Technologies to Add

This is a list of web game technologies that we hope to support in the future. If you'd like to help us add one of these technologies to Flashpoint, please join the #plugin-chat channel in our Discord.

For plugins which have been successfully added to Flashpoint, see Technologies to Add/Added Technologies.

Please add new technologies in alphanumeric order.

Here are some places to find more technologies to add to Flashpoint:

Unsorted

Technologies to be researched and then given dedicated sections.

Logo	Name	Info	Formats
	3DMLW	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3DMLW 3dmlw.com	.3dmlw
	ActiveVRML	http://conal.net/papers/ActiveVRML/	.xaf .avr
	Animated Widgets	https://web.archive.org/web/19961107040704/http://www.progtools.com/animplug.html	.anm
	Argus/Autodesk MapGuide	https://www.cnet.com/news/autodesk-buys-mapmaker-argus/ Examples: http://web.archive.org/web//http://www.mapguide.com/	.class .mwf
	Assymetrix Neuron	https://web.archive.org/web/19990225083641/http://www.asymetrix.com/products/toolbook2/neuron/ Examples: https://web.archive.org/web//http://www.asymetrix.com/products/toolbook2/neuron/	.tbk
	Astound Web Player	golddisk.com astoundinc.com https://www.heartlight.org/worshipslides/index.html http://www.medicalarchives.jhmi.edu/oldconfer/html/pbl/cr.html	.asn
	buro Zicht	Appears to be lost media. Archived site: https://web.archive.org/web/20000526030919/http://www.zicht.nl:80/eng/intro.htm
	CambridgeSoft ChemDraw	cambridgesoft.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChemDraw	.cdx
	Community Place VRML	Another VRML viewer
	Converse3D	https://web.archive.org/web/20090218113152/http://www.converse3d.com/ https://baike.baidu.com/item/Converse3D	.c3d
	Cortona VRML	http://kmext.sourceforge.net/mplugs/npcortona.zip	.vrl .vrml .wrz
	DevalVR	https://web.archive.org/web/20080316030329/http://www.devalvr.com/	.dvl
	Disney Game Player	Discord mention: https://discord.com/channels/432708847304704010/714335844940513342/934041215169593435
	EarthTime	http://download.xs4all.nl/Museum/winsock-l/Windows95/WWW-Browsers/Plug-In/etplugin.exe https://discord.com/channels/432708847304704010/714335844940513342/920181388483919922	.etc
	Enliven	http://web.archive.org/web/19961111211705/http://www.narrative.com/demo_ns.htm	.nml
	EMBLAZE	https://web.archive.org/web/19961105062646fw_/http://www.geo.inter.net/ebz/dmo/dmomf.htm Examples: https://web.archive.org/web//http://www.geo.inter.net/ebz/dmo/embeded/	.blz
	Formula One/NET	http://www.abdatasolutions.com/mathtrek/Install%20Software/PowerSoft/CATALOG/F1NET/ Examples: http://www.abdatasolutions.com/mathtrek/Install%20Software/PowerSoft/CATALOG/F1NET/VTSFILES/	.vts
	GeoMedia Web Map	https://web.archive.org/web/19980116041641/http://www.intergraph.com/iss/products/mapping/gwm_temp/ https://web.archive.org/web/20010502175834/http://maps.intergraph.com:80/GWMDemo/ACGM/InLineSelf_v7sp2.exe https://map.sdsu.edu/fireweb/GIS_internetdemos.htm	.gwt .cgm
	GLView	home.snafu.de/~hg/	.wrl .3dv
	Harvard Webshow	http://web.archive.org/web/20010522190302id_/http://www.harvardgraphics.com:80/downloads/codebase/hwsx98.exe Examples: http://ibgwww.colorado.edu/twins2001/cdrom/ScriptsI/PowerPT/HarvardGraphics/	.pr4
	HyperChem/Cow Viewer	http://web.archive.org/web/19961106051247/http://www.hyper.com/product_desc.html	.cow
	HyperStudio	hyperstudio.com http://web.archive.org/web/20001117175800/http://hyperstudio.com/resource/hsplugin/samples.html	.stk
	mBed	Examples: https://discord.com/channels/432708847304704010/714335844940513342/833385248972341269	.mbd
	Liquid Reality	https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/tool-adds-behaviors-to-vrml-apps/ www.dimensionx.com
	Lightning Strike	https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/714335844940513342/919589315623940116/lstplug.exe http://download.xs4all.nl/Museum/winsock-l/Windows95/WWW-Browsers/Plug-In/ls26.exe
File:Live Picture Logo.png	Live Picture Viewer	https://web.archive.org/web/20010620105841/http://www.livepicture.com/products/viewers/java_pano_jpg/ http://vr.albury.net.au/~kathyw/PanoTools/tutorials/panotools1.html	.ivr
	Media Conveyor	https://web.archive.org/web/19981212030900/http://www.mediaconveyor.com/	.mcs
	mPire	mfactory.com	.mpl
	mPen Clicktoons	http://web.archive.org/web/19991127231202/http://mpen.com/Plugins/download.htm	.clt
	NCompass	http://web.archive.org/web/19961112000450/http://www.ncompasslabs.com:80/
	NoteWorthy Composer	noteworthysoftware.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NoteWorthy_Composer	.nwc
	OLiVR Viewer	https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/714335844940513342/936311280216723496/olivr1b61.exe https://web.archive.org/web//http://www.olivr.com/gallery/oli/	.oli
	Petz Player	http://petaldustpetz.weebly.com/petz-player.html http://www.oddballz.co.uk/y-play.php https://petz.fandom.com/wiki/Online_Integration#Petz_Player	.ply
	Sizzler	https://web.archive.org/web/19961213011122/http://totallyhip.com/sizzler/sizzler.html	.sprite
	Smooth Move Panorama	https://web.archive.org/web/19961219083653/http://www.smoothmove.com/	.pan
	Stagecast Creator (formerly Cocoa)	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stagecast_Creator Discord mention: https://discord.com/channels/432708847304704010/516027726851735632/806604847700901890	.sim
	SuperCard Roadster	Discord mention: https://discord.com/channels/432708847304704010/516027726851735632/806604847700901890	.sca
	TWF Viewer, TWF OpenGL Viewer	https://www.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/twf/download/ https://www.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/twf/plugin/index.html	.twf .twfz
	TurnTool XPCOM	turntool.com	.tnt
	VRealm	http://download.xs4all.nl/Museum/winsock-l/Windows95/WWW-Browsers/Plug-In/vrml20.exe https://archive.org/details/moving-worlds	.vre .vrw
	VReam	https://archive.org/details/moving-worlds	.vre .vrw
	VR-Platform	https://web.archive.org/web/20100108075932/http://www.vrp3d.com/ (page includes archived download link) https://baike.baidu.com/item/VRPIE3D%E4%BA%92%E8%81%94%E7%BD%91%E5%B9%B3%E5%8F%B0
	VR Scout	Another VRML viewer
	WorldView	http://web.archive.org/web/19961107051353id_/http://www.intervista.com/ http://download.xs4all.nl/Museum/winsock-l/Windows95/WWW-Browsers/Plug-In/ns-wvSetupX.exe	.wrl
	WebFX	Another VRML viewer
	WebMax	https://web.archive.org/web/20110129044758/http://www.suntoward.com/ https://baike.baidu.com/item/webmax	.n3d
	WebXpresso		.xpg
	Winds3D	awingsoft.com	.exe

