Beta 7 is now on the FTP. Here is a list of changes: * Vertex shaders and pixel shaders completed * Added ability to use custom FVF and vertex shader declarations * Added dynamic lightmaps to BSP engine * Added bump mapping support to BSP engine * Updated PRO Edit documentation for progressive meshes and vertex/pixel shaders * Added MD2, 3DS animation, Particle Effect support to CHR Edit * Added character tweening using vertex shaders to Character library * Added ability to change sound volume in Character files * Added CHR Edit documentation * Added LS file creation in CHR Edit so characters can be used in LStudio instantly * Added character LOD example * Added vertex reordering flag to file format so saved progressive meshes work properly * Fixed loaded bump textures on cards that don''t support it * Added new icons for all utilities and fixed bug where it wasn''t showing the correct icon in the taskbar * Fixed coolbar bug that would cause the program to freeze up if you resized the window too small * Added proper d3d pipeline support for env mapped objects (axis now affects texture transform, scale is correct) * Added PR_SetWindow function and PR_Globals.PR_WindowHandle * Compiled PRO and Biped exporters for 3DS MAX4 * Disabled 3D Now quaternion multiply because it was giving incorrect results sometimes * Fixed lightmap_add with d3d pipeline * Removed wbuffering (was more trouble than it is worth) and fixed up zbuffering problems with mixing pipelines * User/Scene camera in PRO Edit is finally functional * Material, Texture and alpha polygon arrays now automatically expand so you won''t run out of memory (ie you can allocate just 1 texture at the start of the program and it reallocates the array as needed)

My plan at this point is to work on the main documentation and see how long that takes. I doubt it will be totally done mid July but certainly very close.

There are a few things that I want to complete that may take a long time:

Lightwave 6.5 exporters
Milkshape exporter
Matrix palette skinning using vertex shaders
dozen or so small improvements to the terrain engine

I will continue to work on a few of the large features each release as well as fix lots of the minor ones. I can''t give you exact dates for the remaining features. Why not treat every beta as the final release from now on and everything else I add is a bonus

If there are any features you need that I haven''t mentioned let me know.