// simple API
Label *label = [Label labelWithString:@"hello world" fontName:@"Paint Boy" fontSize:24];
 
// more complex API
Label *label2 = [Label labelWithString:@"hello world" dimensions:CGSizeMake(480,50) alignment:UITextAlignmentLeft fontName:@"Paint Boy" fontSize:32];

Full example:

FontTest.m

Transition: New PageTurn transition

Issue #522

A new PageTurnTransition was added. It simulates the movement of turning a page. You can turn the page forward or backwards.

Full example:

TransitionsTest.m

Improved features

Actions

Issues #489, #562, #584, #586, #324

''stop'' improvements

Actions call [super stop] / [other stop]. Before v0.8.2rc1 there were certain compound actions that weren't calling [other stop]
stop sets the target to nil
start method was replaced with the startWithTarget:(id)target target

Internal Action OLD API
`-(void) start`
Internal Action NEW API
`-(void) startWithTarget:(id)target`

These improvements prevents certain crashes under complex actions.

Bezier improvements

BezierBy implements the reverse method correctly
Added BezierTo action
removed the startPoint from the ccBezierConfig structure (it wasn't needed)

Jump improvement

JumpBy/JumpTo uses parabolic jump instead of sine jump. It's more realistic

Rotate improvement

RotateTo: rotates using the minimum distance. A bug was preventing the minimum distance with certain angles.

BitmapFontAtlas

Issue #517, #536, #537, #538, #596

Improvements:

Fixed bugs related to the spacing and contentSize
Supports Cyrillic characters (unicode characters up to index 2048).

BitmapFontAtlas should render without problems fonts with any kind of spacing / padding.

Box2d Integration

Issue #494

Improvements:

Added Box2D r22.
Box2d + Cocos2d testbed were updated
Box2d demo updated

A new template that includes cocos2d + box2d was added. To use it, just do:

$ cd cocos2d-iphone
$ . ./install_template.sh

Chipmunk Integration

Issue #XXX

A new template that includes cocos2d + chipmunk was added. To use it, just do:

$ cd cocos2d-iphone
$ . ./install_template.sh

CocosDenshion

Issue #526, #545

Improvements:

Added muted property in SimpleAudioEngine
Added preloadBackgroundMusic and willBackgroundMusicPlay in SimpleAudioEngine

CocosNode

Issue #528

Improvements:

Added a method that returns the bounding box taking into account any transformation. Useful for ad-hoc collision detection

CocosNode New API
`+(CGRect) boundingBox`

Director

Issue #531, #524, #560,

Improvements:

Fixed leaks en calling Director#end
Added 2 new types of Directors:
- DisplayLink director, that uses CADisplayLink (only available on SDK 3.1 or greater)
- Threaded director, that calls the main loop from a thread, but the main loop executes on the main thread.
added a way convert coordinates to the UI world.

Director New API
`+(BOOL) setDirectorType:(ccDirectorType)`
`-(CGPoint) convertToGL:(CGPoint)`
`-(CGPoint) convertToUI:(CGPoint)`
Director Deprecated API
`+(void) useFastDirector`
`-(CGPoint) convertCoordinate:(CGPoint)`

Parallax Scroller

Issue #565

Improvements:

Supports any number of children

Particles

Issue #241

Improvements:

Free movement uses world coordinates, useful in moving layers like parallax
Added Parallax + Particle test on the Particles test

RenderTexture

Issue #XXX

Improvements:

Added RenderTexture example

TMX map

Issues #574, #587

Improvements:

HUGE performance boost when loading the maps. Time reduced from 40 seconds to 0.5 seconds on big maps.
Supports Layers without tiles

Compatibility Issues

Compatibility issues with version 0.8.1

Deprecated /Removed API

Deprecated API	New API
`-(CGPoint) Director#convertCoordinate:(CGPoint)`	`-(CGPoint) Director#convertToGL:(CGPoint)`
`-(void) Director#useFastDirector`	`-(BOOL) Director#setDirectorType:(CCDirectorTypeMainLoop)`
Removed API	New API
`-(void) Action#start`	`-(void) Action#startWithTarget:(id)target`

