released on 29 02 03

documentation:

• added hello world tutorial
• added 3d tutorial
• added Index in Manual
• added new demo patches in girlpower folder
• added new subpatch modules in modules folder
• improved lots of changes and clarifications in manual

graphics:

• added: DX8Texture which allows to use renderings of a DX8Renderer as a texture (compare with GDITexture). This will allow for all sorts of feedback effects
• added: "Depth Buffer"-Pin to DX8Renderer, which allows to toggle DepthBuffering.
• added: "Invert Depth"-Pin to DX8Renderer; if enabled results in showing most hidden background particles on top of foreground

• added: "Clear Depth Buffer" which allows to toggle clearing depthbuffer independent from clear colorbuffer ("Clear")
• fixed: directx nodes should work one much more graphics cards now. (works also on a 300€ computer with onboard graphic card S3; also tested Matrox G40/G450; some GeForce)
• improved: DX8Texture allows to create alpha textures; Pin: "Alpha"
• improved: handling of rope and segment should be easier now
• improved: TSAdressMode introduces new pins for explicitly cycling textures (hard to explain) look at patch "pitch on pole" and toggle "Cycle U" in node "TSAdressMode"; "Border Color" Pin introduced for address mode "Border"
• improved: one frame flickering removed which appeared when changing resolution of grid.
• fixed & improved: Invert; now you have to connect to "Source"-Pin what you want to invert
• fixed: spreading a texture/renderstate will now spread the particle
• fixed: Perspective (Transform): Near Plane / Far Plane

ATTENTION: if you have a Renderer (DX8) with a viewport transformation - due to that modification you now have to explicitly add an orthogonal camera (Ortho (Transform)) to your viewport which lets you specify the visible Z-Range (Near Plane / Far Plane)

• added: Perspective (Transform, OffCenter), Ortho (Transform), Ortho (Transform, OffCenter) which allow to define new cameras.

added: UniformScale (Transform)

new nodes:

• Renderer (HTML) uses Internet Explorer to draw HTML text input
• IO (Devices, Wiesemann+Theis Digital EA) allows use of interface (see http://www.wut.de)
• Scroll (Spreads) allows Scrolling through numeric spreads
• Stallone (Color) like Stallone for Values
• Stallone (String) like Stallone for Values
• SystemFolders (File) will return all kinds of important folders in your system
• SubDir (File) will return all subdirectories in a directory
• LogFile (VVVV) allows a logfile to be created, which will log all errors.
• AsValue (String) node to convert strings to numerical values
• Boost (VVVV) will set your applications priority higher. will reduce jitter while rendering
• Power (Value) basic math node for raising x to the y´th power.
• GetPatchMode (VVVV)/SetPatchMode (VVVV) for getting/setting the appearance (dimensions and component mode) of the surrounding patch
• SetGammaRamp (Windows), GetGammaRamp (Windows) allows you to get/set the gamma ramp of your display
• TouchScreen (Devices, ELOTouch) Encapsulates a Touchscreen by ELO connected to the serial port (http://www.elotouch.com)

fixed nodes

• IRC (Network) removed several bugs, no more automatic user names
• BezierLoop (GDI) will calculate its control points correct
• Stallone (Spreads) sort modes now working

changed nodes

• Renderer (TTY) will now use Background color has new pin Foreground color
• Dir (File) is now spreadable and has option for listing also Hidden and System files.
• Expr (Value) is not case sensitive anymore
• Counter (Animation) has new pin for default value at startup or after reset
• TypoSpread values now uses correct bounding box, introduced Height Pin (this may break some patches). added mode for proportional scaling of text. fixed bug with long input texts
• additional modes in RetroColors

gui

• "save as" button in save options dialog
• /allowmultiple command line option that allows starting multiple instances of vvvv
• screenshots made via Ctrl F9/F10 now include the cursor
• quitOptions dialog will prompt you when closing the last window
• saveAsReloadOptions dialog will prompt you when saveAsing to a different path
• alt+rightclicking a node resets all its values
• alt+leftclick a selected node to duplicate the current selection
• when over a node with the mouse for half a second the infotip shows the exact name of the node
• autocompletenodelist now includes all patches that are in the current patchs directory
• right mousebutton changevaluefeeling is more sensible
• ctrl+leftclick in patch no longer locks the patch (use CTRL+E)
• a locked patch is indicated by a # in the caption
• resetting a pin with ALT+rightclick also resets its slicecount
• subpatchnodes now show their filename without path and extension
• save options dialog stays in front of other windows
• doubleclicking a patch in explorer doesn't close other open patches
• doubleclicking a patch in explorer doesn't open a second empty patch
• setup will now recognize DirectX 9
• locked patches open in correct dimensions
• minimizing vvvv with a click on its taskbaricon now works
• you may now use relative paths (relative to the patch they are in) for textures and subpatches
• infotip is now constrained to the monitor where the mouse is
• main menu is now constrained to monitor where the mouse is
• no more occasional ugly white handles on links and nodes
• no more occasional crashes when switching componentmodes of patches (make sure to run setup.exe and uncheck/check AddFlow-Button)
• some of Hrn.Inspektors bitchy behavior

• no more topmost tooltips if vvvv is inactive