Comments on: FFilmation Editor progress update

By: admin

admin — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:00:33 +0000

It’s coming along well, but it is a big endeavour, and quite boring I must say.

I hope to release a first version within two weeks.

By: Andreas

Andreas — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:38:15 +0000

Great job so far!

Any approx. ETA for the editor?

It sure would make all of our lives a heck of alot easier!

By: Stefan

Stefan — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:32:57 +0000

Hey,
No problem, I can see the logic there. I will however, keep running my current version of the engine as I am part way through a project that requires them.
Thanks

By: admin

admin — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:17:04 +0000

Hi,

I have removed the generators and generator interface. They were a poor replacement for an editor and I don’t think people will use them anymore ( if they ever did ) when the editor is done.

I try to keep the engine as small and tidy as possible.

By: Stefan

Stefan — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:31:19 +0000

Hey there,
Had a spare second so updated to latest revision from Google Code and found that there seems to be a few issues in compiling. fScatterGenerator no longer exists?

By: admin

admin — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:34:36 +0000

Not yet. I want to wait until it is reasonabily finished and stable.

I’m afraid sooner or later someone will recompile it with a different logo and sell it to an unsuspicious client, but this is a common risk with open-source.

By: Alex Stone

Alex Stone — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:10:31 +0000

do you have the editor source up on SVN?

By: admin

admin — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:56:11 +0000

Hi Stefan

SVN is already updated with the latest version and it should include the cleanup you needed.

IMPORTANT!: Starting at this version all paths defined in any XML are relative to that XML. The standalone editor does not have a valid basepath as a flash movie does, so this change was mandatory. Besides, I think it makes more sense and makes references easier to follow. If you load current scenes with the new version, you will get “File not found” errors. You will have to edit your paths.

By: Stefan

Stefan — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:16:21 +0000

Great! Sounds like good progress…
Would the scene initialization rework include the improved cleanup requirements I emailed about previously?
Also, I’d be happy to run a version of the library closer to any new release to catch any FD3 related compilation errors/omissions in typing. Just email me if you’re interested.