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Last Updated: 2018-03-15 09:44:43

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Known Issues and Instructions / Released 15 March 2018

  • known issues

    1. When moving items on the timeline and releasing the mouse when the cursor is not on the event anymore causes the mouse to be locked to the event bar. Solution: Release the mouse button when the cursor is over the event bar.

     

    2. On Complete Back Actions not being triggered in tool. They are being triggered in the players.

     

    3. When adding a new branch on a full hard drive it can lead to errors. Make sure you have enough hard drive space on your main drive.

     

    4. Errors possible when importing video or other assets into the tool from external USB drives: Workaround: Copy assets to fixed drives and import from there.

     

    5. 2D Graphics have different positioning and sizing based on aspect ratio. We are implementing a solution that makes sure that 2D graphics retain their relative positioning when aspect ratios change.

     

    6. Importing and using custom fonts is not implemented in players. Only the default Roboto font works in the players.

     

    7. Multilingual previewing of PIP (Picture in Picture) is not enabled in the authoring tool. However multilingual PIP is supported in the CMS and players.

     

    Experimental Features:

    Enabling the Experimental Features checkbox will allow authoring using these timelines. USE AT YOUR OWN PERIL. May render your project unusable in future releases. Experimental functionality is NOT yet supported by the player apps.

     

  • tip

     

    How to install

    – Install using the LiquidCinema installer, dependencies will be installed.
    – If needed you can install the OculusSetup.exe for Oculus Support (An updated version of the setup might exist on the Oculus Website, and it will update itself once installed)
     

    Requirements

    • Windows 7 or above
    • NET 3.5 or higher
    • OpenGL
    • Quad-Core CPU
    • 4+ GB or RAM
    • A dedicated graphics card
    • View at 1920×1080 or higher resolution

     

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1.9.2.0 Public Release / Released 21 October 2019

  • new

    – Undo/Redo for events by branch (Ctrl+Z : Undo, Ctrl+Y : Redo).

    Note: New Branch, rename branch, copy video, assets or subtitles can’t be undone.

    – Enable VR controller selection and interaction for editing/playing
    – VR: Fix controller rendering
    – Multiple bug fixes and optimizations

1.9.1.49 / Released 18 October 2019

  • fixed

    – Fix Camera Switch wrongly executed, the timing was not properly updated on event update, make sure events are sorted after being updated.
    – Update VR SDKs: OpenVR 1.7.15, Oculus Avatar SDK 1.41.0, Oculus Platform SDK 1.41.0

1.9.1.47 / Released 11 October 2019

  • fixed

    – Update 3rd party library spdlog to 1.4.2
    – Fix bug when rendering overlay border in flat mode
    – Fix Mouse not working after going to VR

1.9.1.46 / Released 10 October 2019

  • fixed

    (2019-10-10)
    – New Project: if a new project folder is not empty ask to clear folder content before creating a new project
    – Adjust the Red Poster indicator
    – PiP: Fix issue with click to start with an event selected and seeking back into poster area while playing
    – Overlays/PiPs/Texts: Fix Pin To Gaze in VR
    – Change CameraSwitch update so it’s not reset every time the events are updated
    – PIP: Click/Gaze to play pips not working

1.9.1.45 / Released 9 October 2019

  • fixed

    – Overlays can be triggered multiple times
    – Fix Force Perspective in VR
    – Adjust Red Poster indicator / Clear it when panel is closed
    – PiP: Fix issue with click to start whith event selected and seeking back into poster area while playing
    – Hitbox: Fix Hitbox rendering in VR
    – Hitbox: Fix render order for Hitbox with type degrees
    – Camera: Fix FP Exclusion rendering in VR
    – Overlays/PiPs/Texts: Fix Pin To Gaze with ignore FP
    – Overlays/PiPs/Texts: Fix Close Button with ignore FP in VR when offsetting the camera

1.9.1.43 / Released 8 October 2019

  • new

    – PiP: if the panel is open, then always show poster or video depending on the settings
    – PiP/Overlay: Always show border if the event is closed and Panel is open
    – Don’t execute FP if PiP Panel opened
    – PiP : Properly set volume when seeking into PiP (and PiP Panel open)
    – PiP : Make sure poster show up when seeking

