Technologies to Add/Added Technologies: Difference between revisions

Browser plugins (at least the NPAPI one, didn't check ActiveX) seem to look for Pulse by using ShGetFolderPathA to find CSIDL_FLAG_CREATE | CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES if that function exists (and if not, looking at a Registry entry).

Some files seem to need a command sent to the plugin (for example, Fozzie needs "play obj=Dummy01 pkg=assets/fozzie/Package2.pws transition=0.30 heading=yes behave=joke"). The NPAPI version of the plugin looks like it relies on LiveConnect, which might not be supported in Basilisk.

Added in Flashpoint 8.2

VRML

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VRML

Downloads

A list of some VRML players: https://www.vrinternal.com/docs/links.html

Cosmo Player: https://cosmo-player.en.softonic.com/download

OpenVRML: https://sourceforge.net/projects/openvrml/files/

Examples

*; Also contains links to other places containing VRML content.

Internet Archive Search: subject:"VRML": https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22VRML%22
A list of chat worlds and games at VR Internal (on the left sidebar): https://www.vrinternal.com/docs/links.html
A Little Bit About Me: http://members.bex.net/jtcullen515/AboutMe.htm
All VRML worlds from Archive Team's Geocities scrape (1,985 .wrl files total) https://flashfreeze.submissions.unstable.life/geocities.7z
Andrew's VRML Games and Puzzles: http://www.soc.napier.ac.uk/~andrew/vrml/
Floops archive, contains episodes 7, 10, 20, 24, 28, 29, 31, 35, 36, 38, 41, 42, 46, 47, 52, 53 and a special: https://github.com/Sgeo/floopsArchive
FreeWRL examples: http://freewrl.sourceforge.net/examples.html
Google search for VRML, limited to*: .ac.uk addresses, altervista.org addresses, .edu addresses, gainos.org addresses, VRML archives
Lots and Lots of VRML 1: https://bluepload.unstable.life/lotsandlotsofvrml1.7z
The Haunted House (created by Nekochan member nongrato): http://web.archive.org/web/20190704003702/http://sgizone.co.nf/haunted/
Web3D Amusements* (The English version of VRML GAME. It has VRML programs not in the other version, which is in Japanese): http://web.archive.org/web/20191017225236/http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/~kekenken/main/index.html
VRML GAME*: http://web.archive.org/web/20191016182344/http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/~kekenken/main/3d/game/game.htm
VRML resources for the 3E15 lecture - 14 October 1998*: http://www2.cmp.uea.ac.uk/~jrk/wwwvrml.dir/public-vrml/VRMLLECTURE/
vrml.sgi.com: http://web.archive.org/web/19980113075629/http://vrml.sgi.com/intro.html

Problems Encountered

Flux Player 2.1 is stuck loading under TheWorld 3.5.03
Too many players with variations: Which ones should get included?
~~Live3D: Crashes on page navigation~~ resolvable by using in Netscape 4
Cosmo Player: Struggles with large worlds. Direct3D renderer (the default) seems to cause dropped polygons (in Mod Gun and Beat Monk Bash at least) and drifting cameras (in Mod Dance Party) and wrongly rendering textures (in Dilbert animation I Think Therefore I Am). Have been unable to get software renderer to work. OpenGL renderer (HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\CosmoSoftware\CosmoPlayer\2.1.1\renderer = OPENGL) seems to work fine on one system, needs testing before any decision to hardcode.
Blaxxun Contact 4.4: If a world has sounds but a sound has not played yet, low FPS. This seems to occur in a full install too.
Blaxxun Contact 4.4: Some worlds rely on RealPlayer G2. Include in Blaxxun config? Example world: http://www.e-spaces.com/portfolio/ssg/vrml/main.wrl

Tcl Plugin

Downloads

Examples

See https://bluepload.unstable.life/tcl-info.txt for many examples.

Problems Encountered

The Tcl plugin may not load unless these conditions are met:

The page with the Tcl embed has to be the first page loaded by the browser (not counting about:home).
The page must be allowed to complete loading without scrolling the page or moving the mouse over the embed area.

Tested in latest K-Meleon (non-Goanna) version on 2019-08-17.

Burster

Downloads

Examples

Added in Flashpoint 10.0

There were multiple other plugins added to 10.0 that are not listed here, as they never were added to this page.

