GameVision SDK

Jarrod Davis · 2003-11-28T19:50:17

[ RELEASE ] GameVision SDK 2.x The GameVision SDK is feature complete and can easily create any type of 2D game with D3D for rendering. GameVision 1.x powered our game FreeStrike (http://www.jdsgames.com/freestrike) GV was designed to be easy to use, robust and feature rich and should be easy to use in your projects. [ HISTORY ] Initial release [ REQUIREMENTS ] * Delphi 7 Pro or higher * DirectX 8.1b runtime * Direct3D compliant 3D video card * DirectSound compliant audio card (optional) [ INSTALLATION ] * Put GameVision.dll, GameVision.bpl in the system path and the DCP files in the Delphi path. * Create a new project * Check "build with packages" replace the packages with the GameVision package. * Add the GV units to your uses section as needed. * See the [docs] and [samples] folders for more info on how to use. [ FEATURES ] * DirectX8.1 for 2D rendering * Delphi 7 Pro or higher * OOP * Audio ( Sfx, MP3, music player) * App ( app window, file logging, exeption handling, framerate control, object streaming) * Graphics ( mode enum, primatives, render state management, texture, font, sprite, images, movie rec ) * Input ( input device, input context) * Math ( vector, angle, line intersection) * Plugin (plug dll management ) * Resources ( streaming, resource file, configuration ) * System ( base object, varient data ) * Tools ( handy classes and routines ) * UI ( flexable menuing system ) * Utils ( common routines used throught the sdk ) * Documentation ( compiled html help ) * Much more [ PLANNED FEATURES ] * Scripting support * AI system * comprehensive docs, demos and tuts [ DOWNLOAD ] ftp://ftp.jarroddavis.com/gv/gvsdk2.zip (~5MB) ftp://ftp.jarroddavis.com/gv/gvsdk2.chm (~200KB) [ SUPPORT ] * http://www.jarroddavis.com - JDS website * http://www.jarroddavis.com/forums - GameVision forum * support@jarroddavis.com - support email You are free to you GV for your own projects. In exchange, help us to make it better with your feedback, suggestions and bug reports. If you would like to contribute a demo and/or tutorial, contact us. We encourage you to use the GameVision forum at our website for community support. [ EULA ] GameVision(tm) Game Application Framework, tools and tutorials are Copyright © 1994-2003 Jarrod Davis Software. You may not reverse engineer, or claim GameVision or it's tools as your own work. You are hereby granted the right to use GameVision and it's tools to produce your own applications without paying us any money. We do require that you acknowledge us in your application's credits and/or documentation. An acceptable statement can be such as: " created with the GameVision Game Application framework developed by Jarrod Davis Software. www.jarroddavis.com " You may redistribute GameVision, provided that the archive remain intact. All files of the original distribution must be present! Media used in the demos, tutorials and tools are copyright Jarrod Davis Software and may not be used for any purpose. This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages arising from the use of this software. If you have further legal questions, please mail legal@jarroddavis.com Best Regards Jarrod Davis Jarrod Davis Software [edited by - Jarrod Davis on February 2, 2003 1:24:06 AM] [edited by - Jarrod Davis on February 23, 2003 2:47:05 PM]

Jarrod Davis

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September 28, 2003 11:05 AM

The latest update to the GVSDK is available for download. Visit the about
page for details.

Note: #xxx is the current build number and .x is the snapshot release.

HISTORY [ + add, - remove, = changed, ^ to-do, * item list ]
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[ Build #402.3 ]
= Updated the GVSDK.CHM file. New format, documented new routines.
+ Added: GV_RenderDevice_GetDirect3D, GV_RenderDevice_GetD3DDevice
and GV_Texture_GetD3DTexture to allow you to get the low level
d3d, d3ddevice and d3dtexture objects. You must typecase them
to their perspective object types yourself as they only return
type IInterface. Be sure to release them after use as the reference
count of the object is increased after the call. Release by setting
to Nil;
+ Added: GV_App_SetOnActivateEvent, GV_App_GetOnActivateEvent,
GV_App_OnActivate so you can manage events when the application
is active/inactive.
= Fixed a bug in GV_RenderDevice_GetViewport where it was returning
the wrong XY values.
= Fixed a buffer overrun problem in GV_RenderDevice_SaveFrame that
would case an exception error.
+ Added a 3D starfield simulation demo.

[download ]
ftp://ftp.jarroddavis.com/gamevision/snapshot/gvsdk_snapshot.zip
ftp://ftp.jarroddavis.com/gamevision/snapshot/history.txt

[ of interest ]
The new routines allow you to get the D3D, D3DDevice and D3DTexture objects used by GV. This way you have more low-level control. Using them and the Set/Get Pixel routines you are able to code special features that you may need, such as the requested texture Flip features. You can either lock the texture and use Set/Get Pixel or if you prefer to use low-level Direct3D to assist you can do that also.

Note: If you allocate resources outside of GV, you will be responsible for freeing those resources before closing down GV. For example, if you allocate textures via the D3D interface objects, you have to free them before GV is shut down. Also, these objects must be released too, as the reference count is increased when you access them. Just set to nil to release.

[ help / feedback ]
support@jarroddavis.com - support email (private)
gamevision.mailist@jarroddavis.com - gvsdk mail list (public)
http://www.gamevisionsdk.com/forums - gvsdk forums