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Versions 0.3.x

Version 0.3.45

December 31 2014

  • Avatar selection
  • Remodeled object properties window
  • Multi object editor (change mode/action/description of more than one object at a time)
  • Keyboard input on Chromium web overlay
  • Keyboard input on web textures applied to objects
  • Checkbox to enable/disable debug menu in settings dialog
  • Disable mouse look when 3D viewport loses focus (fixes bug #75)
  • Support loading world setting preset files for overriding world settings
  • Fix incorrect handling of lost connections
  • Fix film strip animations being applied to non-JPEG textures

Version 0.3.44

October 31 2014

  • Draw placeholder triangle for empty models (models with 0 triangles)
  • Fix crash when colliding with triangle of deleted particle emitters
  • Fix objects executing commands for activate trigger when selecting objects with the right mouse button
  • Fix particle emitters not updating when they're changed by other users
  • Fix selection bounding boxes and axis brightness being affected by world ambient lighting settings
  • Fix textures on particle emitters appearing mirrored
  • Fix users list not being cleared (like with the !bounce [Services] command)
  • Improved OpenGL ES 2 renderer
  • Start world setting in settings dialog
  • Teleport command
  • Terrain texture rotation
  • World settings override in debug menu

Version 0.3.43

September 5 2014

  • Particle emitter objects
  • "Object Type" button to create particle emitter objects. Changing the object type only works for unsaved objects, not exising ones.
  • Use a localized date format for the timestamp in object properties
  • Automatic updating of terrain, it is no longer necessary to reload the world to see changes made by others
  • Scrolling, middle mouse click and right mouse click on Chromium web overlay
  • "Set web overlay URL" option added to debug menu for easier testing
  • Fog. Can only be enabled with world settings. Only works with Direct3D 9 and OpenGL fixed function renderers at the moment
  • Objects are now loaded immediately after receiving them from the server instead of when it's "black triangle" first becomes visible
  • OpenGL ES 2 renderer that was previously only used on Android can now be used on other operating systems if the ARB_ES2_compatibility extension is available. While I don't recommend using it, it can be used by setting renderer=5 in the configuration file.
  • What used to be an OpenGL 3.3 renderer now requires OpenGL 4.3 (or 4.2 + ARB_shader_storage_buffer_object extension). Still incomplete and experimental, set renderer=4 in the configuration file to try this renderer.
  • Downloading and loading files now use two separate queues so a slow download will no longer stop cached files from loading
  • Detect sRGB rendering capability when using the Direct3D 9 renderer
  • Better error handling for both Direct3D renderers
  • The texture_lod_bias config file option now works with the Direct3D 9 renderer
  • Detect maximum supported texture size for OpenGL and don't try to load larger textures, this prevents crashes on some graphics drivers
  • Support for loading gzipped DDS files (with file name ending in .dds.gz)
  • Error handling for adding contacts
  • Removing contacts from the friends list now works
  • "Could not enter world" is now a warning instead of an error on login, so you can still go to other worlds if the start world is not online
  • Change terrain cell texture using home/end keys
  • Updated from Qt 4 to Qt 5 for Windows build
  • Fix possible crash in screenshot feature
  • Fix objects being selected behind web overlay even when clicking on opaque pixels

Version 0.3.42

July 3 2014

  • Keyboard terrain editing
  • Mouse input for web textures on 3D objects
  • Use Direct3D 9Ex if it is available for the Direct3D 9 renderer
  • Support maxfps configuration file option on Mac OS X
  • Updated Chromium Embedded Framework
  • Experimental OpenGL 3.3 renderer (incomplete, use renderer=4 in config file)
  • Fix VP not starting on newer versions of Ubuntu (13.04 and later) because libudev.so.0 is not found
  • Fix RWX parsing not working on Linux if the language settings use a comma for decimals (for example with Dutch and French)

Version 0.3.41

April 27 2014

  • Bump events for bots
  • Bump trigger
  • BumpEnd trigger
  • Change default object path to http://objects.virtualparadise.org/vpbuild/
  • Don't send unnecessary avatar updates
  • Enable web browser cache
  • Fix crash that happened because of a race condition with a downloader thread loading a vp object and an vp object reload being requested
  • Fix crash when pressing keys used for building after deselecting all objects using Shift+Right click
  • Fix incorrect avatar position interpolation update interval
  • Fix memory leak in save screenshot feature (D3D11)
  • Fix solid not working with named objects when using "solid <name> no" syntax
  • Invisible objects no longer clickable/selectable
  • Make own avatar object selectable again
  • OpenGL Vertex Array Object support
  • Option to keep chat input keyboard focus after sending chat message
  • Remember visibility setting after restarts
  • Show object type in object properties for unknown object types
  • show_object_id config file option to show an object ID field in object properties

