====== L3DT release 2.7 ======

Released on the 28th of February, 2009 ([[bundynews>l3dt:ann:v2.7|see announcement]])

===== Major features =====



==== 'Undo' ====

  * Added support for multi-level 'undo', with CTRL+Z support and an 'undo' toolbar button.
  * Modified [[bundywiki>plugins:fileio:L3DTio_Backup|L3DTio_Backup]]:
    * Don't backup maps that aren't initialised (instead flag that they are to be freed on record revert).
    * Backup project settings (using flag).
    * Auto-delete records on plugin shutdown to reduce disk spam.
    * Support undo for simultaneous brush editing of multiple maps (e.g. TX and AM in TX brush).
    * 'Backup' option now clears all previous undo records.
    * 'Restore' option now recurses through all undo records, up to last restore point.
    * Record stack is trimmed when longer than user-definable limit (default is 20).
    * Added a toolbar button to enable/disable automatic backup point for undo, and added get/set functions for said flag in L3DTio_Backup plugin, to be used by other plugins.
  * Added automatic 'undo' backup to:
    * Menu-based map operations.
    * Core calculations (HF, WM, TN, LM, TX, etc.)
    * Plugins, including [[bundywiki>plugins:sapphire|Sapphire]], [[bundywiki>plugins:calc:atMergeMap|atMergeMap]], [[bundywiki>plugins:calc:atRotate|atRotate]], [[bundywiki>plugins:general:CopyPaste|Copy/paste]]((area selective too.)), [[bundywiki>plugins:calc:SphericalDistort|SphericalDistort]], and [[bundywiki>plugins:general:atImportMap|atImportMap]].
    * New map layer option.
    * Edit pixel options.
    * 2D mouse tools.
    * 3D radial mouse tools for HF.
    * 3D AM & TX mouse tools.
  * Added menu/toolbar options for:
    * 'Undo' in L3DT and Sapphire.
    * 'Enable undo' menu option (checked by default), with warning for memory usage &c.
    * 'Clear undo history' menu option.
  * Other:
    * Added 'view.RefreshMap [lpMapName]' function to allow zoom to be retained when undoing during map edit.
    * Added callback in edit record to refresh Sapphire TX/HF on undo/restore.
    * Hid file save progress bars during mouse brush strokes [//includes updates to [[bundywiki>plugins:general:atExportArea|atExportArea]]//].


==== ZeoScript improvements ====
  * Added 'if' / 'else' / 'endif' support.
  * Added 'do' / 'while' support.
  * Support auto-casting of variable types.
  * Added more core functions:
    * Math functions (sin, cos, tan, asin, acos, atan, pow, sqrt, log, log10)
    * More map functions (Init, Free, GetPixel, SetPixel, GetFlag, SetFlag)
    * Progbox functions (ShowWnd, HideWnd, SetTitle, SetProgress)
    * File helper functions (GetExt, GetDir, GetFilenameNoDir, GetFilenameNoExt, FileExists)
    * File i/o functions (fopen, fclose, ftell, fseek, rewind, fwrite, fread)
    * Buffer functions (InitByType, Free, nItems, MemSize, ItemSize, ItemType, SetValue, GetValue)
    * 'GetScriptFilename' function.
    * 'GetLineNo' function.
    * 'isdef' functions.
    * 'RunScriptFile' function, to allow scripts to run other scripts.
    * 'return' function.
    * 'view.GetActiveMap' function.
  * Changes to previous behaviour:
    * Added support for literals in 'setv' intrinsic.
    * Re-mapped 'set' to point to 'setv' (was 'seta').
    * Removed 'newset' intrinsic.
    * Corrected line numbers for goto by including empty code lines.
  * Add memory stack to scripts to allow variable scoping.
  * Added 'undo' support to example scripts where appropriate.
  * Updated example scripts for above changes.

==== Activation module bug-fixes ====

  * Provided 'L3DT will now exit' notification before shutting down following a failed activation attempt.
  * Provided a more descriptive message to indicate free update period has elapsed.
  * Removed generally meaningless error messages (e.g. "Name '44' is already taken").
  * Fixed activation problem for Carl B. (via e-mail).
  * Include 'KeyReset.exe' utility in installer, to nuke keys in case of error.

