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# Change Log
## Version 2.6.2 - "Kore Springs" - 26th August 2016
### New Features
* Group.getRandomExists will return a random child from the Group that has exists set to true.
* Group.getAll will return all children in the Group, or a section of the Group, with the optional ability to test if the child has a property matching the given value or not.
* Group.iterate has a new `returnType`: `RETURN_ALL`. This allows you to return all children that pass the iteration test in an array.
* The property `checkCollision.none` in the ArcadePhysics.Body class was available, but never used internally. It is now used and checked by the `separate` method. By setting `checkCollision.none = true` you can disable all collision and overlap checks on a Body, but still retain its motion updates (thanks @samme #2661)
* Math.rotateToAngle takes two angles (in radians), and an interpolation value, and returns a new angle, based on the shortest rotational distance between the two.
* Math.getShortestAngle will return the shortest angle between the two given angles. Angles are in the range -180 to 180, which is what `Sprite.angle` uses. So you can happily feed this method two sprite angles, and get the shortest angle back between them (#2494)
### Updates
* TypeScript definitions fixes and updates (thanks @calvindavis @AlvaroBarua)
* Docs typo fixes (thanks @rroylance @Owumaro @boniatillo-com @samme @kjav)
* The InputHandler.flagged property has been removed. It was never used internally, or exposed via the API, so was just overhead.
* The src/system folder has been removed and all files relocated to the src/utils folder. This doesn't change anything from an API point of view, but did change the grunt build scripts slightly.
* BitmapData.shadow and BitmapData.text now both `return this` keeping them in-line with the docs (thanks @greeny #2634)
* Group.align has had its arguments changed so that it's now `(width, height, ...)` instead of `(rows, columns, ...)` (thanks @deargle #2643)
* Group.align now returns `true` if the Group was aligned, or `false` if not.
* The Loader.headers object has a new property `requestedWith`. By default this is set to `false`, but it can be used to set the `X-Requested-With` header to `XMLHttpRequest` (or any other value you need). To enable this do `this.load.headers.requestedWith = 'XMLHttpRequest'` before adding anything to the Loader.
* ScaleManager.hasPhaserSetFullScreen is a new boolean that identifies if the browser is in full screen mode or not, and if Phaser was the one that requested it. As it's possible to enter full screen mode outside of Phaser, and it then gets confused about what bounding parent to use.
* Phaser.Tileset has a new property `lastgid` which is populated automatically by the TilemapParser when importing Tiled map data, or can be set manually if building your own tileset.
* Stage will now check if `document.hidden` is available first, and if it is then never even check for the prefixed versions. This stops warnings like "mozHidden and mozVisibilityState are deprecated" in newer versions of browsers and retain backward compatibility (thanks @leopoldobrines7 #2656)
* As a result of changes in #2573 Graphics objects were calling `updateLocalBounds` on any shape change, which could cause dramatic performances drops in Graphics heavy situations (#2618). Graphics objects now have a new flag `_boundsDirty` which is used to detect if the bounds have been invalidated, i.e. by a Graphics being cleared or drawn to. If this is set to true then `updateLocalBounds` is called once in the `postUpdate` method (thanks @pengchuan #2618)
* Phaser.Image now has the ScaleMinMax component.
* Animations now allow for speeds greater than 0, rather than forcing them to be greater than 1. This allows you to have animation speeds slower than 1 frame per second (thanks @jayrobin #2664)
* Weapon.fire and all related methods (fireAtXY, fireAtPointer, fireAtSprite) now all return the instance of the Phaser.Bullet that was fired, or `null` if nothing was fired. Previously it would return a boolean, but this change allows you to perform additional processing on the Bullet as required (thanks @JTronLabs #2696)
* Sound.loopFull now returns the Sound instance that was looped (thanks @hilts-vaughan #2697)
* ArcadePhysics Body.rotation now reads its initial value from sprite.angle instead of sprite.rotation. The property was immediately replaced with the correct value in Body.preUpdate regardless, but it keeps it consistent (thanks @samme #2708)
* Weapon.fire now tracks rotation properly, when using an offset and tracking a sprite (thanks @bobonthenet #2672)
### Bug Fixes
* A Group with `inputEnableChildren` set would re-start the Input Handler on a Sprite, even if that handler had been disabled previously.
* Weapon.autofire wouldn't fire after the first bullet, or until `fire` was called, neither of which are requirements. If you now set this boolean the Weapon will fire continuously until you toggle it back to false (thanks @alverLopez #2647)
* ArcadePhysics.World.angleBetweenCenters now uses `centerX` and `centerY` properties to check for the angle between, instead of `center.x/y` as that property no longer exists (thanks @leopoldobrines7 #2654)
* The Emitter.makeParticles `collide` argument didn't work, as a result of #2661, but is now properly respected thanks to that change (thanks @samme #2662)
* Sound.play would throw the error "Uncaught DOMException: Failed to execute 'disconnect' on 'AudioNode': the given destination is not connected." in Chrome, if you tried to play an audio marker that didn't exist, while a valid marker was already playing.
* Text bounds would incorrectly displace if the Text resolution was greater than 1 (thanks @valent-novem #2685)
* TilemapParser would calculate widthInPixels and heightInPixels were being read incorrectly from JSON data (capitalisation of properties) (thanks @hexus #2691)
* A tinted Texture in Canvas mode wouldn't be updated properly if it was also cropped, beyond the initial crop. Now a cropped texture will re-tint itself every time the crop is updated, and has changed (thanks @phoenixyjll #2688)
* The Weapon.fireRateVariance property was never taken into account internally. It's now applied to the firing rate correctly (thanks @noseglid #2715)
* Text.updateText now sets `Text.dirty = false`, which stops Text objects from having `updateText` called twice on them after creation.