Version 0.3.40

March 24 2014

  • Map camera option in debug menu (orthographic top-down view, in the future other projections may be added)
  • Screenshot option in debug menu. This can make custom size screenshots, even if it's larger than your display. Only works with D3D11 in this version.
  • Toggle avatars visibility in debug menu
  • Faster object picking (object selection and clicks should no longer cause a freeze when using high visibility)
  • RWX extension for normal and specular maps
  • Fix incorrect visible radius scale (the radius used was 10x what was specified)
  • Fix incorrect skybox orientation in front facing third person camera mode (bug 76)

Version 0.3.39

February 1 2014

  • Sign command with text embedded in the action instead of the object description (create sign "text here")
  • Support for name command and name= arguments for various action commands
  • Fix color getting lost after using ambient of diffuse command
  • Fix small memory leak in connection code

Version 0.3.38

December 5 2013

  • Alpha option for specular command
  • Automatically close the object properties window when deselecting all objects (can be disabled in the settings)
  • Automatically show object properties window when selecting an objects
  • Don't scroll chat if text is selected
  • Fix /me action messages from muted users not being muted
  • Fix crash when loading incomplete texture file on Mac OS X
  • Fix virtualparadise.exe process staying active in the background after it is closed if the web browser overlay was used
  • Improved chat view on Windows and Linux, supports italic text for console messages from bots
  • Maximum lights setting, can be used to limit the number of active lights
  • Muted user names manager
  • Sorted users list
  • Statusbar compass (shows position and facing direction)
  • Support up to 32 lights (Direct3D 11 and OpenGL with shaders, Direct3D 9 and OpenGL fixed function still have the same limit)
  • Terrain grid, can be toggled from the View menu or by pressing F10 (shader based on OpenGL)

Version 0.3.37

October 5 2013

  • Faster loading collision objects
  • Fix crash if the terrain has no triangles
  • Fix repeating text when a chat message contains multiple URLs
  • Load distant terrain if far plane distance is increased
  • Transparent overlay web browser (for HUD)
  • Slightly faster RWX file parsing

Version 0.3.36

August 6 2013

  • Better compatibility with some older graphics cards for masks and multitexturing (Direct3D 9)
  • Changed limit for looking up or down from 80 to 90 degrees
  • Command line argument(-invert-chat-colors) and config file option(invert_chat_colors) to invert chat colors, for readable text when using a dark CSS theme
  • Faster locking of dynamic vertex buffers on OpenGL if GL_ARB_map_buffer_range extension is not available (should benefit MD2 model rendering)
  • Fix bounding sphere not updating after shear is applied to an object(this caused disappearing objects at screen edges)
  • Fix bug where 16 bit textures were enabled by default but not shown as enabled in the settings dialog
  • Fix collision with large objects
  • Fix incorrectly loaded color table for mask bitmaps when the bitmap header is not 40 bytes
  • Fix leaking VBOs and incorrectly loaded compressed textures with OpenGL
  • Fix opacity command making object more transparent every time the object is deselected
  • Fix original object scale briefly showing after object change
  • Fix pictures without "http://" before URL not working
  • Fix possible crash because of race condition when textures on RWX meshes are replaced during rendering
  • Fix scaled textures and signs being loaded as textures with alpha premultiplied
  • Fix sync for rotate command disabled by default (bug introduced in 0.3.35)
  • Improved teleport window that includes rotation, accelerating spinner fields and better aligned coordinates
  • Much faster normal and tangent vector generation for RWX files
  • Use QueryPerformanceCounter for timing on Windows
  • User-created lights now affect objects with normal maps using OpenGL+shaders renderer

