News on 0.4 beta!

[kornalius]

Hi,

Here are some news of what to expect in 0.4 beta which is due this week.

- Full desktop install program, which installs the PIDE and the PPL on the PocketPC.
- Dynamic sprite lighting that is done automatically.
- Automatic sprite animation.
- Sprite tinting.
- Sprite procedure can be defined to assign code to each sprite.
- Can scroll map using X,Y origin functions.
- SQLite integration for FAST database programming.
- New project wizard in the PIDE.
- Rewritten variable pointer system.
- Simple2.ppl demo program to show more advanced GameAPI features.
- Optimized sprite render function.
- Some compiler and parser fixes.
- And much more...

Regards,
Kornalius

[Shmukker]

[kornalius]

Hi Shmukker,

When is 0.4 going to be released? Next week, probably wednesday (I hope).

Simple2.ppl is already commented out, I will do the same with Simple.ppl!

You can't make a bitmap into several sprites, but a sprite can have has many frames as you like for animation. You can draw a sprite by it's frame index if you need.

I might start posting a link to the (already installed) version from 0.4. Still not sure yet but there is a possibility.

Regards,
Kornalius