DGC News

20-June-99 DGC Files Updated

All DGC Files have been updated to use Eric Ungers DirectX 6 header files
now uses directdraw 4
has full Hi-Color Support.
new Component HI-Color lib which is a collection of images will take Jpeg , Bmp & DIB images .
NOTE :
Use HI-COLOR Lib or Normal Image Lib but which ever is added to the form last will be the one used.
WEB PAGE UPDATE
NEW DGC DISCUSSION GROUP SET UP BY ANDREW.

12-Dec-97 - High Color Demo

Although the high color patch does not support high color images in the image library file, you can now download a demo showing how to use high color bitmaps in DGC.

24-Nov-97 - DGC Patch

The DGC Patch now has windowed mode and some high color support.

NOTE this file is only a tempory patch and the functionality will probably change in the next release of DGC

08-Nov-97 - DGC Web Page Has Major Surgery

The DGC web page has had major surgery and now uses frames to (hopefully) improve navigation. The "Download" section has been renamed to "Files" and separate download pages have been created for Delphi 2, Delphi 3 and C++Builder. This should makes things clearer as to what should be downloaded for your particular development tool. A "User " section has also been added. This is empty right now but will eventually contain links to DGC demos and games written by users - So if you have written something in DGC and would like to share it with others send me an email describing the program including URL and size.

3-October-97 - Beta 6 Released
The biggest change in this release is the support for scrolling tiled maps games. Maps can easily be created of any size using the new map editor tool. Multiple maps can be created and overlaid allowing easy creation of parallax scrolling. Other changes in this release include the following:

Image Editor changes to support the loading and saving of Paint Shop Pro palettes.
Save Library option added to sound library property editor
File format section added to help file which contains the format of image library and map files.
Delphi Desert Race demo which shows how to use the new scrolling tiled maps.
TDGCScreen Backbuffer count property.
Minor bug fixes.

Coming Soon............. Window Mode and High Color!!

01-August-97
Updated the tricks and tips with the format of image library files (*.IML)

23-July-1997
I have updated the bad link to the Delphi 3 package on the download page so it now points to a zip file. This file was created by Paul Bearne and since I don't have Delphi 3 please send all queries on the Delphi 3 package to Paul.

Jeff Kurtz is currently looking at creating a map editor and adding scrollable tiled maps to DGC. This won't be available for a while so keep checking back for more information......and please don't send us emails asking when the map editor is going to be released.

23-June-1997 - New
Paul Bearne has created a Delphi 3 package that I have finally added a link to on this site. Paul has also been working on a special developer version of DGC which can also be downloaded.

Note: Any questions on the Delph 3 package or the developer system should be sent to Paul.

09-May-97 - DGC Beta 5 Released

Beta 5 constains the following changes:

Joystick component and demo
C++Builder support including conversions of some of the Delphi demos.
Color Cycling Ability
Plasma demo showing the new color cycling function (Delphi only)
StretchFlip Method
DGCStar enhancements including clipping and vertical and horizontal modes.
DGCPlay enhancements
Image Editor palette options enhanced
Image Library property editor can now save library images and individual bitmaps
BltClip method added to the surface class for copying rectangles.
Help File

DGC Beta 4 is released

Beta 4 contains a new DirectPlay component developed by Jeff Kurtz, more demos and minor enhancements and bug fixes. The documentation has also been updated and converted from a .HLP file to printable Wordpad documents.