Adobe Atmosphere

Wikipedia page Logo Discussion

Downloads

Examples

Problems Encountered

The Javascript used by Galleries doesn't seem to work in newer IE. Curation guide might need to specify replacing the gallery's Javascript with code to create the <object> tag. This appears to because of a use of VBScript. VBScript can be reenabled via registry, or it might be cleaner to replace the JS. VBScript and galleries work fine as-is in Flashpoint Secure Player.
Some older Atmosphere worlds don't work in the plugin. Newer worlds (including galleries) won't work fully in the standalone player.
Low FPS. Can seemingly be fixed by changing "Throttle when not active". Hardware acceleration can be added by editing a text file, but it results in oddities in the tic tac toe world (http://www.it-quadrat.de/ttt/ttt3d/ttt.aer)
Cannot point plugin directly at an .aer file, an <object> tag must be used. (This is an original Adobe Atmosphere limitation)
Some worlds automatically close chat. Some other worlds put useful information in the chat. The chat open/closed preference is saved, so worlds with chat should probably have some code to open chat embedded.
Excessive caching may be a possibility.
Stairs are tricky to climb. Could be related to missing avatars? Might want to include default avatar in htdocs.

Alambik Player

Player

Alambik website

Examples

The-Demo

Problems Encountered

~~It doesn't work with the proxy, loading from the live web.~~ This was fixed by adding FlashpointProxy.dll (twice).
~~It requests data —‌ specifically, a version number — from the registry. It gives a popup, but clicking "No" allows the application to play.~~ Fixed by using FSP in Basilisk.
~~Using FSP with the standalone player gives "The process failed to start" as a popup, and "An error occured while activating the Mode." in the logs.~~ Fixed with a config file tweak.
~~It requests some tracking files.~~ We will use dummy files.
- ~~It doesn't recognize the dummy files www.alambik.com/cgi-bin/checking and check.ipcheck.com/cgi-bin/checking.~~ Not really that important.

Support Pack

Details on how to add the Support Pack are in this Discord message.

Curation Tutorial

The tutorial is located at Alambik Curation.

AXEL Player

Downloads

Examples

LiveMath

Plugin page

Examples

Rebol

Wikipedia article

A plugin for Rebol, a cross-platform programming language. The plugin exists for both Internet Explorer and Netscape-based browsers, but may be better tested in the former. It seems like most embeds have been written expecting one or the other.

Xara Plugin

Downloads

Plugin downloads (archived)

Examples

Official gallery

Upcoming

BitPlayer (BitMagic)

bitmagic.com (archived)

About

BitPlayer is a standalone player able to play BitMagic content, which is based on Flash or Shockwave. It downloaded games (BitGames) or BitFlicks (animations) from the internet on a daily basis. Advertisements were downloaded as well. All of these were stored in BM files, which contain an SWF for Flash-based content, or a DCR for Shockwave-based content.

There were around 2000 BitMagic files in its short life, of which we have only been able to save a little less than 500.

History

bitmagic.com.au, bitmagic.org, content.ao.bitmagic.com, download.ao.bitmagic.com, download.us.bitmagic.com, www.bitmagic.com

You might have to search for BitMagic for most of these links.

Michiel Frackers Interview - Co-founder, Co-founder flash website, animators website, more info, linkedin profile, about book by cofounder, more info 2, website were player could be downloaded, blog talking about various inside happenings

Downloads

BitMagic should be good for the next release. However, items currently cannot be fully curated in the Curate Tab, since they can't be played directly, so no screen shots, etc. via the Curate Tab.

Examples are included in the download.

Tools

bitmagic_converter - Extracts the Flash or Shockwave file embedded in a BitMagic file and shows metadata such as name, creator/note, and edition (usually a date, presumably the date it was published)
minimagic_extractor - Extracts BitMagic BM files from Minimagic EXEs. Minimagic was a way of packaging up a BitMagic animation as a standalone executable.

Curation Tutorial

The curation tutorial is available at BitPlayer Curation.

o2c

Downloads

Examples

Notes

OCX files are used, but trying to run these as an ActiveX Control gives a "Registry Failed".

HotSauce

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HotSauce

About

A 3D viewer for MCF files, which are similar to sitemaps.

