We are pleased to announce the release of a 1.7.1 patch, and two new environment-based content packs ...
Content Packs
Metropolis
Create thoroughly modern cityscapes, with a generous leaning towards Manhattan and Hong Kong, using a selection of skyscrapers and buildings, street furniture and our interpretation of Liberty Island.
Customizable buildings, props, ground textures, and skylines combine to offer a multitude of variety in this colourful urban pack.
A collection of buildings, structures and props, ideal to create enclosed sets, from Asian temples to historic towns and country vineyards.
Customizable temples, towers, buildings, statues, ornaments and foliage combine to offer a broad selection of potential set styles in this varied architectural pack.
The prop customizer allows you to detach a prop from its parent or children props, so it can be moved or deleted separately
Content pack meshpacks are only assigned memory when the content pack is first used; this should substantially reduce the likelihood of running out of address space for people using a lot of content packs.
Movie scenarios and stock sets can now have a list of content packs that are needed to load them.
Support for Courtyards and Metropolis content packs.
Resolved issues
Shadows should work correctly on props that have a texture transformation (and on the Dance floor)
Rescaling the Nav Mesh should work better (previously it didn't scale the walkable bit for purposes of connecting to the floor)
Playing the drum kit should work correctly after reloading the movie (the drum kit and drummer were vanishing in the Cutting Room and Render)
Camera UI now works after replacing the set with a different set from stock.
Modder's workshop default gesture names now begin with Gestures/ so that they correctly appear in the gesturizer
Modder's workshop addon filter should work with our published addons that have components in the ModdersWorkshop addon
Read the new Moviestorm Education case study about Kaimes School in Edinburgh
Mary Walters comes from a varied arts background and is the art teacher at Kaimes School for pupils on the autistic spectrum.
Animation forms part of their art curriculum as well as being a major opportunity for interdisciplinary learning. Her pupils enjoy the animation programme and it has proved to be an excellent teaching tool.
"The group loved the animation process and benefitted from the use of the CGI software ...a first time for the school."
One of a series of Unsung Stories - stories of people who were not born in Edinburgh, but who have come here to live. made at Kaimes School Animation Studios 2014
Many of you may know of John Herd, aka Primaveranz, a passionate Moviestorm filmmaker and modder, who has also taken Moviestorm to one of the remotest places on our planet, introducing the tool to the people of Vanuatu as a mean to teach, as well as a tool to record their cultural history via the wonderful Wan Smolberg Theatre.
John spent more than 10 years as a volunteer IT advisor for the VSA, in Port Vila, Vanuatu and Dili, East Timor, and has kindly passed on the bank details for the Wan Smolbag Theatre account in case you want to make a direct contribution to an important local organisation, that will use the funds effectively, as only local people can in such circumstances.
John says "Here are the details for the Wan Smolbag account. I know any money sent will be very well used as they have years of local knowledge and are extremely well organised and audited. Thanks for any help you can garner"
Please direct your contributions to:
ANZ Bank Vanuatu Ltd
Account name: WSB 25th Anniversary
Account number: 1651383
BSB code: 010982
Swift code: ANZBVUVX
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