# phaser v4.0.0-rc.4 — Phaser v4.0.0 Release Candidate 4

- Product: phaser (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/phaser)
- Vendor: phaserjs
- Date: 2025-05-23
- Version: v4.0.0-rc.4
- Original notes: https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/releases/tag/v4.0.0-rc.4
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/phaser/releases/v4.0.0-rc.4
- Labels: Pre-release

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- **added** — Add BatchHandlerQuadSingle render node for optimized single quad rendering in filter processes
- **changed** — BatchHandler render nodes now create their own WebGL data buffers with optimized sizes for batch performance
- **removed** — Remove WebGLRenderer#genericVertexBuffer and #genericVertexData to free 16MB of RAM and VRAM
- **removed** — Remove BatchHandlerConfig#createOwnVertexBuffer type property
- **removed** — Remove texture cropping support from TileSprite
- **fixed** — Fix lighting on rotated or filtered objects
- **fixed** — Add missing 'this' value for Group.forEach and StaticGroup.forEach
- **fixed** — Fix createFromTiles to handle multiple tilesets when using sprite sheets
- **fixed** — Fix audio files not loading from Base64 data URIs

This update improves performance related to data buffer size, primarily affecting filters, including masks. A game that was bottlenecked by filters on mobile devices may experience speedups of 16x or more. A desktop system, or a scene with no filters, may be broadly unaffected, save for memory savings.

##### New Features

- `BatchHandlerQuadSingle` render node added.
  - This is just a copy of `BatchHandlerQuad` with space for 1 quad.
  - The rendering system uses this node internally for transferring images in some steps of the filter process.

##### Changes

- `BatchHandler` render nodes now create their own WebGL data buffers.
  - This uses around 5MB of RAM and VRAM in a basic game.
  - Dedicated buffers are an optimum size for batch performance. 

##### Removals

- `WebGLRenderer#genericVertexBuffer` and `#genericVertexData` removed.
  - This frees 16MB of RAM and VRAM.
- `BatchHandlerConfig#createOwnVertexBuffer` type property removed.
- `TileSprite` no longer supports texture cropping.

##### Fixes

- Lighting fixed on rotated or filtered objects.
- Added missing 'this' value for Group.forEach and StaticGroup.forEach (thanks @TadejZupancic)
- Fix `createFromTiles` to handle multiple tilesets when using sprite sheets. Fix #7122 (thanks @vikerman)
- Fix audio files not loading from Base64 data URIs (thanks @bagyoni)

##### Documentation / TypeScript Enhancements

Thanks to the following people:

@captain-something
@DayKev
@ixonstater