From 11ab0fe9bed32c2f732d16de675a3a7d2ad68ccb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Josh Yelon Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 17:28:40 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] New release notes for 1.1.0 --- doc/doc/ReleaseNotes | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/doc/ReleaseNotes b/doc/doc/ReleaseNotes index a41995f7f3..f5e620a006 100644 --- a/doc/doc/ReleaseNotes +++ b/doc/doc/ReleaseNotes @@ -1,3 +1,31 @@ +------------------------ RELEASE 1.1.0 ------------------------ + +This is a BETA release. It's pretty reliable, but there are still a +few quirks here and there. Over the summer, Panda3D was overhauled +top to bottom. The new code is dramatically improved, but it needs a +little bit of testing. The new features are: + +* Much faster rendering of high-poly models. +* Dramatically improved vertex and pixel shader support. +* New demo programs using shaders and render-to-texture. +* Play movies by using an AVI as a texture (windows only). +* Python scripting uses much faster python to C++ interface. +* Support for procedurally-created geometry (eg, fractals, etc). +* Cleaner, simpler internal data structures. +* Comes with Python 2.4 support built-in. +* A lot more. + +The new demo programs are: + +* Render to Texture Demo +* Cartoon Shader Demo +* Motion Trails Demo +* Procedural Geometry (Fractals) Demo +* Normal Mapping Demo + +However, a caution: this is a BETA release: reasonably stable, but +not quite perfect. Please send us your bug reports. + ------------------------ RELEASE 1.0.5 ------------------------ UPDATE: this release broke support for visual studio. Use