Changelog

Versions 0.3.x

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 2011

• 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

Information about older versions is not available.