[Java Runtime 1.0 Beta 2]

[wraggster]

Fungostar posted this news:

Java Runtime and Devkit 1.0 Beta 2 have just been released

Here follows a list of changes and bug fixes.

Bug:
- Fix for the audio delay in the game "Paperotte"
- Fixed many bugs in the sdljava layer, especially in palettized images

News:- Added support for Zaxxon's bitmapped font, now the launcher uses a combination of ttf and bitmapped fonts
- Added support for SFont compatible fonts
- Launcher can now over/underclock applications before launching them
- The launcher now adds a background service (disableable) for all applications: the Battery Monitor, a thread that monitors batteries state and turns on the battery led when they are low. The led blinks when batteries level is critical.
- Added the following gp2x fnctionalities:
* Battery led control (on/off)
* Backlight control (on/off)
* overclock/underclock
* Battery state retrieval
- Added another test program that allows you to experiment with new functions

Improvements:
- Modified Ryo's version of the SFont library, added font scaling and antialiasing
- Modified surface initialization to hardware surfaces
- Applied VM optimizations (-O2) and enabled advanced threading tecniques

ToDo/Roadmap for Beta 3:
- Make SFont's fonts changeable (actually only white)
- enable double buffering hardware
- j2me support

Performances are much better. "Paperotte" is now fullspeed and audio is in sync.
The Jam-Test application starts clocked at 50Mhz by default and performs at 12FPS, it reaches 85Fps at 200Mhz.

Thanks to:
- Zaxxon for his bitmapped fonts
- Ryo for GMenu2X, it's a masterpiece and a vault of informations
- SFont's original author, Karl Bartel

Downloads from the Italian GP2XDev.net Forum:
RUNTIME: http://repository.gp2xdev.net/viewfile.php?id=49
DEVKIT: http://repository.gp2xdev.net/viewfile.php?id=52

Cheers,
Fungostar