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I agree with most of your requests, those are the small things that would make our lives so much easier... However, some of your wishes are definitely not going to be fulfilled.

#3:
There are at least 2 very good reasons why this is a nonsense.
First, it's never a good idea to change the file format unless absolutely necessary. Every such change brings problems with backwards compatibility... Why do you think so many people hate Microsoft? (hint: .doc vs .docx)
Second, why the hell does the .an8 file need to be user friendly? In fact the .an8 format is very user friendly compared to most other file formats, but it's primary purpose is to store data for Anim8or, not for the user. Anim8or (just like any other 3D program) uses quaternions internally because they are very easy to use from programmer's point of view (compared to human-readable angles). That's why quaternions are stored in the .an8 file...

#9:
I am not entirely sure what you mean, but most of tools/buttons in Anim8or have an equivalent keyboard shortcut defined. This might be what you are looking for: http://www.anim8or.com/manual/a_shortcuts.html

#12 - #14:
I think something must be wrong with your workflow process.
When you change an uv-mapped and textured mesh, you have to redo the texture as well.
When you have a skinned figure and you change the original mesh, you have to redo the skinning.
Now ask yourself - why should morph targets be different? Just make sure you finish the basic mesh and then start working on your morph targets...

#29:
I don't agree with this one. In many cases I want to edit a keyframe in graph editor without switching the currently displayed frame.

#31:
This is very complicated... Even if it was possible to launch an external program from an ASL script, it wouldn't help much. What do you think would happen once the external program is launched? If the program edited the currently opened Anim8or project, there is no way to make the changes appear in Anim8or. You would have to save the changes in the program and then restart Anim8or and this really doesn't speed up the process...

#32:
Check the RPYToQuaternion() function, I believe it does exactly what you need. Also there is also a formula that allows you to convert a quaternion to axis and angle (and vice-versa): http://www.anim8or.com/smf/index.php?topic=2218.msg16310#msg16310

Like I said, I agree with most of your requests... I especially like #10, I never thought of that but you are right that it would help a lot. And #27 is quite high on my wishlist!

Awesome job by all who participated in this competition! I really enjoyed all the entries.

Congratulations to Mills for the victory!

Next one quickly please.  Can I suggest one?  It is really a different concept.

Don't worry, the next one will start soon

It's been a while since I released the last version of ASL Editor... And now it's the time for the ultimate upgrade!

This new version is more stable, faster and easier to use than any of the previous versions. And more importantly, it contains a bunch of new great features!

Most important changes:

• A complete, structured, well-organised ASL reference is included directly in ASL Editor! See details below
• A simple graphic editor to create/edit plugin buttons
• Automatic recognition of matching brackets
• Major performance improvement of the text-highlighting function
• Improved the Undo/Redo functions, Auto-Competing and Syntax Checker
• Many bugs fixed

Download link

Feature requests, bug reports and questions are still welcome!

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The most important new feature in this version is the ASL Explorer. I spent several weeks researching, testing and documenting every single element of the ASL language and here is the result: the most detailed ASL documentation ever written. Every single directive, constant, function, type and type member is described in detail, including code examples, useful tips and more.

There's no need to say more. Check out the following screenshot, download ASL Editor and try it yourself! Creating ASL plugins has never been easier! (do you still remember the times when you used to use Notepad?)

Cool! I'd love to see that...

The first version I have used was 0.81, but I don't have it any more... Anim8or has done a really huge step forward since then - there was no raytracer, no morph targets, no ASL, no skinning weights... And I was so excited when I made my first stick figure

Good job Hihosilver!

Honestly, I do not like Flash-based sites, but your one looks really good, almost professional!

Thanks for the feedback Simon.

I tried to edit the script to save the edge sharpness settings, but I can't get it to work.

Don't ask me why, there might be a bug in the SetEdgeSharpness() or GetEdgeSharpness() functions, I really don't know... So I have to disappoint you.

No, it shouldn't.

The settings in the Configure dialog box should be saved after you click OK and should not change after restarting Anim8or.

As far as I know there is no way to delete a shape in ASL...