Latest release 1.5.5

Subject: Latest release 1.5.5 Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:56 pm

Version 1.5.5

CORE

FIX Lots of minor bug fix

OPENGL

MOD Improve Linux compatibility

IRRLICHT

MOD Update to Irrlicht 1.7.2

SFML

MOD Optimize the transformations

OTHER

MOD Change in the naming convention of the version (from x.xx.xx to x.x.x)
MOD Now use sourceforge to store the downloadable content

Version 1.05.04

CORE

FIX Fix a bug concerning static variables initialization
MOD randomSeed is now set to 1 to avoid bugs due to non initialization
MOD Registerable::getID() is replaced by Registerable::getSPKID()

IRRLICHT

FIX Fix a bug that prevented from using Irrlicht transforms with IRRSystem

Version 1.05.03

CORE

FIX Fix a bug regarding flow of emitters
MOD Optimisation of vortex and change in the rotation direction
MOD The bounding box of systems is set by default to the center of the system

IRRLICHT

FIX Fix a bug that may display artefacts when rendering the first frame of a system
MOD Improve the management of VBO

Version 1.05.02

CORE

FIX A lot of bugs have been fixes
ADD Possibility to change the model of group dynamically

Version 1.05.01

CORE

FIX The interpolator flag was not copied when copying a Model
MOD Disables the copy of additionnal buffers when copying a Registerable
FIX Fix some bugs in Transformable

IRRLICHT

FIX Fix a huge bug that was preventing from updating several systems at the same time by the SceneManager
FIX The copy of IRRSystem was inconsistent
MOD Update to Irrlicht 1.7.1

OPENGL

MOD Change the implementation of the rendering of GLLineTrailRenderer for a better one
MOD Remove the GLGetIntegers from save/restoreGLStates

DEMOS

MOD Remove the using clauses from the tutos sources for a better comprehension

Version 1.05.00

CORE

ADD Interpolator to control the evolution of particles parameters in a accurate way
ADD New modifier : Vortex
ADD New modifier : Rotator
ADD New zone : Ring
ADD New emitter : Static Emitter
ADD Adds the step modes (constant, adaptive and real)
ADD The registerables can now be named and found by their names
ADD Utility functions to Transformable (orientation and position)
ADD Can now activate/deactivate emitters
MOD linux compatibility improved
MOD Group now inherits from Transformable
MOD Rename getName() in getClassName()
BUG In Group, boundingBoxEnabled was not initialized when copying
BUG Use the transformed normal in Plane
MOD Change the way emitters are handled internally
DEL Removes the possibility to automatically delete sleeping emitters
BUG Some minor bug fixes

IRRLICHT

BUG Fix a bug with the rendering of quads using OpenGL
BUG Fix an indexOutOfBounds in debug mode in IRRQuadRenderer
BUG Fix a conflict in the deletion of IRRSystem (between SPKFactory and IRRSceneManager)

DEMOS

ADD New demo : Explosion showing the set up of a complex particle system
ADD New demo : Galaxy illustrating the new Vortex modifier
MOD Improvement of the Fire demo

Release 1.04.00

CORE

ADD All the instanciable registerables now have a static methode create allowing to directly register them in the factory
ADD New modifier Collision (collision particule vs particule)
ADD New class BufferHandler + Modifiers can now use additionnal buffers of group
ADD new rendering hints system
ADD new interface for the renderers to uniformize their behavior
ADD A generic method to set the blending is added (Renderer::setBlending(BlendingMode))
BUG Emitting particles from a sphere of radius 0 caused a crash
BUG The emission of particles at an AABox surface was incorrect
BUG The old position of a newly emitted particle is now set to its emitted position
BUG Reallocates a group destroys all its buffers
MOD the modifier Destructor is now called Destroyer

OPENGL

MOD Change in the orientation management
MOD The angle now acts on the vertices and no more on the texture coordinates
BUG Correction of a bug regarding the blending
BUG GLQuadRenderer no more crashes in texturing mode TEXTURE_NONE
MOD The save and restoration od OpenGL states has been modified
MOD GLExtInterface is now called GLExtHandler

IRRLICHT

ADD New rendering module for Irrlicht (thanks to Darktib)

DEMOS

ADD New demo collision2 illustrating the new modifier (particle vs particle collisions)
ADD Port of 2 demos with the Irrlicht module (Basic and Fire)
MOD Optimization and improvement of some demos

Version 1.03.03

CORE

BUG Des membres rajoutés dans la version 1.03.02 n'étaient pas initialisés
BUG Un émetteur n'est ajouté à un groupe que s'il n'y était pas déjà
MOD Des méthodes constantes dans renderer sont maintenant non constantes. Les groupes passés au renderer deviennent eux constants
BUG Certains fichiers ne se terminaient pas par un retour chariot

Release 1.03.04

CORE

BUG Group::sortParticles() has a bug
BUG The new sort algorithm was sorting particles in the wrong order

OPENGL

MOD Improvement of the support of linux and mac platforms (Thanks to Gogohan)
BUG Texture coordinates were inverted in U in GLQuadRenderer
BUG Corrects a crash when calling createBuffers of GLTrailLineRenderer during the rendering

OTHER

MOD The library is now under the zlib license

Release 1.03.03

CORE

BUG Some members added in the release 1.03.02 were not initialized
BUG An emitter is added to a group only if it is not already in
MOD Some constant methods of renderer are now non constant. The groups passed to the renderer are now constant
BUG Some files were not terminated by a carriage return

Release 1.03.02

CORE

ADD The groups can now have a custom type of buffer defined by the user
ADD The modifiers are now transformable. Implies a few changes in the interface
BUG Some minor bugs correction

Release 1.03.01

CORE

BUG The buffer copy was buggy. There were problem with texture coordinates when copying groups.
BUG The method System::enableEmitterRemoval(bool) causes a lockup. Moreover it was static.
BUG When calling Group::enableSorting(bool), the distance computation was not enabled/disabled at the same time.
BUG The sorting was not managed perfectly in every case. The implementation was changed and the bugs fixed.

OPENGL

ADD Texture indices management with 2D textures (atlas).
DEL Deletion of the rendering modes. All the rendering is performed with vertex arrays.

SFML

MOD Link with the SFML version 1.5.
MOD The rendering is now performed with vertex arrays.
ADD Texture indices management with sf::Image (atlas).
ADD Choice in the transformation mode : world or local.
ADD Addition of a function to set a sf::Matrix3 in a SPK::Transformable.
BUG The Z factor could not be changed.

OTHER

ADD New tutorial (integration of SPARK within SFML).

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