Sneak peek to the next version.

atilim · January 2013

Hi all,

I've finished implementing the next version (2012.09.7) and currently I'm doing tests. Here are the new major features:

1. Gideros Font Creator now exports in BMFont format. But the new Gideros distinguishes the old and new BMFont format and chooses the correct one automatically. Therefore, it not necessary to re-export your bitmap fonts (but it's recommended).
2. Native support for BMFont: So that there is no need to use Lua version https://github.com/gideros/BMFont anymore and native version has these advantages:
- automatic image resolution
- unicode characters
- faster
3. Now with TTFont, it's possible to cache characters into an internal texture so that it's both easy to use and as fast as bitmap fonts. The usage is like:

TTFont.new("arial.txt", 20, " 0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz")

4. Kerning
5. Fast access to font metrics like ascent, line height, bounds and vertical advance values. So that @ar2rsawseen's great TextWrap class will be much more capable of.

You can expect this release in a couple of days.

cheers,

GregBUG · January 2013

Wow!

=D>

Nascode · January 2013

Awesome

evs · January 2013

Nice!

cheers

evs

ar2rsawseen · January 2013

Awesome, I know tons of places where font cache will speed up the game (for example timers, countdowns, scores)

and will have to learn more about kerning

gingerbreadkids · January 2013

Nice to see another update

phongtt · January 2013

@atilim, I'm more interested in 2013.01.1 version. When? :P

hgvyas123 · January 2013

wow waiting for this version

plamen · January 2013

\o/

atilim · January 2013

@phongtt :-\" I've almost finished the 2012.09 line. And then I can start implementing 2013.01 (or 2013.02) with peace

gorkem · January 2013

@atilim I'm waiting for your roadmap items to be gathered & compiled & served (hint hint)

atilim · January 2013

@gorkem oh yes.. I almost forgot

SinisterSoft · January 2013

opengl 2 (render to texture, pixel shaders), lower sound latency and wp8 would be top of my list for a road map, if you need a reminder. ;p

atilim · January 2013

@SinisterSoft oh yes. all these are belong to 2013.xx.x line

OZApps · January 2013

@SinisterSoft, you need to squeek, not remind

hgvyas123 · January 2013

for i=1,GiderosMobile:getNumDeveloper() do
print("squeek")
end

john26 · January 2013

Awesome update, many thanks!

@Gorkem, could we have a FAQ about the different Font options and which to use? I.e. comparison between True Type Fonts and Bitmap Fonts? I think this would be very useful!

Scouser · January 2013

@hgvyas123: shouldn't that be :-

local squeak = Sound.new("squeak.wav")
for i=1,GiderosMobile:getNumDeveloper() do
	print("squeak")
	squeak:play()
end

:O)

hgvyas123 · January 2013

@hgvyas123: shouldn't that be :-

local squeak = Sound.new("squeak.wav")
for i=1,GiderosMobile:getNumDeveloper() do
	print("squeak")
	squeak:play()
end

:O)

yup it must be this :x

ar2rsawseen · January 2013

Don't know about you, but all I hear is:

local squeak = Sound.new("squeak.wav")
squeak:play(0, true)

hgvyas123 · January 2013

ok the master one fps set to unlimited

function onEnterFrame()
local squeak = Sound.new("squeak.wav")
squeak:play(0, true)
end
stage:addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, onEnterFrame, stage)

gorkem · January 2013

@john26 probably that would instead have its own chapter rather than go into developers faq. Let us ask @atilim about it.

Just to make sure: this has been asked before in forum a few times I believe, did you search for it?

atilim · January 2013

@gorkem @john26 I can update the Font chapter of Gideros guide after the release.

OZApps · January 2013

ok the master one fps set to unlimited

function onEnterFrame()
local squeak = Sound.new("squeak.wav")
squeak:play(0, true)
end
stage:addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, onEnterFrame, stage)

How many iterations will this run? before it runs out of memory and/or crashes?

atilim · January 2013

@OZApps - when you run out of sound channels, squeak:play(0, true) starts to return nil. I haven't tested but I assume it won't crash.

hgvyas123 · January 2013

@OZApps - when you run out of sound channels, squeak:play(0, true) starts to return nil. I haven't tested but I assume it won't crash.

whooooo unBelievable \m/

OZApps · January 2013

@OZApps - when you run out of sound channels, squeak:play(0, true) starts to return nil. I haven't tested but I assume it won't crash.

One more thing that would be a plus over other frameworks that would display the Package is corrupt message (Android) or simply crash the app (iOS).

john26 · January 2013

@Gorkem, I tried to search for it but didn't really find a comparison as such. I think it would be much more visible on the FAQ, just a few sentences would do. You already have a FAQ on comparing WAV and MP3 so this would fit after that...

Tom2012 · January 2013

This is fully awesome!!! Well done. I use bmfont a lot ... Very pleased.

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