2.1.0 Released

Stephen A — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:54:59 -0000

2.1.0
Tao Library versions
Tao.OpenGl 2.1.0.12, Tao.Platform.Windows 1.0.0.5,
Tao.FreeGlut 2.4.0.2, Tao.OpenAl 1.1.0.1, Tao.Cg 2.0.0.0, Tao.DevIl 1.6.8.3,
Tao.Lua 5.1.3.0, Tao.Sdl 1.2.13.0, Tao.PhysFs 1.0.1.2, Tao.Ode 0.9.0.0,
Tao.Glfw 2.6.0.0, Tao.FFmpeg 0.4.9.0, Tao.FreeType 2.3.5.0, Tao.Platform.X11 1.0.0.0

- Tao.Sdl - fixed SDL_overlay struct.
- Tao.Sdl - Added non-CLS compliant methods
- Tao.Sdl - updated to SDL 1.2.13
- Tao.Cg - Updated to Cg 2.0
- Added Tao.FFmpeg, Tao.FreeType, Tao.Platform.X11
- Fixed uninstall issues with the Windows Installer.
- Added make build system.
- Removed prebuild from the build system (still used for GAC functionality).
- Examples are now OSX bundles.
- Sdl, OpenGl, Cg, FreeGlut (GLUT actually) work on OSX but the others do not have installers. OpenAl has partial support.
- Tao.Lua - Updated to 5.1.3
- Added TaoMediaPlayer as an example for Tao.FFmpeg.
- Tao.Ode - updated to 0.9.
- Tao.OpenGl - Optimized cold boot time, by using reflection to reduce jitted LOC.
- Tao.OpenGl - Simplified and optimized extension loading (now works on OSX, too).
- Tao.OpenGl - Improved call speed for functions that take typed arrays as parameters (e.g. int[], short[], etc.)
- Tao.OpenGl - Added ref/out overloads for functions taking pointers.
- Tao.OpenGl - Added non-CLS compliant overloads for functions with unsigned parameters (e.g. uint, ushort etc.)
- Tao.OpenGl - Reduced the total number of overloads by simplifying the generation process.
- Tao.OpenGl - Fixed several bugs in the typemaps (GLbool -> bool, void* (return) -> IntPtr).
- NAnt build extended with install function (previously just for package building)
- pkg-config files (important for distro's! since for example OpenSUSE uses Tao.OpenGL.pc, while Debian uses tao-opengl.pc, hopefully everyone will now start using the later one)
- OpenAL EFX support
- WGl extensions repaired

2.0.0 Released

Stephen A — Sat, 05 May 2007 09:38:52 -0000

2.0
Tao library versions
Tao.OpenGl 2.1.0.3, Tao.Platform.Windows 1.0.0.3,
Tao.FreeGlut 2.4.0.1, Tao.OpenAl 1.1.0.0, Tao.Cg 1.4.1.1, Tao.DevIl 1.6.8.2,
Tao.Lua 5.1.1.0, Tao.Sdl 1.2.11.1, Tao.PhysFs 1.0.1.0, Tao.Ode 0.6.0.3,
Tao.Glfw 2.5.0.0.

All libraries are compiled for .NET 2.0.
Since they use features not in .NET 1.1, the libraries cannot be recompiled for .NET 1.1.

The Tao.OpenGl binding has been completely revamped.

Conslidated most examples into easy-to-use browser apps.

Added simple scripts to ease execution of examples on Mono.

Downloads are available at:
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=170616

2.0.0RC2 Released

Stephen A — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:34:22 -0000

All libraries are compiled for .NET 2.0.
Since they use features not in .NET 1.1, the libraries cannot be recompiled for .NET 1.1.

The Tao.OpenGl binding has been completely revamped.

Conslidated most examples into easy-to-use browser apps.

Added simple scripts to ease execution of examples on Mono.

Downloads are available at:
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=170616

2.0.0RC1 Released

Stephen A — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 07:03:19 -0000

2.0
Tao library versions
Tao.OpenGl 2.1.0.0, Tao.Platform.Windows 1.0.0.3,
Tao.FreeGlut 2.4.0.1, Tao.OpenAl 1.1.0.0, Tao.Cg 1.4.1.1, Tao.DevIl 1.6.8.2,
Tao.Lua 5.1.1.0, Tao.Sdl 1.2.11.1, Tao.PhysFs 1.0.1.0, Tao.Ode 0.6.0.3,
Tao.Glfw 2.5.0.0.

All libraries are compiled for .NET 2.0.
Since they use features not in .NET 1.1, the libraries cannot be recompiled for .NET 1.1.

The Tao.OpenGl binding has been completely revamped.

Conslidated most examples into easy-to-use browser apps.

Added simple scripts to ease execution of examples on Mono.

Tao 2.0 RC1 Next Week

Stephen A — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:59:10 -0000

Next week, Dave Hudson will release Tao 2.0 RC1. This long overdue release is the first to target .NET 2.0 and Mono 2.0 Profile exclusively.

For more information visit:
http://www.taoframework.com/forum/index.php?topic=491.0

Tao Framework 1.3.0 RC1

Stephen A — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 23:36:38 -0000

We have released a release candidate of the Tao Framework 1.3.0. This is a huge update and plans to be a final release for .NET 1.1 support.

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