Archive : : Hollywood 1.9 announcement
Posted By: https://morph.zone/users/946.html. on 2004/3/29 22:35:06
The next update for the Multimedia Application Layer Hollywood
will be released together with the Hollywood Designer very soon. Hollywood 1.9 is a major
update which has many new features and improvements.

Readmore for improvements, etc., or visit the Airsoft Softwair homepage.

Here is a quick overview of what is new:

- General code optimization with dramatic speed improvements
- Over 50 new impressing transition effects (totalling in over 150 now!)
- Many new high-end effects like water ripples, strudel, wallpaper...
- Native version for WarpOS
- You can also compile scripts for WarpOS now
- Hollywood is fully localized now
- Support for polygon rendering and rectangles with round edges
- Software font styles are no longer limited to bitmap fonts
- Many new layer functions
- Exact script timing in milliseconds
- New sound functions
- Support for DraCo computers
- Event handler totally rewritten
- Cool new example programs
- Ready for Hollywood Designer!

Hollywood 1.9 is the ultimate Multimedia experience you can have on your Amiga computer.
It will be available in native versions for AmigaOS3, MorphOS and even WarpOS now. It
is ready to be used with the upcoming Hollywood Designer which will be released at the
same time. Have a look at the Airsoft Softwair homepage for some screenshots.
 
  • Targhan
    Joined: 2003/2/8
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    From: USA
    I've had the privaledge of helping someone with Hollywood before, and I have been duly impressed with this system.
    :idea:Targhan

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  • »2004/3/29 22:37
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  • Paladin of the Pegasos
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    poundsmack
    Joined: 2003/6/8
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    From: USA California
    I WANT IT I WANT IT I WANT IT!!!!!
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  • »2004/3/29 23:35
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  • Acolyte of the Butterfly
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    DethKnight
    Joined: 2003/6/24
    Posts: 139
    From: Central USA
    Im just curious if it will run my Win9x/MM200 scala scripts with much hassle
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  • »2004/3/30 1:37
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  • Order of the Butterfly
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    td741
    Joined: 2003/4/2
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    Do you have an example Scala script? I can try and see if Malibu (SCALA plugin) will take it? Then I can compile it all and send you the results?

    I have Hollywood 1.5, and 1.9 looks to be quite interesting. It's a great product, and I'm trying to code a small project with it, just need some more time. Support for AmigaPPC is great too! I wonder how the new event system works?

    My wish list includes:
    -better joystick support (at least allow for 2 firebuttons, CD32-pad support would be awesome),
    -better mathematics [You can only do y = Add( x, z). You can't do something like: y = Add( x, Sub( z, 1 ))].
    -multidimensional Arrays would be cool
    -Ability to define new types (ie: via structures at least... It's weird going from JAVA programming all day long to a Basic-like script.)

    But you can get around most of these limitations programmatically. :)
  • »2004/3/30 15:05
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  • Acolyte of the Butterfly
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    DethKnight
    Joined: 2003/6/24
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    From: Central USA
    Quote:

    you have an example Scala script?


    Should have, but 2 things

    1)-> how to get it from script to zip to you

    2)-> I may have to actually reboot into windows (Linus help us)
    after a *looong* stretch of SuSE9 usage.
    (it's like being asked to walk thru the sewer to retrieve a semi-valuable item.

    ...time to get the biosuit on I guess
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  • »2004/3/30 17:43
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  • Order of the Butterfly
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    td741
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    Heheh. :)

    Well, my e-mail address is plastered everywhere so I'm not going to get any less spam. :P

    You can e-mail me the zip at sdesros@501st.ca .

    From what I understand (don't have SCALA scripts around myself) but you need to tweak the path names for any outside files (images, sounds, etc). I'm unsure if that's done after the conversion or before. ;)

    Once the verdict is in, do you want a compiled version of your script? If so, compiled for Amiga68k or MOS? :P
  • »2004/3/30 17:49
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  • Acolyte of the Butterfly
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    DethKnight
    Joined: 2003/6/24
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    From: Central USA
    okay, sent 2 zip files for your inspection td741
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  • »2004/4/1 2:21
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  • Order of the Butterfly
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    td741
    Joined: 2003/4/2
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    Thanks... I never tried Malibu before. I haven't had much luck. I ordered something from Airsoft Mail and took advantage of the sale notification e-mail that he sent to e-mail him to find out if it's just a setup issue, an extra linefeed character issue, or if it just doesn't support it.

    The script doesn't seem to be very complicated anyway so it might be possible just to manually recreate it. :P
  • »2004/4/1 15:11
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