August 25, 2005
Screenweaver 3 OpenSource now available!
Finally, the day we've all been waiting for...
Edwin van Rijkom has just flipped the switch and made the Screenweaver 3 OS site public.
Relevant links:
The OSFlash page has a collection of links, including links to the installer as well as mirrors. The developer wiki is for those looking to help out. It also provides some background information and shows what's been happening lately (check out the "timeline" to see recent activity).
Enjoy!
Comments
EXCITING! So is the current version just a simple update? It's not using synch functions for some of the direct response calls yet, correct? What is the approach for contributing?
Posted by: Kenny Bunch at August 25, 2005 09:20 AM
This is the current version with just a few tweaks to make it work with Flash 7/8 and build with Visual C++ 7 (it was written in 6).
The synchronous communication with ExternalInterface is not available yet, but will be in a future version. Also, when Screenweaver Core is released, this is a library that adds synchronous communication for older players as well using some nifty Windows hooking tactics. I'm not sure on Edwin's timeline there but I know he plans on releasing this soon as well.
For contributing code, first thing I'd do is check out the source from the repository, and then just start working on what you want to add. Currently the write access is restricted, so if you make any changes, just package them up and send them to Edwin to get them added to the repository.
Posted by: darron at August 25, 2005 09:48 AM
And I assume that the code base is Windows specific right now. Are there plans to decouple things out, and build a Mac port as well?
Posted by: Kenny Bunch at August 25, 2005 10:35 AM