CompuServe Thread

#Smacker

6 messages in this thread
#187636From: Jeff RobertsAug 28, 1995 10:27 AM
Terry: Hello, I'm Jeff, the head-Smacker-honcho. Licensing our new version is much easier – after an animation plays, a note is displayed that basically says "This was compressed with Smacker." If you don't mind this notice, then you are free to distribute the player (or scriptor) to anyone, anywhere. If you like to distribute a version that doesn't have this notice, then you can license it for $995.00 for one use, or $1995.00 for unlimited use. If you're a software developer, we also have an awesome SDK that you can use to intregrate Smacker directly into your product. ->Jeff
#187660From: Brian GunnisonAug 28, 1995 12:25 PM
Hi, I just received your documentation via the mail. I did not see this. The pricing was (at least to me) unclear. Here is what I got out of it. I can pay $195 for the compression utilities. I then assume the player is included for my use. According to your statment above I can use the scripting and the player if I can cope with the Smacker statement. This is good! this means I can distribute a shareware game with smacker. Please make this as clear as possible. Also I would like info on what the scripting language includes. Does it support mouse hotspots etc. Thanks, Brian R. Gunnison
#187883From: Jeff RobertsAug 29, 1995 10:16 AM
Brian: Yes, the scriptor has hot spots, mouse cursors, transparent animations, etc ,etc. Download SmackD.exe from this forum and it will give you a good example. ->Jeff
#187943From: Brian GunnisonAug 29, 1995 3:52 PM
Cool, does the unlicensed smackply blurb after every .fli? If I create a branching script will it play uninterrupted?
#188071From: Jeff RobertsAug 30, 1995 10:19 AM
Brian: The notice only appears at the very end of a script, when it exits back to DOS. Thanks, ->Jeff
#187697From: Terry MillerAug 28, 1995 2:09 PM
Jeff, Thanks for the info. Terry