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)

Problems Encountered

The plugin does not load when it is not installed to the Program Files folder.
The plugin in Basilisk loads, but some functions do not work.

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.

ASAP WebShow/ActivePresenter WebShow

Downloads

Examples

Problems Encountered

~~Plugin files (.asp, .ap) don't show anything, but are recognized by the plugin.~~
"Could not load the plug-in 'ASAP WebShow' for the MIME type 'application/x-asap'."

Atomic 3D / Neutron Viewer

Downloads

Download page (archived)
Different versions

Examples

Lost 3D model of a nuclear power plant

Problems Encountered

This plugin crashes in the Basilisk browser.
When attempting to play animations at the Neutron Viewer, it asks to download files from the Atomic3D website, which no longer works.

Castle Game Engine Web Plugin

GitHub page

Downloads

Prebuilt binary and example

Examples

The download in Downloads contains an example.

Problems Encountered

Can't find C:\Program on PATH.

Exception "Exception":

windres failed, cannot create Windows resource

Further notes

No precompiled builds are available yet. As such, you may have to download any of the following files to compile the plugin:

Lazarus (it may be best to download the version with the highest version number)
Free Pascal (included with Lazarus, but linked to separately just in case)
Castle Game Engine

Chime

Wikipedia article

Downloads

Installer and demos (Archived)

Examples

The installer page links to demos.

Problems Encountered

Crashes a majority of the time. The Basilisk and Flashpoint cache must be cleared.
.pdb files do not show in Netscape

D'Fusion @Home Web Plug-In

Official Website

About

An augmented reality plugin developed by a now-defunct French company, Total Immersion. Utilized the webcam.

