#Amigavision Users?
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Lou,
Can you describe the demo you uploaded? With something that large, I'd
like to know more about it before DL'ing it. (VISA card keeps objecting)
Karl,
It's basically a "front end" that is a newspaper. You click on various
articles and pictures and/or text are displayed all while music is playing.
It's very well done and a good practical tutorial in using some aspects of
AmigaVision. Whether it's worth the expense is dependent on how much help
you need with AmigaVision by seeing working examples of it. I'm hoping
someone will upload an AmigaVision program that utilizes it's database
features. I started writing my own by got bogged down in a couple of areas
and really need to see some example code.
-sja
Steve has pretty well summed up what Centurion Press is. The idea was to
show some techniques of AV programming in a 'real' application. This one
demonstrates such things as user interaction, music, graphics, fades, text
windows, th eobject editor and some structured programming.
I am uploading another AmigaVision flow today that demonstrates how to
sync sound to a specific frame of an animation. This one is about 250K,
with most of it the HAM animation.
-Lou
Steve (and Karl),
Be aware of one problem with the older version of AmigaVison
(version 1.09). If you load the demo, and then immediately start to open
up the program ICONs to see what's going on….you'll lock the machine as
soon as you close the ICON's window.
If you first "present" the demo, and then go thru the ICONs, all
will be fine.
I checked this out on 4 different machines…the problem is
software, not hardware.
It appears to have been fixed in version 1.31 of AmigaVision.
Don
Version 1.09 is prerelease; nobody outside of developers, et al should
have pre-1.31 versions. Be warned that file compatibility between pre-1.31
and 1.31 is *NOT* a sure thing. It is best to recode the courses from
scratch since some information gets carried along with the icon. This is
especially true with database and interrupt icons.
jk3
Absoluteley correct! V1.09 was beta, the first release version is 1.31. If
you have anything older than 1.31, GET RID OF IT! Applications you generate
with it wil have problems in 1.31 and the newer 1.53 release. You WILL have
to re-code them to be sure they are okay..take my word on that one as I had
to with some extremely long programs (>150K programs). -Lou
Steve, I'm wanting to buy AV, I'm looking to buy AV, I'm waiting to buy AV,
but no one will see me AV. Is there some secret way to purchase this
puppy? Dealers in Seattle cannot seem to order one, CMD is 'backed up',
etc… WHO SELLS IT? thanks for listening…. 🙂 –jp–
John,
My local dealer here in Denver has AmigaVision in stock…I know
that for a fact since I was there today…and saw it on the shelf.
Don
Boy there must be something REAL SLOW about getting it to the Northwest,
because I cannot find anyone who carries it yet. I've tried to order it,
and dealers keep telling me 'backordered'?? Oh well, I'm gone for a month
anyway. Maybe it will be here when I get back. thanks anyway –jp–
John, if you have to use mail-order.
— Ethan
John, it seems to e the same around here. In fact, I have sent in an
AmigaVision voucher from a system purchase, but Commodore hasn't sent it
yet. Meantime, a friend who very recently got an Amiga got AV with it.
Apparently, they are using everything they have now to ship with new
computers, until they have enough copies of AV produced to sell/ship to
existing AMiga owners.
John,
I don't know — I bought it from my dealer back in late June.
This may be a dumb question but… do these things stand alone? I don't
have AmigaVision.
Malcolm
Malcomb,
No, they require AmigaVision to run.
AmigaVision allows you to make an application 'standalone' with the
run-time option.