### Pixi Updates
Please note that Phaser uses a custom build of Pixi and always has done. The following changes have been made to our custom build, not to Pixi in general.
* This version contains significant fixes for `DisplayObject.getBounds` and `DisplayObjectContainer.getBounds`. The methods can now accept an optional argument `targetCoordinateSpace` which makes it much more flexible, allowing you to check the bounds against any target, not just local and global ones. If the `targetCoordinateSpace` is a valid DisplayObject:
- If it's a parent of the caller at some level it will return the bounds
relative to it.
- if it's not parenting the caller at all, it will get the global bounds of
it, and the caller and will calculate the x and y bounds of the caller
relative to the targetCoordinateSpace DisplayObject.
As a result this also fixes how empty Groups are treated when they have no other children except Groups. So now calculations are correct.
* DisplayObjectContainer.contains(child) is a new method which determines whether the specified display object is a child of the DisplayObjectContainer instance or the instance itself. This method is used in the new getBounds function.
* Corrected DisplayObjects default `_bounds` rect from (0, 0, 1, 1) to (0, 0, 0, 0).
* Thanks to @fmflame for his hard work on the above (#2639 #2627)
* The methods `setStageReference` and `removeStageReference` have been removed from all Pixi classes. Objects no longer have `stage` properties, or references to the Stage object. This is because no reference to the Stage is required for any calculations, and Phaser can only have 1 Stage, so adding and removing references to it were superfluous actions.
* The file pixi/utils/Polyk.js has been removed, as it was no longer used with Pixi or Phaser (we replaced it with EarCut a while ago)
## Version 2.6.1 - "Caemlyn" - 11th July 2016
### Bug Fixes
* Fixed `Uncaught TypeError: Cannot set property 'x' of undefined` in Body.js (thanks @ErwanErwan #2607)
## Version 2.6.0 - "Fal Moran" - 8th July 2016
### New Features
* The Loader has a new property `headers`. This is an object checked by XHR Requests, used to set the Request Header of certain file types. JSON and XML are pre-configured, but you can add to, or modify this property as required (thanks @stoneman1 #2585 #2485)
* Phaser now has support for Typings, the TypeScript Definition Manager. See the `typescript/readme.md` file for installation instructions (thanks @monagames #2576)
* Phaser.Utils.reverseString will take the given string, reverse it, and then return it.
* Phaser.ArrayUtils.rotateRight is the opposite of ArrayUtils.rotate. It takes an array, removes the element from the end of the array, and inserts it at the start, shifting everything else 1 space in the process.
* Phaser.ArrayUtils.rotateLeft is the new name for Phaser.ArrayUtils.rotate. The old method is now deprecated (but still available in this release)
* Phaser.Color.toABGR converts RGBA components to a 32 bit integer in AABBGGRR format.
* ArcadePhysics.Body.setCircle is a new method that allows you to define an Arcade Physics Body as being a circle instead of a rectangle. You can control the radius of the body and the offset from the parent sprite.
* ArcadePhysics.World.separateCircle is a new method that handles all circular body collisions internally within Arcade Physics (thanks @VitaZheltyakov)
* All of the Arcade Physics internal methods, such as `collideGroupVsSelf`, `collideSpriteVsSprite` and so on, have been updated to work with circular body shapes (thanks @VitaZheltyakov)
* ArcadePhysics.Body.onWorldBounds is a new Signal that is dispatched whenever the Body collides with the world bounds, something that was previously difficult to detect. Due to the potentially high volume of signals this could create it is disabled by default. To use this feature set this property to a Phaser.Signal: `sprite.body.onWorldBounds = new Phaser.Signal()` and it will be called when a collision happens, passing five arguments: the sprite on which it occurred, and 4 booleans mapping to up, down, left and right, indicating on which side of the world the collision occurred.
* ArcadePhysics.Body.onCollide is a new Signal that is dispatched whenever the Body collides with another Body. Due to the potentially high volume of signals this could create it is disabled by default. To use this feature set this property to a Phaser.Signal: `sprite.body.onCollide = new Phaser.Signal()` and it will be called when a collision happens, passing two arguments: the sprites which collided.
* ArcadePhysics.Body.onOverlap is a new Signal that is dispatched whenever the Body overlaps with another Body. Due to the potentially high volume of signals this could create it is disabled by default. To use this feature set this property to a Phaser.Signal: `sprite.body.onOverlap = new Phaser.Signal()` and it will be called when an overlap happens, passing two arguments: the sprites which collided.
* Groups now have the following properties, which are getters and setters: `centerX`, `centerY`, `left`, `right`, `top` and `bottom`. These calculate the bounds of the Group, based on all visible children, and then allow you to apply positioning based on that. This means you can, for example, now get the horizontal center of a Group by called `Group.centerX`. These properties are also setters, so you can position the Groups, and it will take scale and rotation into consideration.
* Groups have a new method `alignIn`. It allows you to align the Group within another Game Object, or a Rectangle. You can specify one of 9 positions which are the new position constants such as: `Phaser.TOP_LEFT` or `Phaser.CENTER` (see docs for the complete list). The Groups are positioned based on their child bounds, which takes rotation and scaling into consideration. You can easily place Groups into the corners of the screen, or game world, or align them within other Sprites, using this method.
