So where's Mini Micro 0.8 already?

jstrout

I know, it's taking longer than I'd hoped... but the good news is, I've been working with @WorldLover to make it work on older machines (in particular, older graphics chipsets). The current version of Mini Micro shows strange symptoms where some things (like pixel graphics) simply don't appear.

I'm fairly confident now that, with his help, I'll be able to fine-tune the shaders so that they work on older hardware and still work great on the latest machines too. That will make Mini Micro a platform with as wide a reach as possible! And it's so close now, it's my goal to get this into version 0.8.

So, it may be a few more days yet... but it'll be worth it!

jstrout

Good news! I finally worked out what the problem was on that older chipset. It was a feature of the shader that wasn't even needed for this application. I've now got simpler, more efficient shaders, and @WorldLover has confirmed that they work for him. I believe they'll be better for everyone (though on modern machines, the difference may be too small to measure).

So! My goal now is to wrap up v0.8 and push it out the door this weekend. There is a long list of improvements over v0.7, so it's definitely time.

🤔 For that matter, I need to get a new official version of MiniScript itself out, too... busy, busy...