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News (2002)

11Dec2002

• new Win32 SDK release 0.0.4.91
• fixed audio callback onAudioFrame
• added audio callback onAudioPostProcess
• fixed a bug in the VM concerning float constants (did you know that (QNAN==0.2)==1 ..?)
• audio volume configuration (master, fx, music) works now
• added visaudio example to the techdemos page

09Dec2002

• new Win32 SDK release 0.0.4.9 (new version numbering)
• various bug fixes
• sound output to file via -sfo command line option
• serialization support, see lang/testfileio.tks example, currently supports Integer, Float, IVector, Vector, Vector4, Matrix, IntArray, FloatArray, StringArray, VectorArray, HashTable, ObjectArray, WrappedFloat, ClampedFloat, DampedFloat, Pool, PointerArray, ClassArray, ForcePoint, Time, Color, Key and user defined classes
• new File (stream) class
• new Buffer (stream) class
• new FMusicXM class which replays XM modules through FirelightMultimedia's MiniFMOD, see audio/testfmusicxm.tks example
• 0xC-style hexadecimal constants
• more escape sequences (\r, \b, \a, \f, \v, \e)
• tcobject() expression
• tcchar() expression
• stdflush() function
• new language examples (simply forgot them)
• source cleanup (although the source is not available yet)
• String.length now includes ASCIIZ
• null is now an object 0-pointer expression (returned int before)
• updated tks-examples.zip package
• the funsprites example was optimized a bit to benchmark GL_POINTS throughput. currently set to 80.000 vertices

17Nov2002

• Quiet a long time without an update..phewww..Unfortunately I'm rather busy earning some urgently needed money but this project is **not dead**. In fact it will *very* likely become open source (LGPL license) next year. Stay tuned :)

30Sep2002

• updated documentation, FAQ was split into multiple sections
• fixed retrovaders so it will work with the tks client edition (removed MySQL code..)

23Sep2002

• improved OpenGL fastpath interface: added glloadidentity(), glmatrixmode(), gltranslatef(), glscalef(), glrotatef(), glcolor3ub(), glcolor4ub(), glbindtexture1d(), glbindtexture2d(), glpushmatrix(), glpopmatrix(), fixed bugs in glcolorrgb(), glcolorbgr()
• added cubeworld techdemo
• added TKS client edition, which is ~470Kb (..and lacks MySQL, JPEG and TTF support which is most often not needed for client installations). It also hides the debug window (and writes to stdout.txt resp. stderr.txt instead) I also started to remove template classes from the source code which seem to significantly enlarge code size. Please notice that the setup compiler used enlarges the 470Kb to 770Kb ( tks-cl-setup.exe). You can download a zip version that just includes a simple installer (tks_setup.exe) here (tks-cl.zip) please also notice that the client edition executable is called tksl instead of tks
• added setup_tks.exe, a small Win32 exe which allows you to install a TKS file handler (tkx file types) for TKS client editions in arbitrary directories (not only the system32 directory..)
• improved parse/compile error handling for compiled TKS blocks (the correct line number is now shown)
• added Caps class
• added more sophisticated timing to (some) examples, the DrFPS tks module has been extended by a getFrameTime() method which allows more accurate timing
• a note to linux users (I mean both of you :): please use Wine until the source code is released since I'm very busy with my daytime job as well..:( If anyone wants to fund this project in order to speed up development- you are welcome.. This does __not__ mean that I will stop releasing Linux binaries but the download statistics sadly reflect the role of Linux on the desktop.. (no suprise nevertheless). Remember: The philosophy of this project is to develop on one OS and run an application package on many others, too (i.e. without recompilation or other conversion steps)

16Sep2002

• new Win32 release. the OpenGL fastpath JIT interface now actually works, big apologize for releasing untested code!
• added plasma techdemo (eye candy that demonstrates the OpenGL JIT interface)
• added tks.zip redistributable package to download section. the zip release does not require any registry changes and has no setup included. it does __not__ register proper file type handler. it can be used to redistribute tks with self-made applications.
• added an example for an application distribution that contains tks. tks-plasma.zip

12Sep2002

• new Win32 release.
• saving PNG files under win32 now works again. sorry but I had to statically link the libpng in order to get it working at all.:(
• added tickPrecise() methods to WrappedFloat, ClampedFloat and DampedFloat classes

11Sep2002

• a big *thank you* to Gerd Feldkirch (renderfriend) for the TKS logo!