* Groups have a new method `alignTo`. It allows you to align a Group to the side of another Game Object, or a Rectangle. You can specify one of 11 positions which are the new position constants such as: `Phaser.TOP_LEFT` or `Phaser.LEFT_BOTTOM` (see docs for the complete list). The Groups are positioned based on their child bounds, which takes rotation and scaling into consideration. You can easily align Groups next to other Sprites using this method.
### Updates
* TypeScript definitions fixes and updates (thanks @monagames)
* Docs typo fixes (thanks @drhayes)
* The TilemapParser will now add more data when importing Image object types from Tiled. The extra data available is: image width, image height, and flags to see if the image is flipped either horizontally, vertically or diagonally (thanks @gotenxds #2564 #2554)
* TilemapLayer.renderRegion has had an assignment to the obsolete `tileColor` property removed (thanks @cryptographer #2583)
* Group.getFurthestFrom and Group.getClosestTo has a new optional argument: `callback`. This allows you to apply your own additional filtering to the distance checks, ultimately influencing the selected child (thanks @LoneStranger #2577)
* Text.setText has a new optional argument `immediate` which will re-create the texture immediately upon call, rather than wait for the next render pass to do so (thanks @Scraft #2594)
* Phaser.Utils.pad now calls `toString` on the input given, which means you can pass in common data types, such as numbers, and have them padded and returned as strings.
* The canvas created by Phaser.Debug for use when displaying debug data is no longer stored in the CanvasPool, and is instead a stand-alone canvas, free from ever being re-used by another game object.
* BitmapData has a new, optional, fifth argument: `skipPool`. By default BitmapData objects will ask for the first free canvas found in the CanvasPool, but this behavior can now be customized on a per object basis.
* Phaser.ArrayUtils.rotate is now deprecated. Please use Phaser.ArrayUtils.rotateLeft instead.
* Phaser.Text.fontPropertiesCanvas used to be taken from the CanvasPool, but as it's constantly needed it is now generated directly from the document.
* The default image texture, for when none is supplied, is now available under `Phaser.Cache.DEFAULT`.
* The missing image texture, for when an image has failed to load, is now available under `Phaser.Cache.MISSING`.
* Phaser.Cache.addImage will now check the key given, and if `__default` or `__missing` it will update the new consts `Phaser.Cache.DEFAULT` and `Phaser.Cache.MISSING` accordingly, allowing you to replace the default or missing image textures used by Phaser.
* Phaser.Cache.getPixiTexture has now been removed, as the Pixi Cache isn't used internally anywhere any longer.
* Phaser.Cache.getPixiBaseTexture has now been removed, as the Pixi Cache isn't used internally anywhere any longer.
* The second argument to Phaser.Cache.removeImage has been renamed from `removeFromPixi` to `destroyBaseTexture`, as that is fundamentally what the argument always did.
* AnimationManager.refreshFrame has been removed as it never actually did anything internally.
* Sound.stop will check to see if `gainNode` exists before trying to disconnect from it (#2597)
### Bug Fixes
* Fixed issue in Group.align where the cell wouldn't increase if `rows` was great than -1
* Sound.volume was accidentally repeated twice in the source (thanks @LoneStranger #2569)
* Animation.setFrame wouldn't work correctly if the `useLocalFrameIndex` argument was true, and the frame ID was a number (thanks @uboot #2571)
* Polygon.contains would only work with non-flattened Polygon objects. It now works with both flat and non-flat Polygons.
* Graphics objects enabled for input would fail to do anything if a Phaser Polygon was given to the Graphics object (which it was in nearly all cases), as it wouldn't detect input correctly with flattened polygons (thanks @symbiane #2591)
* P2.World.clear will now clear out the World.walls property, resetting all of the wall bounds to `null`. This allows the walls to be re-created accurately when the P2 World is reset, which happens on a State change or restart (thanks @ewpolly1 @codermua #2574)
### Pixi Updates
Please note that Phaser uses a custom build of Pixi and always has done. The following changes have been made to our custom build, not to Pixi in general.
* Removed `_renderWebGL`, `_renderCanvas`, `getLocalBounds` and `getBounds` from PIXI.DisplayObject, as they were only there to pass ancient jshint rules.
* All Pixi.Graphics methods that change the Graphics, i.e. `drawShape`, `lineTo`, `arc`, etc will now all automatically call `Graphics.updateLocalBounds`. This is so that the bounds of the Graphics object are kept updated, allowing you to scale and rotate the Graphics object and still obtain correct dimensions from it (thanks @kelu-smiley #2573)
* PIXI.CanvasPool no longer _just_ checks for `null` parent comparisons. It will check for all falsey parents, helping free-up canvases when the parent objects have been removed elsewhere.
* PIXI.CanvasPool.remove and `removeByCanvas` both now set the removed canvas width and height to 1.
* PIXI.Texture.fromImage, PIXI.BaseTexture.fromImage and PIXI.Sprite.fromImage have all been removed. They should never have actually been used, as they bypass the Phaser Loader, and don't factor in CORs or any other advanced loader settings.
* The PIXI.BaseTexture.imageUrl property has been removed, as it was never actually populated.
* The PIXI.BaseTexture._UID property has been removed, as it was never actually used internally.
* All references to PIXI.BaseTextureCache have been removed (primarily from BaseTexture.destroy and Texture.destroy), as the BaseTextureCache was never used internally by Phaser, or by our custom version of Pixi.
* PIXI.TextureCache has been removed. It was only ever used by the __default and __missing images that Phaser generates on start-up. It wasn't used internally by Phaser anywhere else, and the only references Pixi has to it have all been removed. If you need it in your own game, please refactor it to avoid it, or re-create the object on the PIXI global object.
