The new Murl Engine Build 1.00.5630Beta is available for download. This is an regular update release with several improvements and fixes.

API Changes

• Graph::INamespace::UnregisterNode()/UnregisterSubNamespace() now require an additional pointer to the actual object
• Reworked Logic::ITouchArea to Logic::IScrollProcessor

New Features

• Support for cube maps and/or MIP levels in DDS image resources

Improvements

• Updated 3rd party facebook SDK to iOS v3.23.2 and Android v3.23.1
• Added functions to expression evaluator:
  Murl::Math::Interpolation() e.g. a = Interpolation('EASE_IN', b)
Murl::Util::Rng::Seed(), Rand(), RandBool(), RandSInt(), RandReal(), RandDouble()
• Added more detailed error messages to expression evaluator.
• Added Util::Rng RandDouble() method.
• Added String::GetUTF8Char() and String::GetChar() method.
• Optimized memory usage for IUrlRequest.
• Reworked Logic::ITouchArea to Logic::IScrollProcessor:
  Added position tracking and bounds with damping.
• Graph::FixedParameters nodes now accept multiple parent parameters nodes for modulation
• Resource::IImage, Resource::IAudio and Resource::IVideo can now hold multiple data streams
• Allow querying the optional bounding volume of a Graph::INode
• Allow querying the default controller class info of a Graph::INode

Fixes

• Fixed Graph::Template not accepting user-defined attributes
• Fixed Graph::Material not updating depth offsets upon initialization
• Fixed a bug in the PVR image loader not accepting a proper MIP chain
• Fixed an initialization problem in Graph::Transform when using euler angles
• Fixed a crash when re-initializing a Graph::FixedParameters node
• Fixed Util::GetNormalizedPath()
• Fixed unexpected behaviour in Util::Util::GetNormalizedPath()
• Setup MURL_IMAGE_CONVERTER shell variable
• Misc fixes in scene_converter tool
• Added missing controller classes to Graph::IFactory
• Fixed an initialization problem in Graph::FrameBuffer
• Added some missing forward declarations
• Fixed Graph::Anchor update at very first frame
• Fixed a crash in Graph::FlatTexture and Graph::CubemapTexture when changing source image resources/video streams at runtime
• Fixed parent order for Graph::IReference nodes
• Fixed lagging touchable input when moving a camera
• Fixed a crash when loading a package failed (regression)
• Fixed fullscreen & vsync bugs in DirectX 11.1 platform frontend
• Fixed a bug in Android IAP when more than 20 SKUs are queried

All changes can also be found in change log.

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