| Thursday 2nd April 1998 |
PDCPAK - The COM story continues... (can't think of a better title)
I've knocked up some preliminary documentation for PDCPAK component. I'll be releasing the first
test version to the testers (funnily enough) either tonight or tomorrow. If everything seems
OK, I'll release it to the masses for general consumption as soon as I've padded out the docs
a bit more.
BTW, it's never too late to offer to test it.
| Monday 30th March 1998 |
PDCPAK - The COM story continues...
Things were a little quieter on the COM front than expect because I had to spend time with my
Mum in hospital (she's on the mend now). I've got a couple of testers lined up and, if all
goes well, I'll try and get a package together for release towards the end of this week.
| Friday 20th March 1998 |
More COM
The new COM object for manipulating .pak files is slowly but surely becoming more
usefull. At least now a client can load a .pak file, navigate through the directory
structure and get the data for a "file" in the .pak file. Work goes on....
BTW I'm still looking for someone to test this beast using a language other than C++.
| Wednesday 18th March 1998 |
Appocolyptic
Well now I have the St Patrick's day merryment out of my system (well almost - I still
have the post-Guinness appocolyptic nightmare to contend with), I can get
back to the matter in hand....
That COM object
Remember way back when I mentioned that I was going to write a COM object for
manipulating .pak files? Well I did.
Anyway, it looks like it could be making
an appearance soon. I've got most of the basic functionality I need in and
working, just a couple of things to touch up and it should be ready. Once it's
done, it should be possible to use it, for example, from within a VB app.
Anyone interested in testing this theory, drop me a line at the usual address,
Pete@PlanetQuake.com.
| Monday 16th March 1998 |
Thoughts
Here are my thoughts on some of the news of the past few weeks...
"Hmmm, nice"
"Ooops"
"Go guys! You do a damn fine job."
"Doh! ACD Systems strike again!"
"Thanks people. And don't worry, I'm not gonna drop QPed"
"Woop! Gimme, gimme, gimme!"
See above
QPed happenings
It looks like the last release has been a success. The next version will
support different palettes in the model viewer. It's in the process of going
through a of an overhaul. (BTW I finally got the '95 drivers for my Diamond Fire
GL 1000 Pro to work under the beta of 98. Finally I have windowed OpenGL at a
decent speed!). I'll keep you up to date with progress.