3.9.0.0

Alice 3.9

3.9.0.0-rc.1

• VR improvements:
  • Optional conversion on open of any world with cameras.
  • Convert cameraMakers as well.
  • Better placement of hand and headset.
• Extend Centering in Camera to the Main camera and make it usable by double click on scene tree
• Improvements to Find in Code and Gallery Search logic. Handle odd characters and multiple terms. Searches more aspects of models, including resource names and localized identifiers.
• Change getDistanceTo to accept SThing instead of the stricter STurnable to match other distance functions.
• Improved RTL text handling in both say/think and 3D TextModel.
• Better handling of Project Thumbnails and shown in more places.
• Improve icon handling
• I18N - Pull recent changes in from lokalise.com.
• Update javafx.
• Bug fixes. Many to prevent the Red Queen.

3.8.0.0

• New features
  • Indicate the default values of parameters
  • Add action for centering layout/ortho cameras on an object
  • New VR world type with distinct User, Headset, and Hands
    • User has scale - Drink me!
    • New camera marker model for VR User
    • New icons
• Improvements
  • Larger Run window
  • Better scrolling
  • Camera views are more functional and consistent
  • Improved Handle logic for model manipulation
  • Zoom improvements for mouse wheel and trackpad
  • Round out Camera FOV and Clipping Planes across Camera/VR and IDE/Player
  • Updated CameraMarkers.
    • Added support for VR
    • Support for custom colors
• Bug fixes
  • Update Install4j file to version 10 - Fixes Mac install error in dark mode
  • Fix Baby Penguin display seen on some Macs
  • Reconnect riders on Sims after resource change
  • Prevent array out of bounds error (seen most often on Sims)
  • Correct statement drag and drop from leaving screen residue
  • Attach exception handler dialog to run window if it is active
  • Improve Undo logic and inclusion
• JavaFX replaced JMF and general audio improvement
  • Pause and resume audio when pausing and resume a world in the Run window
  • Stop playing audio when the Run window is closed
• General improvements and cleanup
  • Optimizations and logic fixes
  • Right click selects in the scene and tree navigator
  • Project and migration improvements
  • Reduce unhelpful logging
  • Improve code clarity and organization

3.7.0.0

Features:

• Apple builds have certificate
• Export models changed to use glTF instead of COLLADA
• Complete Sims export support
• Shape image wrapping improved and made more consistent across IDE and Player
• Orthogonal camera views now focus on active object
• Improved torus sizing
• Improved collision/proximity detection and logic
• Add support to read webp images
• Updates to translations
• Drop Windows 32 bit installer

Bug fixes:

• Sims dialog improvement
• Model import rotation works on models without joints
• Audio configuration and playback
• Alpha support in imported images
• Various small fixes to prevent errors
• Undo/redo fixes
• Better emoji handling in serialization

Updates:

• Java to 17
• NetBeans plugin from 8 to 12.5
• Install4j from 7 to 9
• JOGL/Gluegen from 2.3.2 to our own fork of 2.4.0 to support Mac
• Removed unused libraries ffmpeg and libvlc

3.6.1.0-rc.3

Removed libraries ffmpeg and libvlc to allow Apple notarization to complete

3.6.1.0-rc.2

Features:

• Apple builds have certificate
• Export models changed to use glTF instead of COLLADA
• Complete Sims export support
• Shape image wrapping improved and made more consistent across IDE and Player
• Orthogonal camera views now focus on active object
• Improved torus sizing
• Improved collision/proximity detection and logic
• Add support to read webp images
• Updates to translations
• Drop Windows 32 bit installer

Bug fixes:

• Sims dialog improvement
• Model import rotation works on models without joints
• Audio configuration and playback
• Alpha support in imported images
• Various small fixes to prevent errors
• Undo/redo fixes
• Better emoji handling in serialization

Updates:

• Java to 17
• NetBeans plugin from 8 to 12.5
• Install4j from 7 to 9
• JOGL/Gluegen from 2.3.2 to our own fork of 2.4.0 to support Mac

3.6.1.0-rc.1

Release candidate 1

3.6.0.3

Hotfix for Windows

The generic graphic driver for Windows lacks a function expected by the new JOGL 2.4.0 library.
This can produce an error as say/think bubbles are closed during runtime.

The problem occurred in both 32 bit and 64 bit Windows, and when running using the NetBeans plugin.

Additionally, the executable name had been changed to alice3.exe. It has been restored to Alice 3.exe.
To support this change the installer will delete alice3.exe if present, and update the desktop shortcut.

3.6.0.3-rc.2

Hotfix for Windows

The generic graphic driver for Windows lacks an function expected by the new JOGL 2.4.0 library.
This produced an error as say/think bubbles were closed during runtime.

The problem occurred in both 32 bit and 64 bit Windows, and when running using the NetBeans plugin.

Additionally, the executable name had been changed to alice3.exe. It has been restored to Alice 3.exe

3.6.0.2

• Installers for the Raspberry Pi (arm architecture) along with other Linux build improvements. [Downloading, Installing, and Running Alice has details
• Signed builds for Windows
• Newer version of JOGL (prerelease of 2.4.0) for Windows and Linux

Features:

• Improved Collision/Proximity detection
• Tighter collision hulls for objects
• Reduced screen redraws to fight flicker
• Default save/export filenames
• More translations

Bug fixes:

• Keyboard movement for [ and ] move in different directions
• Report some recognized states to users with simple messages, rather than the red queen
• Graceful handling when a model's vehicle is deleted or not present in the save file
• Thought bubbles no longer occluded by tail bubbles
• Prevent exceptions around Person generation
• Prevent closed dialogs from being treated as accepted
• Better handling of strange characters in identifiers
• And others

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Since rc.1 (Covering rc.2 and rc.3)

Tighter collision hulls for objects
Reduced screen redraws to fight flicker
Newer version of JOGL (prerelease of 2.4.0) for Windows and Linux

Bug fixes:

• On screen editor handles work as they had
• Keyboard movement for [ and ] move in different directions
• Report some recognized errors to users, rather than using the red queen
• NetBeans plugin runs again