Development Builds

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master branch

The easiest way to install the latest development build is with pip:

pip install -U --pre --extra-index-url https://archive.panda3d.org/ panda3d

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Recent successful builds for windows on branch master

5747b624815bcdf3aa9c37adf7a15cb3479557e9

View changes - 2026-02-03T11:48:21Z

  • 5747b62 tests: Make comments test more lenient on Windows
  • f447289 ci: Update to 1.10.16 thirdparties
  • ecf648b tests: Fix audio load test when ffmpeg isn't compiled-in
  • d59414b makepanda: Add avrt.lib to OpenAL build
  • 2491658 CMake: Fix warning about TIFF_ROOT using wrong case
  • 5edad2f cocoagl: Enable support for headless rendering
  • 578c4da cocoa: Fail gracefully when opening window without available screen
  • 986cf09 workflow: Re-enable macos-coverage-unity-xcode builder
  • 8e7c6d2 Fix various cases of UB due to use of &vec[0] on empty vector
  • 4cb799b workflow: Use software GL implementation to run Ubuntu unit tests
  • d237037 CMake: build p3headlessgl display module
  • bddd9e1 pgraph: Fix test_glsl_param_vec4 test in double-precision build
  • 7b8b575 loader: Fix crash when loading bam not headed by ModelRoot
  • b534405 mathutil: Fix compiler warning due to typo in comparison
  • 252c0a6 display: Make context current before dispatching compute shader
  • 74360cc tests: Add unit tests for color blending
  • 87c8aa8 glgsg: Robustness and issue fixing around shader binding
  • a450806 tests: Use triangle instead of card for color buffer tests
  • dbe05e0 tinydisplay: Reimplement color blending, supporting more options
  • b7ffef7 pgraph: Fix ColorBlendAttrib alpha settings not hashed/compared
  • 712d674 tinydisplay: Convert Python scripts to Python 3
  • 08454e3 tests: Fix shadowViewMatrix components for light source unit test
  • 95875d9 tests: Skip GLSL compilation tests when GLSL not supported
  • ce23327 tests: Fix proper argument for pytest cache disabling on Android
  • 86423cb workflow: Update to Ubuntu 24.04
  • 68c807b glgsg: Don't query supported Cg profiles when running under EGL
  • f139899 tests: Fix depth buffer tests not being run with tinydisplay
  • df7aa55 tinydisplay: Support DepthBiasAttrib (const offset only)
  • c0bf7e0 leveleditor: Fix use of removed imp module (untested)
  • c1a2458 tinydisplay: Fix assorted depth-related issues:
  • 300090e glgsg: Disable Cg support when using EGL instead of GLX
  • f2c680c linmath: Fix wrong type printed in LMatrix3 repr
  • 8bbc1a1 loader: Restore compatibility with Python 3.8
  • 99bbc14 loader: Fix incomplete loadModel/loadSound type annotations
  • d84b984 showbase: Fix exception when calling Ctrl+C at the wrong moment
  • 8cd3812 glgsg: Track uploaded byte count in PStats for SSBO updates
  • 1c8a5cf audio: AudioLoadRequest should take Filename or MovieAudio
  • 051268d workflow: Fix very minor formatting issue in coverage summary
  • 4f5a374 workflow: Show coverage result in GitHub step summary
  • b9af71d workflow: Enable address sanitizer for various CMake builds
  • b963450 CMake: Add ENABLE_ASAN options to build with address sanitizer
  • ebb556a CMake: build unit test runner
  • c2760c8 putil: Fix out-of-bounds read in SparseArray uncovered by ASan
  • 0210384 dtoolbase: Fix static destructor ordering issue
  • 48215de tests: When running in GitHub Actions, write GFM tests summary
  • 4b98910 Use static storage instead of heap for forever-objects (squelches ASan)
  • 4995534 grutil: Add muted/volume properties to HTMLVideoTexture
  • 626e419 x11: Fix various very minor memory leaks
  • 9edbdbf glgsg: Fix mipmap level depth when uploading 3D textures
  • 004a3c8 Update mentions of LambdaTest in sponsors list
  • 9afb314 glgsg: Don't assume buffer clear is necessarily supported
  • 71b83d8 makepanda: Add /usr/local/lib64 to searched library paths
  • 2587247 audio: Ability to read comments/metadata from sound files (#1656)
  • f025ba5 glgsg: Fix compilation error, remove redundant parameter
  • 576d124 glgsg: Support SSBO clear, assorted fixes
  • 5c1a957 gles2gsg: Add some missing OpenGL ES 3 constants
  • 0b3bdae glgsg: Expose native IDs for other kinds of resources than textures
  • d94b2dc glgsg: Fix INLINE keyword on GLSamplerContext constructor
  • 586b92a makepanda: fix for python >= 3.13 on android
  • 5a82ac3 Use PyObject_Vectorcall for calls to Python for better efficiency
  • 8fe8862 dtoolbase: The default pvector constructor shouldn't be explicit
  • 0753530 gobj: Fix some int signedness comparison warnings
  • b3ac6e7 gobj: Fix warnings due to GCC being terrible at static analysis
  • b630e14 py_compat: Add vectorcall functions
  • 8080651 express: Make PTA init from Python sequence faster by using vectorcall
  • 0bb8a45 Use PyObject_CallOneArg instead of PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs for perf
  • f958fdc interval: fix Python callable inputs not called in ET_instant mode
  • 3c852c8 audio: Disable OpenAL hrtf by default, fixes macOS init crash


