What's Changed

• DirectX 12 Support by @tomspilman in #8646
• Cross Platform Vulkan Native Backend Support by @sepcnt in #8903
• Native Framework Net Standard 2.1 Support by @tomspilman in #8838
• FAudio for DesktopVK Platform by @tomspilman in #9136
• Add NO_AUDIO switch to build without audio by @ThomasFOG in #8750
• Mojo Fix by @CartBlanche in #8824
• Add version to mgcb output and fix Usage name output by @CartBlanche in #8823
• Fix build error where the Effect Compiler was referencing the Pipeline by @dellis1972 in #8839
• Some small improvements to WineHelper.cs by @dellis1972 in #8814
• Add SDL mapping for Key 35 (102 key backslash or UK pound key) by @MLSTRM in #7945
• Fix issue where the NewItem templates do not appear on MacOS by @dellis1972 in #8841
• Better Runtime Shader Compiler Errors by @tomspilman in #8813
• Fix unhandled exception when invalid target platform is provided in mgcb by @JakeLegendXIII in #8713
• [Pipeline Tool] Output the location MGCB looks for a font in the error message - migrated by @SimonDarksideJ in #8844
• Added ProjectDirectory to ContentProcessorContext by @tomspilman in #8845
• Fix BoundingSphere.CreateMerged by @prollin in #8847
• Fix MGFX to use ExternalToo.Run by @dellis1972 in #8848
• Fix AOT type signatures and error handling by @ThomasFOG in #8850
• Fix MGCB calling ffmpeg with ffprobe arguments by @ameoverflow in #8856
• Changed SDL fullscreen calls order by @Nebulaxin in #8034
• Extend PlayerIndex Enum To Support 8 Players On Compatible Platforms by @AristurtleDev in #8809
• Update Glyph reading to handle multiple casings / fallback by @SimonDarksideJ in #8855
• Added ToHSVL() to Color by @ThomasFOG in #8857
• Implementing Thomas's RNG implementation to replace PR #3789 by @SimonDarksideJ in #8861
• [Content.Pipeline] Fix referencing source directly requireing extra s… by @harry-cpp in #8852
• Fix "MathHelper.Random" tests in #8866
• Fix XML Documentation in Random.cs by @bunniico in #8867
• Issue #6661: Moved content writing from Flush to new method FinalizeContent by @h3allen in #8266
• Make additional windows visible. Fixes #7427 by @stromkos in #7456
• Fixed the kernings in spritefont at the import. by @MutsiMutsi in #8837
• Only extract the needed d3dcompiler_47.dll by @Kwyrky in #8846
• Net Standard 2.1 Support for Native Platform (part 2) by @tomspilman in #8853
• Add native pipeline support and texture related functionality by @sepcnt in #8871
• Add ToHSL(), ToHSV(), FromHSL() and FromHSV() functions to Color by @Abyz08 in #8876
• Remove the RestoreContentCompiler as it was redundant. by @dellis1972 in #8815
• [Content.Pipeline] Add new content project system by @harry-cpp in #8830
• Bump OpenAL to 1.24.3.1 by @dellis1972 in #8882
• Fix XML compiler warnings. by @CartBlanche in #8890
• [Build] Fix mgcb not including native libs and some build code cleanup by @harry-cpp in #8891
• [Pipeline] Move ProjectDirectory to ContentProcessorContext and mark a couple of methods as obsolete by @harry-cpp in #8892
• Revert xml change in Random. I was overzealous with my change. by @CartBlanche in #8898
• [Pipeline] Automatically build the native pipeline when building the main cs project by @harry-cpp in #8893
• Fix native backends by @ThomasFOG in #8900
• Fixed Relative Source Paths In Pipeline Builder by @tomspilman in #8904
• [CI] Fix fork builds not working with actions enabled by @harry-cpp in #8907
• Update template checkout for 3.8.5.develop.3 by @SimonDarksideJ in #8908
• [CI] Deploy step improvements by @harry-cpp in #8910
• Removed unused parameters in AudioEngine constructor. by @Lucasharskamp in #8889
• [CI] Fix StaticLib check for Unix by @harry-cpp in #8914
• Improved the .editorconfig as discussed with the contributors. by @Lucasharskamp in #8911
• [Pipeline] Improve Windows msbuild detection by @harry-cpp in #8920
• Fixed IL Trimming warnings on DesktopGL/WindowsDX by @Lucasharskamp in #8915
• Fix bounds calculation on blacking out pixels by @Vectovox in #8918
• Fix type collision by @ThomasFOG in #8924
• Supported platforms update by @ThomasFOG in #8926
• More robust GL extension loading by @ThomasFOG in #8927
• [CI] Hook up shader compilation to build by @harry-cpp in #8916
• Fix readme footnotes by @ThomasFOG in #8929
• Make a Better Error Message for Audio Imports by @dellis1972 in #8932
• Upgrade Android and iOS to use modern Methods. by @dellis1972 in #8921
• Bump OpenAL to Fix iOS by @dellis1972 in #8935
• Fixes DirectX 12 shader building by @ThomasFOG in #8939
• Link CoreAudio and AudioToolbox when using OpenAL on iOS [WIP] by @dellis1972 in #8938
• 3.8.5 template update checkout by @SimonDarksideJ in #8947
• Fix Vulkan constant buffer reflection data parsing by @ThomasFOG in #8941
• Content Builder Fixes by @tomspilman in #8949
• [Pipeline] Drop mgfx reference by @harry-cpp in #8948
• Add CppNet as a submodule and drop the Dependencies submodule by @harry-cpp in #8953
• Bump MonoGame.Tool.X deps by @harry-cpp in #8954
• [Pipeline] Improve CppNet referencing by @harry-cpp in #8960
• Fix the Native backend SDL platform issues by @ThomasFOG in #8958
• Quoted shader file paths and fixed Vulkan task name by @arosolino in #8969
• Content Builder Fixes by @tomspilman in #8961
• Initial binaries packaging by @SimonDarksideJ in #8959
• Update DesktopGL to SDL 2.32.10 by @ThomasFOG in #8989
• [Pipeline] Refactor the content builder by @harry-cpp in #8988
• Update MGCB editor references for updated CP by @SimonDarksideJ in #8979
• Made TPGParser Private by @tomspilman in #8983
• Feature/cake nuget testing by @SimonDarksideJ in #8928
• [Pipeline] Fix builder dependency caching by @harry-cpp in #8991
• Fix texture importer error message by @tomspilman in #8995
• [Pipeline] Add version and fix caching for importers and processors by @harry-cpp in #8998
• [Pipeline] Fix builder not detecting failed builds if a dependency fails by @harry-cpp in #8996
• DesktopVK fixes by @ThomasFOG in #8999
• Update DllImport attributes to use AL.LibraryName by @dellis1972 in #9015
• Fix backslashes in content builder paths by @tomspilman in #8997
• [Native] WindowsDX12 fixes #2 by @arosolino in #9031
• Use global.json to pin the SDK version we use to build by @dellis1972 in #9051
• Add Support for Texture3D on OpenGL by @dellis1972 in h...