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This are notes for the 27 September 2004 dev release of Xj3D.

Changes since Last Dev Release:
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    Bugzilla: No bugs have been marked as fixed

    H-Anim: OpenGL renderer has an internal skinned mesh implementation done in
        software. Will not currently show anything if the skin geometry is any
	of the Triangle*Set nodes. 

    Geometry-2D component: Implementation of Level 1 complete for both OpenGL
        and Java3D. 

    Generic Input devices: Completely rewritten to now use the JInput API.
        This requires you to download a new library JInput 1.1.0-b04.
	https://games-binaries.dev.java.net/build/index.html

        Extension spec exposing input devices as nodes also available, but only
	partially implemented: http://www.xj3d.org/extensions/device.html

    Picking Extension: Implemented in OpenGL renderer now. New pick objectType
        and PickableGroup nodes are now supported. Spec here:
	http://www.xj3d.org/extensions/picking.html
        
    Scripting: Fixed several bugs related to invalid field size values being
        passed through for MF* nodes and updates accidently clearing field
        values.

    Runtime Model: Restructured the manager system to allow for arbitary 
        collections of managers to be now included for any given set of node
	types. Previous structure would require changing method signatures for
	each new manager added. 

    Profile Definitions: Fixed all our profile definitions of the components
        and levels to conform to the 19775 IS spec.

    DTD definitions updated to the FDIS versions that have been sent to ISO.
  
    Commonised some of the 2D texture handling into the base classes. 


Changes since M9:
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    H-Anim component implemented. Software skinnning only for OpenGL currently.

    Geometry-2D component Level 1 implemented

    Generic input device spec and movement to JInput API.

Known Issues:
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    General:
        Huge amounts of garbage generated internally within Java3D's picking
        subsystem using Cone-based objects for those using J3D1.3.0. Fixed for
	1.3.1FCS.

    ECMAScript: Due to a change in Rhino 1.5R4, a number of things broke in our
        code. The changes were an all-or-nothing afair. So we've decided to fix
	the code to work with 1.5R4-1. That means you will need to upgrade your
	copy of Rhino to this version.  As a result, the standalone print()
	method that some browsers support, is no longer supported by us. For your
	code to run, you must use Browser.println() instead.

    MovieTexture
        In order to work, you need to have JMF installed. JMF itself seems broken
	as we don't seem to be able to get it to run at all on a number of our
	development machines. 

    AudioClip
        The Java3D audio capabilities are exceedingly bug-ridden. If you use
	anything before 1.3.1beta, you'll not hear any audio content.

    browser
        GeoVRML and UMEL local resolution not supported in pre-compiled code,
            you need to specify the local installation path in DIYBrowser.java
            and recompile.

    OGLMultiWallBrowser seems to have stopped working. NFI why. 

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