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This is the developer's website for the SPi-V engine. This website contains documentation on how to use SPi-V, how to create content for it, etc. The website is also a means for fieldOfView to get feedback from content developers about the SPi-V engine features etc.

You can participate in the development of SPi-V by submitting comments to the information found on this website, but you will need to log in or create a new account. After registering, you can use the forum to make bug reports and feature requests.

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SPi-V 1.4.7

Submitted by Aldo on March 27, 2008 - 16:51.
Changelog: 
  • Works around a bug in Shockwave 11 for OS X, which prevents earlier versions of SPi-V to run on Shockwave 11 for OS X
  • Fixes preview layers for uielements
  • Fixed a bug with value="=..." syntax
  • Code optimisations
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Shockwave 11 available

Submitted by Aldo on March 25, 2008 - 22:39.

Shockwave 11 is now available from adobe.com. The release finally brings native support for Intel-based Macs.
Download Shockwave 11.

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SPi-V dev updated

Submitted by Aldo on March 19, 2008 - 16:21.

SPi-V dev has undergone a major update 'behind the scenes'. Some aspects of the site may behave strangely for the next couple of days, as I iron out the bugs introduced during the transition. Please report any strangeness here.

Update:
If you want to post a code snippet, please use a <code> tag instead of a <xml> tag from now on.

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Scene switcher scriptlet added

Submitted by Aldo on March 7, 2008 - 19:10.

I have added a scene switcher scriptlet to the downloads page. When added to a tour with multiple scene nodes, it will switch to a random scene after a period of 60 seconds (configurable by editing the script).

If you want to use the scene switcher with the saver scriptlet, I advise you (re-)download the saver scriptlet; I have uploaded an updated version which behaves nicer when switching scenes.

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SPi-V 1.4.6

Submitted by Aldo on March 7, 2008 - 12:13.
Changelog: 
  • geturl action supports url='=...' syntax
  • .aspx files are accepted as xml
  • fixed a strange condition where finished downloads could be processed multiple times
  • minor preparations for Shockwave 11
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Director 11 announced

Submitted by Aldo on February 19, 2008 - 10:19.

Adobe has announced Director 11:
http://www.adobe.com/products/director/

The release of Shockwave 11, with native support for Mac Intel machines, should be imminent.

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SPi-V 1.4.5

Submitted by Aldo on February 12, 2008 - 11:23.
Changelog: 
  • introduces XML change to camera dynamics node
    There was a conflict in names between zoomspeed for the current zooming rate and the relative pace at which zoom 'happens'. This conflict has been lifted.
  • fixes pan & tilt bug when fov > pan/tilt range
  • fixes zoom set through toolbar button
  • adds _plugin object to expose html parameters
    Shockwave allows you to add a couple of specific parameters to the HTML of your pages, inside the object/embed tag. These can now be read by SPi-V. eg:

    getProperty("_plugin","sw1")

    The _plugin object is only available when running SPi-V in a browser or other plugin environment.
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SPi-V 1.4.4

Submitted by Aldo on January 10, 2008 - 13:28.
Changelog: 
  • Progress-bar did not have correct contrsting color
  • Loading images in simple mode when using SPi-V as a sprite in Director was broken
  • Display did not update when swiching scenes when using SPi-V as a sprite in Director
  • Minor changes facilitating upcoming extensions
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SPi-V 1.4.3

Submitted by Aldo on December 18, 2007 - 22:03.
Changelog: 
  • added ability to set type, hfov, vfov, hoffset and voffset of panoelements using setProperty
    Note: this is an 'expensive' operation which may affect performance if used extensively (eg every frame, using a ramp)
  • added settable disablenavigation and disablekeynavigation properties to _camera object
  • fixed a problem when default.xml is not a valid xml document
  • fixed a problem with very small panmin/panmax or tiltmin/tiltmax ranges in cameralimits
  • fixed a problem with getURL when referencing an internal member
  • fixed color="_foreground" in matte layer nodes
  • minor code optimisations
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license tool 2.1

Submitted by Aldo on October 31, 2007 - 17:40.
Changelog: 
  • Fixed a bug where file licenses might not work cross platform.
    File licenses made with the previous version of the license tool may not be compatible with SPi-V 1.4.2 and newer. Please use the new license tool to create your file licenses*

  • Added 'batch' functionality (windows only).
    If you have an unlimited license, place it in the same folder as the license tool and make sure it is named 'unlimited license.xml'. Now, you can drag and drop SPi-V xml files onto the license tool and the license will automatically be applied to the file.

*: If you have a file license for a file that no longer works with SPi-V 1.4.2, send the full xml file to me and I will reply with a newly licensed file. Note that I need your licensed file, not the license.xml that was sent to you.
If you have an unlimited license, you can make new file licenses with this new release of the License Tool.

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