v2.8.1

The 2.8.1 release is a minor LTS release for bugfixes and improvements, release date: Sep.5 2025

All developers who use axmol-2.8.0 should update to this release

🙏Thanks to all contributers of axmol include financial sponsors: @scorewarrior,@peterkharitonov,@duong,@thienphuoc, @bingsoo, @asnagni, @paulocoutinhox and Past sponsors

Bug fixes

• Fix a regression introduced by 2.8.0 that improper Content-Length setting in HTTP requests, see #2686 by @halx99
• Fix compile error when using AX_CORE_PROFILE option by @martinking71 in #2677
• Fix lua-tests PhysicsTest not work by @halx99
• Fix missing processor endif in platform/mac/GL-mac.h by @halx99
• Fix package name for lua-tests, live2d-tests by @halx99
• Fix AccelerometerTest of lua-tests not work by @halx99
• Fix wasm downloader by @AlexandreK38 in #2676

Deprecated

• Mark Director::setGLDefaultValues as deprecated; use setRenderDefaults instead by @halx99
• Mark messageBox as deprecated; use showAlert instead by @halx99

Improvements

• Revert DrawNode color param to Color4F to fix Lua test issues by @halx99
• Add API ax::showAlert by @halx99
• Add API HttpResponse::getStatusText by @halx99
• Remove entries for non-existent Lua test cases by @halx99
• Fix incorrect fmt::format format string by @halx99
• Remove "CC" from the menu entries (cpp-/lua-tests) by @aismann in #2688
• Remove unnecessary Lua files: LayerEx.lua, DrawPrimitives.lua by @halx99
• Use lua length operator # instead table.getn in CocoStudio.lua by @halx99
• Update url of CurlTeset by @halx99
• Ensure lua-tests RenderTextureTest case work as expected by @halx99
• Add API PointArray::clear() by @aismann in #2692

Notes

• Revert DrawNode color parameter type

  Reason:
  In axmol-2.2.0, the DrawNode color parameter was changed from Color4F to Color4B. This change prevented certain Lua binding test cases from detecting color updates correctly.

  Impact:
  As a result, some Lua tests failed to produce the expected rendering behavior, leading to inconsistent test outcomes.

  Solution:
  The color parameter has been reverted to Color4F. Since DrawNode internally already uses Color4F to pass color data to the GPU, this change restores expected Lua test behavior without any noticeable performance loss.

MD5 Hash of the release artifacts

• axmol-2.8.1.zip: a6e23b80d3aa3f27ad80a8de1e0899f6
• axmol-bs-2.8.1.zip: 0d349ca8038d86cae26a8b31abebb6fa