* Canvases created by `BaseTexture.fromCanvas` no longer have the `_pixiId` property attached to them, as this was never used internally by Phaser or Pixi.
* PIXI.BaseTexture.updateSourceImage is now deprecated. Please use `Sprite.loadTexture` instead.
* The property PIXI.BaseTextureCacheIdGenerator has been removed, as it is no longer used internally by Phaser or Pixi.
* PIXI.Texture.addTextureToCache has been removed. The PIXI Texture Cache was never actually used by Phaser, and was leading to complications internally.
* PIXI.Texture.removeTextureFromCache has been removed. The PIXI Texture Cache was never actually used by Phaser, and was leading to complications internally.
* PIXI.Texture.fromFrame and PIXI.Sprite.fromFrame have been removed. They relied on the PIXI Texture Cache, which was never actually used by Phaser, and was never used internally by Pixi either.
* The property PIXI.TextureCacheIdGenerator has been removed, as it was not used internally.
* The property PIXI.FrameCache has been removed, as it was not used internally.
* PIXI.DisplayObjectContainer calls `updateTransform` at the start of `getBounds` to help avoid the bounds being out of date.
Thanks to Corin Wilkins at Aardman Digital, for lots of the investigation work, leading to the Pixi changes listed above.
## Version 2.5.0 - "Five Kings" - 17th June 2016
**Note:** This version was also released as 2.4.9 'Four Kings' on 16th June 2016. The 2.5.0 release marks us moving to a more strict adherence of the Semver rules, and also contains some TypeScript definitions fixes.
### New Features
* Phaser.Line.intersectsRectangle checks for intersection between a Line and a Rectangle, or any Rectangle-like object such as a Sprite or Body.
* Group.getClosestTo will return the child closest to the given point (thanks @Nuuf #2504)
* Group.getFurthestFrom will return the child farthest away from the given point (thanks @Nuuf #2504)
* Animation.reverse will reverse the currently playing animation direction (thanks @gotenxds #2505)
* Animation.reverseOnce will reverse the animation direction for the current, or next animation only (thanks @gotenxds #2505)
* The way the display list updates and Camera movements are handled has been completely revamped, which should result is significantly smoother motion when the Camera is following tweened or physics controlled sprites. The `Stage.postUpdate` function is now vastly reduced in complexity. It takes control over updating the display list (calling `updateTransform` on itself), rather than letting the Canvas or WebGL renderers do this. Because of this change, the `Camera.updateTarget` function uses the Sprites `worldPosition` property instead, which is now frame accurate (thanks @whig @Upperfoot @Whoisnt @hexus #2482)
* Game Objects including Sprite, Image, Particle, TilemapLayer, Text, BitmapText and TileSprite have a new property called `data`. This is an empty Object that Phaser will never touch internally, but your own code, or Phaser Plugins, can store Game Object specific data within it. This allows you to associate data with a Game Object without having to pollute or change its class shape.
* TilemapLayers will now collide properly when they have a position that isn't set to 0x0. For example if you're stitching together several maps, one after the other, and manually adjust their `scrollX/Y` properties (thanks @Upperfoot #2522)
* There are a bunch of new Phaser consts available to help with setting the angle of a Game Object. They are `Phaser.ANGLE_UP`, `ANGLE_DOWN`, `ANGLE_LEFT`, `ANGLE_RIGHT`, `ANGLE_NORTH_EAST`, `ANGLE_NORTH_WEST`, `ANGLE_SOUTH_EAST` and `ANGLE_SOUTH_WEST`.
* Math.between will return a value between the given `min` and `max` values.
* InputHandler.dragDistanceThreshold gives you more fine control over when a Sprite Drag event will start. It allows you to specify a distance, in pixels, that the pointer must have moved before the drag will begin.
* InputHandler.dragTimeThreshold gives you more fine control over when a Sprite Drag event will start. It allows you to specify a time, in ms that the pointer must have been held down for, before the drag will begin.
* InputHandler.downPoint is a new Point object that contains the coordinates of the Pointer when it was first pressed down on the Sprite.
* There are two new Phaser consts available, for help with orientation of games or Game Objects. They are `Phaser.HORIZONTAL`, `Phaser.VERTICAL`, `Phaser.LANDSCAPE` and `Phaser.PORTRAIT`.
* InputHandler.dragStopBlocksInputUp is a boolean that allows you to control what happens with the input events. If `false` (the default) then both the `onInputUp` and `onDragStop` events will get dispatched when a Sprite stops being dragged. If `true` then only the `onDragStop` event is dispatched, and the `onInputUp` is skipped.
* Group.inputEnableChildren is a new property. If set to `true` will automatically call `inputEnabled = true` on any children _added_ to, or _created_ by, the Group.
* PIXI.DisplayObjectContainer.ignoreChildInput is a new property. If `true` then the children will _not_ be considered as valid for Input events. Because this has been applied to `DisplayObjectContainer` it means it's available in Group, Sprite and any other display level object. Using this boolean you can disable input events for all children in an entire Group, without having to iterate anything or deep-set flags.
* InputHandler._pointerOverHandler and _pointerOutHandler have new arguments `silent` - if `true` then they will not dispatch any Signals from the parent Sprite.
* Pointer.interactiveCandidates is a new Array that is erased and re-populated every time this Pointer is updated. It contains references to all of the Game Objects that were considered as being valid for processing by this Pointer, during the most recent update. To be valid they must have suitable a `priorityID`, be Input enabled, be visible and actually have the Pointer over them. You can check the contents of this array in events such as `onInputDown`, but beware: it is reset every update.
