To celebrate GTA V, the new Rockstar game out today, we are very happy to annouce the final 5.20 version of PureBasic ! It's available on your online account, and brings tons of new features and general internal improvement. Here is the full feature list:
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Added: Module support for the compiler
Added: Runtime library
Added: Dialog library
Added: GTK3 subsystem for Linux
Added: DirectX11 subsystem for Windows (doesn't not support the 3D engine for now)
Added: Named enumeration support to allow continuing a previous enumeration
Added: JoystickName(), JoystickZ()
Added: Optional #PB_Relative flag to JoystickX/Y/Z() to have more precise values
Added: Optional pad number to JoystickX/Y/Z() to handle more complex gamepads
Added: ZoomSprite() now accepts #PB_Default as Width/Height to reset to initial sprite size
Added: 'Color' and 'Intensity' parameter to DisplayTransparentSprite()
Added: ClipSprite() now support #PB_Default for individual parameter
Added: #PB_Sprite_PixelCollision flag to CreateSprite(), LoadSprite() to enable pixel collision
Added: Zoom support to SpritePixelCollision() and SpriteCollision()
Added: OpenGL support for SpriteBlending() (warning, it just wraps OpenGL mode, so it can behave different than DirectX)
Added: 32-bit support for SpriteOutput() for DX and OpenGL
Added: #PB_EventType_Focus and #PB_EventType_LostFocus support to EditorGadget()
Added: #PB_EventType_RightClick support to ListViewGadget()
Added: #PB_EventType_Change support to PanelGadget() and DateGadget()
Added: #PB_Prototype and #PB_Module support to Defined()
Added: All Init() functions can be called more than once without issue (like InitSound(), InitNetwork() etc.)
Added: #PB_FileSystem_Force support to DeleteFile()
Added: #PB_FileSystem_NoExtension support to GetFilePart()
Added: Back color parameter to CreateImage()
Added: #PB_Entity_NbSubEntities to GetEntityAttribute()
Added: MeshIndexCount(), SetRenderQueue(), FetchEntityMaterial(), GetMeshData(), SetMeshData()
Added: CPUName(), Un/BindEvent(), Un/BindGadgetEvent(), Un/BindMenuEvent()
Added: Previous location is displayed when declaring a structure, interface, prototype or procedure twice.
Added: 2 license files to easy add the needed information when shipping PB programs (see reference documentation)
Added: Bool() is now evaluated at compile time if the whole expression is constant
Added: Debugger check for SortStructuredList() and SortList() to ensure the specified list is of correct type
Added: Linux executables created on new distribution should still work on old linux.
Added: #PB_EventType_FirstCustomValue for use with PostEvent()
Added: CameraFollow(), ExamineWorldCollisions(), NextWorldCollision(), FirstWorldCollisionEntity(), SecondWorldCollisionEntity()
Added: WorldCollisionContact(), WorldCollisionNormal(), WorldCollisionAppliedImpulse()
Added: BuildMeshTangents(), MeshVertexTangent(), CopyTexture()
Added: Pitch(), Roll(), Yaw()
Added: #PB_Gadget_RequiredSize support for GadgetWidth/Height()
Added: #PB_Entity_LinearSleeping, #PB_Entity_AngularSleeping, #PB_Entity_DeactivationTime, #PB_Entity_IsActive,
Added: #PB_Entity_AngularVelocityX/Y/Z, #PB_Entity_ScaleX/Y/Z, #PB_Entity_AngularVelocity, #PB_Entity_HasContactResponse for Get/SetEntityAttribute()
Optimized: Pixel sprite collision routines are now much faster with DirectX
Optimized: More peephole optimizations on x64 assembler output
Optimized: Faster compilation for big programs
Optimized: Linux build server have been upgraded, now using a better GCC which produce better code.
Changed: SpinGadget() EventType are now #PB_EventType_Up and #PB_EventType_Down instead of -1 and 1.
Changed: renamed ZoomSprite3D() to ZoomSprite()
Changed: renamed TransformSprite3D() to TransformSprite()
Changed: renamed RotateSprite3D() to RotateSprite()
Changed: renamed Sprite3DQuality() to SpriteQuality()
Changed: renamed Sprite3DBlending() to SpriteBlending()
Changed: renamed the whole 'Module' library to 'Music'
Changed: renamed Frame3DGadget() to FrameGadget()
Changed: renamed Frame3DGadget3D() to FrameGadget3D()
Changed: renamed #PB_Shorcut_Prior to #PB_Shorcut_PageUp and #PB_Shorcut_Next to #PB_Shorcut_PageDown
Changed: Packer plugin constant renamed to #PB_PackerPlugin_XXX
Changed: RayCollide() now returns the colliding #Entity.
Updated: WebGadget() on Windows doesn't needs ATL.dll anymore
Updated: zlib to 1.2.8
Updated: pqlib (PostgreSQL) to 9.2.4
Updated: ziplib to 0.11.1
Updated: SCNotification scintilla structure
Removed: Mozilla ActiveX support for WebGadget() on Windows as the last ActiveX version is way too old (2005)
Removed: Sprite3D library (merged with regular sprite library)
Removed: Palette library (outdated)
Removed: RenderMovieFrame() and #PB_Movie_Rendered (outdated)
Removed: DisplayTranslucentSprite() -> replaced with 'Alpha' parameter for DisplayTransparentSprite()
Removed: DisplaySolidSprite() -> replaced with 'Color' parameter for DisplayTransparentSprite()
Removed: DisplayRGBFilter() -> can be replaced with a zoomed sprite with color
Removed: DisplayShadowSprite() -> can be replaced with DisplayTransparentSprite() with color
Removed: StartSpecialFX(), StopSpecialFX(), DisplayAlphaSprite(), ChangeAlphaIntensity(), UseBuffer()
Removed: SetWindowCallback() on OS X, can be replaced with BindEvent()
Removed: Carbon subsystem on OS X, it was too old be used with new libsHave fun coding,
The Fantaisie Software Team.
