NEWS

04-29-03 TDEC's plugin system can now add effects defined in for instance a database or in a script by using a 
parameter list to init effects. New effect and filter plugins were added to demonstrate the ease of implementation.
Bugs were fixed, overall functionality was improved.
Check out the improved MULTILAYER demo to see the latest powerfull features of TDEC's plugin system in action.
03-11-03 TDEC has been extended with a run-time pluggable multi-layered demo effects plugin system, which is 
able to show a lot of effects, filters and transition plugins concurrently and can be used to create demo's. 
This is now part of libTDEC. Plugins can be found in the PLUGINS directory. 
Check out the new MULTILAYER demo to see the system in action.
01-28-03 libWPCG was extended with an animation manager. Object instancing is now complete for animation and collision 
detection. Many other changes to libWPCG. The DEMONS effect was added to show the new features, the DEMON effect was extended. XHACKS directory was added containng X ports of effects.
12-26-02 Added 4 new effects, added scaling functions to libTDEC and improved libWPCG's collision detection and 
overall performance
12-15-02 Added 3 new effects, fixed a bug in WPCG's lighting system and added a namespace to it. Added logo to 3D 
effects.
11-27-02 Added many improvements to the WPCG 2D/3D library, among others 3D collision detection using the 3D OPCODE 
library v1.2 of Pierre Terdiman, collision handling and a proper lighting system. 
Many bug fixes and enhancements in WPCG. The demon and 3D terrain effect were corrected. Added 3D collision 
detection and frustum culling demo called ufos which demonstrates the use of OPCODE.
09-04-02 Added 1 new 3D terrain effect. Added many inprovements to the WPCG 2D/3D 
library. 08-21-02 Added 2 new effects, added WPCG 3D classes. Extended some of the earlier effects. Extended libTDEC
08-05-02 Added 3 new effects, fixed some bugs. Changed libcommon into libTDEC and added many new functions, improved old ones. 
	 Libmikmod is now optional by using --enable-mikmod switch in configure script
07-22-02 Added 3 new effects, fixed a bug in the lens effect, added image functions to the util library
07-13-02 Added 2 new effects, done some optimizations, separated init timer from init video
06-23-02 Added 2 new effects, created GFX directory and added utility functions to the common lib
06-14-02 Added 3 new effects, improved configure script, created static common lib
05-31-02 Added 2 more effects, cleaned up the code, increased performance
05-20-02 Released the first 5 effects, created the configure scripts