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Message posted by madmux on March-01-2012 at 10:14am
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Hi WideEyes,

Yes, of course it can be done.
Regarding your problem with 120 FOV limitation, i think workaround is possible, but it is not worth the effort as usually you don't want your FOV above 120, because this will result in performance issues (i think - that is why there is that restriction in editor). The bigger is FOV, the more triangles of the sphere are shown, the more computational power it requires.
Regarding auto-movements - i think it is a great idea! And automovements can be even better than in your shown example. For eash scene (you need automovement upon entering) you can create movie track and name it something like "scene1_entry", "scene2_entry" and so on. After switching the scene my plugin (i'll need to create one) also will call the specific movie track. It will work just like with auto-popups.

Best wishes,
Madmux

Message posted by WideEyes on March-02-2012 at 3:59am
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Hi Madmux

That sounds great.

Yes I know the feature could be used better, but I also need to consider the time spent making these auto movements....

A plugin to help would be awsome :)

Can you tell me the workaround for FOV above 120? I know it is not optimal, but in some scenes it is necessary.

Regards
Morten
p.s. please let me know when your plug ins are ready as donationware - I will definately donate a good bottle of wine :))

Message posted by madmux on March-03-2012 at 3:36am
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Ok, i'll try to see what i can do about 120 problem. It's a wierd thing.
The easiest way would be to change configuration file, but i think it is zipped and encrypted. Lol :-)
Another way - is to switch scene or zoom out programatically using API as it has destination scene FOV, but it is needed to experiment on that to if viewer doesn't guard FOV value.

Best wishes,
Madmux

Message posted by madmux on March-05-2012 at 1:35am
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Well, reagarding 120 problem, i found that easiest way is to hack a bit your project file. The workflow is:
1) Finish your tour, we should make changes after everything is done to minimize amount of work.
2) Backup your project file (so we can always have a good version)
3) Open project and the scene you need to be above 120. Write some value into initial fov field (Fov init. or something), for example, assign initial FOV 113. Do it with other scenes.
4) Open the project file (with .tw extension) with text editor (like notepad++). Search for the value you assigned (113 in our case). If the value is located between FOVINIT tags - replace it with your desired value.
5) If you use transitions and link scenes with hotspots, do the same thing, just know, that destination scene fov is provided in "Link to scene" dialog box and the value is located between DESTFOV tags.
6) Save project file with text editor and close it. Open that project with TW and publish it without making changes or exploring project (opening scenes, link to scene dialogs will reset values above 120).

Well, that maybe sounds a bit complicated, but it really isn't. And this solution is not for long term. Just for the case you desperately need the feature for one or another project.

Best wishes,
Madmux

Message posted by WideEyes on March-06-2012 at 5:36am
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Hi Madmux

How cool of you to find this fix. THANK YOU very much :)

No it is not a good solution - the best solution was if EP removed this restriction. Heck - I would gladly upgrade to TW7 for this feature :)

regards
Morten

Message posted by funkens on March-09-2012 at 3:17pm
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Madmux,
Is it possible to connect maps in a similar way to scenes?

Would be really nice,,,

Message posted by madmux on March-10-2012 at 3:14am
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Hi funkens,

Can you tell me more, what you are trying to achieve?
Isn't that already possible?

Madmux

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