0.8.9.4 release of GLGraphics and roadmap

Hello, today I upload a new version of glraphics: 0.8.9.4. As usual, download from sourceforge. This version is compiled with Java 1.5, which hopefully will solve the compatilbility issues some people were experiencing.

New GLGraphics release: 0.8.9

This release of GLGraphics introduces a new and improved way of handling the parameters of the texture filters. Before 0.8.9, the parameters had to be passed to the filter with a GLTextureFilterParameters object. This object allowed only a predetermined number of parameters to be set in the shader. Furthermore, the name of these parameters was hard-coded, for example a float parameter in the shader had to be called par_flt1, for instance, in order to be recognized by the filter.

GLTexture renamed to GLGraphics.

The GLTexture library mentioned in earlier posts got renamed to GLGraphics in this new release, since it incorporates some new functionality that goes beyond the original scope of the GLTexture class. It introduces a new renderer called GLGRAPHICS that descends from the built-in OPENGL renderer. However, GLGRAPHICS can be created without attaching it to any drawing surface, so it can be used as an off-screen render framebuffer.