r174

https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/wiki/Migration-Guide#r173--r174
https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/milestone/87?closed=1

• Global
  • Improve ESLint setup. #30509, #30513, #30580 (@s-rigaud)
• Animation
  • Rename frame parameter to xrFrame. #30558 (@Mugen87)
• BatchedMesh
  • Deprecate old instancing render paths. #30550 (@gkjohnson)
• GLSLNodeBuilder
  • Check texture type when declaring usampler3D/sampler3D uniforms. #30608 (@zonkypop)
• MeshNormalNodeMaterial
  • Convert packed normal to working color space. #30590 (@WestLangley, @cmhhelgeson)
• PMREMGenerator
  • Add size and position options to fromScene(). #30477 (@Mugen87, @Spiri0)
• PMREMNode
  • Manage own generator, fix caching. #30504 (@Mugen87)
• Renderer
  • Disable autoClear in the output pass. #30454 (@Mugen87)
  • Return self in init(). #30556 (@CodyJasonBennett)
• RenderTarget
  • Fix copy of images. #30585 (@Mugen87)
• SpriteNodeMaterial
  • Set transparent=true as default. #30435 (@sunag)
  • Fix scaleNode type conversion. #30545 (@sunag)
• StructTypeNode
  • Fix inclusion when added to the layout. #30439 (@sunag)
• TSL
  • Introduce RaymarchingBox and raymarchingTexture3D. #30495 (@sunag)
• WebGLBackend
  • Configure scissor/viewport before clear. #30452 (@Mugen87)
  • Fix depth regression. #30527 (@Mugen87)
  • Optimize vertex state definition. #30562 (@Mugen87)
  • Only invalidate framebuffers on supported devices. #30606 (@Mugen87)
• WebGLRenderer
  • Assign currentRenderState in renderer.compile(). #30607 (@cmhhelgeson)
• WebGPUBackend
  • Add support for setStencilReference(). #30470 (@Mugen87)
  • Fix clear(). #30485 (@Mugen87)
• WebGPURenderer
  • Fix clear for default framebuffer. #30457 (@RenaudRohlinger)
  • Add setOutputRenderTarget() #30459 (@sunag)
  • Fix info metrics. #30483 (@Mugen87)
  • Simplify clear color generation. #30486 (@Mugen87)
  • Fix color space of clear colors. #30488 (@Mugen87)
  • Honor polygonOffset with WebGPU backend. #30496 (@Mugen87)
  • Add tone-mapping/output color space support for WebXR. #30499 (@sunag)
  • Fix output depth struct. #30514 (@sunag)
  • Fix storage buffer binding update and 4 bytes alignment. #30529 (@RenaudRohlinger)
  • Support rotation of env maps. #30528 (@Mugen87, @sunag)
  • Fix storage buffer update range. #30532 (@RenaudRohlinger)
  • Fix mat2() arguments. #30543 (@RenaudRohlinger)
  • Add volumetric lighting. #30530 (@sunag)
  • Harmonize clear of MRT textures. #30586 (@Mugen87)
• XRManager
  • Simplify MSAA setup. #30500 (@Mugen87)
  • Mark XR rendertarget as needing a resolve for depth or stencil. #30565 (@cabanier)

Manual

• Clean up. #30480 (@fengT-T)

Docs

• Improve JSDoc setup. #30430, #30443, #30449, #30453, #30460, #30461, #30466, #30542, #30611 (@Mugen87)
• Fix typos and types. #30510, #30511, #30546, #30548, #30555, #30557, #30559, #30602, #30603
  (@s-rigaud, @Mugen87)
• Improve dispose guide. #30441, #30524 (@Mugen87, @catalin-enache)
• Add more JSDoc. #30442, #30534, #30541, #30547, #30552, #30573, #30574, #30579, #30588, #30592, #30601, #30610, #30614, #30615 (@Mugen87)
• Add instructions for improving editor auto-completion. #30444 (@Makio64)
• Add Mattercraft to Wrappers and Frameworksguide. #30465 (@nyan-left)
• Improve Chinese translation. #30475 (@haiyoucuv)
• Improve LOD page. #30591 (@guiseek)
• Improve Raycaster page. #30478 (@trusktr)
• Improve displacementBias description. #30564 (@s-rigaud)

Examples

• Clean up. #30432 (@Mugen87)
• Update particle count to 500k in WebGPU compute example. #30455 (@Makio64)
• Adjust volume instances demo to write to depth. #30464 (@gkjohnson)
• Fix time usage. #30498 (@Mugen87)

Addons

• 3MFLoader

  • Fix parsing of assets with sub models. #30491 (@Jack-J-Young)

• AfterImageNode

  • Refactor code and improve demo. #30433 (@Mugen87)

• CCDIKSolver

  • Add blendFactor support. #30415 (@anishwij)

• DDSLoader

  • Fix incorrect alpha when loading 24-bit uncompressed textures. #30598 (@miere43)

• FBXLoader

  • Handle out-of-bounds material assignments. #30581 (@hybridherbst)

• MTLLoader

  • Add support for displacement maps. #30508 (@krotalias)

• OutlinePass

  • Honor original overrideMaterial. #30578 (@Mugen87)

• Raymarching

  • Move raymarchingTexture3D to example and update webgpu_volume_perlin. #30531 (@sunag)

• Reflector

  • Add forceUpdate. #30569 (@Shane-oo)

• SelectionHelper

  • Ensure DOM cleanup. #30473 (@trusktr)

• Timer

  • Add connect()/disconnect(). #30551 (@Mugen87)

• TSL Transpiler

  • Support matrix types. #30501 (@Mugen87)
  • Support varying. #30506 (@Mugen87)
  • Support more matrix types, bool vectors. #30517 (@CodyJasonBennett)
  • Basic texture support. #30521 (@Mugen87)
  • Add support for discard. #30538 (@Mugen87)