Pixcon 5.02 SDK release

grimdel — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 04:06:49 -0000

Pixcon is an SDK for windows & linux designed to promote the development of graphic applications, games, & image rendering for Windows, Linux, MacOSX, & Android platforms. Software includes a set of libraries, utilities, documentation, & examples.

Changes in 5.02:
- support for OpenGL ES
- port to Android
- port to MacOSX

Pixcon 5.01 SDK release

grimdel — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 21:52:23 -0000

Pixcon is an SDK for windows & linux designed to promote the development of graphic applications, games, & image rendering for Windows and Linux platforms. Software includes a set of libraries, utilities, documentation, & examples.

Changes in 5.01:
- fixed texture leak in Gamegine's texture manager
- fixed incomplete setup of recycled OpenGL textures
- fixed mislabeled assets from the library stacks archiving system
- fixed a viewport bug in generating shadowmaps
- fixed a bug in the spline/quaternion keyframing update calculations
- fixed shadowmap & render target recycling in reseting asset managers
- improved pattern recognition filter in the idscram utility
- centralized Gamegine debug screens
- speedup of img2rtf utility & associated image libs

Pixcon 5.00 SDK release

grimdel — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 21:58:34 -0000

Changes in 5.00:
- support for "asset library files" for the storage/retrieval of data assets
- OpenGL 2.0 support for multi-textures & fbo's
- render to texture manager for fbo's & pbuffers
- shadowmap support
- "improved perlin noise" primative for software pixel shaders
- support for multiple joystick, keyboard, mice
- embeded data assets to remove dependencies on external data
- added EOA shadowmap tech demo
- deprecated: vectorfonts, WIN2k support, window re-parenting

Pixcon 4.0 Release

grimdel — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:50:04 -0000

Its been a couple years since the last release, but better late than never.

Pixcon is a software development suite designed to promote the rapid development software - particularly games, high end renderings, and 2D/3D visualization for multiple platforms. Software includes a set of libraries, utilities, documentation, examples.

Changes in 4.00:
- Upgraded the VC support files to Visual Studio 2005
- OpenGL support for Nvidia 6k-8k chipsets/drivers
- support for OpenGL vertex arrays & vbos
- embedded mipmap functionality to the .rtf texture format
- consolidate texture baking utilities
- deprecated old 3DSMAX plugins
- "The Darkest Hour" split into its own distribution
- simplification of the Gamegine API

Pixcon 3.00 has been released!!!

grimdel — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 23:21:57 -0000

New features in 3.00:
- more utilization of OpenGL/GPU matrix hardware
- autogenerated OpenGL mipmap support
- OpenGL offscreen rendering class
- added OpenGL support for paletted textures
- upgraded TIFF & JPEG libraries
- conversion support for MetaVR's 3D format
- more user-friendly initialization sequence
- more API documentation

Its alive...

grimdel — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 19:32:30 -0000