New Build Release Information for the LawMaker Game Engine.

• Added new HUD screen system.
• New radar script example showcasing new HUD screen system.
• New command console override showcasing new HUD screen system.
• Added ability to perform ray-trace collision test for material hits.
• Added dominant material storage for terrain system/
• Added storage of material to bsp collision model.
• Exposed IsIntroVideoPlaying to CGameplay
• Exposed user config variable, FarClipPlan, to exposed far clip plane.
• Fixed particle editor not properly setting minimum starting location Y in UI.
• Fixed crash when particle editor is opened after Editor exit.
• Fixed crash during call to 'LoadGame'. Needed to instantiate m_pStateMachine for controller class.

• Added pause to video textures when game is paused.
• Added ability to add multiple videos to startup screen.
• Fixed crash when loading a level when start video is loaded.

• Added video play supporting avi, mpg, mpeg, m1v, qt, mov.
• Added ability to set video playback when LawEngine launches (exposed in cfg file).
• Added video render to texture to allow renderable video textures.
• Added video project to LawEditor.
• Added video resource item and compiler to LawEditor.
• Added jpeg image support into LawEditor and Engine.
• Added error message when setting a heightmap to a material.
• Added OnVideoPlaybackComplete method to CGamePlay.
• Added acceleration API to ODE vehicles.
• Added center of mass API to ODE vehicles.
• Added demo level, video_render_texture.eva
• Added demo level, DenseFoliage.eva
• Added cal3d-0.11rc2.zip to installer.
• Fixed random LawEditor crashed caused by screensaver.
• Minor bug fixes and code cleanup.

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New Build Release Information for the LawMaker Game Engine.

• Added pause to video textures when game is paused.
• Added ability to add multiple videos to startup screen.
• Fixed crash when loading a level when start video is loaded.

• Added video play supporting avi, mpg, mpeg, m1v, qt, mov.
• Added ability to set video playback when LawEngine launches (exposed in cfg file).
• Added video render to texture to allow renderable video textures.
• Added video project to LawEditor.
• Added video resource item and compiler to LawEditor.
• Added jpeg image support into LawEditor and Engine.
• Added error message when setting a heightmap to a material.
• Added OnVideoPlaybackComplete method to CGamePlay.
• Added acceleration API to ODE vehicles.
• Added center of mass API to ODE vehicles.
• Added demo level, video_render_texture.eva
• Added demo level, DenseFoliage.eva
• Added cal3d-0.11rc2.zip to installer.
• Fixed random LawEditor crashed caused by screensaver.
• Minor bug fixes and code cleanup.

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New Build Release Information for the LawMaker Game Engine.

• Fixed parsing issue for duration of lwv phoneme info.
• Implemented time scaling for action animation.
• Added lipsync data mapping to omnibus.cfg file.
• Added simple visime code to Datacontent\gamebase\visimetest. (visimeai.lua, westonvisime.lua).
• Added simple visime level, lipsync_sample.eva
• Fixed missing resource for foliage level, Foliage_KaufmanEstate.eva.

• Added foliage rendering for LawMaker using detailbrushes.
• Added ability to paint foliage onto terrain.
• Added ability to create, edit and delete foliage through LawEditor.
• Added Lipsync project to LawEditor.
• Added Lipsync project to Wizards.
• Added lwv compilation for Lipsync project.
• Added Phoneme class object to LawMaker game entity hierarchy.
• Exposed Phoneme and Phoneme Info class API to lua.
• Exposed PrintStringDict to lua.
• Optimized GetDuration implemtnation for DirectX Audio.
• Implemented IsSoundPlaying for DirectX Audio implementation for COmniSound.
• Removed WatchBar window from LawEditor.
• Fixed OnPostAudio when level is loading.
• Fixed crash when deleting cinematic entities that are not attached to a level.

• Added wav audio player for LawEditor.
• Added deleting of cinematic managers and associating actions\effects.
• Fixed crash caused when apply materials to detailbrushes.

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New video showcasing GUI Wizard and Drag and Drop Feature!

New Build Release Information for the LawMaker Game Engine.

