Release notes for RPG Toolset v0.2 - December 6th, 2006
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New features:

 - Engine now runs on top of jMonkey Engine and LWJGL in place of Xith3D and JOGL
 - Implementation of tile editor and object editor (see below)
 - Camera control in map editor using the numeric keypad, including new reset option
 - Shadows have been added and are drawn according to light and object settings
 - Cel-shading option, which can be enabled/disabled in the game properties
 - Lighting tool panel in map editor for changing various lighting options
 - Configuration dialog containing various settings related to the toolset (see below)
 - Customizable image for Display Settings init dialog
 - Simple game menu screen with "New Game" and "Quit" buttons
 - Customizable music (OGG or WAV) and background for game menu
 - "Build Game" feature now packages all project-specific resources into a JAR file
 - Tooltips in dialogs and tool panels to explain most of the input fields
 - New Import dialog features allowing resources to be imported between projects or into the library
 - Collision detection to prevent player from moving through collidable objects & non-walkable tiles
 - Player will follow terrain when moving along walkable tiles
 - Most dialog windows can now be closed by pressing ESCAPE
 - Size and location of application window is maintained

Tile Editor features:

 - Ability to create new tiles for use within the map editor
 - Support for loading models from ASE (ASCII Scene Export) format
 - Casts Shadows option to specify whether or not the tile should cast shadows
 - Walkable option to specify whether or not the player can walk on this type of tile
 - Bounding Volume option to specify the type of bounding volume to use (box or sphere)
 - Preview image creation (used by the map editor when selecting tiles to place)


Object Editor features:

 - Ability to create new static objects for use within the map editor
 - Support for loading models from ASE (ASCII Scene Export) format
 - Casts Shadows option to specify whether or not the object should cast shadows
 - Collidable option to specify whether or not the player can walk through this type of object
 - Bounding Volume option to specify the type of bounding volume to use (box or sphere)
 - Preview image creation (used by the map editor when selecting objects to place)


Configuration features:

 - Look and Feel (select from default RPG Toolset look and feel or Windows look and feel)
 - Toggle options for "Show splash screen" and "Exit confirmation"


This release contains the following resources:

 - 8 wilderness tiles (grass, dirt, path, path_turn, river, river_bend, bridge, hill)
 - 1 dungeon tile (stone)
 - 1 common tile (empty)
 - 3 landscape objects (tree, bush, rock)
 

Known issues/limitations:

 - The shadows in a map do not properly update until it's reloaded (only affects editor)
 - If a new preview image is generated, image is not updated in map editor until toolset is restarted
 - Map size has been limited to 50x50 until engine is further optimized