Changelog

All notable changes to Surfer will be documented in this page.

[2.18] December 2022

Surfer 2.18 is out!

Added

  • DebugLog reaction

  • Priority order to choose in which order events (with their reactions) must be triggered

Changed

Fixed

  • UIToolkit inspector serialization for IF conditions

Removed

[2.17] October 2022

Surfer 2.17 is out!

Added

Changed

Fixed

  • PlayMaker and Rewired integrations errors

Removed

[2.16] September 2022

Surfer 2.16 is out!

Added

  • OnDragStateProgress event added to track progress of a Drag_State element

Changed

Fixed

  • Various null ref exceptions

Removed

[2.15] July 2022

Surfer 2.15 is out!

Added

  • Input Icons Manager !

Changed

Fixed

  • Surfer gameObject keeps adding the component SUSafeAreaManager to itself in the Editor if you select it.
  • ThemeManager not updating the name of every item-data in the Editor

Removed

[2.14] June 2022

Surfer 2.14 is out!

Added

Changed

  • SafeArea resizer auto-handling

Fixed

  • SafeArea resizer do not updating itself when adding or resetting the component

Removed

[2.13] April 2022

Surfer 2.13 is out!

Added

  • Safe Area Manager ! (Both Runtime and Editor , compatible with Device Simulator)

Changed

Fixed

Removed

  • Cleaned unused variables and hardcoded vars

[2.12] March 2022

Surfer 2.12 is out!

Added

  • Theme Manager !
  • Hover Selection , to easily select a UI canvas object on mouse over instead of using the entire SUElement component !

Changed

Fixed

Removed

  • Cleaned unused variables and hardcoded vars

[2.11] February 2022

Surfer 2.11 is out!

Added

  • Added Runtime UIState Management setup and creation!
  • Added “On Orientation Changed” VisualScripting Event Unit!

Changed

Fixed

  • Visual Scripting define symbols error for Unity 2021.2 or newer

Removed

[2.10] January 2022

Surfer 2.10 is out!

UIToolkit support has come ! (only from Unity 2021.2 or newer and currently with less feature than Canvas counterpart)

Added

  • UIToolkit support for :

    UI States Management

    Scenes Management

    Custom Reactions

    Custom Conditions

    Custom Events

    Orientation Events

    Toggle Events

    Slider Events

    TextField Events

    ScrollView Events

    Dropdown Events

    UIGenerics Events

    Inspector Animations for : Color, Position, Scale ,Size, Rotation

    Tooltip_State element type

    Loading_Text element type


  • Visual Scripting built-in 2021.1 support with custom units :

    Open State

    Close State

    Toggle State

    On State Enter Event

    On State Exit Event

    Load Scene

    Load Scene Async

    On Scene Loaded Event

    Unload Scene Async

    On Scene Unloaded Event

    Set Active Scene

Changed

  • Orientation, Input ,States, Scene, Toggle, Slider, TextField, ScrollView, Dropdown logics are now separated data (HandlerData) classes usable from code too.
  • Tooltip no more flips when reaching the ends of the screen. It just clamps

Fixed




[2.9] December 2021

Surfer 2.9 is out!

Added

  • Added 6 new events :

    MonoBehaviour_OnApplicationPaused,

    MonoBehaviour_OnApplicationUnpaused,

    MonoBehaviour_OnApplicationGainFocus,

    MonoBehaviour_OnApplicationLoseFocus,

    Input_OldInput_OnAnyKeyDown,

    Input_NewInput_OnAnyButtonPressed

Changed

  • Old Input System, New Input System and Rewired callbacks are now interfaces

Fixed

  • DisableClickConstraint reaction not properly adjusting parent CanvasGroup

  • GenerateConstants null ref when input string is empty




[2.8] November 2021

Surfer 2.8 is out!