* Pointer.swapTarget allows you to change the `Pointer.targetObject` object to be the one provided. This allows you to have fine-grained control over which object the Pointer is targeting.
* Input.setInteractiveCandidateHandler allows you to add a callback that is fired every time `Pointer.processInteractiveObjects` is called. The purpose of `processInteractiveObjects` is to work out which Game Object the Pointer is going to interact with. It works by polling all of the valid game objects, and then slowly discounting those that don't meet the criteria (i.e. they aren't under the Pointer, are disabled, invisible, etc). Eventually a short-list of 'candidates' is created. These are all of the Game Objects which are valid for input and overlap with the Pointer. If you need fine-grained control over which of the items is selected then you can use this callback to do so. The callback will be sent 3 parameters: 1) A reference to the Phaser.Pointer object that is processing the Items. 2) An array containing all potential interactive candidates. This is an array of `InputHandler` objects, not Sprites. 3) The current 'favorite' candidate, based on its priorityID and position in the display list. Your callback MUST return one of the candidates sent to it.
* Group.onChildInputDown is a new Signal that you can listen to. It will be dispatched whenever any immediate child of the Group emits an `onInputDown` signal itself. This allows you to listen for a Signal from the Group, rather than every Sprite within it.
* Group.onChildInputUp is a new Signal that you can listen to. It will be dispatched whenever any immediate child of the Group emits an `onInputUp` signal itself. This allows you to listen for a Signal from the Group, rather than every Sprite within it.
* Group.onChildInputOver is a new Signal that you can listen to. It will be dispatched whenever any immediate child of the Group emits an `onInputOver` signal itself. This allows you to listen for a Signal from the Group, rather than every Sprite within it.
* Group.onChildInputOut is a new Signal that you can listen to. It will be dispatched whenever any immediate child of the Group emits an `onInputOut` signal itself. This allows you to listen for a Signal from the Group, rather than every Sprite within it.
* Phaser.Weapon is a brand new plugin that provides the ability to easily create a bullet pool and manager. Weapons fire Phaser.Bullet objects, which are essentially Sprites with a few extra properties. The Bullets are enabled for Arcade Physics. They do not currently work with P2 Physics. The Bullets are created inside of `Weapon.bullets`, which is a Phaser.Group instance. Anything you can usually do with a Group, such as move it around the display list, iterate it, etc can be done to the bullets Group too. Bullets can have textures and even animations. You can control the speed at which they are fired, the firing rate, the firing angle, and even set things like gravity for them. Please see the Documentation for more details, or view the [Weapon examples](https://github.com/photonstorm/phaser-examples/tree/master/examples/weapon) in the Examples repo.
* BitmapData.smoothProperty is a new property that holds the string based prefix needed to set image scaling on the BitmapData context.
* BitmapData.copyTransform allows you to draw a Game Object to the BitmapData, using its `worldTransform` property to control the location, scaling and rotation of the object. You can optionally provide
* BitmapData.drawGroup now uses the new `copyTransform` method, to provide for far more accurate results. Previously nested Game Objects wouldn't render correctly, nor would Sprites added via `addChild` to another Sprite. BitmapText objects also rendered without rotation taken into account, and the Sprites smoothing property was ignored. All of these things are now covered by the new drawGroup method, which also handles full deep iteration down the display list.
* Added the following new constants: `Phaser.TOP_LEFT`, `Phaser.TOP_CENTER`, `Phaser.TOP_RIGHT`, `Phaser.LEFT_TOP`, `Phaser.LEFT_CENTER`, `Phaser.LEFT_BOTTOM`, `Phaser.CENTER`, `Phaser.RIGHT_TOP`, `Phaser.RIGHT_CENTER`, `Phaser.RIGHT_BOTTOM`, `Phaser.BOTTOM_LEFT`, `Phaser.BOTTOM_CENTER` and `Phaser.BOTTOM_RIGHT`.
* Rectangle.getPoint is a new method that returns a point based on the given position constant, such as `Phaser.BOTTOM_LEFT`. It returns the same result as calling `Rectangle.bottomLeft` (etc) but unlike those getters you are able to provide your own Point object.
* The Game Object Bounds component has been updated to include two new properties: `centerX` and `centerY`. This means you can, for example, now get the horizontal center of a Sprite by called `Sprite.centerX`. These properties are also setters, so you can position the Game Objects, and it will take scale and anchor into consideration.
* All Game Objects with the Bounds component; which includes Sprites, Images, Text, BitmapText, TileSprites and anything that extend these, now have the new method `alignIn`. It allows you to align the Game Object within another Game Object, or a Rectangle. You can specify one of 9 positions which are the new position constants such as: `Phaser.TOP_LEFT` or `Phaser.CENTER` (see above for the complete list). The Game Objects are positioned based on their Bounds, which takes rotation, scaling and anchor into consideration. You can easily place Sprites into the corners of the screen, or game world, or align them within other Sprites, using this method.
* All Game Objects with the Bounds component; which includes Sprites, Images, Text, BitmapText, TileSprites and anything that extend these, now have the new method `alignTo`. It allows you to align a Game Object to the side of another Game Object, or a Rectangle. You can specify one of 11 positions which are the new position constants such as: `Phaser.TOP_LEFT` or `Phaser.LEFT_BOTTOM` (see above for the complete list). The Game Objects are positioned based on their Bounds, which takes rotation, scaling and anchor into consideration. You can easily align Sprites next to other Sprites using this method.
