Greets fellow Away3d'ers! As far as months go, this last one has been pretty eventful. First of all the new text-enabled upgrades to the engine, then the text transformations, and now (slightly later than planned!), a little piece of 3D magic called Away3D Lite.
It's no secret that over time Away3D has become known as a 'features' engine. While this is a fantastic plaudit for us, it doesn't really help those flashers looking for something small and fast! If you fall into this category, then Away3D Lite should be just what you are looking for. Based on the same external architecture as the standard Away3D lib, Lite is re-written internally to better gel with the native 3d features of Flash 10. What results is an engine that is under 25k in size, with around 4 times the speed of the standard Away3D engine. Alongside the release of Away3D Lite v1.0, there are a selection of examples available, some new and some re-written from the older Away3D entries. While we have taken great care to match syntax and structure, obviously there are features that are either too complex or too verbose to port straight away, so generally converting a project between libs will involve stripping out some functionality. you can download Away3d Lite from the svn here: engine: http://away3d.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/fp10/Away3DLite/ examples: http://away3d.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/fp10/Examples/Away3DLite/ or by going to http://away3d.com/downloads. For more details on the new engine's features go to the front page of away3d.com Enjoy the new release! The Away3d Team -- Rob Bateman Flash Development & Consultancy [email protected] www.infiniteturtles.co.uk www.away3d.com