1.9.1.41 / Released 7 October 2019

  • fixed

    (2019-10-07)
    – Refactoring PiP update logic (fix most of the bugs with PiP)
    – Don’t render in VR in headset is not mounted

1.9.1.40 / Released 4 October 2019

  • new

    – Update Text input (use utf32 internally)
    – VR Controller : Rotation Z swap up/down to left/right

  • fixed

    – Fix crashing bug with OpenVR (Vive)
    – Textbox : fix deleting selection or character
    – VR Controllers : Rotate faster
    – Fix Dip To Black for Play On Hover PiP
    – PiP : FIx Video not showing when Show Poster On Pause set to off
    – Fix crash when adding PiP

1.9.1.37 / Released 3 October 2019

  • fixed

    – Fix Moving PiP around
    – Hide Platform Chooser in Fullscreen
    – Adjust Grid Text rendering

1.9.1.36 / Released 2 October 2019

  • fixed

    – Fix Close Button for flat platforms for Overlays/PiPs/Texts
    – Update rendering logic for flat and VR for Overlays/Texts/PiPs
    – Fix FP Exclusion zone when Vertical and Horizontal are applied
    – Fix PiP issue on creation
    – Fix Poster loading for new PiP

1.9.1.34 / Released 30 September 2019

  • fixed

    – Fix crash switching Hitbox type
    – Remove Line Background from Text Panel
    – Adjust Main Tab for Text Panel
    – Fix Clicking Go To Out Point
    – Fix event switching when moving handle past other events

1.9.1.33 / Released 26 September 2019

  • fixed

    – VR: only show seek bar when pressing an assigned button on the controller
    – Fix project loaded twice
    – Change the way events are updated in the backend before all events were updated when a change occurs, now only the events of the same type are updated. This fixes the bug when modifying any value of a PIP using the VR controllers.

1.9.1.30 / Released 25 September 2019

  • fixed

    – Fix Selecting PiPs and Text with VR Controllers
    – Fix PiP Volume not affected by volume bar on VR seek bar
    – Fix Clicking PiP in VR
    – Don’t show navigation bar when launching VR
    – Fix Undo when changing values with Joystick

1.9.1.29 / Released 24 September 2019

  • fixed

    – Fix offset in VR when interacting with controllers
    – Fix inverted PiP
    – Show Restart Button on the VR Timeline
    – Hide Reticle in VR

1.9.1.28 / Released 23 September 2019

  • fixed

    – Fix moving camera vertically when VR headset is not running
    – Fix Selection in VR for non interactive overlays and fix offset for Overlays/PiPs/Texts with ignore FP on

1.9.1.27 / Released 22 September 2019

  • fixed

    – VR: Fix Undo when using controllers
    – Update fmt formatting library to 6.0.0

1.9.1.24 / Released 22 August 2019

  • fixed

    – Update Overlays and Texts without resetting the backend (Fix selection issue)

1.9.1.26 / Released 21 August 2019

  • new

    – VR Controller : Enable Trigger Event with Right Index Trigger
    – VR : Show/Hide seek bar

  • fixed

    – Fix Flat movie for Flat Platform

1.9.1.23 / Released 19 August 2019

  • new

    – VR Controller : Inverse label Normal and Fine
    – Hook up PiP with VR Controller
    – VR Controllers : Fix labels X/Y / Fix Z rotation

  • fixed

    – Fix selecting Overlays, PiPs with ignore FP with controller (but I think there’s an issue if the event is not interactive, selecting a Text only works if it’s interactive for example)
    – Fix Text 3D rendering with ignore FP
    – Update pip without reseting the backend
    – Don’t apply ignore FP on a flat screen

1.9.1.20 / Released 18 August 2019

  • fixed

    (2019-08-18)
    – Fix camera when removing the headset
    – Adjust Grid Text rendering
    – Don’t seek when selecting with controller in VR
    – Rewrite Controller Label Mapping: one JSON file to describe the texture label, one JSON file to describe the lines and position for a specific button
    – Fix Highlight for Overlays with ignore force perspective

1.9.1.19 / Released 15 August 2019

  • new

    – Add reticle to controllers
    – Select Overlays, PiPs and Texts using the left trigger
    – When in VR, camera is taken from headset
    – Update controller labels

1.9.1.18 / Released 13 August 2019

  • new

    – Add Ignore Force Perspective option to Overlays, PiPs, Texts

1.9.1.17 / Released 12 August 2019

  • fixed

    – Fix Oculus VR Support: Controllers Rendering
    – Block Vertical Camera offset in VR