136e1279eaf13a2756648818e10f49b8b3621bdd

View changes - 2026-01-01T00:02:40Z

  • 136e127 Implement ShaderBuffer async extract_data method
  • cb03554 putil: Support vector_uchar to be passed to an event parameter
  • c688b67 putil: Add missing pointerTo.h include to callbackObject.h
  • a9aa255 glgsg: Support updating SSBO data from the CPU (only UH_dynamic)
  • af498ff gsg: Use DSA for extracting shader buffer data
  • 86b1304 display: Support extracting only subset of SSBO
  • b806035 putil: Switch to new Python 3.13+ public long APIs for BitArray
  • 02bd388 build: Update to interrogate 0.8.1
  • 3d3c2e7 text: Give default font a default name
  • b4b1872 dtoolutil: Improve error messages for iostream wrappers
  • 52829ed workflow: Disable OpenAL on macOS for now for test build
  • 97de786 direct: Fix DirectGrid alpha issue and getVertexColor error (#1793)
  • 585c581 movies: Update FLAC decoder
  • e918eff makepanda: Set default MSVC version to 14.3 (2022)
  • c54c908 Merge branch 'release/1.10.x'


e560eb8da370d86b096d6cb65eafd9ab40879b9a

View changes - 2025-12-25T15:40:30Z

  • e560eb8 Add Python 3.14 to setup.cfg
  • 4732c24 workflow: Add Python 3.14 to test matrix
  • 9f13db3 Update version numbers from 1.10.15 to 1.10.16
  • c6e72fb makepanda: Don't set HAVE_OPENAL_FRAMEWORK when building with thirdparty
  • 12b5faf tests: Fix future tests always failing on Python pre-3.5
  • 8177021 tests: Fix unit test suite on Python 2.7
  • 225eb9b glgsg: Mark SSBO unbound from all binding points upon deletion



