Changelog

Versions 0.3.x

Version 0.3.3

Released July 15 2010

• Fixed object selection in Direct3D mode
• Fixed bounding box display in Direct3D mode
• Added lines that show local X, Y and Z axis of a selected object
• Fixed unable to activate objects that are over 40 meters away
• Fixed wrong rotation with home and end keys
• Added support for texture masks when specified in RWX files(In Direct3D mode, only power of 2 sized masks work)
• Added AW style filmstrip animations
• Fixed missing smooth lighting on RWX models where the lighting mode was specified using one or more uppercase letters(Like on the mailbox model)
• Fixed incorrect camera orientation when looking up and down in Direct3D mode

Version 0.3.2

Released July 4 2010

• Fixed possible(very likely) crash when deselecting a newly created object.

Version 0.3.1

Released July 3 2010

• Renderer abstracted from other code
• Support for multiple renderers
• Direct3D 9 Renderer
• Vertex buffers are used for in-world objects.
• Mesh data shared between objects.
• Fixed materials on RWX models that did not specify any materials
• Fixed incorrect tags on RWX models that specify tags for a single face.
• Axis aligned RWX models(mostly trees)
• Restore previous material after ProtoInstance(black borders around doors and windows like pw01.rwx)
• Support for worlds over 10x10 km in size(500 cells in each direction)
• Support for worlds with over 10000 objects
• Objects dynamically added to and removed from collision world
• Support for gzipped object files, even when they end in .zip like on some object paths.
• Less out of control walking speed
• Repeating ground object
• Automatic view distance
• Adjustable fixed view distance
• World welcome messages
• Aligned chat messages in Qt(used for Windows and Linux) version
• Support for colored messages in Qt(used for Windows and Linux) version, used for welcome messages
• Fixed crash while logging in to world after switching world a few times(dangling pointer)
• Fixed crash when deleting data about a texture that failed to load
• Fixed aspect ratio on user name tags
• Smiley face placeholder for avatars :-)

Versions 0.2.x

Version 0.2.13

Released 28th December 2009

• Added particle emitter.
• First load nearby cells before loading distant ones.
• Added object depth sorting.

Version 0.2.12

Released 20th December 2009

• Fixed bug where the program would hang when changing worlds on Windows(bug was introduced in 0.2.11)
• Empty chat messages are no longer sent on Windows and Linux.

Version 0.2.11

Released 14th December 2009

• Fixed loading transparent textures on Mac OS X
• Added support for double-sided faces for RWX files.
• Fixed opacity on some RWX models.
• Fixed possible crash when deleting texture from wrong thread.

Version 0.2.10

Released 30th November 2009

• Windows GUI rewritten, lots of changes there.
• Enabled alpha testing so you can see through the (fully) transparent parts of a texture
• Fixed crash in Lua script
• Rotating objects using scroll wheel in Windows
• Fixed collision for Milkshape3D(.ms3d) files
• Fixed hang on big endian machines(like PowerPC macs)
• Fixed possible memory leak in JPEG loading code for Mac OS X
• Updated Bullet Physics engine to 2.75
• Added Lua dependency to Debian package.

Version 0.2.9

All operating systems:

• Friend list
• Lua scripts on objects
• Show warning messages when connection is lost
• Home world is read from config file
• Fog world settings
• Fixed crashing when leaving a world with Milkshape3D models

Linux(GTK):

• World list updates instead of adding new items for every change.

Mac OS X:

• Fixed crash when closing and reopening toolbox/tabs window
• Toolbox window using selectable toolbar instead of tab control
• World list updates instead of adding new items for every change.
• Script editor with basic highlighting

Windows:

• Fullscreen mode
• Fixed error messages to show error codes again

Version 0.2.8

All operating systems:

• Writing to sockets is buffered
• Fixed crash when deleting rigid body without collision shape.
• Fixed crash due to double delete when removing a just created object from the scene.
• Partial support for MS3D files again, this time with animation. You just can't control the animation yet.
• Flying works again.
• Added support for some world settings.
• 3D sound actually comes from the right place now(the object location).

Linux(GTK):

• Created installable deb package.

Mac OS X:

• Disabled color correction on textures done by the system.

Windows

• Fixed crash when selecting object with incorrect timestamp.
• Fixed lag/hang when building.
• Fixed typing K or M in chat while the 3D view has focus.
• Fixed crash when clicking an object while VP is loading.
• Fixed lag when clicking an object.
• Load JPEG files with CImage instead of libjpeg.
• Removed dependency on pthreads-win32.
• Moved sockets to main thread.
• Added icon to executable.
• Error messages instead of numbers on login.

Version 0.2.7

All operating systems:

• Non-blocking sockets.
• Textures load on different thread.
• Avatars are now removed when you leave the world.
• 3-axis rotation
• Sound using OpenAL and Ogg Vorbis
• Object click now gets sent to server for use with bots.
• Added picture command for loading textures on locations other then the object path.
• Download 3 files at the same time.

Mac OS X:

• Fixed JPEG loading errors for some files.

Windows

• Copy/paste for text now works.
• Colored, bold and italic text support in the chat Window, but not actually used for chat.
• Added tab stop to chat window so the chat looks better and is more readable.

Version 0.2.6

All operating systems:

• Fixed a bug in the vertex buffers that made VP crash on most systems.
• Use ray picking for selecting objects instead of the GL_SELECT render mode, which caused problems with many graphics cards.

Version 0.2.5

All operating systems:

• Works with new world server.
• Show errors when changing an object fails.
• Objects reset to their original properties when changing an object fails.
• Automatically create object cache folder.
• Use vertex buffer objects when available.
• Fixed crash when DNS lookup for server fails.

Linux(GTK):

• Use system font DejaVu Sans when available.

Version 0.2.4

All operating systems:

• Rotating multiple selected objects now works.
• Some minor memory leaks fixed.
• Object properties don't get overwritten when multiple objects with different properties are selected.
• Build window changes depending on the type of object that's currently selected, but there is only one type at the moment.

Linux(GTK):

• Added working world list.

Mac OS X:

• Sockets now run on the main thread.
• Separate login window instead of login sheet on top of the main window.
• Added DMG installer.

Windows:

• Fixed bug where the background of the chat window was not repainted.

Version 0.2.3

All operating systems:

• Added collision detection.

Linux(GTK):

• GUI is now usable. Moving around, chatting and building work.
• Now works with NVidia graphics drivers.

Mac OS X:

• Added working build window.

Windows:

• Added the possibility to type chat messages while the 3D view is selected.
• New look for tabs window.
• Fixed bug that prevented names from showing up in chat.
• Themed border for chat display.
• Added user id of object owner to the object properties window.

Older versions

Information about older versions is not available.