Mount Fuji Engne - What's New

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Whats New

The current release is 0.5b. It can be found in the Download Section.

3-1-07:

Added MFAnimation system which manages runtime animation
Updated .x loader to fully support animation
MFMatrix fixes
Switched PC renderer to use shaders
Added DX shader tools
Fixed some bugs in MFView
Improved animation matching code
Added ATI's S3 compressor
Changed textures to support pre-multiplied alpha
Fixed ConvertASE's fixup code
Turned the S3 compressor off, (it looks shit!)
Used 16 bit textures on PC to shrink the archives
Added MFAnimScript which manages high level animation sequences and scripted animation events
Fixed the ortho matrix on linux
PS2 now compiling!
HelloWorld for PS2 compiles and runs (nothing interesting happening yet)
PS2 RTC implemented. (seconds seem a little fast for now - scaling factor is off?)
Added a basic hash list class
Changed MFModel code layout a bit
Updated PSP model format
Fixed PSP model rendering
Material fixes
Added UTF8 infrastructure (MFFont and MFString)
Added an FAQ to the docs
Fixed up font width calculation (support UTF8)
Added pad support for PS2, all buttons in digital mode and both Analog sticks.
* Presure sensitive buttons is a TODO, as is more robust handling of anything that isn't a DualShock2
Fixed the filesystem a little
Got Caelestis booting on PS2
Angelscript update to 2.7.1b
Angelscript calling convention updates
Gamecube Compiling!
Texture format changes
SysLogo .h files have been remodelled and are now in platform specific formats
ConvertTEX can now produce .h files aswell as .tex files
Renamed the SysLogos
Made MFTexture_CreateFromRawData platform independant (it was an annoying function to maintain)

Previous Releases: v0.1b - v0.5b

16-10-06:

PSP now detects the current working directory.
Fixed a bug generating collision mesh.
Fixed Retail Build.
Gamecube compiles, just a few link issues.
Fixed the angelscript MIPS calling code.
Added .obj support to ConvertASE
Added .x model support to ConvertASE
Added Tag/ReferencePoint support to Fuji models
Flipped UV's along the v axis when importing collada models (this might be wrong)
Added geometry optimisation to ConvertASE (models generally half the size or less)
Added PSP MFModel support.
Linux MFModel support.
Updated to Angelscript 2.7.0 (this has added support for 64bit cpu's)
Fixed lots of GCC warnings.
Fixed a typo in the sockets.
Added MKView_TransformPoint3DTo2D().
Added preliminary USB connect/disconnect detection.
Added USB hotswapping (Finally!)
Fixed an XInput bug.
Fixed XBox texture swizzling
Fixed an XBox texture bug
Fixed an XBox texture matrix bug
Fixed an XBox MFPrimitive bug
Added vertex colour support to ConvertASE
Fixed all spelling of the word 'parameter'
Fixed a bug in the string cache where it was incorrectly doing a case insensitive compare
Added OSX support!
Preliminary particle system in MFParticleSystem
Finished new font system, MFFont can now render unicode strings
Added auto scroll to debug menu
Sweep sphere test now returns the correct intersection resolve vector
Fixed a silly PSP crash when releasing textures
Fixed blend modes on PC and PSP
Added culling and ztest stuff to PSP
ConvertDLG changed to use the Fuji string library
Changed ConvertASE to use the Fuji string functions
Fixed the PSP SysLogo
Fixed ConvertASE for linux/osx
Shifted everything to MFString
Added new font functions for rendering justified and anchored strings.
Added MFCopyMemory, MFZeroMemory, MFSetMemory and MFMemCompare.
Replaced CRT functions with the fuji versions.
Fixed masking on PC
Added 'alpharef' material parameter
Fixed MFString_CopyCat()
Added PNG image support to ConvertTEX
Added code to read animation from .x files in ConvertASE
Added MFQuaternion a preliminary Quaternion class
Implemented some more MFModel functions
Added carmack's super fast reciprocal square root estimate as MFRSqrtE()
Changed MFMatrix to use a 1D array instead of the previous 2D 4x4 array
32bit BMP support
Updated the gamepad registry
Added 'Logitech Dual Action USB'
Added 'Logitech RumblePad 2' to gamepad registry.
Added a random 'GreenAsia' gamepad.
Doco updates and fixes
Fixed lots and lots of bugs