Version 0.3.35

June 20 2013

  • Add option to enable or disable resizing of textures to power of two sizes in settings dialog
  • Avatar hidden in first person camera mode
  • Changed default color for highlighted messages to #ffff7f
  • Changed word wrap width of chat messages above avatars to 256 pixels (was 300)
  • Disable mouse look mode by pressing ESC
  • Distance fade now works in world space, this means it stays the same when looking around
  • Don't try to render avatars that are not visible
  • EAGAIN and EWOULDBLOCK socket errors are ignored now and no longer cause a disconnect event
  • Fix all textures (including signs) with an alpha channel loading as textures with premultiplied alpha on Mac OS X
  • Fix distance fade not working (OpenGL+shaders)
  • Fix errors when adding invalid URLs to the chat on Mac OS X
  • Fix incorrect extension detection in OpenGL renderers
  • Fix incorrect locking flags for updating terrain, causing problems when using OpenGL
  • Fix issues with single face tags in RWX loader
  • Fix object staying non-solid after removing "solid no" from action (bug #72)
  • Fix objects jumping to a different location when rotating the object and then moving it
  • Fix scaled (to power of 2 sizes) textures with an alpha channel loading as textures with premultiplied alpha on Windows and Linux
  • Fix some 24-bit mask bitmaps loading incorrectly
  • Global object clicks (can be used for things like doors opening for everyone instead of just the person who clicked)
  • Improved rendering precision when using Direct3D 11
  • Initialization error handling (when OpenGL or Direct3D failed to load)
  • ProtoInstanceGeometry RWX command support
  • Specular lighting no longer affects alpha when using the OpenGL with shaders renderer
  • sRGB rendering / 2.2 gamma correction

Version 0.3.34

April 22 2013

  • Console messages (styled chat messages sent by bots)
  • Fix avatars sometimes not loading
  • Fix crash when loading cloth object
  • Fix crash in terrain loading when there is a response from the server about a terrain tile that has already been unloaded
  • Fix darker avatar names if world ambient color is not white
  • Fix incorrect locking flags for updating the object selection boxes
  • Fix masks not loading when the file name has an extension in the RWX file
  • Fix shaking objects at locations far from the center of the world (OpenGL and Direct3D 9, Direct3D 11 still has this problem)
  • Improved precision when building
  • Improved window resizing behavior on Mac OS X
  • LTM option for move command
  • Object and avatar click positions (bots can use this to more precisely determine where you clicked)
  • Support 4-bit bitmaps for masks
  • Support for TextureExt RWX command
  • Support bitmaps with custom palettes for masks
  • Teleport back/forward

Version 0.3.33

March 3 2013

  • Automatically updating textures with the picture update= parameter
  • Changed resize_textures setting name used on Mac OS X to resize_images as used on Windows and Linux
  • Identical signs now share a single texture to save resources
  • Less state changes when using OpenGL
  • Light animations using the fx= parameter of the light command, supports the following animations: blink, fadein, fadeout, fire, pulse, rainbow
  • Maxdist option for light command. This will disable the light if it is further away than the specified distance
  • Sortable world list with icons
  • Wireframe rendering. Only works with OpenGL renderer (wireframe=1 in the configuration file)
  • Fixed chat input not having a maximum length(bug #52)
  • Fixed crash when a nearby avaar sends multiple messages without delay
  • Fixed incorrect rendering of text above avatars on Mac OS X
  • Fixed incorrect directions when building in front third person mode
  • Fix invisible facer objects in front third person mode(bug #51)
  • Fixed password-protected zip files not loading on Ubuntu 12.10
  • Fixed pictures not loading if there are extra spaces before the URL
  • Fixed possible crash when sending a chat message while using v-sync on Mac OS X
  • Fixed random(uninitialized variable) color when parsing the color of a color command failed
  • Fixed some color names not working (bug #44)
  • Fixed users panel having a maximum size(bug #35)

Version 0.3.32

January 21 2013

  • Third person camera mode
  • Chat text above avatars
  • Menu items to show/hide dock windows
  • Sort opaque objects front to back to reduce overdraw
  • Fix crash when rendering animated textures on a Windows system that has an uptime of more than 24.855 days
  • Changed specular lighting behavior in OpenGL render mode(alpha was not affected by specular material)
  • Changed the way OpenGL is initialized on Windows and Linux, should prevent Qt from creating multiple OpenGL contexts.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause the D3D11 renderer to delete the wrong vertex buffer
  • Fixed slow flying with higher frame rates
  • Fixed missing EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic extension error appearing even when anisotropic filtering is not enabled
  • Fixed Debian/Ubuntu package not installing on newer versions of Ubuntu
  • Fixed disappearing objects after certain rotations (bug #48)
  • Fixed /me messages not working