Downloads

Plugin and viewer (viewer MacOS 68k or PPC only)
Alternate download

Examples

www.hdcity.com (archived, requires a multitude of plugins)
mcf.research.apple.com (archived
xspace.net CDX search
mcf.research.apple.com CDX search

FreeHand

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_FreeHand (please note the article makes no mention of the plugin, but it appears to arise from that)

Also called Shockwave Graphics Player, or, like the other Shockwave plugins, just Shockwave.

Downloads

DLL

Examples

All the sites with the icon here. Please note you have to click on the categories. These examples have been saved:

- https://web.archive.org/web/19970727140308/http://www.inlink.com/~terryl/fairgounds.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/19990209093802/http://www.woodmagazine.com/cusserv/shockwave/horsehok.html

Problems Encountered

Sometimes throws this error:

All three buttons make the plugin stop working.

ThingViewer

Looks like they're intended to be single-asset
Some Javascript mentions possible sitelocks
The installer installs plugins (ActiveX and NPAPI) and a standalone viewer

Downloads

Latest version
ThingMaker may be on this CD

Examples

ThingWorld Football Games
[https://web.archive.org/web/*/www.thingworld.com/* Wayback Machine www.thingworld.com search (filter by .tms)

Problems Encountered

When loading .tms files, ThingViewer gives an Invalid File error

Adobe SVG Viewer

Downloads

SVG Viewer Installer (taken from Wayback Machine)
Add-on support for ICC colors (taken from Wayback Machine)

Examples

SVG Test (archived)
Chart (archived)
Hollywood (archived)

Notes

Works with Windows 98 to XP, but may require compatibility mode in newer Windows.
Some of the .svg files that are in the Adobe examples can be easily opened in Inkscape without any distortion, but not in the browser.

