coin240(3)

📦 version 3.1.3, in fedora 43, fedora 44

✨ NAME ✨

coin240 — New Features in Coin v2.4.0 💖

okay bestie, so this is coin240, section 3 of the Library Functions Manual, and it's literally just the glow-up receipts for the Coin 2.4.x era. no boring setup, we're going straight to the lore. 🎀

🌸 THE MAIN CHARACTER ERA: v2.4.0

the primary reason for the 2.4.0 release — like, the whole point, the moment — was that you could finally build Coin from source on MS Windows without having to go through the whole Cygwin process. no cap. that's the headline. 👑

and then there was also various optimization work, bestie. on the side. as a treat. specifically:

  • rendering traversal code ✨
  • file i/o ✨
  • and other things ✨

lowkey just a little polish pass while the big Windows glow-up was happening. obsessed. 🫶

🦋 v2.4.1

for v2.4.1, SoExtSelection LASSO and RECTANGLE select could be aborted by the end-user by hitting the 'END' key. so if you're mid-drag and you change your mind? 'END'. done. iconic.

and no API-changes was needed for this, of course. 💅 (the original said it that way and honestly, periodt.)

🎀 v2.4.2

for v2.4.2, they hacked in support for compressed textures through an API/ABI-invisible field in SoTexture2, called "enableCompressedTexture".

⚠️ listen, this field stays "invisible" until Coin v3.0.0 is released. it can only be accessed from .iv-file input or through the SoFieldContainer API. that's the rule. don't @ me.

so yeah, sneaky little field. hidden gem energy. 💀

🧚 v2.4.6

for v2.4.6:

  • SbViewVolume::getAlignRotation() was implemented ✨
  • and SoToVRML2Action got support for SoUnits in relation to SoVRMLTransform nodes 🌈

both of those at once?? ate. 🔥

⭐ also

new features for Coin v2.3.0 are here. (iykyk — go look, bestie, they're linked.) 🍓

and that's the whole vibe check, fr fr. this page is Coin Version 3.1.3 business, filed under coin240(3), and I hope your build is as clean as your skin. mwah. 💜✨🌸

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