Version 0.3.31

December 11 2012

  • Mute chat functionality(not permanently saved yet)
  • Precise object rotation when holding CTRL and SHIFT keys
  • Improved distance sorting, no more errors at sector edges
  • Specular lighting for OpenGL with shaders renderer
  • Render skybox after opaque objects, could improve rendering performance
  • 16-bit sign textures
  • Send avatar clicks to server
  • Make it possible for bots to teleport users
  • Changed Direct3D 9 lighting to be more like the other render modes
  • Config file setting for forcing Direct3D 9 software vertex processing(d3d9_forcesoftwarevp=1)
  • Config file setting to use a white texture instead of disabling the texture on Direct3D 9(d3d9_white_texture=1, the white texture seems to be necessary for correct lighting on Intel GME 82855)
  • Fixed broken multisample setting for Direct3D 9
  • Fixed broken VSync setting for Direct3D 9
  • Fixed incorrect animated textures when the resize_images=0 setting is used
  • Fixed selection box not rotating with facer objects
  • Fixed possible crash on disconnect(deleting object that is on the stack)
  • Fixed edges on skybox when using Direct3D 11
  • Fixed downloader hanging when loading some RWX files
  • Fixed incorrect object click events being sent to the server when clicking ground objects

Version 0.3.30

November 25 2012

  • Unload areas that are no longer nearby, this reduces the amount of memory VP uses
  • Support for 16-bit textures, uses half the amount of texture/video memory compared to 32-bit formats (does not work with Direct3D 11)
  • Send message after 30 seconds of inactivity to keep connection alive(should help some people with frequent universe disconnects)
  • Restore material after RWX ProtoInstance. This fixes some material errors like the white lane markings on grstreet1.rwx(should be yellow) and the incorrect colors on blip.rwx
  • Fixed texture coordinates from RWX files not being loaded if they are after "#! Prelight" in the RWX file, like in ntree1.rwx
  • Fixed url command not working when '=' is in the url
  • Fixed incorrect loading of texture mipmaps in Direct3D 9 renderer, most often visible with masks

Version 0.3.29

November 11 2012

  • Support for translated GUI(Dutch translation included)
  • TeleportXYZ command
  • Chat timestamps
  • Automatically try to reconnect to server
  • Ctrl+Shift precise movement for building
  • Configurable maximum fixed visibility in configuration file(max_fixed_visibility=400 adds menu items up to 400 meters)
  • Application icon
  • Fixed loading of some RWX models like grstreet5.rwx
  • Fixed bug that caused a model to stay after the object is changed to a different model

Version 0.3.28

October 27 2012

  • 3D avatars(but still one per world)
  • Better error handling after the connection to the universe server is lost(solves issue #11)
  • Clickable links in the chat of the Mac OS X version
  • Fix shear not resetting when an object is reloaded after changing it
  • Jumping
  • Specular lighting support in Direct3D 9 renderer
  • Support TriangleExt command in RWX files
  • Use specular light values from RWX files

Version 0.3.27

October 21 2012

  • Fallback to 16-bit depth/z buffer for Direct3D 9, restores compatibility with older GPUs that don't support 24-bit depth buffers(like a Geforce 2MX)
  • Fixed bug causing DrawPrimitive calls with PrimitiveCount set to 0
  • Fixed D3D errors when restoring lights after device reset in Direct3D 9 renderer
  • Fixed D3DSAMP_MIPFILTER being set to D3DTEXF_ANISOTROPIC in Direct3D 9(causes undefined behavior according to Direct3D documentation)
  • Fixed falling after using shift key(issue #10)
  • Fixed selection menu on Mac OS X
  • Fixed view distance resetting to automatic after switching worlds(issue #9)
  • Holding CTRL while duplicating an object makes it move the distance of the longest side of the object, making it easier to build repetitive things like roads or walls
  • Improved object selection, distant objects can now be selected(fixed issue #1)
  • Limited (up/down) camera rotation for all input devices, not just the keyboard(issue #7)
  • No longer create a backbuffer the size of the main display when initializing the Direct3D 9 device
  • URL command
  • WASD keyboard controls

Version 0.3.26

October 10 2012

  • Pass through objects when holding shift key
  • Solid command
  • Chat log
  • Changeable color for highlighted messages
  • Shearing of 3D objects using the shear command(issue #5)
  • Some changes in VP SDK socket handling, this could solve some problems with corrupted data on connection loss
  • Mac OS X: duplicate objects using space bar
  • More space for user names in chat
  • Fixed issue #8: Duplicating objects causes crash

