadowPositionWorld, materialAO. #30152 (@sunag)
  • GLSL alias functions. #30150 (@sunag)
  • Add vertexStage() function. #30173 (@sunag)
  • Use correct elementType with WorkgroupInfoNode. #30222 (@RenaudRohlinger
• UniformArrayNode
  • Add support for mat2, mat3 and mat4 types. #30051 (@holtsetio)
  • Fix getNodeType(). #30058 (@sunag)
• UniformGroup
  • Delete unused file. #30002 (@Mugen87)
• WebGLRenderer
  • Add transmission render target scale. #30018 (@michaeldll)
  • Allow for binding and rendering into a 2d render target mipmap. #29844 (@gkjohnson)
• WebGLTextureUtils
  • Fix typo. #30238 (@boytchev)
• WebGPURenderer
  • Fix filterable depth textures. #30023 (@sunag)
  • Revert onSubmittedWorkDone usage in timestamp queries. #30031 (@RenaudRohlinger)
  • Add onBeforeShadow() and onAfterShadow(). #30032 (@RenaudRohlinger)
  • Fix blending opacity in shadows. #30081 (@sunag)
  • Fix support for non-indexed BatchedMesh. #30084 (@RenaudRohlinger)
  • Fix hardware clipping issues. #30083 (@RenaudRohlinger)
  • Fix getArrayBufferAsync() in WebGPUBackend. #30132 (@RenaudRohlinger)
  • Rename PostProcessingUtils to RendererUtils. #30172 (@sunag)
  • Fix and improve the dynamic updating of the scene nodes cache. #30180 (@sunag)
  • Introduce RenderTarget3D and RenderTargetArray. #30155 (@RenaudRohlinger)
  • Disable fog in shadow-material. #30204 (@sunag)
  • Fix depthTest with enabled logarithmic depth buffer. #30214 (@sunag)
  • Respect TypedArray in StorageInstancedBufferAttribute. #30218 (@RenaudRohlinger)
• WebXRManager
  • Improve WebXR layers feature testing. #30112 (@toji)
• WGSLNodeBuilder
  • Sampler for compute shader. #30033 (@Spiri0)

Manual

• Improve post processing guide. #30098 (@ChenKuan1110)
• Update material feature table. #30164 (@s-rigaud)

Docs

• Add JSDoc config. #29984, #30076 (@Mugen87, @s-rigaud)
• Improve documentation of the new node material. #29984, #30000, #30001, #30009, #30013, #30012, #30020, #30025, #30027, #30037, #30041, #30038, #30046, #30049, #30055, #30067, #30075, #30079, #30087, #30093, #30095, #30100, #30103, #30109, #30110, #30115, #30117, #30123, #30135, #30137, #30142, #30153, #30157, #30159, #30163, #30167, #30162 (@Mugen87, @s-rigaud, @sunag, @cmhhelgeson)
• Improve documentation of WebGPURenderer and related modules. #30182, #30188, #30194, #30213, #30221, #30224 (@Mugen87)
• Improve ConvexHull page. #30239 (@ycw)
• Improve Loader page. #29999 (@NeelDigonto)
• Improve Material page. #30043, #30059, #30121, #30118, #30233, #30235 (@borisghidaglia, @Mugen87)
• Improve Chinese translation. #30205 (@puxiao)
• Improve French translation. #30019 (@s-rigaud)
• Fix code blocks occasionally lacking white-space in Firefox. #30036 (@mrxz)

Examples

• Clean up. #29997, #30015, #30106, #30146, #30145, #30144 (@s-rigaud)
• Remove MMD modules. #30003 (@Mugen87)
• Add webgpu_lines_fat_raycasting example. #30030 (@RenaudRohlinger)
• Add background to webgpu_pmrem_scene. #30116 (@Spiri0)
• Restore webgpu_compute_audio. #30139 (@sunag)
• Removing antialias from webgpu_backdrop_water. #30206 (@sunag)

Addons

• DDSLoader

  • Add 24 bit uncompressed RGB support. #30010 (@sam6321)

• LineSegments2

  • Fix raycast() . #30016 (@Samsy)

• OrbitControls

  • Add keyRotateSpeed. #29988 (@bbsimong)

• TiledLightsNode

  • Fix cache-key performance. #30130 (@sunag)

Tests

Node Editor

• Improve imports. #29998 (@linbingquan)

Editor

• Fix vertex normals helper regression. #30069 (@Mugen87)
• Add Farsi language. #30196 (@pkpedram)
• Derives language labels using Intl.DisplayNames. #30237 (@ycw)