Added / Removed Files

New Files

The following files were added to cocos2d:

cocos2d/ccConfig.h
cocos2d/PageTurn3DAction.h
cocos2d/PageTurn3DAction.m
cocos2d/PageTurnTransition.h
cocos2d/PageTurnTransition.m
external/FontLabel/*

Removed Files

The following files were removed from cocos2d:

None

Changes from v0.8.1

Full changelog: CHANGELOG

Changes in v0.8.2-rc1

version 0.8.2-rc1 - 14-Oct-2009

Actions: start/stop sets the target (issue #489 and issue #589)
Actions: Compound actions call “inner” stop (issue #489 and #issue #589)
Actions: Fixed BezierBy reverse. BezierBy doesn't use startPosition (issue #586)
Actions: added BezierTo (issue #562)
Actions: RotateTo uses min distance (issue #584)
Actions: JumpBy/To uses parabolic function (issue #324)
BitmapFontAtlas: added limited unicode support (issue #596)
Director: Rolling back buffer format. Default buffer format is RGB565.
FontLabel: updates version from git 2009-10-07 (issue #582)
Particles: FreeMovement uses World-Coordinates (issue #241)
Tests: Added Particle + Parallax test (part of issue #241)
TileMap: TMXLayers work without tiles (issue #587)
TileMap: TMX maps HUGE performance boost (issue #574)

Changes in v0.8.2-rc0

version 0.8.2-rc0 - 5-Oct-2009

Actions: Added EaseBack family actios (issue #568)
AtlasSprite: set atlasIndex to invalid on remove (issue #569)
Box2d: using google code r22 (pre v2.1.0) (issue #494)
CocosNode: Better message error on scale (issue #556)
Effects: [effect copy] works (issue #573)
Effects: restore orignal director projection (issue #573)
Extras: added Joystick (issue #XXX)
FontLabel: updates version from git (issue #582)
Macros: CCLOG uses the “cocos2d:” prefix (issue #XXX)
Parallax: fixed limit of 5 children (issue #565)
Templates: works with FontLabel (part of issue #534)
Templates: added cocos2d+chipmunk template (issue #XXX)
TextureAtlas: insertQuad fixed signed math (issue #575)

Changes in v0.8.2-beta

version 0.8.2 - XX-MMM-2009

All: ccConfig.h file added (issue #551)
Actions: added Ease Elastic actions (issue #530)
Actions: added Ease Bounce actions (issue #546)
Actions: added PageTurn3D action (issue #522)
BitmapFontAtlas: fixed contentSize (issue #536, #538)
BitmapFontAtlas: fixed offset/width (issue #537)
BitmapFontAtlas: only supports Latin 1 chars (issue #517)
Box2d: using google code r21 (pre v2.1.0) (issue #494)
CocosDenshion: muted property in SimpleAudioEngine (issue #526)
CocosDenshion: added preloadBackgroundMusic and willBackgroundMusicPlay to SimpleAudioEngine (issue #545)
CocosNode: improved doxygen documentation (issue #XXX)
CocosNode: added boundingBox method (issue #528)
Director: added convertToUI and renamed convertCoordinate to convertToGL (issue #531)
Director: fixed 2 leaks on Director#end (issue #524)
Director: Added a threaded FastDirector (issue #560)
Director: Added a CADisplayLink Director (issue #560)
Director: buffer default pixel format is RGBA_8888
Documentation: doxygen builds OK when there are spaces in the path (issue #540)
Label / Texture2D: Supports any .ttf via FontLabel (issue #534)
LabelAtlas: works with 256 different chars (issue #516)
RenderTexture: added RenderTexture test (issue #XXX)
Resources: improved directory structure (issue #552)
Template: using removeUnusedTextures (issue #550)
TileMap: TMX supports multiple tilesets (1 tileset per layer) (issue #510)
TileMap: TMX raises expection if map is not encoded and/or gzipped (issue #559)
Transition: ease actions can be overriden (issue #548)
Transition: added PageTurnTransition (issue #522)

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