* Group.align is a new method that allows you to layout all the children of the Group in a grid formation. You can specify the dimensions of the grid, including the width, height and cell size. You can also control where children are positioned within each grid cell. The grid width and height values can also be set to -1, making them fluid, so the grid expands until all children are aligned. Finally an optional child index argument can be set. This is a great way to quickly and comprehensively align Group children, and has lots of use cases.
* The Arcade Physics Body has two new experimental methods: `moveTo` and `moveFrom`. These allow you to move a Physics Body for a given distance, or duration, after which it will stop and emit the `onMoveComplete` Signal. It is still capable of colliding and rebounding like usual.
### Updates
* TypeScript definitions fixes and updates (thanks @wingyplus @monagames @marineorganism @obamor @BaroqueEngine @danzel)
* Docs typo fixes (thanks @seanirby @johnrees)
* The TypeScript defs ambient declaration has been updated to make it compatible with the SystemJS loader (thanks @monagames)
* You can no longer intersect check a Body against itself (thanks @VitaZheltyakov #2514)
* The mobile template has been updated (thanks @cryptographer #2518)
* Video.onComplete wouldn't fire on iOS if the user hit the 'Done' button before the video had finished playing. It now uses the `webkitendfullscreen` event to detect this, and dispatches the `onComplete` signal should that event fire (thanks @kelu-smiley #2498)
* Sound.addMarker now has a default value for the `duration` argument (1 second) to avoid the DOM Exception 11 error if you accidentally miss it out (thanks @mari8i #2508)
* Removed the `Stage.updateTransform` calls from the main game loop, because it happens automatically as part of `Game.updateLogic` anyway, so was duplicating the workload for no reason.
* TilemapLayer.postUpdate could potentially be called several times per frame (depending on device frame rate), which would cause multiple texture redraws, even though only the last texture is used during rendering. This has now been modified so that the local TilemapLayer canvas is only re-rendered once per frame, during the rendering phase, and not during the logic update phase.
* Group.preUpdate now iterate through the display list forwards, instead of in reverse, to match it with how `Stage.preUpdate` works.
* Stage.postUpdate is now a lot smaller, with no conditional branching if there is a Camera Target or not.
* Within RequestAnimationFrame both `updateRAF` and `updateSetTimeout` now only call `game.update` if `isRunning` is true. This should avoid asynchronous Game destroy errors under environments like Angular (thanks @flogvit #2521)
* Group.removeAll has a new argument `destroyTexture` which allows you to optionally destroy the BaseTexture of each child, as it is removed from the Group (thanks @stoneman1 #2487)
* PluginManager.remove has a new argument `destroy` (defaults to `true`) which will let you optionally called the `destroy` method of the Plugin being removed.
* Cache.getJSON used to incorrectly bring back a deep-copy of the Phaser.Utils object, instead of just a clone of the JSON object requested (thanks @drhayes #2524 #2526)
* The `DisplayObject.renderOrderID` used to run in reverse. I.e. in a display list with 10 sprites on it, the first sprite (at the bottom of the list, rendering behind all the others) would have a `renderOrderID` of 9, where-as the top-most sprite, rendering above all others, would have a `renderOrderID` of 0. While this didn't cause any side-effects internally, it's arguably illogical. So the process has been reversed, and `renderOrderID`s are now accumulative, starting at zero each frame, and increasing as it iterates down the display list. So the higher the ID, the more "on-top" of the output the object is.
* `InputHandler.validForInput` and `Pointer.processInteractiveObjects` have been updated to reflect the new `renderOrderID` sequence (see above).
* Group.add has a new optional argument `index` which controls the index within the group to insert the child to. Where 0 is the bottom of the Group.
* Group.addAt has been refactored to be a simple call to `Group.add`, removing lots of duplicate code in the process.
* Group.create has a new optional argument `index` which controls the index within the group to insert the child to. Where 0 is the bottom of the Group. It also now makes proper use of `Group.add`, cutting down on more duplicate code.
* Group.createMultiple now returns an Array containing references to all of the children that the method created.
* Cache.getJSON will now return an Array if the `key` you provided points to an array instead of an Object (thanks @drhayes #2552 #2551)
* Phaser.Matrix if passed a 0 value would consider it falsy, and replace it with the default by mistake. It now checks if the arguments are `undefined` or `null` and only then sets the defaults (thanks mmcs)
* Group.createMultiple can now accept Arrays for both the `key` and `frame` arguments. This allows you to create multiple sprites using each key and/or frame in the arrays, which is a great and quick way to build diverse Groups. See the JSDocs for complete details and code examples.
* The Game Object Bounds component has been updated so that it now provides setters for all of the properties, as well as getters. Previously `Sprite.left`, `Sprite.right`, `Sprite.top` and `Sprite.bottom` were read-only, but they are now available to be set as well, and take into consideration the anchor and scale of the Game Objects.
