Blue Mars Developer Toolkit Release Notes July 1 2010

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Contents 1 Version 0.0.9652.0 1.1 Download links 2 General Updates 2.1 All Content Editors (Item/Cloth/Body/Shop/Furniture) 3 Editor Updates 3.1 City Editor 3.2 Shop Editor 3.3 Body Editor 3.4 Furniture Editor 3.5 Item Editor 3.6 Cloth Editor

Version 0.0.9652.0

Download links

Please download the latest Developer Toolkit from the Developer MyPage.

Changes/Fixes since the 0.0.9197.0 (June 8, 2010) build

General Updates

• Item ID's of purchased items are now displayed in the INVENTORY page in the User MyPage.
• fixed ARFlashObject audio issue caused by re-entering a city multiple times in a session

All Content Editors (Item/Cloth/Body/Shop/Furniture)

• Tools > User commands > Screen capture takes full-size numbered screenshots
• Tools > User commands > Icon capture takes 400x400 icon.jpg screenshot
• Tools > User commands > Force visible sets material of the selected object to default material (2-sided, non-transparent, default texture)
• Added Time-of-Day pane, which allows to import time of day settings for different cities, for viewing items under custom conditions
• Check for 96 DPI settings on start-up
• Mouse wheel zoom in City and Block Editors is now speed-sensitive.
• Updated wiki Help pages, added tutorials on cloth/skin penetration issue, use of lighting

Editor Updates

City Editor

• BlueMars > Export > Open CTY Upload Page... menu should open the Uploading Your City Wiki document.
• Updated ARFlashObject Entity & documentation: ARFlashObject
  • Added Flowgraph "play" and "stop" input events
  • Added AutoPlay Property
  • Added the ability to specify a local .swf in the url Property
• Updated ARElevator Entity. New properties, Flowgraph input/output & documentation: Elevator
• Updated ARAvatarTrigger Entity:
  • Added TriggerOnce property
  • Fixed linked Area Shape in Preview Mode. (An Area Shape linked to ARAvatarTrigger now works the same in City Editor Preview Mode as it does in the client)
• Lua API
  • New Lua API: ARVirtualWorld.GetAvatarData
  • New Lua API: ARWebUtils.DownloadFile (replaces Game.DownloadFile for most cases)
  • New Lua API: ARDownloadFile (replaces Game.DownloadFile for cases which require parsing XML - stores destination file in user directory)
  • New Lua API: ARLoadXML & ARSaveXML (replaces CryAction.LoadXML & SaveXML - data file in user directory)
  • Lua API change: ARSubmitPost and ARSubmitGet use new ARDownloadFile API (formerly Game.DownloadFile). The user directory destination file path no longer needs to prepend "%user%/" to file name, as this is handled by ARDownloadFile.
• City editor no longer loads files from level paths inaccessible to your city (for example, texture files under Levels/AR/Common, which is a very common cause of "missing textures" in submitted cities). Note that the path restriction has always been in place and the editor has previously flagged this as a warning - the editor now makes the errors more obvious so they can be caught and fixed before submission.

Shop Editor

• Mouse wheel controls camera-to-avatar distance in preview mode
• Fixed the bug that overwrites display.xml in when opening packed shop data
• Bug fix: time-of-day-slider was not updated after loading B2C file
• Automatic loading of preselected shop, as set in .B2S file

Body Editor

• Support for multiple attachments for Body > Check body in Blue Mars command
• Optional geometry/texture compression for Body > Check body in Blue Mars command
• Better error diagnostics when applying body or cloth of wrong gender
• Human skin shader streamlined, unused parameters deleted
• Added Display > Depth bias rendering option
• Fixed the bug that disabled packing with the Make Body UI window closed
• Added scrollbar to UI panel to accommodate smaller monitors

Furniture Editor

• Mouse wheel controls camera-to-avatar distance in preview mode (fixed)

Item Editor

• Optional geometry/texture compression for Items > Check item in Blue Mars command
• Removed obsolete File > Set project folder menu command
• Support for custom proxy geometry in Collada converter

Cloth Editor

• Support for multiple attachments for Cloth > Check cloth in Blue Mars command
• Optional geometry/texture compression for Cloth > Check cloth in Blue Mars command
• "AR_hair" shader released
• Auto-rotate command for avatars, with variable speed
• Added custom playback speed for test animations
• Added Display > Depth bias rendering option
• Added facial expressions to UI panel, for testing facial attachments
• Added Force visible button to UI panel
• Added scrollbar to UI panel to accommodate small monitors
• More female hair styles, male and female facial attachments, gloves, updated inner cloth cages
• New default outfit for avatars (bikini, shorts)

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