====== Release 2.3! Hooray! ====== It is done! The installer for L3DT 2.3 is available on the [[http://www.bundysoft.com/L3DT/downloads.php|downloads page]]. Please note that L3DT now includes an [[bundydocs>l3dt:eula|end-users licence agreement]]. It's still free to use, but rights are reserved and liabilities disclaimed (the usual formalities). The full list of changes may be found on the [[bundydocs>l3dt:history:v2.3|release history]] page. Some highlights include: ===== User interface ===== * Most of the old control dialogs have been replaced by new 'wizard' interfaces. You'll know them when you see them. * I've polished a lot of the display management code, so the whole thing should feel a bit more tidy. The same goes for the progress bar too. ===== Mosaic maps ===== * Mosaic map support has been fixed for nigh-on everything. * I've finally squashed the [[bundydocs>l3dt:buglist:mosaicflood|mosaic water-flooding bug]], which had haunted my very existence since [[l3dt:ann:v2.1|L3DT release 2.1]]. * There was also a bug with [[bundydocs>l3dtvi2:buglist:mosaicwalls|mosaic heightfield scaling]] in the viewer, which has now been fixed. ===== File I/O ===== * The water map can now be exported to a range of different binary terrain files ([[bundydocs>l3dt:formats:support|see list]]). * I've replaced the dreadful old 'file preferences' dialog with a much improved [[bundydocs>l3dt:userguide:io:preferences|tree-based version]], which should be a lot easier for everyone to use. * The file formats for the [[bundydocs>l3dt:formats:specs:mgf|map group file]] (*.mgf) and the [[bundydocs>l3dt:formats:specs:def|map definition file]] (*.def) have been substantially altered. Most of the settings previously in the MGF have been moved into the DEF. The latter is now a C-like script file that is used for both normal loading and saving of the group, as well as for [[bundydocs>l3dt:userguide:batch|generating batches of maps]]. Old map group files can still be loaded by L3DT 2.3, but old DEF files cannot. ===== L3DT Users' Group ===== There is now an official [[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/L3DT_users_group/|L3DT users' group]], hosted by Yahoo Groups. You can subscribe directly to the mailing-list using this cute chunk of code provided by Yahoo:

===== Website stuff ===== The layout of the site has changed a little. I have revamped the [[bundydocs>l3dt:userguide|tutorial]], and added a new [[http://www.bundysoft.com/L3DT/support.php|User support]] page. ~~I've also re-done the 'getting started' guide to better help new users~~[//Edit: //No longer available]. The [[bundydocs>l3dt:faq|FAQ]] has also been updated. This site still looks a little shoddy in Internet Explorer. If you see the code '⇒' around here, it is because some versions of IE don't recognise it as meaning '⇒'. (//psst...//

) ===== What's next? ===== I'm planning a release 2.3a in a few months to introduce better texture splatting support, user presets for algorithms, some long-overdue user requests, and a few other niceties. Fixes for any bugs will also be included in L3DT 2.3a. I also have to revise the off-line version of the tutorial. It's hopelessly out of date. However, my first order of business is to sleep. G'nite. {{tag>release}}

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