---
title: "Phaser v4 Release Candidate 2"
subtitle: "Polish, polish, polish as we stride towards the final release version of the next generation of Phaser."
date: 2025-04-21T09:24:00.000Z
category: news
url: https://phaser.io/news/2025/04/phaser-v4-release-candidate-2
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
copyright: © 2026 Phaser Studio Inc. All rights reserved.
---

# Phaser v4 Release Candidate 2

*Polish, polish, polish as we stride towards the final release version of the next generation of Phaser.*

Thank you to everyone who has been helping test Phaser 4. As we've worked through both your findings and our own tests we identified some further issues that needed resolving, to ensure it's as stable as it can possibly be. On that front, we bring you Release Candidate 2. This version resolves all reported issues so far and will likely form the final build.

Here are the changes in this version:

### New Features

- `RenderConfig#renderNodes` allows you to add render nodes at game boot.
- `ShaderQuadConfig#initialUniforms` lets you initialize a Shader with uniforms on creation.
- `Shader#setUniform(name, value)` lets you set shader program uniforms just once, instead of putting them all into the `setupUniforms()` method, where some uniforms might be set redundantly after init. This wraps `Shader#renderNode.programManager.setUniform`.

### Changes

- `TextureManager#addDynamicTexture` now has `forceEven` parameter.

### Fixes

- Fix parent transform on filtered objects (e.g. masks inside containers).
- Fix camera shake.
- Add typedefs for the `{ internal, external }` structure of `Camera#filters` (and `GameObject#filters`).
- Fix `FilterList#addMask` docs.
- In Layer and Container objects, use that object's children for the `displayList` passed to `RenderWebGLSteps`.
- Fix positioning of Group members and offset objects in `DynamicTexture#draw`.
- Fix Shadow filter direction.

You can test v4 RC2 now in the [Phaser Sandbox](https://phaser.io/sandbox/), or download it from GitHub or npm using the `beta` tag.

If you do find any bugs, please report them on GitHub.

[Download Phaser v4 RC2](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/releases/tag/v4.0.0-rc.2)

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