Added

  • Unscaled Time for DoTween Animations Reactions, in order to let animations run event on TimeScale equal to 0 (i.e. for Pause Menus )

  • Events data now accessible on custom Reactions and Conditions , even for Custom Surfer Events

Changed

  • Now Surfer inspector is 50% faster than before

  • DefaultPlayerID, AllVersions and other global variables are now constants

Fixed

  • LoadSceneAsync not working with AutoActivation set to false

  • UnityEditor APIs errors during build

  • Dropdown OnOptionSelected event not firing when selected index is 0

Removed

  • Version and Studio info from Surfer Settings Window

  • Unused variables




[2.7] October 2021

Surfer 2.7 is out!

Added

  • New Event : Transform_OnChildAdded

  • New Event : Transform_OnChildRemoved

  • New Event : Transform_OnChildrenCountChanged

  • New Event : Transform_OnParentChanged

  • New Event : Transform_OnParentLost

  • New Event : Orientation_ToLandscapeLeft

  • New Event : Orientation_ToLandscapeRight

  • New Event : Orientation_ToPortrait

  • New Event : Orientation_ToPortraitUpsideDown

  • New Fast Reaction : Transform_JustMoveIn

  • New Fast Reaction : Transform_JustMoveOut

  • Added two new Object entries as Custom Fields (Object_4 and Object_5)

  • Added new component SUElementCanvas , a better version of SUElement that will be the standard Canvas component of Surfer starting from v3 (SUElement will be deprecated then)

  • Added Default Custom Conditions (for SUElementCanvas)

  • Added Default Custom Reactions (for SUElementCanvas)

  • Added possibility to add custom SerializedFields for SUReactionData and SUConditionData

Changed

  • Now in the inspector you can see the name of your CustomEvent (or multiple ones) when the event behavior has a CustomEvent in the “WHEN!” Section

  • Now in the inspector you can see the number of the reactions or conditions directly on the “Foldout” label of their relative section (of SUElement)

  • Now, during play mode, the inspector is visible but not editable

  • Now GroupStates add SUElementCanvas component to their relatives children states

Fixed

  • StopShake reaction fixed id

  • GroupStates playerID assignment

  • GetObjectStateName when state is part of a group state




[2.6] September 2021

Surfer 2.6 is out!

Added

  • Custom inspector fields for custom conditions and reactions!

  • SUElement events can now be sent to Bolt as Custom Events!

  • Group Buttons !

Changed

  • Group States logic is now part of a SUElement type!
  • Bolt integration is now part of Surfer Settings in Unity preferences !

Fixed

  • SUIndicatorsManager hidden inherited members “_targetPos” and “_mustClean”
  • OnClick event triggered twice




[2.5] August 2021

Surfer 2.5 is out!

Added

  • On/Off Screen Indicators !
  • HealthBars !
  • Notification Popup when Surfer Installation/Upgrade has completed
  • FocusOnObject method of SUEventSystem has now an overload with a PlayerID param
  • Demo Scenes for HealthBars and On/Off Screen Indicators

Changed

  • Follow method of SUEventSystem is now private
  • Demo folder is now a .unitypackage that should be unpacked in order to use it

Fixed

  • Custom Reactions called two times
  • Rare null ref of SUIndicatorDataDrawer
  • Rare null ref of SUStatesDataDrawer
  • CharTweener animation not counted in customEditor total animations count




[2.4] July 2021

Surfer 2.4 is out!

Added

  • Selection_Indicator element type to "indicate" the current selected UI object with some custom animations!

Changed

  • History Focus logic and behavior

Fixed

  • Loading/Unloading scene events null ref
  • Rarely, the custom reactions / custom conditions inspector was not saving the list immediately




[2.3] June 2021

Surfer 2.3 is out!

Added

  • 8 New Fast Reactions :

    PlayerPrefs_SetInt,

    PlayerPrefs_SetFloat,

    PlayerPrefs_SetString,

    PlayerPrefs_DeleteKey,

    PlayerPrefs_DeleteAll,

    Animator_PlayState,

    Animator_Stop,

    Animations_StopCharTweener

  • 8 New Fast Conditions :

    PlayerPrefs_IsIntEqualTo,

    PlayerPrefs_IsIntLowerThan,

    PlayerPrefs_IsIntGreaterThan,

    PlayerPrefs_IsFloatEqualTo,

    PlayerPrefs_IsFloatLowerThan,

    PlayerPrefs_IsFloatGreaterThan,

    PlayerPrefs_IsStringEqualTo,

    PlayerPrefs_StringContains,

    PlayerPrefs_HasKey,

  • Slider_OverallVolume element type to easily manage the overall game audio with a Slider!

