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What's News in the PlayBasic world ? - Find out here.
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PlayBasic V1.64L Learning Edition Released
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By: Kevin Picone Added: April 24th, 2010
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Category: All,Learning Edition
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PlayBasic V1.64L _Learning Edition Released
This release marks something of a huge leap forward for those using the FREE Learning Edition of PlayBasic ! Why ? - Well, the existing Learning Edition was built from Version 1.63, revision V. You could easily be forgiven for thinking that the old V1.63 learning edition is only slightly behind the the new V1.64L release, since the version numbers appear to be so close. When, It's actually over two years older then today's V1.64L release. So there's lots of new features just waiting to be explored!
What's are these new version ? - Well, V1.64 features a whole new graphics engine. This new engine includes universal support for things like more Alpha Blending mores, Sprite Alpha Channel, Bi-linear Filtering, Tinting, New Font engine, new image loader, Alpha map support and much more.
[Indent] The compiler has also been through a healthy face lift, with the addition various math short cut operators (++, --, +=, -=, *= , /=), Dynamic function calling, The ability to pass and return Arrays and individual types in and out of the functions and Psubs, Optional Parameter Support in not only built in functions but users defined functions, and many more cleanups of the syntax and compilation performance. The compiler can routinely build over 10,000 lines per second!
The Help files are important, we know that. While the quality of the documentation is always slowly improving (with each upgrade), the biggest concern we've had from users, was being overwhelmed when scanning through the various main sections. Originally, this wasn't an issue, since PB only had a fraction of the features it does today. So, we've (finally) introduced sub-category support to the help. These allow the various command sets to be broken down better. Which should help !
These are only some the changes we've made to V1.64L learning edition, you'll also find updated examples, new support libraries, as well as the latest IDE included in the package. So there's plenty of nice new shiny functionality sitting right under your finger tips. The only thing the Learning Edition can't do, is build EXE files.
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See -> PlayBasic V1.64L Work In Progress
for more information on the V1.64L upgrade (and previous) !
Download
Download PlayBasic V1.64L Learning Edition
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