Downloads

Windows installer (Archived)
Mac installer (Archived)
"Full" Windows installer (has a prerequisite included; Archived)

Examples

~~Example from Iron Man 2's augmented reality website~~ (Archived; will not work due to unarchived needed files)
~~Olympus Minisite~~ (Archived; will not work due to unarchived needed files)
~~Experience Pandora Minisite~~ (Archived; will not work due to unarchived needed files)
D'Fusion plugin demo

Problems Encountered

Failed to start D'Fusion Web.
General problems with the D'Fusion installation
D'Fusion dropping files in App Data

Google Native Client

Downloads

Slimjet 10, Used by oshaboy for testing
GCC and Clang toolchains for Google Native Client (should be useful because some NaCl have been lost in binary form but still exist in source code form)

Examples

Bomberclone
~~Bastion Demo~~ (some assets are lost)
SuperTux
Doom

Problems Encountered

"[6708:11872:0517/190417:ERROR:nacl_process_host.cc(215)] DuplicateHandle() failed" on Chromium 40
.nexe ~~and .pexe~~ files get downloaded by the browser, but don't start.
~~Slimjet 10 can't see the PNaCl compiler plugin when running through a proxy. (See chrome://components)~~ (That was because the compiler was not in the user folder)

Grail

Wikipedia page

Downloads

SourceForge

Examples

Official demos

Problems Encountered

~~"TclError: Can't find a usable init.tcl in the following directories:" error when trying to run Grail~~ Solved.
"An exception occurred during applet loading : exceptions.TypeError: compile, argument 1: expected string without null bytes, string found" error on all official Grail demo applets, except for Clocks, Play A Sound File, Demos Similar to Common Java Demos, Show Grail's Applet Exception Handling, Calendar and A Little Joke. Grail can't decrypt gzipped HTTP packets.
"An error occurred in a callback function : audiodev.error : no audio device" error if trying to play a sound in Play A Sound File. It's possible the audio files don't exist where they originally existed.

Notes

Old versions of Python and Tcl/Tk are required. These may work:

Python 1.5.2
Old version of Tcl/Tk
All-in-one packages: Grail.7z, Grail but More Portable

HTML+TIME / XHTML+SMIL

Wikipedia page

About

HTML+TIME (Timed Interactive Multimedia Extensions) was a proposal by Microsoft for including animation and interactivity in HTML.

Downloads

No independent download, added to Internet Explorer in IE 5.5 and removed in IE 9. X-UA-Compatible does not appear to work

DLLs from Windows XP + Internet Explorer 6 are installable: mstime.dll for time2, datime.dll for time
IE11 on Windows 10 with DLLs installed and registry entry seems to have issues with transparency.
IE6 via Utilu on Windows 10 bolds some stuff weirdly.
Ad demos are apparently older HTML+TIME syntax and only seem to run on IE5.5. Can datime.dll be unblocked on Win10 and syntax added to ensure its inclusion into the page? How large would a rewrite into XHTML+SMIL be?

Examples

Registry entry

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default Behaviors]

# C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VGX\vgx.dll
"VML"="CLSID:10072CEC-8CC1-11D1-986E-00A0C955B42E"

# C:\Windows\system32\datime.dll
"TIME"="CLSID:476c391c-3e0d-11d2-b948-00c04fa32195"

# C:\Windows\system32\mstime.dll
"TIME2"="CLSID:17237A20-3ADB-48ec-B182-35291F115790"

# ???
"ANIM"="CLSID:B1549E58-3894-11D2-BB7F-00A0C999C4C1"
"DA"="CLSID:B1549E58-3894-11D2-BB7F-00A0C999C4C1"

igLoader

Website (archived)
myGamer article

Downloads

Installer (archived)

Examples

Platypus (archived)
Tennis Elbow 2006
Webbed (archived)
Bubble Blitz (archived)
Official showcase (archived)

MrSID

Wikipedia article

About

An image compression plugin mainly used for orthophotos.

Downloads

Window on the UK, Window on the Universe (Volumes 1 & 2) and the plugin installer

O3D

Wikipedia article

About

A proposal by Google for a standard 3D API for the Web. WebGL supplanted it. Google eventually wrote a WebGL version of O3D, but conversion is not automatic and the Beach demo was not converted

Downloads

There are no known found trustworthy downloads, although source code exists. https://www.zhaodll.co/n/20130417/158957.html has been tested and works, but the website is sketchy.

Examples

Sample packs

Opal Player Plugin

Product info page (archived)

About

Appears to be for interactives. Potentially doesn't support Vista.

