Version 1.2.0

• libnds:

  • videoGL:

    • Add glGetColorTablePointer() (returns pointer in VRAM to the palette of a texture).
    • Add glGetTextureExtPointer() (returns pointer in VRAM to the additional texture data of GL_COMPRESSED textures).
    • Fix allocation of GL_COMPRESSED textures when VRAM_A is not allocated to the 3D engine.
    • Fix crash in glTexImage2D() with no active texture.
    • Fix error checking in glColorTableEXT() and glTexImage2D().
    • General code cleanup and improvements.
    • Minor optimization to loading GL_RGB textures using glTexImage2D(). Note that using this format is not recommended; see documentation for additional details.
    • TEXTURE_SIZE_INVALID has been added to GL_TEXTURE_SIZE_ENUM.
    • glTexImage2D() now fails correctly when invalid sizes are used.
    • Some minor comment improvements.

  • GL2D:

    • Improve error checking when loading textures.
    • Modify sprite sets to use uint16_t arrays for texture coordinates.

  • Add hw_sqrtf() - a hardware-accelerated alternative to sqrtf().

  • Small optimizations to functions that use the hardware accelerators of division and square root.

  • Add support for detecting stack smash canaries.

    • As a result, the debug versions of libnds are now built with the stack protector enabled.

  • Add support for printing standard output to the debug console if the on-display console is not initialized.

  • Change SOUND_FREQ (ARM7) and TIMER_FREQ to always return the correct frequency value, rounded to the nearest achievable one.

    • This has been found in user research to be the most intuitive default; if you'd like alternate options, please let us know.

  • Fix swiSwitchToGBAMode().

  • Improve documentation of RTC structs.

• SDK:

  • Add error code checks to 3D engine examples.
  • Add GL2D spriteset and tileset examples.
  • Add new tool: squeezer (by @huxingyi), used for generating packed textures for GL2D sprite sets. It has been forked to easily export formats used by GL2D instead of generic formats.
  • Add tests for hw_sqrtf().
  • Avoid using GL_RGB and TEXTURE_SIZE_n defines in 3D engine examples.
  • Fix VRAM bank setup in "text over 3D" example.
  • Improve timer example.
  • Add a test for the videoGL functions that allocate textures and palettes.