Preliminary MFModel animation

ConvertASE can now export bone hierarchies
Started MFAnimation system

10-05-06:

Added Logitech G15 keyboard LCD screen support to a new MFAuxillaryDisplay module.
Added ConvertDlg, an app which converts a game translation spreadsheet into language specific ingame dialog files.
Added Super Dual Box (PS2 gamepad adapter) support (Mostly)
Added a screen space blitter.
Added a command line parser.
Added a cullmode paramater to standard material.
Added zread & zwrite paramaters to standard material.
Allowed MFHeap_Free() to gracefully free a NULL pointer.
Added an MFMatrix 'Tween' function.
Shifted MFScript to use a language called AngelScript.
Added MIPS native calling convention code to AngelScript!
Added preliminary PPC calling convention support to AngelScript.
Added 16 bit targa support to ConvertTEX.
Cleaned up the pointer list a little.
Some updates to prepare for 64bit.
Fixed spelling of Paramater to Parameter engine wide.
Added loads of MFString functions. The CRT shouldnt be needed at all anymore for most basic string stuff.
Added loads of primitive tests to MFCollision.
Added a dynamic polygon soup to MFCollision.
Added collision fields to MFCollision.
ConvertASE can now generate collision template data from specifically designed models which can be used by MFCollision.
Added MFCollision debug visualisation code.
Made the structures to mount filesystems public.
Fixed ASE file conversion (it was inside out).
Fixed Collada collision mesh conversion. (it was just broken)
Added support for triangle meshes in collada files.
Fixed the Archivers extension handling code (which couldn't deal with mismatching case extensions).
PSP now detects the current working directory.
Added makefiles that can be used to build all platforms.
Linux builds and runs! (Yes, Fuji now has linux support!)
Gamecube now compiles! (Haven't got it running yet tho)
Got PSP working with all recent changes.
Got Linux working with all recent changes.
Got XBox working with all recent changes.
Updated all the doco with all the new additions.
And lots of miscelaneous things i've forgotten.

15-02-06:

Added MFScript scripting interface. This is being used in the Caelestis Project
Added a translation/localisation module
PSP now builds with recent changes
Cleaned up the Input code
Native support for more gamepads on PC (including Xbox360)
Fixed deadzone handling on all platforms
Added QuadList support to the immediate renderer
Added a new threading interface (MFThread)
Added some more MFMath functions
Added some new MFVector functions
Added some new MFString functions
Added some more collision foundation functions
Added the new XInput support, so the XBox 360 gamepad is handled properly now and supports full hotswapping.
Added a MFNetwork module which exposes some common network functionality
Added remote gamepad support. Now the PSP, for example, can be used as a wireless gamepad over the WLAN.

An RPC service is planned based on the scripting module which would allow for the PSP to be controlled by an external system while it is being used as a remote gamepad (like the GBA->Cube connection)

11-12-05:

DAE working nicely now. (Still no animation tho...)
.me2 support added for loading old Manu Enging MEMD2 models.
BMP image support.
XBox updated with all the recent changes, builds again now.
New callstack and debugging modules.
Interface redesign mostly complete.
Updated MFMath functions, added a new MFRand using the mersenne twister algorithm.
Doco update.