### Bug Fixes
* Arcade Physics Body incorrectly positioned if the Sprite had a negative scale (see http://www.html5gamedevs.com/topic/22695-247-248-body-anchoring-any-migration-tips/) (thanks @SBCGames @icameron @Nuuf @EvolViper #2488 #2490)
* InputHandler.checkPointerDown had an incorrect single pipe character |, instead of an OR check ||, and an `isDown` check, causing Button Over events to fail (thanks @pengchuan #2486)
* BitmapText objects with lines greater than `maxWidth` now handle alignment values correctly, causing them to properly center align (thanks @kevinleedrum #2499 @crippledcactus #2496)
* Text has a new private method `measureLine` which is used to calculate the final Text line length, after factoring in color stops and other style changes. This should prevent characters from becoming truncated (thanks @TadejZupancic #2519 #2512)
* Sometimes the browser would cause a race condition where any connected Game Pads were being detected before the callback had a chance to be established. Also sometimes the rawPad references would become stale, and are now checked constantly (thanks @cwleonard #2471)
* Sound.isPlaying was set to false when doing an audio loop, but never set back to true if it's a sound not using a marker (thanks @TheJasonReynolds #2529)
* Phaser.Rectangle.aabb would fail if the Rectangles used negative offsets. It now calculates the bounds accurately (thanks @fillmoreb #2545)
* The `DisplayObject.worldRotation` value didn't sign the `wt.c` value correctly, meaning the rotation would be wrong.
* The `DisplayObject.worldScale` value didn't multiply the local objects scale into the calculation, meaning the value wasn't a true representation of the objects world scale.
## Version 2.4.8 - "Watch Hill" - 19th May 2016
### New Features
* BitmapData.copy, and by extension any method that uses it, including BitmapData.draw, drawGroup and drawFull, now all support drawing RenderTexture objects. These can either be passed directly, or be the textures of Sprites, such as from a call to generateTexture.
* Arcade Physics has had a new `world` argument added to the following functions: `distanceBetween`, `distanceToXY`, `distanceToPointer`, `angleBetween`, `angleToXY` and `angleToPointer`. The argument (which is false by default), when enabled will calculate the angles or distances based on the Game Objects `world` property, instead of its `x` and `y` properties. This allows it to work for objects that are placed in offset Groups, or are children of other display objects (thanks @Skeptron for the thread #2463)
* Arcade Physics Body has a new property `worldBounce`. This controls the elasticity of the Body specifically when colliding with the World bounds. By default this property is `null`, in which case Body.bounce is used instead. Set this property to a Phaser.Point object in order to enable a World bounds specific bounce value (thanks @VitaZheltyakov #2465)
### Updates
* TypeScript definitions fixes and updates (thanks @osev7 @staff0rd @galen-manuel)
* Docs typo fixes (thanks @dedoubleyou1 @mortonfox @zeterain)
* You can now access the intensity of the Camera shake effect via the getter / setter `Camera.shakeIntensity`. Useful if you wish to tween the intensity while running. (thanks @drhayes #2443)
* The Arcade Physics overlap method would return false if two bodies were overlapping but neither had any velocity (i.e. they were embedded into each other)
* PIXI.defaultRenderer is now set to `null` in Game.destroy, allowing it to be reset if a new Game instance is created on the same page (thanks @xtforgame ##2474)
* BitmapData.drawGroupProxy is now capable of iterating through Sprites that have children, and also now uses the world positions for drawing instead. This change updates the functionality of BitmapData.drawGroup.
* Text.setStyle has a new argument `update` which will optionally automatically call `updateText` after setting the new style (thanks @staff0rd #2478)
### Bug Fixes
* Fixed an issue in the Arcade Physics overlap method where it would only detect overlaps up to the max bias threshold and no further (thanks @rgk #2441)
* InputHandler.checkPointerDown and checkPointerOver will now test the worldTransform scale property of a Sprite. If zero it will fast return, where-as before it would incorrectly report an up event (thanks @jaapaurelio #2466)
* Fixed a bug in Arcade Physics Body.preUpdate which would incorrectly apply the position of an offset Body (one which has had Body.setSize used on it) when combined with a Sprite with a non-zero anchor (thanks @SBCGames #2470)
* If you set Game.renderType to `Phaser.HEADLESS` it will no longer render the output to the canvas. The canvas is still created (although not added to the DOM), as it's required internally, but no rendering now takes place on it (thanks @ForgeableSum #2464)
* Sounds played using the Audio tag, that were paused and then resumed again (either directly in code, or via a game pause event) would not resume from the point at which they paused (thanks @rroylance #2473)
* Sounds played using the Audio tag, set to loop, would get caught in an endless pause-play loop cycle (thanks @rroylance #2473)
### Pixi Updates
Please note that Phaser uses a custom build of Pixi and always has done. The following changes have been made to our custom build, not to Pixi in general.
* Sprites that had a tint on them, that then had their frame changed via either `Sprite.frame` or `Sprite.frameName` wouldn't re-tint the new frame, and would become stuck on the old frame in Canvas mode (thaks @spayton #2453)
## Version 2.4.7 - "Hinderstap" - 22nd April 2016
### New Features
* Added P2.Body.thrustLeft which will move the Body to the left by the speed given (thanks James Pryor)
* Added P2.Body.thrustRight which will move the Body to the right by the speed given (thanks James Pryor)
* Polygon now takes an array of arrays as a new type when constructing it: `[[x1, y1], [x2, y2]]` (thanks @ShimShamSam #2360)
* Text has a new property `maxLines` which is the maximum number of lines to be shown for wrapped text. If set to 0 (the default) there is limit. This prevents wrapped text from overflowing on a fixed layout (thanks @slashman #2410)
* `outOfCameraBoundsKill` is a new boolean property that all Game Objects with the `InWorld` component has. If `autoCull` and this property are both `true` then the Object will be automatically killed if it leaves the camera bounds (thanks @jakewilson #2402)
* Group.getByName searches the Group for the first instance of a child with the `name` property matching the given argument. Should more than one child have the same name only the first instance is returned.