• Implemented Terrain Visibility (Paint holes).
• Implemented default project creation for Solution Wizard.
• Added "IsALight" virt member func to CGameEntity. Exposed to LuaVM.
• Added "IsASunlight" virt member func to CGameEntity. Exposed to LuaVM.
• Fixed Cinematic menu system from displaying.
• Fixed Splash screen config lookup when LawEngine launches.
• Fixed solution project wizard from setting the solution file name. Caused fatal crash when creating additional projects through wizard.
• Added ability to delete multiple resource items from Solution without prompting user.
• Increased material selection bit array for detailbrush from 16 to 64.

5 June 2007 (PDT) - Release notes for LawMaker SDK build 727.84 (Minor Release)

• Added Solution Wizard to create a solution file.
• Added Project wizard to create individual projects to a solution file.
• Added Resource wizard to import art content.
• Added ability to drag and drop a level into LawEditor.
• Added ability to drag and drop a solution file into Solution Explorer of LawEditor.
• Added ability to drag and drop art content into LawEditor.
• Added ability to close a solution file.
• Added material lookup for full path when compiling detailbrush.
• Implemented method requestRotateToType to CAIController.
• Added virtual method OnBrainGoalCompleted to CAIController.
• Replaced END_RADIUS with GOAL_WITHIN_RADIUS for lua game code file, baselawai.lua.
• Replaced name for solution explorer window from "Omnicad Explorer" to "Solution Explorer".
• Removed .eva filter for File Open solution Dialog for LawEditor.
• Removed .sln filter for File Open Dialog for LawEditor.
• Removed the requirement for external artwork to be located in StagingGround.
• Fixed issue with cleaning DetailBrushes from DataContent w/o needing "DB Prefab" folder in the solution file.
• Fixed issue with crash on Popup menu for LawEditor.
• Fixed crash assertion with waypoints during inventory pickup initialization.
• Set the directory to the solution path when opening the solution open dialog.
• Set Solution\Workspace to the active view for the solution explorer in LawEditor on startup.
• Replaced"Omnibus Game Projects" with "LawMaker Game Projects" in New Project Dialog for LawEditor.

13 May 2007 (PDT) - Release notes for LawMaker SDK build 720.47 (Minor Release)

• Fixed LawEditor refresh issue with Vista.
• Upgraded to latest DX9 build.
• Removed d3d9.dll from bin directory. Added d3dx9_33.dll to bin directory.
• Added Configurable Transparent Splash screen for LawEngine application.
• Added configuration Dialog to LawEditor to modify texture panning scale, grid size, ortho\persp background color.
• Fixed roll-over issue with vehicles by adding in sliding properties and roll factor to center of mass.
• Modified camero.lua file for roll-over fixup. Car handling needs to be fixed up.
• Exposed CODETire properties.
• Added splash screen propertines to Omnibus.cfg and enginesplash.bmp to bin directory.
• Modify Omnibus.cfg fullscreen mode to true for LawEngine application.
• Removed DiscreteRegion selection from DiscreteRegion listbox.
• Fixed crash when enable shadow occluder for dynamic detailbrushes.

Release notes for LawMaker SDK build 711.83 (Minor Release)

• Added selectable CCinematic Manager Dialog for Cinematic Tools.
• Added AssertFatalMsg within loading skeleton and mesh file for models.
• Added default C++ implementation to OnGiveExistingAmmo and OnGiveInitialAmmo.
• Implemented ammo reduction into CAmmoInventory::HandleFire and removed methods in CAxeAmmo, CDynamiteAmmo and CMolotovAmmo\
• Fixed Fatal crash when inventory pickup queries for closest waypoint during level load.

1 April 2007 (PDT) - Release notes for LawMaker SDK build 707.49 (Minor Release)

• Added call to COmniGUILayoutManager::OnPostAudioInit() when the audio is initialize on startup.
• Fixed CWaterEntity rendering issues.
• Fixed crash issue with updating property explorer during level load in editor.
• Fixed timeline editor updating for dynamic detailbrush.
• Fixed issue with loading Shader osh ext to Shader ots ext.
• Fixed handling routines for inventory usage, alt-usage, next and prev inventory.
• Fixed issue with script method call for 'GetDetailBrush'.
• Fixed implementation for duration (in sec) for method COmniSound::GetDuration().
• Exposed AddDisplayMsg for COmniHUD class.
• Exposed OnNotifyImDead for CGameCharacter class.
• Exposed GetNumInventory and GetInventoryAt for CGameCharacter class.
• Cleanup StringDictionary hash lookup on terminate.

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