0.20.11 and testing continuesI've just released the latest version. It includes more fixes and a few nice minor updates. Thanks to everyone that's been emailing me bug reports. I'm hoping to release the first official version at the end of February. I think the big bugs have bee...Feb 11, 2024·1 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
Comment Masterpieces #1Hidden away on line 4073 of main.pas lives a work of literary and software development genius that I'm almost too modest to share. // to do, no idea what this does Sublime, isn't it? The code it's attached to looks straightforward enough, it's part o...Oct 31, 2023·1 min read
