Hilva XNA Graphics Engine

Hilva for XNA 4.0 CTP Refresh

Mahdi — Mon, 17 May 2010 14:31:27 +0000

The version 1.8 release of Hilva is now out!
This release focused on fixing bugs and ensuring that the new XNA 4.0 CTP Refresh APIs were stable and the engine runs on Windows Phone Emulator. Additionally, the content pipeline framework was completely overhauled to better support model importation and animation playback. This should be the most feature-full and stable release of Hilva yet.

Hilva is now more XNA 4.0

Mahdi — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:56:27 +0000

The new release of Hilva XNA Graphics Engine brings more functionality from XNA 3.1 to XNA 4.0. This version includes Hilva.Graphics.Materials.dll library along with several bug fixes.

Please download the new release and check out the Release Notes for more details.

Hilva for XNA 4.0 CTP

Mahdi — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:10:10 +0000

Hilva XNA Graphics Engine for XNA 4.0 CTP has released now.

Regarding the breaking changes in XNA 4.0 CTP and support for Windows Phone platform, Hilva has broken into several libraries to support all of the three platforms supported by XNA 4.0; Windows, Xbox 360 and Windows Phone.

In addition, Skinned model sample ported to the new version of the engine so it can run on Windows Phone Emulator. The updated sample can be downloaded from here.

The old sample is still available on the Tutorials page.

Please visit the Download page to get a copy of the engine.

Skinned model sample updated.

Mahdi — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:02:05 +0000

Skinned model sample updated to use lastest build of Hilva. The sample will show you how to play animations on an skinned model, update the bone hierarchy and to draw a debug skeleton with lines.

Please download the updated sample from Tutorials page.

Hilva XNA Graphics Engine version 1.7.1

Mahdi — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:23:29 +0000

Hilva XNA Graphics Engine version 1.7.1 is now online. it has several bug fixes and improvements. Bvh (Biovision Hierarchy) importerRead the Rest...

Post Process Sample Updated.

Mahdi — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:04:54 +0000

Post Process Sample has been updated to feature more screen effects including Twirl, Sepia and Bloom effects. Please download the newly updated sample from Tutorials page.

Skinned Model Sample

Mahdi — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:54:59 +0000

A new tutorial showing how to load and play Skinned Model animations has been added to Tutorials page.

Hilva XNA Graphics Engine v1.7.0.2

Mahdi — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:36:55 +0000

Hilva XNA Graphics Engine v1.7.0.2 has just released and can be downloaded from Downloads page.

Release notes for this version:

A new implementation of High Dynamic Rendering pipeline.
Added support for Biovision Hierarchy (BVH) motion files.
Improved animation playback for skinned models to support bone-name instead of bone-index.
Model class splitted into StaticModel and SkeletalModel. This may break your current codes.

Hilva XNA Graphics Engine v1.7.0.1

Mahdi — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:34:44 +0000

Hilva XNA Graphics Engine v1.7.0.1 has just released. This version adds Twirl post process effect, fixes a bug and has few optimizations.

Please visit Downloads page to see release notes and download the newest version.

Deferred Rendering Sample (XNA 3.1)

Mahdi — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:47:23 +0000

Another sample covering deferred rendering with Hilva XNA Graphics Engine is placed on the tutorials page. Refer to that page and download the sample.