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 For technologies which are still to be added, see [[Technologies to Add]].
-Some of these title levels could use shrinking down by removing a few equalses.
 It may also be worth including the versions older plugins like Java were added in for completion's sake.
-===Added in Flashpoint 8.1===
+==Added in Flashpoint 8.1==
-==== Pulse3D ====
+=== Pulse3D ===
 https://www.sandyressler.com/about/library/weekly/aa122000a.htm
@@ Line 13: / Line 11: @@
 Pulse3D was previously called "Platinum VRML."
-===== Downloads =====
+==== Downloads ====
 *https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.pulse3d.com:80/players/english/PulsePlayerNsWin.exe
@@ Line 24: / Line 22: @@
 Netscape version: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/516027726851735632/705175471926673468/PulseNetscape.zip
-===== Examples =====
+==== Examples ====
 http://www.learningfriends.com/download.htm
@@ Line 47: / Line 45: @@
 [http://web.archive.org/cdx/search?url=nutrisystem.com&matchType=prefix&collapse=urlkey&filter=!statuscode%253A%5B45%5D&fl=original Nutrisystem.com CDX search]
-===== Notes =====
+==== Notes ====
 Browser plugins (at least the NPAPI one, didn't check ActiveX) seem to look for Pulse by using ShGetFolderPathA to find CSIDL_FLAG_CREATE | CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES if that function exists (and if not, looking at a Registry entry).
 Some files seem to need a command sent to the plugin (for example, Fozzie needs "play obj=Dummy01 pkg=assets/fozzie/Package2.pws transition=0.30 heading=yes behave=joke"). The NPAPI version of the plugin looks like it relies on LiveConnect, which might not be supported in Basilisk.
-===Added in Flashpoint 8.2===
+==Added in Flashpoint 8.2==
-==== VRML ====
+=== VRML ===
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VRML
-===== Downloads =====
+==== Downloads ====
 A list of some VRML players: https://www.vrinternal.com/docs/links.html
@@ Line 63: / Line 61: @@
 OpenVRML: https://sourceforge.net/projects/openvrml/files/
-===== Examples =====
+==== Examples ====
 '''*'''; Also contains links to other places containing VRML content.
 *''Internet Archive Search: subject:"VRML"'': https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22VRML%22
@@ Line 80: / Line 78: @@
 *vrml.sgi.com: http://web.archive.org/web/19980113075629/http://vrml.sgi.com/intro.html
-===== Problems Encountered =====
+==== Problems Encountered ====
 *Flux Player 2.1 is stuck loading under TheWorld 3.5.03
 *Too many players with variations: Which ones should get included?
@@ Line 88: / Line 86: @@
 *Blaxxun Contact 4.4: Some worlds rely on RealPlayer G2. Include in Blaxxun config? Example world: http://www.e-spaces.com/portfolio/ssg/vrml/main.wrl
-==== Tcl Plugin ====
+=== Tcl Plugin ===
 *https://people.apache.org/~jim/NewArchitect/webtech/1997/12/junk/index.html
 *[http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.467.7944 academic paper]
 *[https://www.slideshare.net/nyaocat/tcltk-12234163 Japanese presentation]
-===== Downloads =====
+==== Downloads ====
 *http://www.tcl.tk/software/plugin/download.html
 *https://fossil.e-lehmann.de/tclplugin/tree?ci=tip
 *https://fossil.e-lehmann.de/tclplugin/raw/installers/msi/Tclplugin-4.0.msi?name=5daace0ca3aa9cf7b3a52fde29d5b18923c46e3d
-===== Examples =====
+==== Examples ====
 See https://bluepload.unstable.life/tcl-info.txt for many examples.
-===== Problems Encountered =====
+==== Problems Encountered ====
 The Tcl plugin may not load unless these conditions are met:
 # The page with the Tcl embed has to be the first page loaded by the browser (not counting about:home).
@@ Line 107: / Line 105: @@
 Tested in latest K-Meleon (non-Goanna) version on 2019-08-17.
-==== Burster ====
+=== Burster ===
-===== Downloads =====
+==== Downloads ====
 *https://web.archive.org/web/20150209071910/http://geta3d.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38&Itemid=18
 *https://web.archive.org/web/20160421163457/http://geta3d.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2&Itemid=18
-===== Examples =====
+==== Examples ====
 *[http://3d8bits.orgfree.com/pong/pong.htm Pong Remake]
 *[https://web.archive.org/web/20111208123049/http://deadcyborg.com/index.html Dead Cyborg]
@@ Line 119: / Line 117: @@
 <noinclude>[[Category:Technologies]]</noinclude>
-===Added in Flashpoint 10.0===
+==Added in Flashpoint 10.0==
 There were multiple other plugins added to 10.0 that are not listed here, as they never were added to this page.
-==== Adobe Atmosphere ====
+=== Adobe Atmosphere ===
 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Atmosphere Wikipedia page]
 [https://discord.com/channels/432708847304704010/516027726851735632/779035668205928458 Logo Discussion]
-===== Downloads =====
+==== Downloads ====
 * [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://download.adobe.com:80/pub/adobe/atmosphere/win/2.x/AtmospherePlayer216.exe Latest version]
 * [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://download.adobe.com:80/pub/adobe/atmosphere/win/sa_player/atmosphere_saplayer.exe Standalone player]
-===== Examples =====
+==== Examples ====
 * http://www.1ec5.org/3d/worlds.html
 * http://www.1ec5.org/3d/mingerworld/
@@ Line 138: / Line 136: @@
