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[Pipmak-Users] Pipmak 0.2.3 released

[Christian W. <cwa...@gm...>]

Pipmak 0.2.3 is out! This version introduces some major new features, 
most notably a new type of node (the "panel", some sort of "overlay 
window" that's fixed to the screen rather than the slide/panorama 
background), and the ability to display several nodes simultaneously, on 
top of each other.

This opens the way for things like inventories, picture frames, pop-up 
menus, and floating utility windows. See it in action in the updated 
demo project and read the details in the documentation.

Get Pipmak for Mac OS X (universal binary, now!), Windows, and Linux as 
well as the source code from 
<http://pipmak.sourceforge.net/downloads.php> or read the detailed 
release notes at 
<http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=397990&group_id=112801>.

  -Christian

[Pipmak-Users] Re: Pipmak 0.2.3 released

[hOSHI <ho...@ga...>]

Hey,
I just read about the overlay-nodes:
that sounds really great (and looks great as well)
now i am wondering:
is it possible (for future releases maybe) to use 3D-Geometry (maybe 
3ds-file) as overlay elements?

Greetings

hOSHI*

[Pipmak-Users] Re: Pipmak 0.2.3 released

[Christian W. <cwa...@gm...>]

hOSHI wrote:
> is it possible (for future releases maybe) to use 3D-Geometry (maybe 
> 3ds-file) as overlay elements?

I see no fundamental reason against it, but I haven't spent much thought 
on it. IMHO, there are much more important features to worry about at 
this time, so I'm not going to try implementing this anytime soon. But 
if you want to tackle it, or anyone else, I'll be happy to assist. How 
exactly would you imagine such a feature to be used, anyway?

  -Christian

[Pipmak-Users] Re: Pipmak 0.2.3 released

[hOSHI <ho...@ga...>]

hi,
I thought of many things to use 3D-Objects, for example:

- interactive inventory items (or item examining functions)
- animated background objects (as 3D Objects, not video)
- maybe machine-parts to interact with
- ...

[Pipmak-Users] Re: Pipmak 0.2.3 released

[Christian W. <cwa...@gm...>]

hOSHI wrote:
> - interactive inventory items (or item examining functions)
> - animated background objects (as 3D Objects, not video)
> - maybe machine-parts to interact with

You might be better off using a full-3D engine (such as Blender's) for 
such things. After all, nothing stops you from putting 6 big textures on 
a cube to make a panoramic background there (I hope).

  -Christian

[Pipmak-Users] Re: Pipmak 0.2.3 released

[hOSHI <ho...@ga...>]

was just an idea ^^;