0.9.0 Snapshot 1

0.9.0 is finalised enough to be usable but some features are still incomplete/buggy.
The API is subject to change throughout this version.

Major Changes

• Slick2D is no longer used in the majority of the engine.
• All rendering is now handled through the renderer.
• Most core features are now custom built.
• A game class is now used instead of slick classes.
• Rendering is handled abstractly and so can (in theory) be implemented for other rendering libraries.
• LWJGL2Renderer is currently the main renderer.
• Renderer are implemented using inheritance.
• Input is now handled through the same API as rendering as most input polling is controlled by the renderer.
• Do not use the Keyboard or Mouse APIs from LWJGL for input as this can cause portability issues. Instead use the ones provided by the Game and Input classes
• The lighting engine can now be set using an enum

Features

• Rewrote transitions
• Game containers are now integrated into the game.
• States are now handled by RPGOnline
• Renderer can now do anything that was required of Slick2D by the old engine.
• A new image class is now used.
• Renderer now has version information.
• Reimplemented cutscenes using the renderer.
• Sky now uses renderer.
• Rewritten shaders
• Structs can now be used with shaders.
• Added fade transitions
• Added HDR
• Added better, more-efficient shader-based lighting
• Added antialiasing

Bug Fixes/Stability Improvements

• Fixed issue where error logs would not show for linking shaders
• Post processing in GUIs is a bit better
• FBOs are now used instead of pbuffers
• Less crashes now happen in the GUI system.
• Tiles are not clipped immediately if they span more than one tile.

Optimisations

• Wind textures have very little performance impact.
• Texture binding is now more efficient.

Misc Changes

• Debug screen is now more customisable.
• World state is now more modular.
• FPS is now computed to 7 decimal places.
• Graphics does not require a specific renderer unless the renderer implementor chooses to write their own.
• Default font changes

Deprecations

• Removed text color
• Removed controller support until it can be replaced.
• Removed snap to pixel
• Replaced MDR with HDR
• Deprecated buffer-based lighting.
• Slick shader was been mostly replaced.