Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

Unreleased

• Added GRRLIB_CreateEmptyTextureFmt() to create an empty texture with a given format.

4.5.1 - 2024-03-02

• Changed the libraries installation so it always creates the directory structure before moving the files.

4.5.0 - 2024-02-11

• Fixed compatibility issues with devkitPPC release 39.
• Fixed linking problem in examples with FreeType 2.13.2 (pkgrel 1 and 2).
• Added GRRLIB_LoadTTFFromFile() to load a TTF from a file.
• Added GRRLIB_Ellipse() to draw an ellipse.
• Changed GRRLIB_PrintfTTF() and GRRLIB_PrintfTTFW() so they use the alpha channel from the color parameter.
• Changed function arguments types in a few functions.
• Fixed documentation for GRRLIB_Camera3dSettings(), GRRLIB_Screen2Texture() and GRRLIB_CompoEnd().

4.4.1 - 2021-03-05

• Patched widescreen on Wii U.

4.4.0 - 2020-01-12

• Removed libpng, zlib, libfreetype and libjpeg from the project. These libraries should now be installed in devkitPro with pacman.
• GRRLIB and pngu are now installed into the portlibs folder instead of the libogc folder.
• Removed uint declaration. The u32 type should be used instead.
• The GRRLIB_CreateEmptyTexture() function is not inline anymore.

4.3.2 - 2012-08-12

• libpng was updated to version 1.5.12
• zlib was updated to version 1.2.7
• libjpeg was updated to version 8d
• FreeType updated to version 2.4.10
• GRRLIB_ClampVar8() was removed from GRRLIB
• Removed warnings from GRRLIB_LoadBMF()

4.3.1 - 2010-10-22

• libpng was updated to version 1.4.4
• FreeType updated to version 2.4.3
• GRRLIB is compatible with libogc 1.8.4

4.3.0 - 2010-06-28

• libpng was updated to version 1.4.2
• libjpeg was updated to version 8b
• zlib was updated to version 1.2.5
• FreeType 2.3.12 support (first support)
• 3D primitive drawing: torus, sphere, cube, cylinder and cone
• Light functions (diffuse, specular, spot) + ambient
• Split functions for rotation/translation/scaling 3d object.
• Here is the list a new added samples demo code:
  • 3d_light1 -> Simple Diffuse light sample code
  • 3d_light2 -> Simple Lights and GRRLIB_ObjectViewInv() sample
  • 3d_light3 -> A little Specular light sample code
  • 3d_light4 -> Spot Light Sample Code
  • 3D_sample5 -> Simple demo of rotation/translation/scaling 3d object.
  • ttf -> TrueType Font demo

4.2.0 - 2009-12-16

• First support to 3D functions
• GRRLIB_CompoStart() and GRRLIB_CompoEnd() for real GX compositing with transparency support
• GRRLIB_Screen2Texture() is now fully optimized
• USB_Gecko output facilities
• GRRLIB_Compose() was deleted since it was not fully using GX
• GRRLIB_GetColor() was deleted, the RGBA macro should be used instead
• Lot of new sample code:
  • 3D_CubedTileDemo (How to use dynamic texturing)
  • 3D_sample1 (A simple rotating flat cube)
  • 3D_sample2 (A simple rotating textured cube)
  • 3D_sample3 (A textured cube and compositing)
  • 3D_sample4 (A complex object rotating)
  • basic_drawing (How to use some basic GRRLIB functions)
  • bitmap_fx (Effects ShowRoom)
  • blending (How to use blending mode)
  • compositing (A simple compositing how to)
  • funsin (A gradient sinusoid dancing)
  • particle (A nice particle sample code)
  • template (Use this as a basis for your project)
  • TileDemo (This will show you how to use tiles/tileset and map)
  • unlimited2d (A faky technic for unlimited sprites)
  • unlimited3d (Same as above but with 3D)

4.1.1 - 2009-11-24

• Fully compatible with devkitPro release 18 and 19 (code and examples)
• libpng was updated to version 1.2.40
• Support for MS-Windows Bitmap format uncompressed (1-bit, 4-bit, 8-bit, 24-bit and 32-bit)
• New function called GRRLIB_DrawPart() to draw a specific part of a texture
• Extra parameters to GRRLIB_Screen2Texture()
• Video is now initialized even without a SD card
• Fixed a problem with scaling images
• Documentation improvement

4.1.0 - 2009-10-05

• Completely new file structure with sub-folders
• Installer for vendor libraries (jpeg, png, pngu)
• Makefile for GRRLIB
• Many (all suitable) functions are now inlined
• Support for the recent changes to libogc
• Alpha compositor function added
• Correct use of pointers (no more struct passing)
• Speed improvement, bug fixing and more...

4.0.0 - 2009-03-05

• Changed color format to RGBA for ALL GRRLib functions to fit to GXColor format and use GX_Color1u32
• GRRLIB_LoadTexture() now auto detect PNG or JPEG
• GRRLib introduce a new texture structure (easier to handle texture width, height, etc ...)
• Add GRRLIB_InitTileSet() to initialize a tile set
• GRRLIB_DrawImg() recoded for simpler use
• GRRLIB_DrawTile() recoded for simpler use
• InitVideo() and GRRLIB_Start() merge into GRRLIB_Init().
• Add GRRLIB_PtInRect(), GRRLIB_RectInRect() and GRRLIB_RectOnRect() to detect hot zone
• GRRLIB_GetPixelFromtexImg() and GRRLIB_SetPixelTotexImg() to directly read/write in texture
• GRRLIB_CreateEmptyTexture() and GRRLIB_FlushTex()
• New Bitmap FX
• Add GRRLIB_Exit() to free the memory allocated by GRRLIB