1.9.1.16 / Released 6 August 2019

  • fixed

    – Fix Fp off by one frame
    – Fix Text Background Scale when < 1.0f - Remove some params from the Text Panel

1.9.1.15 / Released 22 July 2019

  • fixed

    – Fix Close Button interaction for 2D Overlays/PiPs/Texts
    – Fix Gtaphic Publishing bug on first run
    – Fix Tweeen not properly reloaded

1.9.1.14 / Released 17 July 2019

  • fixed

    – Fix Panel not properly switching platform
    – Fix last character issues with Text Box
    – Fix Activation dialog issue
    – Change default value for Exclusion and Hover Scale
    – Improved language dialog
    – Fix Branch Dialog branch name issues

1.9.1.13 / Released 14 July 2019

  • fixed

    – Fix selecting Non Vr platforms

1.9.1.12 / Released 12 July 2019

  • new

    – Undo Platforms

  • fixed

    – Fix PiP Issues
    – Update 3rd party libs : glfw 3.3, json 3.6.1

1.9.1.11 / Released 30 May 2019

  • new

    – Text Panel: Fix Justification button
    – Fix last char with text box
    – Adjust Pose Tab for Overlay/Text/PiP

  • fixed

    – Add text in Subtitle Panel

1.9.1.10 / Released 29 May 2019

  • new

    – Undo: Enable Undo for all widgets in all Events Panel
    – Textbox: Don’t call callback when new value stays the same
    – Add Undo for slider when using mouse wheel
    – Undo for TextBox

  • fixed

    – Undo: Fix Color Widget
    – Fix Undo when moving 2D Event
    – Fix Undo for TextPanel color picker
    – Fix Undo for a few fields in different Panels
    – Fix Undo for In Handle
    – Fix Name change for Events
    – Fix Redo for Name

1.9.1.7 / Released 28 May 2019

  • fixed

    – Undo: fix delete Event
    – Undo: Move Event on timeline
    – Undo: Restore In Out Handles
    – Undo: Fix mouse wheel (delay is 500 ms)
    – Undo: Fix Undo for Event Name

1.9.1.5 / Released 21 May 2019

  • new

    – Restore Windows and Tab for Undo/Redo

1.9.1.1 / Released 18 May 2019

  • fixed

    – Text hover interactivity aspect ratio not set in Panel
    – Text depth slider. Does not match value in input box
    – Text character spacing slider not set in Panel
    – Text: Scale with text setting not set in Panel
    – Horizontal target tween coordinate is not covered by undo
    – Graphics scale with depth not set in Panel
    – Forced Perspective Changes are not captured by undo
    – Pip scale with depth not set in Panel

1.9.1.2 / Released 18 May 2019

  • new

    – Save AT build number in the JSON for debugging purpose
    – Always save the project and copy assets to branch folder before publishing

1.9.1.3 / Released 18 May 2019

  • fixed

    – Fix issue with camera switch executed one frame later

1.9.1.0 / Released 17 May 2019

  • new
    • Undo/Redo for events by branch (Ctrl+Z : Undo, Ctrl+Y : Redo). New Branch, rename branch, copy video, assets or subtitles can’t be undone.

1.9.0.2 Public Release / Released 16 May 2019

  • new

    – Save AT build number in the JSON for debugging purpose

  • fixed

    – Fix issue with camera switch executed one frame later

    – Always save the project and copy assets to branch folder before publishing

1.9.0.1 Public Release / Released 3 May 2019

  • new

    – Add Video in Video event: PiP
    – UI Tweaks
    – Add Close button to Overlay and PiP
    – Add revert button for some input box, it will revert back to default value
    – Async project loading
    – Copy/Paste Event
    – Optimize video frame memory copy for better performance
    – Async CMS uploading
    – Update 3rd party libraries
    – Update and resize splash screen

  • fixed

    – UI Fixes

1.8.11.46 / Released 2 May 2019

  • fixed

    – Disable Close button for 2D PiP or Overlay on VR platforms
    – Fix 2D PiP shader (upside down, progress)
    – Fix Close button intersection when camera is not at 0,0
    – Tween Panel: Fix Speed input boxes
    – PiP: Hide Interactivity Panel