Version 0.3.25

September 26 2012

  • Action messages with /me
  • More space for the usernames in the chat view
  • Disabled teleporting back to the starting point of the world when you go below -50m Y
  • Fixed Direct3D 9 rendering bug
  • Fixed bug that occurred when duplicating objects with animations, the animations are now disabled for the new object(s) after duplicating.
  • Fixed crashes when loading some bitmap mask files
  • Fixed problems loading some RWX objects

Version 0.3.24

September 6 2012

  • Strip unnecessary information from vertex buffers when using a renderer that doesn't support normal maps
  • Setting for disabling multi-threaded OpenGL on Mac OS X
  • Frustum culling for terrain tiles
  • Frustum culling for sectors before sorting and culling each object in the sectors
  • Terrain height offset world option
  • Object path password world option (this is not secured, but it does allow using password protected object paths)
  • Improved hex color parsing

Version 0.3.23

August 5 2012

  • Normal mapping for Direct3D renderer(also affected by user created lights instead of just the world light)
  • Handle Direct3D 9 lost device(fixes broken 3D view after locking the screen or pressing ctrl+alt+delete)
  • Faster parsing and normal generation of RWX files
  • Keep old model until new model is loaded when an object is changed(reduces flicker of objects that are regularly changed by bots)
  • Fixed memory leak after each terrain query
  • Fixed uninitialized data in selection bounding box vertex buffer
  • Fixed crashes decoding messages from server when receiving object click event

Version 0.3.22

July 18 2012

  • Terrain (incomplete, hard to use without keyboard controls and holes in the terrain can't be selected)
  • Store data for multiple objects in one vertex buffer when using OpenGL (opengl_shared_buffers=0 to disable in configuration file)
  • IPv6 connection support
  • Support for connecting to world servers at different TCP ports
  • Changed cache directory layout
  • Windows: File downloader no longer stores 404 and other error pages as succesful downloads in the cache
  • Windows/Linux: Changed layout on the graphics tab in the settings dialog
  • Windows/Linux: Highlight messages with certain words(settings on the chat tab of the settings dialog)
  • Windows/Linux: Clickable links in chat
  • Windows/Linux: Frame rate limiting enable/disable setting
  • Windows/Linux: Settings option in the menu of the main window
  • Windows/Linux: Teleport window size improved for some window themes
  • Mac OS X: Animate tab bar opening, closing and switching tabs
  • Mac OS X: Fix corrupted display while resizing window
  • Fix black surface on MD2 models when using the Direct3D 11 renderer
  • Fix incorrect coordinate system conversion of MD2 models
  • Fix incorrect use of lock flags for vertex buffers in some cases
  • Fix random bounding box when selecting an object that does not have a bounding box

Version 0.3.21

Released March 4 2012

  • DDS Texture loader(only works with DXT1, DXT3 and DXT5 textures)
  • Account info window(display only, no editing)
  • Better layout for settings dialog, especially on Linux when using larger fonts
  • Removed 120 vertex limit for polygons in RWX loader
  • Option to force using gluBuild2DMipmaps for loading textures, seems to prevent some problems with Intel drivers on Linux. Add use_glubuild2dmipmaps=1 to the configuration file to use
  • View distance now affects lights
  • Better handling of lost connections
  • Action triggers and command names are no longer case sensitive
  • Disable the Direct3D renderer options in the settings dialog when not running on Windows
  • Fixed hang in RWX loader when reading a prototype with lines longer than 512 characters
  • Fixed leaking textures when switching worlds
  • Windows/Linux: Remember window size and position
  • Windows/Linux: Focusing chat text field by pressing return/enter key now also works if the chat window is detached from the main window
  • Windows/Linux: Show version number in the login window
  • Mac OS X: Use CVDisplayLink for rendering when V-Sync is enabled
  • Mac OS X: Focus chat text field by pressing return key
  • Mac OS X: Changed login window layout
  • Mac OS X: Fix incorrect display of add friend dialog

Version 0.3.20

Released January 3 2012

  • Support for user created point lights
  • Alpha to coverage option(can be enabled using alpha_to_coverage=1 in the configuration file, requires multisampling)
  • Option to disable distance sorting of objects(disable_distance_sort=1 in the configuration file, for use with the alpha to coverage option)
  • Improved sorting and merging of RWX render groups
  • Query cells further away when using higher view distance
  • Crosshair cursor when using the mouse to control the camera
  • Fixed objects animations not resetting after the object has changed.
  • Fixed avatar names not working
  • Fixed incorrect scale if only 2 scale factors are given in the scale command

