Xinorbis 10 beta coming soonSorry for the delay in updating the blog (ooops), things have been a bit crazy over the past couple of years. I'll be posting regularly from now on. The C++ rewrite of Xinorbis is coming on very well,Sep 13, 2026·1 min read
Weekend of fixesAll of the code is now migrated, so now it's testing, testing, testing. I haven't had all weekend for fixes, but this what I've done since Saturday: Fixed add multiple and delete multiple Fixed Colour change dialog and functionality File->New now ...Nov 20, 2023·2 min read
First LED Matrix Studio C++ uploadThe first release of the C++ rewrite project is now live on github. https://github.com/MaximumOctopus/LEDMatrixStudio/tree/main/Source In terms of lines of code, it's about 20% larger (yeah it's nearly 40k lines!). This is mostly due to splitting the...Nov 16, 2023·1 min read
Frames[0], now I understand theeSo, I spent a considerable amount of time rewriting the engine so that animation frames are stored from zero instead of one in the Frames container. It's fixed a couple of issues already. And now I know why!!! It appears that I made that change so th...Nov 13, 2023·1 min read
Bugs. Bugs. Bugs.Quite a few things work, some even work well, but there are quite a few bugs. Every single one a creation of the rewrite. Loading a project works, but often the first frame gets cleared. Importing a bitmap works, but there's often a blank frame at th...Nov 12, 2023·1 min read
Frame[0] what art thou purpose?Porting the LED Matrix Studio to C++ has so far been a fun process, but along the way I've stumbled upon decisions that current me can't fathom. I have a feeling historical me could shed some light on the reasoning behind those decisions, but he's no...Nov 10, 2023·2 min read
Progress stats!Source files: 152Forms: 21Forms yet to be ported: Automate, ExportCode, SetIgnoredPixels, and PreferencesFrames: 6 (all ported)Commented-out code: 39 (sections of Delphi that need rewriting)"To do" code: 71 (a couple of thousand lines or so)Warnings:...Nov 7, 2023·1 min read
