Elements Interactive B.V. releases version 2.60 of its multi-platform mobile game engine Edge. This new version adds support for the new Symbian 9.1 operating system and includes improved versions of the Edge Packer and Edge IDE development tools.
Emulator library builds for Series 60 third edition and UIQ 3.0 are included in the SDK as well to ease development and testing, as many Symbian 9.1 devices aren’t commercially available yet.
The Edge 2.60 release introduces major improvements in the Edge Packer and Edge IDE development tools for Windows desktop. The new Edge Packer version features commandline support, various enhancements of the file format and lots of improvements in the GUI. The new version of the Edge IDE tool contains improved error handling and adds support for Symbian Series 60 First Edition and UIQ 2.1.
Other improvements of the new Edge SDK include the addition of several new time related functions, functions to use relative file paths and emulate and manipulate the current working directory, additions to the INI file class, fixes for a few 3D lightning and texture mapping issues and various other enhancements and bugfixes. A full list of additions and changes can be viewed in the release history.
Edge licensees are entitled to download and install the commercial version of the new Edge SDK. An evaluation version can be downloaded for free as well.