13-11-05:

Fixed up project files. All paths are relative now so fuji and projects can build from anywhere.
Updated PC MFSockets. Working good now, tested a small HTTP client connecting to google.
Updated ConvertASE to properly support multiple platform mesh chunks, and prepare for collada support.
Added DAE, MD2 and MD3 source model support!
Added a Null platform device, so new platforms, or platforms that dont support specific features can build with the Null device.
Massive code clean up! This is in preparation for a doco system.
Interface changes across the board. Much tighter and simpler in general.
Cleaned up global headers. Sped up compile times heaps!
Added MFHeap. Much cleaner than the old one :P
Came up with a reasonable doco system (using dyxygen).
Added Doco for some of the more 'complete' modules
Added Fuji.chm (incomplete but this is an example of what to expect)

18-08-05:

Archiver finished up.. Works real nice
New archiver scripts added to projects
Texture tool working nicely now with many many target formats supported
Archiver can produce raw processed data, or a .zip file archive for convenience and space efficiency
ZipFile filesystem added. Mounts a compressed .zip archive as a filesystem at runtime
Vector3 and Vector4 removed in favour of new MFVector which has methods for both 2, 3 and 4d vectors. Less code, more managable, should allow for more optimisation and simplicity.
Matrix replaced by MFMatrix, and all code changed over.
PSP Texture swizzling added. Doubles PSP framerate!!
Starting ethernet support. Writing a sockets layer currently.

25-07-05:

PSP is now supported by Fuji!
VS 2005 Tool Files for the GCC compilers. These support the GCC cross compilers.
Project for DevC++, an alternative GCC build environment.

3-06-05:

Complete rewrite of Renderer and Material systems and interface
Custom material types can be created easilly, or even loaded from DLL's
Added a new 'Standard' material which mimics the behaviour of the previous material system
Added a new MFModel system
New ConvertASE for new model format
Rewrote View module with a nice new interface
All new totally awesome filesystem!
Mounting filesystems now works
Flattening filesystems now works
Mounted filesystems now have volume names for direct addressing
Added an AppTemplate to the Sandpit app
Added a StringCache
Rewrote the Ini file reader to be far more powerful
Added some CRC functions

04-05-05:

PC now supports multiple individual mouses
InputTest updated to display stats for multiple mouses

Multiple mouses are implented using RawInput which reads the USB directly. This is not thoroughly tested so may behave differently than DirectInput. If only one mouse is detected (avoid potential instability), or RawInput is not available (Requires WindowsXP), the system falls back to DirectInput instead. Mouse 0 can choose to remain the collective system mouse if multiple mouses are available. If multiple USB mouses are detected, and RawInput is enabled, any other mouses (Serial/PS2) will not be available due to RawInput and DirectInput conflicting, and generally not getting along...

24-03-05:

Rewrote the input system. Much simpler interface and far less platform specific code.
Fixed some clean up problems.
Added a Texture::CreateFromRawData function.
Added GamepadMapping.ini to PC builds. This is for automatically configuring controls so many gamepad adapters can map correctly in the PC build.
Rewrote Texture interface
Rewrote Material Interface
Added Material reference counting.
Changed the way textures are created procedurally or from raw data.. Much simpler management now.
Fixed Texture management and reference counting
More changes to PC Input. PC now recognises the button names of known gamepad types.
Input system can enumerate input device and bytton names
Keyboard->Gamepad input mapping now works when Scroll Lock is turned on

1-6th - 10 - 04:

Added music playback debugging features
Added new Renderer module that manages render state settings
Added PC Keyboard->Gamepad input mapping (While ScrollLock is turned on)
Moved Sprites over to use Materials instead of directly managing Textures
Did some work on the F3D format and got the exporter building again
Added a few common collision tests to the collision manager

23-30th - 9 - 04:

Added animated texture support
Added Ogg Vorbis support
Made .Bix (Falling Bricks game) :)
Fixed Ogg Vorbis on PC
More bug fixes

24-07-04:

Many VS.NET/GCC bugs and incompatabilities fixed (thanks Lewis)
Started writing a Scene Graph which will maintain the world
Stripped out the left over platform specific code that was lying around
Many many miscelaneous changes I made in my dead time that i cant remember

04-05-04:

Exporter is now working!
Model class can now load models and render them in 3D
ASE->F3D->MDL file converter works sweet

April-04:

Started writing a custom Heap manager
Started writing a platform independant FileSystem module, intention to support compressed data archives
Added the beginings of a Model/Animation exporter for 3DSMax, Unfortunately i cant finish this till i have a copy of .NET 2002 (Anybody?) cus the MAXSDK just sucks :)
Added a dynamic array class (Array.h)
Investigated the recent bad performance, found it was the Callstack Profiler. Fixed it up a great deal.
Fixed a bug in the Vector3 CrossProduct function where it was returning invalid results.
Finished FileSystem module for now (One day it will have compressed data archive support added)
Added a .ini file parsing system (Will come in handy for material definition/config/etc)
Finished off IniFile reader. Works well in all my tests.
Started writing a Material manager. Reads 'Materials.ini' for a list of material definitions that can be instanced at runtime.
Finished off Material manager. Will move systems that directly referenced Texture's over to Materials some time soon
Started a Renderer interface (Manages Vertex/Pixel shaders etc..)
Started writing some basic vertex shaders
Major rework of PC window control. It now correctly resizes the framebuffer (not just a bilinear scale of the frame buffer to fit the window Wink), and supports fullscreen (Alt-Enter). Can change resolution at any time on the fly.
Added View class which manages Projection and View matrices, render targets and Orthographic mode.
Started writing model class. Not must use yet tho as the exporter wont work
Designed intermediate model format (.F3D). Used as a robust intermediate format that is exported from Max that is later converted to a series of optimised platform specific model and animation files
Fuji now supports 3D!
Added a set of 3D geometrical primitives that can be useful for debugging (Shape.cpp/h)
Bulked out the Matrix class. The majority of it is implemented and working now
Some small changes to the View class
Primitive renderer now read's the current view for camera/pojection matrices. previously the sprites (and anything else) were leaving the view in an unknown state
Properly supported Widescreen on PC

March-04:

Added a primitive renderig system (Primitive.cpp/h)
Added Debug Menu system. Pretty extensible, flexable and easy to use (DebugMenu.cpp/h)
Fixed a font crash caused by a memory allocation eventually fragmenting the xbox memory till it crashed (over a few hours).. Now font just does a single static allocate and shares it for all text render calls
Added debug assert's and log util functions, also a dynamic string cache (Util.cpp/h)
Added vector and matrix classes. Bulked them out with a few useful functions. (Vector3, Vector4, Matrix cpp/h)
Fixed some bugs in the Primitive renderer
Fixed a bug in the sprite renderer that had the same effect as the previous one i fixed in the font system
Added an intelligent texture management system
Added a cool texture browser feature in the debug menu. Displays image, filename, dimensions and reference count
More debug menu improvements
Fixed a bug in Player::Update() that caused player ships to dissapear after the controller was disconnected and reconnected.
Added an Asteroid class
Added a callstack manager
Added a callstack profiler which can record performance information down to individual function's
Added a timing management system. Gives access to a timer class, also allows for global timing management such as pausing game playback or slowing/speeding playback rate without affecting relative game timing charactistics
Added debug menu options for new features
Supported all current systems (except Input) on PC which now builds and runs
Added a set of functions for generating random numbers in various ways (Util.h/cpp)
Prefixed Primitive functions with 'MF' (Mount Fuji). Will Probably continue this tradition in future with second revisions of each system (there is always a second revision, after the flaw's are found and considered from the first revision through general usage)
Fixed more debug menu bugs
Font now uses platform independant MFPrimitive to render instead of dx8 vertex buffers
Final touches to the debug menu. Scrolls nicely now and clips content within its frame..
Added PC Input. Only reads joysticks currently, there is no interface for reading anything else in the engine yet (as it was primarily a console engine). Buttons are mapped to a typical PSX->USB adapter in a Playstation layout
Added options to the debug menu to control the look and feel of the debug menu ;)

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Previous Releases: v0.1b - v0.5b