09Sep2002

• new 100% working Linux release (bug reports welcome)

02Sep2002

• new version 1.0.4.1
• added native compilable OpenGL fastpath interface
• added nehelesson5c examples which demonstrates it
• added Mouse.setPointerMode()

26Aug2002

• new version 1.0.4.0
• rewrote VM from scratch
• added JIT compiler for int/float atom/array processing (compile {..})
• added VM _and_ x86 inline assembler (with OpenGL support) (asm {..})
• changed CLI syntax
• numerous bug fixes
• added automatic callback binding
• changed declare and fun statements to function
• added event-controlled execution model (no CPU burner, useful for GUIs)
• added multithreading classes with message queues and mutex support
• removed AVIFile support, will be replaced by OGM in future releases
• added ivector() expression
• added vertical sync
• added usleep()
• changed Texture.visit() to setScreen() and added setScreenArea()
• added vertex arrays (VectorArray.glEnableVertexArrayCS())
• added optional keyboard repeat
• ..+lots of other enhancements..
• updated and extended documentation..
• added rotzoomer example, originally written in Java by Tommi Laukkanen
• added testx86gl example
• updated fonttexture example (looks much better now..)

28May2002

• new version 1.0.2.97
• added inline VM assembler
• added fire demo to techdemos section
• updated docs and examples
• updated linux version
• added .nxs shell integration for win32
• TKS is now free for private AND commercial use. cheers!

02May2002

• new version 1.0.2.7
• added cachesrc parameter to activex control. pak files can now be cached to internet explorer temporary files after downloading..

30Apr2002

• new version 1.0.2.6
• added work around for buggy GL drivers that caused blue screens when resizing or scrolling the browser window. This almost took me 2 days to figure out..
• ever seen Monsters, Inc. running on a spinning cube? stay tuned ;)

24Apr2002

• new version 1.0.2.5
• added ModulatorFactory featuring a Modulator mini script language (check out testmodulator2.tks from the examples)
• added dirty region style redrawing for GUIs
• added guitools tks module and testmouseregion.tks example code
• added signal handlers with user defined callbacks, this also fixed the ctrl-c prob under winNT
• added nested quotation parsing
• fixed nasty String.append 1 byte buffer overflow
• fixed some memory leaks
• added Network, TCPSocket, UDPSocket, UDPPacket, NetworkBuffer classes!
• added tcpserver.tks module
• the sound engine is finally working!
• added testaudio.tks example
• updated documentation and website

14Apr2002

• new version 1.0.2.4: added SceneGraph/SceneNode classes which support multi state classes/DisplayLists/MeshInstances/Text/Images and a lot of parameters
• added Modulator class
• added Language/Triangle/ForcePoint classes
• updated documentation
• added command line args/environment variable read/write support
• added Configuration.debugLevel. default is no debug output.
• beginPaint()/endPaint() are now optional during onDraw()
• added Texture.adjustGamma()/Texture.adjustBrightness.
• Application.onTrace() renamed to Application.onDraw()
• fixed some bugs
• added scenetools.tks module to examples package
• added testmodulator techdemo
• added testscenetools techdemo
• added x86 Linux version!

26Mar2002

• new version 1.0.2.2: new methods and return value bug fix
• renamed RenderableMesh to Mesh
• added MeshInstance class
• added SHA_FASTPHONG shader
• added collision detection (triangle/sphere/ray)
• example sources updated
• added phong demo to showcase|demos

24Mar2002

• new version 1.0.2.1: bug fixes/speed improvements/new methods
• added Time class
• added Math class
• API documentation update and HTML bug fixes
• example sources updated
• retrovaders source updated

20Mar2002

• new version 1.0.1.8: added mouse picking demo
• added pixel accurate picking

19Mar2002

• new version 1.0.1.6: added bbox picking demo

17Mar2002

• new version 1.0.1.3: added SHA_STCEL cel shader
• added celsha techdemo
• added dynamic vertex lighting to SHA_FLATTEXTURED
• fixed GL lighting bug in torus demo
• added TEX_FORCEHOSTBYTEORDER flag for GL drivers that properly support BGRA textures (__not__ ati rage mobility e.g.)

15Mar2002

• new version 1.0.1.2: FINALLY fixed keyboard focus bug; hotkeys are now filtered
• added 3DS loader/renderer (Scene3DS and RenderableMesh classes)
• added torus/lighting techdemo

13Mar2002

• new version 1.0.0.9: fixed GLLight color bug
• fixed broken plugin download! (missing mySQL library problem...)

11Mar2002

• new version 1.0.0.7: API change: removed superfluous methods from PaintDevice
• updated examples and retrovaders_src

09Mar2002

• new version 1.0.0.6: fixed timing problems that caused extreme slowness on extremely fast systems
• added retrovaders source to examples section

07Mar2002

• objectsite tool beta version released
• added FAQ and License sections to site

06Mar2002

• first site beta.