Downloads

cal.com (archived, doesn't work, FTP)
opal.pascocountyfl.net (archived)

Examples

Bowie example (archived)
opal.pascocountyfl.net (archived)

Panda3D Plugin

About

Wikipedia article

Downloads

Examples

Open directory
Pac-Bat (tested and working on 2019-07-21)
Dice in a Stone Box
A3P - Acquire, Attack, Asplode, Pwn! (tries to install Python and crashes)

Problems

There is a huge number of runtime components that are downloaded and installed on demand. They are listed here, and are available from this open directory. (backed up at Flashfreeze (request login))

Pipelight

About

Unlike the other technologies on this list, this is not a distinct software platform. Instead, it is a browser plugin that allows Windows-only NPAPI plugins to run on Linux.

See here for more information.

QuickTime VR

About

Wikipedia page

Downloads

Examples

Panorama of Lake Louise Boathouse nr1
Cabinets & Pods
Rewind example
Babylon 5 example (archived)
Another Babylon 5 example (archived)
Yet another Babylon 5 example (archived)

Problems Encountered

Uses the Windows system directory and is not portable.

Notes

The latest version available on apple.com requires Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Service Pack 1 MFC.
Both Apple Application Support and QuickTime are required. Registry entries point to their locations.
Registry files: apple.reg, quicktime.reg
Not all data in quicktime.reg is likely needed.
In Flashpoint, Basilisk is currently configured to disable QuickTime by default to avoid conflicts.
Some of the npqtplugin.dll files may interfere with other video/audio plugins or built-in behavior. It may make sense to have the QuickTime plugin available only when viewing a QuickTime curation. Basilisk's built-in MIME type configuration dialog can also be used to choose what plugins are used for different types of content.

Scratch

About

An online block-based virtual language, currently based upon Blockly, then previously Flash, and before that, Java (Squeak 2.8 for the offline editor). While it is possible to curate Scratch games in Flashpoint using converters and packagers, they are not in their original form.

Downloads

1.4 Offline Editor: Windows, Mac, Linux
2.0 Offline Editor: Windows, Mac
3 Offline Editor: Windows, Mac

Examples

Problems Encountered

Scratch 2 and 3 do not have Linux versions. However, it may be possible to run their respective Windows versions in Wine or use a web version.

Sense8 WorldUp

Downloads

Terasoft website
Sense 8 website (archived)
https://discord.com/channels/432708847304704010/516027726851735632/785218816711983104 Files from the Wayback Machine]

Examples

Tulip 3D

Exstream website (archived)
Tulip Software website (archived)

Problems

It's unclear whether these two links reference the same plugin or two different plugins with Tulip in the name.

Exstream: 3D does not play unless the proper codec is available for the (usually? always?) .asf file. The codec in use appears to be 0x75 VoxWare Metasound. The downloads available for this codec do not appear to work directly. ffmpeg can process it but it sounds terrible. MPlayer, when given its binary codecs and the -ac voxware option, sounds excellent. However, the binary requires a file to be present in SysWOW64. We may need to reencode the .asf files via MPlayer (and then ffmpeg if MPlayer cannot output an .asf file).

Visviva Animation Player

An interactive animation player, available as a web plugin and a standalone player.

Downloads

http://web.archive.org/web/20070214114303/http://www.visviva.com:80/download/webplug/VaeCtrl.CAB Internet Explorer plugin]
Netscape plugin
Standalone player

Examples

Official gallery

Problems Encountered

vaengine.dll seems to use both WSOCK32 and WININIT, but the primary download is via WSOCK32. Flashpoint currently does not support proxying WinSock.
DirectPlay is required.

Wildpockets

Official Website (archived)
Wildpockets Wiki

Downloads

Source code

Examples

SAS: Zombie Assault 3D (Trailer)

WildTangent Web Driver

The SDK is usable from Java, JavaScript or VBScript.
Pages typically launch wthost.exe, which itself uses an ActiveX plugin
When producing a combined webdriver+Java config, be sure to only have one classpath entry.

Downloads

Problems Encountered

FlashpointProxy.dll needs to be attached to wthost.exe. (it's currently attached to webdriver.dll)
A newer version, recommended by WildTangent Discord, doesn't seem to support WinInet.
Most games will need MS Java.
Antiviruses hate anything WildTangent related.

Examples

X3D

Wikipedia article

Downloads

List of players

Examples

Problems Encountered

Flux Player 2.1 loads indefinitely under TheWorld 3.5.03.

XVR

Downloads

https://web.archive.org/web/20160513043225/http://client.vrmedia.it/XVRPlayer.cab

Examples

Notes

This sample, linked from personal projects, reportedly has Flash <-> XVR interaction. This might not be supportable in Flashpoint unless Flash can be added to Flashpoint Secure Player or an NPAPI version of XVR is found.