1.8.11.42 / Released 1 May 2019

  • new

    – Enable Tween vertical toggle.
    – Tween: Vertical enable/disable Button depending on platform
    – Tween Panel: enable toggle vertical for VR platform if Enable for VR platform is enabled

  • fixed

    – PiP: Fix Show progress bar
    – Textbox: fix delete selection when char limit is set
    – Adding Subtitles says invalid by Default
    – Flat still media type is upside down on VR platforms
    – Fix bug in set_file_language
    – Properly load still background after update
    – Fix On timeline toggle not working on pips
    – Properly reload movie when changing video
    – Don’t show pip on timeline when On Timeline is disabled
    – Set all panels to all platforms on close

1.8.11.40 / Released 30 April 2019

  • new

    – Panels: Disable Pose when type is 2D
    – Slider: change color when in disabled state
    – Branch Back Event: update dialog when Previous Frame is selected

  • fixed

    – BRANCH – New Branch: Repeat option needs to have FP options appear
    – Flat media type is up side down on vr platforms only
    – Fix PiP selection when double clicking event
    – Language Versions updating when dropping a new asset
    – Actions- Buttons too close to target frame box

1.8.11.39 / Released 25 April 2019

  • new

    – Branch Details: Fix Changing Still image duration needs a project reload
    – Branch List: Branch action information update
    – Branch List: Add On Complete Jump Action to list
    – Branch List: Branch List entries need more space
    – Add PiP events to the events list

  • fixed

    – Properly update events when some events type are disabled
    – Fix intersection with negative distance (means clicking things behind)
    – Fix Subtitle Panel Icon color
    – Text Panel: Fix Height of Interactivity Tab
    – Text Panel: Fix Button Properties label
    – Timeline: clear selected color when closing panel

1.8.11.38 / Released 24 April 2019

  • new

    – Font Generation: Update msdfgen to 1.6
    – Adjust PiP selection transparency
    – Timeline : enable/disable PiPs

  • fixed

    – Fix dropdown list when expanded down
    – Tween Panel: fix typo
    – Project Details: Fix language drop down
    – PiP : don’t load deleted videos

1.8.11.37 / Released 10 April 2019

  • new

    – PiP: Use Poster Duration for all modes, autostart mode: poster will be shown for this duration and then the video plays,
    for the other modes, it shows the duration during which you can trigger the video
    – PiP support transition
    – PiP Fade Sound: can apply different fades duration for pip and main video
    – Subtitles: new import dialog

  • fixed

    – Fix crash in Menu
    – Fix crash when loading text file UTF-8 with BOM
    – PiP panel : fix dropdown

1.8.9.14b / Released 5 April 2019

  • fixed

    – Replace zip library
    – Update Json to version 5

1.8.11.36 / Released 2 April 2019

  • fixed

    – Rewrite PiP update logic: Fix Fade and Sound Fade
    – PiP Panel: rearrange Video tab
    – PiP: Fix Sound when no fade
    – PiP Panel: fix dropdown

1.8.11.34 / Released 1 April 2019

  • new

    – Tween Panel: add radiobox to apply vertical rotation in VR
    – Timeline: add event when clicking event icon
    – PiP: add option to show poster or video when paused
    – PiP Panel: Relabel cross fade to Poster to Video Transition, relabel Transition to Cut
    – PiP Panel: Relabel Cross Fade to Duration
    – Timeline: add event when clicking event icon
    – UI Slider: adjust tick for default value

  • fixed

    – PiP: fix fade sound / add play control to PiP / Only use poster duration for autostar- PiP : fix play/pause
    – PiP : Fix Fade and Main Video Fade
    – PiP : Fix Main Volume and Sound Fade
    – PiP Panel : fix Time display for Sound Fade In and Out
    – PiP Panel : Fix Crossfade drop down

1.8.11.32 / Released 28 March 2019

  • new

    – Add to PiP : Fade Sound, Play on Hover

1.8.11.31 / Released 26 March 2019

  • new

    – New Slider Design
    – New Color button design
    – Text Panel redesign

1.8.11.30 / Released 22 March 2019

  • new

    – Merge Interactivity and Hover in Text Panel

  • fixed

    – Adjust Platform Bar / Adjust Background Tab for Text Panel
    – Adjust Tab Header icons
    – Text Panel: resize depending on the Tab