Project Structure

The codebase has been merged into one so we don't have duplicate modules for each application
Compilers and IDEs have been added to better support developers getting started
The repo has been setup with proper permissions and protections
Configurations to compile and run from VSCode have been added

BlitzRC

Blitz3D has been replaced with a custom edition of Blitz3D known as BlitzRC
Updated to VS2022
Optional strict typing has been added
Blitz types are handled as actual types when returned and can be converted to pointers
Userlibs no longer have to live in the compiler directory but can live in the projects source directory
DLLs no longer have to be in the root directory of the executable or source and can now live in a /bin folder
Sound files can now be streamed instead of needing to be loaded fully into memory
More 3D sound direct control of positions, velocities and hearing ranges.
Memory Access Violations have been replaced with detailed errors including a stack trace.
- In production errors are logged and do not halt execution.
ExecFile can now have a start-in directory specified
Unit testing framework has been implemented.
Some DirectX abstractions for environment mapping and LOD bias.
Other changes can be found in the BlitzRC\help\commands\whatsnew.htm file

Breaking Changes

Some breaking changes have been introduced which makes this version not backwards compatible with standard Blitz3D

Sound RydeTec/blitz-forge#3

Currently the only supported sound format is OOG. A sound converter program has been included to help for now. Other sound commands have been changed or renamed.

FastExt RydeTec/rcce2#4

Since BlitzRC is based on Blitz3d 1.108 some graphics libraries like FastExt are broken. These typically were only compatible with Blitz3D 1.106 or below. Some of these features have been disabled for now. We have an outstanding task to replace these features with other alternatives.

Check the BlitzRC\help\commands\whatsnew.htm file for more info.

BlitzPlus

BlitzPlus is also custom but is backwards compatible with standard BlitzPlus for now.
Updated to VS2022

RealmCrafter

Updated source for BlitzRC
Project Manager now handles multiple projects instead of just one.
Updated all Project Manager links
Documentation has been converted to MarkDown format
Fixed F-UI resizing issue on Windows 11
Removed GUE Max
Lots of tools and extras that were missing have been added.
Added changes that were found in other iterations of the Community Edition

Known Issues

GUE Publishing - RydeTec/rcce2#6

CoreyRDean commented 8 months ago

I am opening this PR for review and comments. This PR is already too big and needs to be merged down so any further changes are much easier to review. There is obviously much more work to be done but this PR gets us a solid foundation to work off of.