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#1

I have been looking around on the forum and on the Corona website, but I haven’t been able to find up-to-date information on where Corona is heading in the next couple of months - only the big roadmap without any priority or timeframe, and old plans about next (last?) public release. So, is there any place I can see what Corona is doing right now/in the foreseeable future?
As everybody else talking about the future of Corona I want to emphasize my own needs and wishes, so here it goes:

Vertex buffers or vertex arrays, making it possible to texture-map my own set of 2D-vertices. Exactly like it can be done in MOAI. [import]uid: 107812 topic_id: 31100 reply_id: 331100[/import]

#2

vertex buffers would be pretty sweet, but i imagine that would require pretty thorough overhaul of Corona engine, and adding a whole lot of supporting APIs. in my opinion, this is not very likely to happen, but always looking forward to hear input from the team about these features. [import]uid: 80100 topic_id: 31100 reply_id: 124331[/import]

#3

vertex buffers would be pretty sweet, but i imagine that would require pretty thorough overhaul of Corona engine, and adding a whole lot of supporting APIs. in my opinion, this is not very likely to happen, but always looking forward to hear input from the team about these features. [import]uid: 80100 topic_id: 31100 reply_id: 124331[/import]

#4

I think it’s hard to say how much work it would take to make it possible to use vertex buffers in Corona. After all Corona it self must do some calls to GL somewhere under the hood. It might be easy just to expose some of the GL functions, much like it has already happend with the secret audio api. [import]uid: 107812 topic_id: 31100 reply_id: 125095[/import]

#5

I think it’s hard to say how much work it would take to make it possible to use vertex buffers in Corona. After all Corona it self must do some calls to GL somewhere under the hood. It might be easy just to expose some of the GL functions, much like it has already happend with the secret audio api. [import]uid: 107812 topic_id: 31100 reply_id: 125095[/import]