Version 0.3.19

Released September 6 2011

  • 64-bit build for Windows
  • Selection menu. Hold alt/option when right-clicking to select any object under the mouse pointer, even if it's behind another object
  • Move command, animate the position of an object
  • Rotate command, animate the rotation of an object
  • Added world option to swap the left and right faces of the skybox
  • Merge and sort RWX mesh groups, improves rendering performance for many models
  • Improved sorting of which cells to query first
  • Sort objects by vertex buffer to reduce switching vertex buffers
  • Downloads on Linux and Mac OS X can now be interrupted when switching worlds
  • Mac OS X: Support for multisample anti-alias
  • Mac OS X: Support for V-Sync
  • Mac OS X: Show error in chat when entering a world failed
  • OpenGL mipmap generation using GL_ARB_framebuffer_object, GL_EXT_framebuffer_object or GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap(tried in that order)
  • Sign textures no longer load halfway through rendering a frame
  • Don't render MD2 mesh when updating the animation failed
  • Fixed memory leaks in MD2 mesh loader
  • Fixed memory leaks in texture mask loader

Version 0.3.18

Released June 16 2011

  • Don't reopen model files that are already loaded
  • Made some changes to the Direct3D 11 renderer that may help fix device creation errors some people were having
  • Removed object space normal mapping code, it was broken anyway
  • Added frame time indicator, enabled by adding show_performance_indicators=1 to the configuration file
  • Don't reopen model files on every use just to check the file type in the zip file
  • Added commands for setting MD2 animation("animation [start frame] [end frame]" and "framerate [frames per second]")
  • Better text alignment of chat on Mac OS X
  • Added field of view world option
  • Added near and far clipping planes world options
  • Added timeout to login
  • Ignore joint transform commands in RWX files, they were treated the same as the other transform commands in earlier versions
  • MD2 loader now works on big endian platforms, but there aren't any where VP is used right now
  • Use less render commands for RWX models in some cases
  • Fixed crash changing model ambient/diffuse/specular when the model isn't loaded
  • Fixed crash creating collision shape after MD2 model failed to load
  • Fixed parts of objects without texture coordinates being invisible when using normal maps
  • Fixed bug where previously hidden objects(create visible no) would not reappear after editing the object

Version 0.3.17

Released April 16 2011

  • Smooth movement
  • Flashing taskbar item when a new chat message arrives
  • OpenGL matrix stack no longer used, improves performance with some graphics drivers
  • Reduced delay in downloaders on Mac OS and Linux
  • Added minimum and maximum frame rate for automatic view distance(option was already available, but not
  • Added maximum number of simultaneous queries
  • Load nearby cells first
  • Fixed some problems with the Ubuntu installation package
  • Fixed VP not working on some old CPUs
  • Fixed invisible objects when the model fails to download on Windows

Version 0.3.16

Released March 13 2011

  • Max cloth resolution set to 100
  • Some small collision fixes
  • Support for greyscale colors in color command and sign command
  • Opacity command
  • Fixed cloth rendering when using Direct3D 11
  • Faster camera rotation
  • Vertex buffers for static objects now marked as immutable in Direct3D 11 renderer, this makes rendering faster
  • Downloaders stop faster when switching worlds
  • Fixed Direct3D 11 renderer not working if an older version of DirectX is installed
  • Direct3D 11 renderer no longer depends on d3dx11_43.dll
  • Use precompiled shaders for Direct3D 11
  • Fixed memory leaks in Direct3D 11 renderer
  • Fixed problems resizing and moving windows
  • Added missing 2x multisample option to settings dialog
  • Direct3D 9 and 11 renderers now support multisampling, vertical sync and anisotropic texture filtering
  • Fixed objects with masks appearing black when using texture compression(OpenGL)
  • Fixed bug that could cause a crash when the resolution of a cloth object is set too low(reported by cube3)
  • Fixed invisible selection boxes
  • Improved alpha/depth sorting
  • Width and height options for cloth objects

