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Cocos2D-Mono 2.5.12 is now out!

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Brandon
Brandon
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Cocos2D-Mono 2.5.12 is here — a drop-in bug-fix release that closes out the 2.5 line. No new APIs, no breaking changes, no migration: bump your package reference and you're done. The release notes have the full rundown.

And yes — with MonoGame 3.8.5 now out, work on the 2.6.0 line has officially started. More on that below.

What's Fixed​

  • Instant action copies — CCFlipX, CCFlipY, and CCPlace now preserve their state when copied via Copy() (copies previously lost their flip/position values).
  • CCCallFuncN.InitWithTarget now returns true on success, matching CCCallFuncO.
  • CCMenuItemSprite — setting NormalImage / SelectedImage / DisabledImage to null now clears the image instead of throwing a NullReferenceException.
  • CCTextFieldTTF — auto-edit touch input re-registers correctly after toggling ReadOnly / AutoEdit, so a field returned to editable is touch-interactive again.
  • CCRawList<T>.RemoveRange — removing a middle range near the end of the list no longer corrupts it (previously the element shift was skipped and surviving elements zeroed — visible as vertex corruption when removing draw-node segments). Pooled-buffer rent/return handling was also reworked, fixing a tail-clear buffer leak.

Under the Hood​

The internal modernization that started in 2.5.11 is now complete: every private field in the library uses modern C# naming, landed across a dozen small, individually-reviewed changes with no public API impact. Just as importantly, every fix above ships with regression tests — the unit suite now stands at 132 tests, with builds verified across DesktopGL, WindowsDX, Android, and iOS.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Cocos2D-Mono/cocos2d-mono/compare/2.5.11...2.5.12

NuGet Packages​

The samples and Visual Studio project templates stay on 2.5.11 for this one — they'll move directly to 2.6.0.

What's Next: 2.6.0​

When 2.5.11 shipped, we said the 2.6.0 line would land "once MonoGame 3.8.5 is stable." MonoGame 3.8.5 is out — a huge release on their side, with a new native core, Vulkan and Direct3D 12 backends in preview, and ARM64 support — and the 2.6.0 bring-up (MonoGame 3.8.5 + .NET 10) is now underway. Early compatibility testing is already looking clean, and thanks to the 2.5.11 build consolidation, the retarget is a fraction of the work it would have been a year ago.

Alongside that, the roadmap work continues — including console support, starting with PlayStation 5, still in active development.

2.5.12 is the clean checkpoint: every known bug fixed, fully tested, ready to build on. Thanks, as always, for being part of it — and stay tuned, because 2.6.0 is going to be a fun one!