  • BuildVersion_Text element type to easily show the version of the build/game on a text !

  • Delete Slider Volume Key button in Surfer Settings : to use only if the overall game audio volume is first managed by Surfer and then should be managed by another plugin (erase Surfer responsibility)

  • CharTweener integration : easily animated your TextMeshPro text with this package (only found on GitHub) with these 11 animations :

    SplitIn,

    SplitOut,

    Wave,

    WaveLoop,

    Shaking,

    JumpIn,

    JumpOut,

    JumpInFull,

    JumpOutFull,

    LeftToRight,

    RightToLeft

Fixed

  • Surfer Scriptable Object access at runtime ( especially used for Elements types like Loading_Image and Loading_Text )




[2.2] June 2021

Fixed

  • Editor API Error when building




[2.2] May 2021

Surfer 2.2 is out !

Added

  • New Online Manual and API !

  • "If Conditions False" Inspector Tab to run reactions when conditions fail!

  • 5 New Fast Conditions :

    DateTime_IsDay,

    DateTime_IsMonth,

    DateTime_IsYear,

    DateTime_IsChristmas,

    DateTime_IsHalloween

  • 9 New Fast Reactions :

    Application_OpenURL,

    Cursor_SetIcon,

    Cursor_SetIconCentered,

    Cursor_SetDefaultIcon,

    Transform_SetSizeDelta,

    Canvas_BringToFront,

    Canvas_SendToBack,

    UIGenerics_EnableClickConstraint,

    UIGenerics_DisableClickConstraint

  • Tooltip_State type to create Tooltip with 1 click!

  • DragLeft_State,DragRight_State, DragUp_State, DragDown_State types to create Draggable SideMenus with 1 click!

  • AnchoredPosition inspector animation!

  • Custom Events to let SUElement handle events of custom developer logic!

  • Custom Reactions to run custom programmer reactions!

  • IsStackable value to stack opening calls of a state!

  • PlayerID value to support Local Multiplayer games with multiple independent players UIs!

  • Loading_Text element type to easily show loading progress of a scene in a TextMeshPro!

  • Loading_Imageelement type to easily show loading progress of a scene in a Filled Image!

Changed

  • History Focus logic and behavior




[2.1] May 2021

Surfer 2.1 is out !

Added

  • 11 Inspector Events :

    ScrollRect_OnReachedTop,

    ScrollRect_OnReachedBottom,

    ScrollRect_OnReachedLeft,

    ScrollRect_OnReachedRight,

    ScrollRect_OnNotReachedAnySide,

    Dropdown_OnOptionSelected,

    Dropdown_OnFirstOptionSelected,

    Slider_OnGreaterThan,

    Slider_OnLowerThan,

    Slider_OnMax,

    Slider_OnMin

  • 13 Inspector Conditions :

    Application_IsLanguage,

    Application_IsNotLanguage,

    Application_IsPlatform,

    Application_IsNotPlatform,

    Application_IsMobileDevice,

    Application_IsNotMobileDevice,

    Application_IsConsolePlatform,

    Application_IsNotConsolePlatform,

    Slider_IsMin,

    Slider_IsMax,

    Slider_IsGreaterThan,

    Slider_IsLowerThan,

    Dropdown_IsSelected,

  • 3 Inspector Reactions :

    Image_SetSprite,

    Dropdown_SelectOption,

    Slider_SetValue




[2.0] April 2021

Surfer 2.0 is out!

Surfer becomes easier and faster!

Added

  • SUElement component to manage every ui object.
  • 20+ inspector events added
  • 20+ easy inspector conditions added
  • 20+ easy inspector reactions added