===== Other features =====



==== Sapphire ====

  * Added AVI capture support ([[bundynews>l3dt:2009:feb:17|see examples]]).
  * Added selected area display in Sapphire ([[http://www.bundysoft.com/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-360|see image]]).
  * Removed topmost status for Sapphire to fix Z-order problem with attributes map brush.
  * Added toolbar.

==== OS support (or lack thereof) ====

  * Support for Windows 2000 has been discontinued ([[http://www.bundysoft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1041|see bug-report for reason]]). 

==== L3DT Standard Edition ====

  * Allow high-res textures up to 32x (same as Pro).

==== Update manager improvements ====

  * Automatically check for updates, with user-changeable period (never|monthly|fortnightly|weekly|daily|each session)
  * Provide modeless pop-up notification when updates are available.

==== User interface ====

  * Added consistent 'on-line help' syslink to control windows & wizards.
  * Re-designed wizards to be more intuitive ([[l3dt:userguide:wizards:algorithms]] and [[l3dt:userguide:wizards:hfsize]]) (FIXME: update docs)
  * Display plugin name in format info within file preferences dialog box.
  * Added '//Operations->Active map->Resize map//' option.
  * Added '//File->Import->Texture map//' menu option.
  * Added calculation progress text to main window.
  * Removed defunct '//Utilities->Read file header//' option.

==== New/improved plugins ====

  * Modified [[bundywiki>plugins:fileio:L3DTio_Atlas2|Atlas2 plugin]] to support '8 textures' resource for TGEA ([[http://www.bundysoft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=5428#5428|see this thread]]).
  * Modified [[bundywiki>plugins:fileio:L3DTio_RAW_HF|L3DTio_RAW_HF plugin]] to support r32 and r16 file extensions.
  * Modified [[bundywiki>plugins:fileio:L3DTio_BigBitmap|L3DTio_BigBitmap plugin]] to support full load/save/mosaic, and auto split to mosaic. Plugin replaces [[bundywiki>plugins:fileio:L3DTio_FI|L3DTio_FI]] as default bitmap plugin for L3DT.
  * Updated [[bundywiki>plugins:calc:ZeoImage|ZeoImage plugin]] to support stretched image overlays.
  * Added [[bundywiki>plugins:fileio:L3DTio_CSV|L3DTio_CSV plugin]] to support spreadsheet->design map workflow ([[http://www.bundysoft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1060&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=|see this thread]]).
  * Added [[bundywiki>plugins:fileio:L3DTio_B3D|L3DTio_B3D plugin]] to support Blitz3D and Realm Crafter.
  * Added [[bundywiki>plugins:fileio:L3DTio_B3D|L3DTio_VFW plugin]] for recording video streams.

==== Path changes ====

  * Moved resources to '[HOMEDIR]\L3DT\resources\[version]\'
  * Moved logs to '[HOMEDIR]\L3DT\logs\[version]\'
  * Added start menu links to extensions, logs and resources folders ([[bundynews>l3dt:2008:oct:25|see here]]).
  * Updated uninstaller to remove more logs & setting files.

==== Plugin API ====

  * Updated to [[zeolite:changes#v2.7.1|Zeolite v2.7.1]]


==== Bug fixes ====

  * Fixed the horizontal scale calculation in [[bundywiki>plugins:fileio:L3DTio_BT|L3DTio_BT plugin]] when importing terrain encoded with lat/lon extents in degrees ([[http://www.bundysoft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1028|see this thread]]).
  * Fixed bug in [[bundywiki>plugins:calc:atMergeMap|atMergeMap plugin]] that failed to set MAPFLAG_SAVED to true for mosaic heightmaps ([[http://www.bundysoft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1068&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=|see this thread]]).
  * Fixed bug in resizing design map.
  * Modified DM resize wizard so that it doesn't resize the map when only changing the horizontal scale.
  * CMosaicMap::ExportMap now forces blank tiles to be written ([[http://www.bundysoft.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=5429#5429|see this post]]).

==== Other ====

  * Added option to bake texture onto lightmap ([[http://spring.clan-sy.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=16895&p=319914#p319914|see request]]).