* BitmapData has a new property `frameData` which is a Phaser.FrameData container instance. It contains a single Frame by default, matching the dimensions of the entire BitmapData, but can be populated with additional frames should you wish to create animations from dynamic BitmapData textures.
* FrameData.destroy will nullify the local arrays used to contain Frame instances.
* SoundManager.muteOnPause is a new boolean that allows you to control if the Sound system gets muted automatically when a Phaser game pauses, such as when it loses focus. You may need to set this to `false` if you wish to control the audio system from outside of your Phaser game, i.e. from DOM buttons or similar (#2382)
* You can now pass a TilemapLayer as a Texture to a TileSprite. A limitation of this is that if you pass it to a TileSprite it will make a fill pattern from the TilemapLayer at that instant it's passed, and it won't keep track of the layer in future should it update (thanks @jdnichollsc #1989)
* Camera has a new property: `lerp`. This is a Point object, that allows you to control the amount of horizontal and vertical smoothing to be applied to the camera when it tracks a Sprite. It works both with and without deadzones, and is turned off by default. Set it to low values such as 0.1 for really smooth motion tracking (thanks to @WombatTurkey for the idea of adding this)
* Camera.shake is a new function that creates a camera shake effect. You can specify the intensity, duration and direction of the effect. You can also set if it should shake the camera out of bounds or not.
* Camera.flash is a new function that makes the camera 'flash' over the top of your game. It works by filling the game with the solid fill color specified, and then fading it away to alpha 0 over the duration given. This is great for things like hit effects. You can listen for the Camera.onflashComplete Signal.
* Camera.fade is a new function that makes the camera fade to the color given, over the course of the duration specified. This is great for things like transitioning from one State to another. You can listen for the Camera.onFadeComplete Signal.
* Camera.resetFX resets any active FX, such as a fade or flash and immediately clears it. Useful for calling after a fade in order to remove the fade from the Stage.
* Phaser.Camera.ENABLE_FX is a const that controls if the Camera FX are available or not. It's `true` by default, but if you set it to `false` before boot then it won't create the Graphics object required to process the effects.
* The Arcade Physics Body has two new properties: `left` and `top`. These are the same as `Body.x` and `Body.y` but allow you to pass the Body to geometry level functions such as Circle.contains.
* World.separate has been optimized to cut down on the number of calls to `intersect` from 3 calls per Game Object collision check, to 2. So if you were colliding 50 sprites it will reduce the call count from 150 to 100 per frame. It also reduces the calls made to `seperateX` and `seperateY` by the same factor.
* Two immovable bodies would never set their overlap data, even if an overlap only check was being made. As this is useful data to have this has been changed. Two immovable bodies will still never separate from each other, but they _will_ have their `overlapX` and `overlapY` properties calculated now.
* P2.Body.offset is now used and applied to the Sprite position during rendering. The values given are normal pixel values, and offset the P2 Body from the center of the Sprite (thanks @Mourtz #2430)
### Updates
* TypeScript definitions fixes and updates (thanks @jamesgroat @kiswa)
* Docs typo fixes (thanks @thiagojobson @hayesmaker @EJanuszewski)
* Removed a `console.log` from the TilingSprite generator.
* Sound.position can no longer become negative, meaning calls to AudioContextNode.start with negative position offsets will no longer throw errors (thanks @Weedshaker #2351 #2368)
* The default state of the internal property `_boundDispatch` in Phaser.Signal is now `false`, which allows for use of boundDispatches (thanks @alvinlao #2346)
* The Tiled parser only supports uncompressed layer data. Previously it would silently fail, now it detects if layer compression is used and displays a console warning instead (thanks @MannyC #2413)
* The Tiled parser now removes the `encoding` parameter so that a subsequent process doesn't try to decode the data again (thanks @MannyC #2412)
* Ensure a parent container is a Group before removing from its hash (thanks @rblopes #2397)
* The Game Object Input Handler now checks to see if the Object was destroyed during the `onInputDown` phase, and bails out early if so (thanks @zeterain #2394)
* The Destroy component will now call TweenManager.removeFrom, removing any active tweens from the TweenManager upon the Game Objects destructions (thanks @PokemonAshLovesMyTurkeyAndILikeYouTwo #2408)
* Tween.update will now return `false` (flagging the Tween for destruction) should the Tween.target property every become falsey. This can happen if the object the Tween was tracking is destroyed, nulled or generally removed.
* TweenData.repeatTotal is a new property that keeps track of the total number of times the Tween should repeat. If TweenData.start is called, as a result of the Tween repeatCount being > 0 then the child tween resets its total before re-starting.
* The Debug canvas now listens for the ScaleManager.onSizeChange signal and resizes itself accordingly when running under WebGL. This means if your game size changes the Debug canvas won't be clipped off (thanks @francisberesford #1919)
* Camera.follow now uses the Targets `world` property to seed the camera coordinates from, rather than its local position. This means Sprites that are members of offset Groups, or transformed display lists, should now be followed more accurately (thanks @rbozan #2106)
* PluginManager.destroy is now called by Game.destroy.
* Game.forceSingleUpdate is now `true` by default.
* Video now uses MediaStreamTrack.stop() instead of MediaStream.stop() where possible, as the later is now deprecated in some browsers (thanks @stoneman1 #2371)
* The Physics Manager will now throw a console warning if you try to enable a physics body using an unknown physics engine type (thanks @jakewilson #2415)
* The Tileset class will tell you the name of the tileset image throwing the uneven size error (thanks @jakewilson #2415)
* Emitter.start when used with a f