Version 0.3.15

Released February 6 2011

  • The resize_textures configuration option now works again
  • Run action commands on background when loading
  • Generate sign textures on background thread(reduces lag while loading)
  • Reduced downloader CPU usage on non-Windows platforms
  • Lower frame rate when the application is inactive
  • Increased timing precision on Windows(smoother movement)
  • Changed character height to 1.75m
  • Use a sphere as the collision object for tiny objects
  • Don't distance sort objects in zones that are too far away to be seen
  • Support for cloth simulation, but it's not really usable right now and doesn't interact with other objects
  • Added max_texture_level configuration option
  • Added texture_lod_bias configuration option
  • Added auto_view_distance_min_fps and auto_view_distance_max_fps configuration options
  • Tools window moved to collapsable sidebar on Mac OS X
  • Fixed incorrect current height on teleport dialog
  • Fixed selection boxes not working on Direct3D 11 renderer
  • Fixed multisampling always being enabled after using the settings dialog
  • Fixed mask textures not loading when using Direct3D 11 renderer with Direct3D 9 hardware
  • Fixed crash that occurs when running action commands if the model hasn't loaded

Version 0.3.14

Released January 3 2011

  • Direct3D 11 renderer, still incomplete but mostly works fine for me
  • Smoother movement, it accelerates a bit before reaching full speed
  • Settings dialog
  • Load mask files saved as 24 bit bitmaps
  • Clear the users list when changing worlds on Mac OS X
  • Changed skybox texture mapping
  • Larger socket read buffers to speed up loading of world data
  • Group downloads by URL so objects aren't unnecessarily waiting to load when the download has already finished
  • Load password from file if set
  • Distance fade is now optional
  • Fixed black screen on start that stays until an object using a texture mask has been loaded
  • Fixed incorrect view on start that stays until the user resizes the window
  • Fixed non-solid ground object when further away from world center
  • Fixed object paths with question marks in the URL not working
  • Fixed selection boxes not appearing when the last object drawn uses normal mapping
  • Fixed bottom face of skybox not working
  • Fixed impossible to select objects after using reset rotation button

Version 0.3.13

Released December 23 2010

  • Fallback to software vertex processing in Direct3D 9 renderer
  • Button to align selection to half meter grid
  • Button to reset object rotation
  • Correctly update object distance for objects over 200m away from the camera
  • Read server host name from configuration file on Mac OS X
  • Optional texture compression with OpenGL renderer
  • Optional anisotropic filter with OpenGL renderer
  • Optional multisample anti-aliasing with OpenGL renderer
  • Option to disable vertical synchronisation with OpenGL renderer
  • "visible" action command radius= option
  • Teleport to coordinates in world
  • Read start world from configuration file on Mac OS X
  • Disabled specular light on avatars that could make them too bright
  • Improved object depth sort near zone boundaries
  • Reduced number of draw calls necessary for some RWX models
  • Fixed black sky problem on some graphics cards
  • Fixed black selection boxes on some graphics cards
  • Fixed crash in RWX loader when incorrect indices are used with the polygon command

Version 0.3.12

Released December 11 2010

  • Fixed crash when unloading texture
  • Fixed crash when clearing socket write buffer
  • Fixed incorrect ambient light color in OpenGL renderer
  • Support margin and alignment for signs
  • Added color tint action command
  • Use local viewer light model in OpenGL renderer
  • Use triangle strips instead of triangle fans for skybox and avatars
  • Use WASD keys for controls on Mac OS X
  • Added setting to disable hardware mipmap generation in OpenGL renderer
  • Added setting to disable the use of BGRA textures
  • Added setting for avatar texture URL

Version 0.3.11

Released November 20 2010

  • Fixed crash on failed connection for Mac OS X
  • Added world lighting settings
  • Added object deselection
  • Read sign font size from configuration file
  • Removed dependency on D3DX for Direct3D renderer, it should now work without having to run the DirectX Web Installer on your computer
  • Don't load objects that are over 60m away until they are visible on screen

Version 0.3.10

Released November 5 2010

  • Improved rendering of avatar names
  • Users list for Windows and Linux
  • Save window positions
  • Fixed distant objects not rendering when visibility is higher then 200m(still some performance issues)

Version 0.3.9

Released October 25 2010

  • Support for normal mapping when using pixel shaded OpenGL render mode
  • Added ambient, diffuse and specular action commands to set the material values for an object
  • Create less groups when loading RWX models with tags specified per face
  • Improved normal generation on RWX models
  • Load masks as alpha only textures instead of RGBA textures
  • Load textures without alpha as RGB textures instead of RGBA
  • Made sign font size smaller on Mac OS X
  • Fly and move objects using plus and minus keys without holding shift
  • Read minimum and maximum view distance from configuration file
  • Return key moves keyboard focus to chat input
  • Fixed mask bitmap loading
  • Fixed bug where you would not receive any updates from the server on the Mac OS X version after someone left

