From v3changes.txt:

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12/11/2005
- Added vc_AbortMovie, win_movie_abortSimple (and mac stub)
- Fixed bug for 24bpp movies in win_movie_load
- Adjusted the framerate calculation to something logical, instead of whatever gibberish it was before
- Fixed bug where \'s in paths weren't property converted to / in mac build when using FILE_WRITE

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12/10/2005
- Added LoadImage8. Identical to LoadImage0, but respects non-zero 8-bit transparency indices.
- Fixed naming issue where locals and function arguments could have the same name as the function they were part of.
- Fixed several issues with SetStringArray and GetStringArray lookups. These were iterating too little or too much, and were accidentally based on the internal arrays used by SetIntArray and GetIntArray.

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12/05/2005
- VC identifiers can no longer be keywords.
- Function arguments with the same name are now disallowed.
- Local variables with the same name as an argument are now disallowed.
- #define macro names must be valid identifiers. Previously, any valid token could be used, eg. #define 1 2
- Function arguments must be separated by commas. Previously, the commas could be omitted, and a trailing comma could be included.
- Empty for-statement clauses have been disallowed, eg: for(;;) {} Infinite loops or other partial uses of for-statements as in C should instead be implemented with a while-statement.
- Assignments can no longer use the == token, eg. x == 3;
- Added dictionary support

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12/04/2005
- Fixed mac build id
- Corrected rounding of values returned by asin, acos and atan to be closer to the actual values
- Returns and map() now work within switch statements
- Duplicate functions now produce an error.
- /*/ is no longer considered a complete comment (ie the comment continues after that)
- Fixed bug in runtime eval box that made // comments fail at the end of the text
- Fixed a bug where a zone might not activate even with 100% activation chance, for real this time
- Fixed a bug with parsing "" in a global initializer
- Corrected error message when a string variable is used as an int
- Added diagonal movestrings (DL/DR/UL/UR and reverses. First letter determines which direction to face.)
- Added playerstep, which determines how far a player moves in a single button press.
- SetSongPos() now works
- You can now use as many .chr's as you want, so long as you don't have entities with more than 256 of them present at one time. It used to be a 256 limit in total.
- Added playerdiagonals, which if set to 0 prevents the player from moving diagonally by pressing two directions at once, or by sliding along a wall.
- FileReadToken now always returns "" when it runs out of tokens
- Added misc. improved VC error messages.
- Illegal characters in VC produce compile-time errors, eg: int @;
- The $ and ' characters are no longer allowed in VC identifiers, eg: int $foo;
- VC number parsing is more strict; erroneous $ and ' not allowed.
- #include and #define now require the full name (previously allowed #i and #d).
- Duplicate #defines now overwrite the previous definition. A warning is dumped to the logfile. Previously the override would not occur, silently.

check the docs for advanced movie api

Starting identifiers with numbers is not a good practice. VC is already quirky enough, and there are instances in which a token starting with a number will be interpreted as a number, rather than an identifier.

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I usually remember to avoid the funtions-starting-with-numbers rule but a couple slipped through the net. I guess they just seemed like a good idea at the time. I've changed the "3d" bit to "Bevel" instead. A bit longer but it makes a whole lot more sense now. It was only a couple of functions so there's no lasting damage.

Thanks for the movie info. Since it's not in v3vergec.txt yet, can I assume it's not "officially" supported and hence might have a few issues? I don't plan on using it to any great extent but it's nice to familiarise myself with all of VERGE's features.

Surprise!

Didn't see that one coming, didja?

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In a shining example of the universe going out of it's way to spite us, our SVN provider had an "incident" last night around 11 EST that basically destroyed the permissions file. This severely angered everyone cheerfully working away at the source, and aen has pledged to open a can of ye olde "whupas" if they tarry overlong in fixing it.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Integrating Antigrain would probably be a non-trivial task. But it would solve the issue of "pretty" drawing primitives, to be sure.

I'd be impressed if you could get it to work at any decent speed, though.

dont do it yet, i'll be adding something to the engine very soon--maybe tonight--that will make your job much easier

in best verge tradition, the rest i will keep secret !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Floats? I'm mean! :D

I haven't gotten a chance to look at the verge source yet, when I tried, the server was still borked. I'll take a looksie later tonight. :D