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Decal 3 Alpha 7 (2.9.5.0)

21.09.2006

I should point out a few things before you all go and upgrade immediately:

1. This is expected to be the last public build before the 'New View/Rendering System' is integrated.
   
2. Many plugins may well need to be rebuilt and updated for this build
   
3. We'll be disabling alpha 6 builds with the next AC Patch (Encourage your favorite plugin developer to update!)
   
4. We've made a LOT of changes. Don't expect much support on Alpha 6 after today.
   
5. I don't know what item 5 is, but I wanted to include it..
   
6. A partial backport of the new rendering system's back-end code has given us more features and a big speed increase on our HUDs, particularly when rendering text.
   
7. We've updated the prerequisites, but they should be easier to install too.
   

New Prerequisites:

• .NET Framework 2.0
  
• April 2006 drop of D3DX.
  
• VC 2005 Runtime
  

Change Summary:

• We've added a bootstrapper to setup! No more remembering to get all the right prerequisites, they should be installed by setup now.
  
• DecalUtil is installed by Setup now.
  
• DenAgent (What you start when you start Decal) is now partly managed, including a new managed updater. (Should do away with all the download errors)
  
• D3DService is integrated into core decal. (This opens up all sorts of possibilities for plugins to add 3D items to the 'world')
  
• DecalContainer now an optional part of Setup for Developers
  
• Surrogate Code cleaned up, enforcing that plugins using killbitted surrogates don't load. MANY PLUGINS MAY FAIL BECAUSE OF THIS UNTIL UPDATED!
  
• Fixed transparency issues with AC itself while running Decal
  
• Decal DLL selfreg no longer clobbers PIA registration making Decal.Adapter more errorproof
  
• WorldFilter wrapping for Decal.Adapter
  
• HUD transparency behaves more as you would expect it to.
  
• Better Font/Image caches in RenderService (HUDs)
  
• TilePortalImage added to all Rendering surfaces (Primarily HUDs)
  
• TilePortalImageEx/DrawPortalImageEx added to all Rendering surfaces (Primarily HUDs) enabling partial source rects and other neat features.
  
• Fix .NET exes to run x86, not Any (so they run in wow32 rather than as x64 on x64 machines).
  
• Decal.Adapter: Extension event messaging system
  
• Code Signing of setup.exe/decal.msi (And most other binaries) with a certificate from a self-issued CA. (Root certificate installation necessary)
  
• FileService changed namespace and classname (Was: Decal.FileService.Service, is now Decal.Filters.FileService)
  
• Added better ways to get .NET filters from Decal.Adapter (ie: Core.Filter()
  
• Many other misc bugs fixed throughout the rest of Decal, including buffer overruns and other stability changes in many places.

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