Version 0.3.8

Released October 4 2010

  • Support MD2 models(inluding animation)
  • Resize textures to power of 2 sizes on Mac OS X
  • Work around a crash in the Mac OS X OpenGL stack by using a different vertex format for placeholder meshes(black triangles)
  • Fixed skybox vertex buffer memory leak
  • Fixed crashes when loading objects before OpenGL or Direct3D is initialized
  • Fixed most crashes when switching worlds
  • Fixed missing ground object when loading before OpenGL or Direct3D is initialized
  • Fixed texture mask files not being closed after loading

Version 0.3.7

Released September 24 2010

  • Use HTTP Keep-Alive for downloading objects if available(much faster downloads)
  • Support for loading masks from Gzip files
  • Support for SOCKS4A proxy
  • Move sideways when holding shift key
  • Support for Data Execution Prevention(DEP) on Windows
  • Added timeout for connecting and entering world
  • Added loading indicator on status bar of Qt GUI(Windows/Linux)
  • Added frame rate indicator on status bar of Qt GUI
  • Added view distance indicator on status bar of Qt GUI
  • Fixed uninitialized variable that made the client send object changes even when the objects didn't change
  • Fixed possible crash parsing incorrectly formatted message from the server
  • Fixed possible buffer overflow when connecting to world server
  • Fixed incorrectly recognizing certain textures as animations
  • Fixed inability to select non-RWX models
  • Fixed extra arguments to picture command being included in the URL

Version 0.3.6

Released September 8 2010

  • Faster loading(especially for very large models)
  • View distance menu on Mac OS X version
  • Object moving relative to object rotations
  • Correctly rotate multiple objects
  • Use axis/angle instead of Euler angles to store rotations
  • Free look mode
  • Added application icon on Mac OS X
  • Show axis of last selected object instead of first selected object
  • Removed unnecessary texture mirror in texture loading code
  • Rotate objects with scroll wheel
  • Added color name 0 as black
  • Added support for color command
  • Don't use non-power-of-two textures as that seemed to cause a slowdown on most systems
  • Support for object scaling
  • Add http:// to picture URLs if it is not included yet
  • Fixed last used mask visible on avatars
  • Fixed slowdown after activating or selecting objects
  • Fixed seams on skybox mesh
  • Fixed physics meshes being left in scene when they are too far away, causing slowdown after exploring larger worlds for some time
  • Fixed possible crash when loading RWX files
  • Fixed crash when using buttons on object properties window while not in building mode
  • Fixed crash when using scroll wheel when not in building mode on Mac OS X
  • Fixed possible crash because of uninitialized variable
  • Fixed incorrect translation on some RWX models
  • Fixed keys / and * for rotation not working
  • Fixed incorrect parsing of object change message

Version 0.3.5

Released August 24 2010

  • Removed unnecessary error checking in OpenGL renderer(speedup)
  • Removed unnecessary texture bind in OpenGL renderer(also possible speedup)
  • Support for double sided faces from RWX files
  • Removed unnecessary texture bind in RWX renderer
  • Disable texture masks when rendering skybox
  • Send object clicks to world server
  • Loading indicator for Mac OS X version
  • Set 24 bit Z-buffer in Direct3D renderer
  • Fixed Direct3D transparency issues
  • Users list on Mac OS X version
  • Physics mesh generation on background thread
  • Selecting placeholder objects(black triangles) now possible
  • Ground object updates when changing worlds
  • Add messages in chat box when connection to universe or world server is lost
  • Fixed race condition that could result in a crash
  • Added b and x for black as color names
  • Fix partly transparent object placeholders(black triangles)
  • Removed unused material calls for specular lighting
  • Added check to prevent crash when object is not found in object change event handler
  • Better normal generation for RWX models
  • Support avatar model RWX files
  • Don't load texture if it doesn't have any references left after downloading
  • Added OpenGL renderer using shaders
  • Fade objects in distance for OpenGL renderer with shaders
  • Gradually change view distance
  • Added support for mask= and tag= in texture command
  • Read configuration file to select renderer
  • Read configuration file to get frames per second limit
  • Less format conversions when loading images

Version 0.3.4

Released July 21 2010

  • Fixed model not changing when others are building
  • Fixed incorrect user ID displayed for newly built objects
  • Fixed incorrect timestamp on changed objects
  • Fixed incorrect timestamp on new objects
  • Fixed crash when reselecting an object after duplicating it while it is still selected.
  • Added colors on sign textures

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

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