Beta release 2.0.0b

[VilleK]

Updated April 4, 2011.

- New "Edit project as xml" feature (for making project wide changes, better overview, search and replace etc)
- The bitmap preview panel is now larger by default
- New BitmapNoise component by Kattle
- The noise-functions in scripting now works correctly over the zero-coordinate
- Fixed bug with render text sometimes displaying garbage characters
- Fixed bug with fog not working
- DLLs are unloaded when app preview stops.
- Sine waveform for audio
- MouseWheel property on Application component to read the state of the mousewheel
- DesignDisable-property to disable component in designer
- Collisionbounds can be displayed using the new "Bounds" checkbox on the model-page
- DisableShader and DisableFBO check boxes to see what the project looks like on hardware that does not support OpenGL shaders or FBO:s
- MeshLoad-component now only refresh the source mesh when necessary
- Log2-function in scripting
- Rotation order changed from ZYX to XYZ (see discussion)
- Scripting enhancements
- Sample components

Download the beta here:

http://www.zgameeditor.org/files/ZGameEditor_beta.zip

[jph_wacheski]

Some more cool additions,. Noise is sweet! there seems to be an artifact in the tileing though,.
also;
Wondering if there is a way to set the fog color? I tryed adding this;

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void glFogfv(int Name, float Value,float Value,float Value,float Value){} 

to setup the fog color, to no avail,. . well looks cool with black for darkness anyway.

[Kjell]

Hi jph,

There's no way to set the Fog Color through the opengl32 extension right now. The glFogfv function expects a pointer ( or object / array ) to a vector that holds the color data, so your function just passes a 128-bit pointer of which the address is incorrect.

I could have sworn I already mentioned this though

K

[VilleK]

The noise-artifact was my mistake, not Kattles. Beta updated with artifact-free noise

[VilleK]

Updated today with support for editing the current zgeproj-file directly inside designer (edit project as xml). Useful when you want to make changes that are quicker to do in text format instead of the project tree.

[jph_wacheski]

Cool,. the new noise is great now! The xml view may be very usefull,. and it is just cool to have it in the editor.

I think the fog fix may have broken the RenderOrder=>depthSorted on the model. See attached,. (have to look through a demon to one behind.) I tried leaving the fog off, but it still happens, in the beta the transparent parts block the background. Otherwise the fog 'darkness' addes a great deal to my little doomed project. It is shaping up nicely,. . going to work on better dungon generation,. add some ammo, health packs, etc.,. then sounds.

[Kjell]

You're right jph, it's a bug that has been caused by the camera matrix changes.

@Ville - You've commented out the solution on line 527-528 of ZApplication.pas

K

[VilleK]

Aha, that explains why that didn't work correctly before and I had to comment it out. Now when the camera transformation is correct the code seems to work. Beta updated.

[jph_wacheski]

yup'er,. works great now, thanks guys!

see; viewtopic.php?p=3620#3620

[jph_wacheski]

copy/past of text is messed up in the beta,. no ctr-c copy of text.., RMB menu works though? strange and bothersome,.

[VilleK]

It occurred because I copied the "Copy"-action to the Edit-menu, I removed it from the menu and now it works again. Beta updated.

[jph_wacheski]

Thanks Ville, I have to use the beta for this doomed project (fog and noise) and I had no idea how much I use ctr-c ! I am lazy (efficent?) an don't type what I can just buffer,. . cheers.

[y offs et]

I had no idea how much I use ctr-c ! I am lazy (efficent?) an don't type what I can just buffer,

Many, many years ago I read someones definition of a programmer, which generally stated a programmer rarely writes new code, but rather copies, pastes, and modifies. I think it sprang from the fact that few men, at the time, took typing courses and so the mechanics were a problem.

[y offs et]

(edit project as xml)

Perhaps you could put a search feature here? I'm missing it again.

[Kjell]

@y_offs_et : Right-click in the XML window to make a drop-down menu appear that includes "Search" and "Replace".

K