The Forge 1.0.3.91a Released!

A new alpha version of The Forge has been released on SourceForge!  This version is still an alpha version, but it contains a whole slew of interesting upgrades and bug fixes.  Anyone using an older version should upgrade.  I double-checked both the i586 and amd64 packages, and both should be working without any problems this time.

If you discover any bugs, please report them to our bug tracker on SourceForge.  If you have any ideas for improvements, you can also post those on our feature tracker on SourceForge, or on our Wiki page at http://theforge.wikidot.com/.

The Forge 1.0 alpha released on SourceForge!

The Forge 1.0 is finally at an alpha state (for real this time)! With the recent feature freeze, we were able to determine exactly what needs to be in this version of The Forge, and what can wait until version 1.1.

We've got it all set up on our page over on SourceForge.net: https://sourceforge.net/projects/theforge/

Download a copy today! We have working versions for both AMD 64-bit architectures and i586 architectures, so that should cover everyone on Windows. If you're on an AMD 64-bit system, click the View All Files button. Open up the .zip file and run the .bat file.

Note:  It looks like the i586 version requires you to make a single change to get it to work correctly.  When you unpack the .zip file, rename the .jar file from 1.0.1.75a.jar to TheForge.jar

Menu Items with Options

While version 1.0.1.69dev was officially released yesterday, I continue to struggle to find a decent way to deploy applications to the world. My current host, Wikidot, only allows files up to 10MB in size. The actual Forge application is much much smaller than that, but with all of the OpenGL libraries that are needed, it puts it just a little beyond that limit. If I deploy with Java Web Start, I can link to some online JOGL files, but Wikidot isn't properly configured for Web Start. Perhaps my only real option is to move ahead with SourceForge right away....

Anyway, while that is going on, I'm moving ahead with wrapping up an alpha version of the program. As of right now, the only real feature left to complete is to allow menu items to have specific options that they can configure with a button on the right side of the menu item. Wings' version is shown below:



I've now got that showing up in the menus of The Forge, as shown below:



I still have some code cleanup to do, and I need to wire it to actually work. This is the last feature needed for a working alpha version (for real this time).

The Forge 1.0 User Interface Complete

The user interface is now basically complete, as we take another big step towards a completed version 1.0. This version updates the menus to the requirements for version 1.0, including a select menu, a view menu, and renaming the window menu. It also adds in the rest of the Geometry Window toolbar, allowing for quick access to opening and saving files, as well as undo and redo.

Check out the screenshot below:

The Forge 1.0.0.63dev Released

The Forge is finally available for download! The first public release of The Forge, version 1.0.0.63dev has been released over on our Wikidot page.

The version on the web only works for AMD 64 bit architectures. We're running in to some complications from the Wikidot framework, so that is all we're going to be able to post for the moment, but I'm in the process of working out a better solution that will allow for deployment on virtually any architecture, including i586 Windows, Mac, and Linux. That may be in place by the next public release.

Feel free to download a copy and give me some feedback!

http://theforge.wikidot.com/downloads