released on 24 12 12

general

• vvvv now comes in a 32bit and a 64bit flavour, the second of which has some nodes missing, see: vvvv-64bit
• vvvv is now fully unicode internally which removes taking care of ANSI/UTF8 settings on various string-handling nodes, see: unicorn-in-alpha-builds
• there is a new basic data-type RAW for low-level bytehandling, see: new-datatype-raw
• necessary switch to AddFlow5 component for gui slows down moving of many nodes (sorry for that)
• fix for a special case of refactoring/grouping
• CreatePatchInPatch now creates window and node at cursor
• now using a new Directory-Selection Dialog
• crack now checks for availability of MSVC++ 2008 redistributables as well
• added /unregister commandline-option for crack.exe
• some boygroup fixes:
• Values are now transmitted as double (LittleEndian). was single (BigEndian). more bandwidth but less cpu usage
• Strings are transmitted with UTF8
• Colors are transmitted as colors (much faster)
• The new raw datatype can be sent over network (boygroup)
• IOBox (String) read from wrong array (action array) in case it was boygrouped
• fixed initialization issue when creating plugin pins (/forum-alpha/weird-new-behavior)?
• Fixed random memory corruption
• Fixed some XML error warnings on startup
• If creation of plugin fails, error won't be logged every frame anymore

new nodes

• Leap (Devices) implements the leap motion device SDK
• Player (EX9.Texture) - a high-performance player for picture sequences
• HTMLTexture (EX9.Texture) - a chromium based texture for playing back youtube, flash and more see: htmltexture-(ex9.texture)
• a series of new XML-handling nodes: xml-nodes-added-to-alpha-builds
• Reader (RAW), Writer (RAW) for reading binary files
• PinInfo (VVVV)
• Path (SVG) lets you build advanced 2d graphics paths
• Database (MySQL Network) nodes

removed nodes

• all Database (MySQL) nodes. Please use the new MySQL database nodes from the addonpack.
• PictureStack (EX9.Texture*) is now legacy. See new Player (Ex9.Texture) node.
• Replaced Vector (Spreads Join/Split) with Zip/Unzip (Value)

changed nodes

• Reader/Writer (File) are now Reader/Writer (String) modules that default to UTF8 encoding
• LogFile (VVVV) got a ShowTimeStamp
• UDP (Network Server/Client) now have RAW in/outs
• original UDP (Network Server/Client) are now UDP (Network Server/Client String) modules
• TCP (Network Server/Client) now have RAW in/outs
• original TCP (Network Server/Client) are now TCP (Network Server/Client String) modules
• RS232 (Devices) now has RAW in/outs
• original RS232 (Devices) is now RS232 (Devices String)
• all nodes of the category MySQL had to be replaced by plugins
• OSCEncoder/Decoder (Network) now have RAW in/outs
• GUI 2d nodes work with the new mouse state and can handle multitouch
• Added "Allow Empty Spreads" option to Zip node

fixed nodes

• Cursor (System) now has its Y input flipped
• DX9Texture (EX9.Texture) in cubemap mode now works with multiple rendertargets
• PatchState (VVVV) got a memleak fixed
• HTTP (Network Get/Post) now copes with https connections
• fixed a special case of Linearspread: faulty-results-for-spreaded-linearspread
• CreateEnum bug fix
• Added support for multiple texture coordinates to collada loader.

plugininterface

• IPin2.Subtype now includes enumName for enumpins
• ColorPin now also returns priority
• Updated to SlimDX version 4.0.13.43
• The "Texture Out" pin of plugins using the texture template class will always be the left most pin
• Fixed COM exception when setting SubType on INodeIn/INodeOut
• Added possibility to set Dimension in IOAttribute for IO objects which do not have an inner generic data type set (like the pointer types)