GapiDraw 2.0 development progress

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[Johan]

(back home again)

Tully: Thanks for the help resolving the issue with Win98 systems...

Erick: Thanks for reporting the FillRect issue. It has been fixed...

So... Here it is .. A special "PocketMatrix edition" of GapiDraw 2.00 without the documentation.. I'll do the official web release next week when I have all the docs finished...

[GapiDraw 2.00]
http://www.gapidraw.com/gapidraw200.exe
http://www.gapidraw.com/gapidraw200.zip

Final changes since RC1:
-Now works in full screen mode again on Win98 systems
-Fixed a bug where setting dwOpacity to 255 would cause FillRect to do nothing.
-New flag CGapiApplication: config.bUseVSyncAsFPS - for smooth 1:1 action in full screen mode (see the updated TileDemo application)
-Removed the flag GDDISPLAY_NOVSYNC
-New function CGapiDisplay::SurfacesAreLost() to check if video surfaces have been lost. It will return GDERR_SURFACELOST until CGapiDisplay::RestoreAllSurfaces have been called.

Thanks a lot for all the feedback!! GapiDraw 2.0 wouldn't be what it is unless all of you had helped!Thanks!

Tim: Best of luck with the new patch of Jack, it'll be the first 2.0 release out there (Unless tedson beats you to it with PocketWar)...

I'm going out for some beers now!

//Johan

[Hosed]

Clipping is highly application dependent. GapiDraw shouldn't be doing this for you. Look at how DirectDraw's clipping worked. An engine that used DDraw clipping modified to use it's own clipping generally saw 3 fold performance improvements or better.

It's a fairly simple function at it's root, but your game may not need to clip in both X and Y directions, etc. These are optimizations you can make when you roll your own that a GDraw version wouldn't be able to account for.

[efortier]

I agree with Hosed on clipping. My clipping functions had to be tweaked for a dynamically moving camera (origin). I need to clip based on movement (up/down/left/right) in a single direction at a time, so a general clipping function won't work for me.

What could be a beneficial project for many of us is the creation of a PocketPC/Smartphone targetted Open Source game lib. Clipping, graphics, sound, etc. It could provide plenty of helper functions for various aspects of gaming on mobile platforms.

I would be happy to initiate this project, however our game isn't finished yet... (I can't find anyone able to make good looking graphics!)

--Eric

[egarayblas]

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Jack the Uni-Psychle 1.1 is live now and works great with Gapidraw 2.0. Thanks for another great release!

-Tim
www.discordstudios.com/jack

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[Noty]

Dear Johan, before you release the "really" final version of GapiDraw, I want to remind you soft keys don't work in the version that I downloaded two days ago.

[Johan]

Noty: They work on my devices (3800, E115, 528, e740). What device are you using?

The MIPS issue has been resolved.. Unfortunately I won't have time to put the release together until Thursday. It will be 2.01...

[tango4]

I suspect he may have the '91 keycode' return problem. Between my dell axim and ipaq I get differing codes returned for keys.

Ian

[Noty]

Sorry for Johan and tango4, I corrected the previous post. I use SmartPhone 2002 emulator and don't know how to use soft keys. Sorry for all, I know it's impossible to use soft keys now.