14b8cd74c25f08ec6b3614315d1c73a047d41347

View changes - 2025-12-22T15:16:31Z

  • 14b8cd7 tests: Fix GLSL shadow matrix unit test values
  • 0e41b62 Merge branch 'release/1.10.x'
  • f123cb1 shader: Fix memory corruption with matrix array shader inputs
  • 64b98ea GLSL: Add p3d_MetallicRoughnessTexture input mapped to M_metallic_roughness
  • 975a9fb egg: Add limited forward compatibility for ORM textures
  • e319be1 doc: Add release notes for 1.10.16
  • 33888de glgsg: Do not prefer depth-stencil ms renderbuffers on macOS
  • b09ebf3 makewheel: Exclude some more system libs
  • 40ecb01 samples: Remove unused CardMaker import from procedural-cube sample
  • 6b3ed01 framework: Clean up task manager on close_framework()
  • cbd25a4 makepanda: Don't look for macOS framework when cross-compiling
  • d020b25 windisplay: Fix recursive loop in adjust_z_order
  • c8c5ae8 putil: Fix SparseArray get_lowest_on_bit and get_lowest_off_bit
  • df4ebca audiotraits: Add support for different coordinate systems for 3d audio
  • 04e5cbe Add support for (occlusion-)metallic-roughness textures
  • 5d8af37 makepanda: Only add -msse2 when building for x86 platforms
  • bd1105d directnotify: Add snake_case versions of methods
  • 2759fb9 build: Allow to build for riscv64
  • 5b2cb98 dist: Add hidden import for jnius
  • 6ada507 dist: Add linecache stubs for newer versions of Python
  • 784f32d showbase: add user_exit alias for userExit
  • f24bcf9 ode: Add set_first_contact and set_backface_cull to OdeRayGeom
  • 5f75553 makepanda: Remove reference to deprecated AGL framework on macOS
  • 6acdcc5 patomic: Fix support for macOS pre-10.12
  • 4705b32 audiotraits: Add support for different coordinate systems for 3d audio
  • 55e9d3d build(deps): bump actions/cache from 4 to 5
  • 12facf4 x11: Set x-detectable-auto-repeat to true by default
  • ea55924 android: Fix assorted compatibility issues with plyer/pyjnius
  • ba6b66f android: Fix crash when setting window title on wrong thread
  • 8fb23c5 dist: Fix inability to pick up nested hidden modules
  • d6da196 dist: Add linecache stubs for newer versions of Python
  • 8d25975 dist: Add hidden import for jnius
  • f4ee950 deploy-stub: Fix missing time.h include
  • 6a77fc6 dist: Update macOS target for Python 3.14 to 10.15
  • 03873c7 Update Windows thirdparty tools to 1.10.16
  • 8ece2c8 Update BACKERS.md from latest master
  • 2ecbd54 installer: Add Python 3.15
  • c32d514 dist: Gracefully skip accidentally included Python .egg archives
  • 1cfa61b showbase: Temporarily add back throw_new_frame
  • a32d743 Changed unsigned int to signed int for resync in DistributedSmoothNode. (#1162)
  • 7ef2f06 Add a pandatool for converting various image formats to the TXO format. (#1740)
  • f91e5df build(deps): bump actions/checkout from 5 to 6
  • 227a9e3 workflow: Update from deprecated macOS 13 runner to macOS 14
  • 2c9997e x11: Remove methods added erroneously during bad merge
  • a01e039 x11: Add function for detecting auto repeat key events (#1735)
  • 23782ec task: Also check for subclasses of coroutine
  • fd5258f makepanda: Skip building TinyOsxGraphicsWindow when building 64-bit
  • 56cdea1 pgui: Fix bugs with pgSliderBar dragging
  • 062e336 directgui: Add default release sounds for buttons
  • 429af9a putil: Add method to clear BamCache on disk (#1774)
  • 7c7f092 android: Robustify blob mapping
  • 72fc5e1 android: Remove unused include
  • 382078c android: Fix strange compilation error on 32-bit Android
  • 325727e deploy-stub: Add flag for enabling verbose mode in Python
  • e809c9e android: Complete support for android:extractNativeLibs=false
  • 598106c dist: Show error for mismatching build_apps/wheel
  • 3d1b897 android: Work on supporting extractNativeLibs:false, separate blob
  • 4763ddb dist: Neatly indent AndroidManifest.xml
  • 8a23014 android: Set Activity title to window title
  • 32bdca9 android: Work on API level 36 support (though target 35 for now)
  • 27d905f workflow: Add Android build to CI matrix
  • d1aeef5 makepanda: Remove -m32 and -m64 flags for Android
  • bba3928 workflow: Set XCode version to 16
  • 1047728 tests: Support running test suite from adb shell
  • 90ca53a android: Fixes to allow Panda to run from the adb shell
  • e9fddf6 makepanda: Use correct .so suffix on Android
  • e524dc9 dtoolbase: Apply pvector libc++ workaround across the board
  • db27278 distributed: Fix for importing CR without OpenSSL compiled-in
  • 5c70817 workflow: Update to macOS 15
  • 418d041 pipeline: Fixes for fragile TLS implementation on Android
  • 1ea0ea6 dist: Fix for gui_apps with spaces in name on Android
  • ec9a7d1 dist: Check provided AndroidManifest.xml file for basic sanity
  • 4a7e528 express: Fix compiler warning on Android
  • cbbd3ed pandatool: Make WindowsGuid class trivially copyable
  • a40e8f9 android: Fix incorrect usage of ALooper_pollOnce
  • 42ae007 dist: Target latest Android API level
  • f848776 dist: Update Android protobuf files
  • 53a6d5d readme: Add sponsor logos
  • cc5eaa8 Add LambdaTest to BACKERS.md
  • fdf67ad dist: Allow passing in custom AndroidManifest.xml
  • ce31e41 dtoolbase: Work around macOS compiler bug with empty vector
  • 9df9409 cocoadisplay: Fix some DPI handling issues on resize
  • ba717b0 display: Fix compile warning
  • bd76aba audiotraits: fix compile warning on macOS
  • e83150f makepanda: Add more supported macOS SDKs, print used version
  • c2ab647 mac-stats: Widen strip chart sidebar to make smooth button fit on Tahoe
  • c352e92 dtoolbase: Fix out-of-bounds access in pdtoa.cxx
  • 867f174 dtoolbase: Fix out-of-bounds access in pdtoa.cxx
  • 5006f92 build: Update to interrogate v0.7.1
  • 983c88e tests: Make threading tests conditional upon thread support
  • 5779382 glgsg: Fix crash if task chain was destroyed before GSG
  • 93a1da8 direct: Remove throw_new_frame from libp3showbase (see #1014)
  • 14c4a9a direct: Move particlePath definition to Python (see #1014)
  • e415457 glstuff: Fix a wrong docstring
  • 97b3c18 express: Fix build with older OpenSSL versions
  • b7fb4af tests: Fix test run with OpenSSL disabled
  • 25ef611 express: Update SHA256 code in ZipArchive for OpenSSL v3
  • 5f9bb65 make-prc-key: Update deprecated API use for OpenSSL v3
  • f40e611 parser-inc: Add some missing headers
  • 6ac2164 notify: Print out C++ backtrace on assert-abort
  • 2540648 nativenet: Change deprecated sprintf to snprintf
  • 77fa04a glgsg: Fix typo causing SSBO support not always detected
  • e68a3db glgsg: Fix typo causing SSBO support not always detected