 * https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.canoma.com/*
-===== Problems Encountered =====
+==== Problems Encountered ====
 * <del>The Javascript used by Galleries doesn't seem to work in newer IE. Curation guide might need to specify replacing the gallery's Javascript with code to create the <code><object></code> tag. This appears to because of a use of VBScript. VBScript can be reenabled via registry, or it might be cleaner to replace the JS.</del> VBScript and galleries work fine as-is in Flashpoint Secure Player.
 * Some older Atmosphere worlds don't work in the plugin. Newer worlds (including galleries) won't work fully in the standalone player.
@@ Line 147: / Line 145: @@
 * Stairs are tricky to climb. Could be related to missing avatars? Might want to include default avatar in htdocs.
+=== Alambik Player ===
-==== Alambik Player ====
+==== Player ====
-===== Player =====
 [http://light.alambik.com/ Alambik website]
-===== Examples =====
+==== Examples ====
 [http://www.the-demo.com/ The-Demo]
-===== Problems Encountered =====
+==== Problems Encountered ====
 * <s>It doesn't work with the proxy, loading from the live web.</s> This was fixed by adding FlashpointProxy.dll (twice).
 * <s>It requests data —‌ specifically, a version number — from the registry. It gives a popup, but clicking "No" allows the application to play.</s> Fixed by using FSP in Basilisk.
@@ Line 162: / Line 159: @@
 ** <s>It doesn't recognize the dummy files <code>www.alambik.com/cgi-bin/checking</code> and <code>check.ipcheck.com/cgi-bin/checking</code>.</s> Not really that important.
-===== Support Pack =====
+==== Support Pack ====
 Details on how to add the Support Pack are in [https://discord.com/channels/432708847304704010/596548932373577750/816476773336219658 this Discord message].
-===== Curation Tutorial =====
+==== Curation Tutorial ====
 The tutorial is located at [[Alambik Curation]].
-==== AXEL Player ====
+=== AXEL Player ===
-===== Downloads =====
+==== Downloads ====
 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070222181629/http://www.mindavenue.com:80/downloads/AXELPlayer.exe Browser plugin]
 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20061127002450/http://www.mindavenue.com/DB/en/download/updates/AXELStandAlonePlayer.exe Standalone player]
@@ Line 175: / Line 172: @@
 * [https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/516027726851735632/777357663985205248/AXELPlayer.7z Plugin files and modified Basilisk-Portable.ini package]
-===== Examples =====
+==== Examples ====
 * [http://pages.infinit.net/glsmith/Arrow/arrow_main.htm Arrow]
 * [https://www.drnathbrachialplexus.com/injury/anatomy.php Anatomy]
@@ Line 181: / Line 178: @@
 * [http://www.muranon.com/w3d/gallery/ Gallery]
-==== LiveMath ====
+=== LiveMath ===
 [https://www.livemath.com/lmplugin/ Plugin page]
-===== Examples =====
+==== Examples ====
 * [https://ae.msstate.edu/vlsm/forcesys/concurrent_force_systems/livemath_examples/ Concurrent Force Systems examples]
 * [http://www.distancemath.com/preview/unit1/mvgrapher.htm distancemath.com example]
-==== Rebol ====
+=== Rebol ===
 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebol Wikipedia article]
 A plugin for Rebol, a cross-platform programming language. The plugin exists for both Internet Explorer and Netscape-based browsers, but may be better tested in the former. It seems like most embeds have been written expecting one or the other.
-===== Downloads =====
+==== Downloads ====
 * [http://www.rebol.com/plugin/rebolb6.cab Internet Explorer plugin]
-===== Examples =====
+==== Examples ====
 * [http://www.rebol.net/plugin/demos/ Official demos]
-===== Support pack =====
+==== Support pack ====
 * [https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/516027726851735632/785357102863482940/rebol_pack.7z Internet Explorer version package, no logo)
-==== Xara Plugin ====
+=== Xara Plugin ===
-===== Downloads =====
+==== Downloads ====
 [https://web.archive.org/web/20010626161633/http://www.xara.com/downloads/plugin/ Plugin downloads] (archived)
-===== Examples =====
+==== Examples ====
 * [https://web.archive.org/web/19970606184251/http://www.xara.com/webformat/gallery/index.html Official gallery]
 == Upcoming ==

Technologies to Add/Added Technologies: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 21:21, 19 August 2021

Added in Flashpoint 8.1

Pulse3D

Downloads

Examples

Notes

Added in Flashpoint 8.2

VRML

Downloads

Examples

Problems Encountered

Tcl Plugin

Downloads

Examples

Problems Encountered

Burster

Downloads

Examples

Added in Flashpoint 10.0

Adobe Atmosphere

Downloads

Examples

Problems Encountered

Alambik Player

Player

Examples

Problems Encountered

Support Pack

Curation Tutorial

AXEL Player

Downloads

Examples

LiveMath

Examples

Rebol

Downloads

Examples

Support pack

Xara Plugin

Downloads

Examples

Upcoming

BitPlayer (BitMagic)

About

History

Downloads

Tools

Curation Tutorial

o2c

Downloads

Examples

Notes

HotSauce

About

Downloads

Examples

FreeHand

Downloads

Examples

Problems Encountered

ThingViewer

Downloads

Examples

Problems Encountered

Adobe SVG Viewer

Downloads

Examples

Notes

Navigation menu

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