• bigsource.apparat.reducer:  Apparat Reducer
• bigsource.apparat.tdsi: Apparat Turbo Diesel Sport Injection
• bigsource.apparat.coverage: Apparat Coverage
• bigsource.apparat.concrete: Apparat Concrete
• bigsource.apparat.stripper: Apparat Stripper

To start optimizing your swfs you have to download some things:

Apparat: http://code.google.com/p/apparat/
Scala: http://www.scala-lang.org/downloads
(Please check the Apparat website for infos about the needed version. Currently Scala RC3)
BigSource Zarkov: http://zarkov.bigsource.de
(Eclipse Updatesite: http://update.bigsource.de/beta)

After unpacking Apparat and Scala and installing the new version of Zarkov you can create the tasks.

Example

See content of build.properties in previous post.

<project name="Example 1" default="tdsi" basedir=".">

	<property file="build.properties" />

	<target name="tdsi">
		<bigsource.apparat.tdsi basedir="${basedir}" apparatdirectory="PATH TO APPARAT DIRECTORY" scala="PATH TO SCALA EXECUTABLE">
			<inputfile path="${swf.application.target }" />
			<outputfile path="${swf.application.target }" />
			<set7zpath path="PATH TO 7zip IF NOT IN $PATH" />
		</bigsource.apparat.tdsi>
	</target>

        <target name="reducer">
		<bigsource.apparat.reducer basedir="${basedir}" apparatdirectory="PATH TO APPARAT DIRECTORY" scala="PATH TO SCALA EXECUTABLE">
			<inputfile path="${swf.application.target }" />
			<outputfile path="${swf.application.target }" />
			<set7zpath path="PATH TO 7zip IF NOT IN $PATH" />
		</bigsource.apparat.reducer>
	</target>
</project>

As you can see, the new features are currently only available from the beta update. Your feedback would help to make BigSource Zarkov even better. Feel free to contact us.

Thanks to Joa for his great tool!!

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No Preference Pane in Eclipse Settings

we have removed the Pane from the settings. The flex SDK has to be set within the Build.xml. Every Bigsource Task has the attribute “sdk”.

Example 1 with property file

build.properties

flex.home	 = /workspace/flashlibs/flex_sdk_3.3

swf.application.class	= source/src/com/company/project/Application.as
swf.application.target	= deploy/swf/application.swf

swf.default.fps = 31
swf.default.width = 800
swf.default.height = 600
swf.default.bgcolor = 0x000000

build.xml

<project name="Example 1" default="compile" basedir=".">

	<property file="build.properties" />

	<target name="compile">
		<bigsource.mxmlc basedir="${basedir}" sdk="${flex.home}">
			<default_frame_rate value="${swf.default.fps}" />
			<default_background_color value="${swf.default.bgcolor}" />
			<default_size width="${swf.default.width}" height="${swf.default.height}" />
			<source_path path="source/src" />
			<file_specs path="${swf.application.class}" />
			<output path="${swf.application.target}" />
		</bigsource.mxmlc>
	</target>

</project>

Example 2 with property in build.xml

build.xml

<project name="Example 2" default="compile" basedir=".">

	<property name="flex.home" value="/workspace/flashlibs/flex_sdk_3.3"/>

	<target name="compile">
		<bigsource.mxmlc basedir="${basedir}" sdk="${flex.home}">
			<default_frame_rate value="31" />
			<default_background_color value="0x000000" />
			<default_size width="800" height="600" />
			<source_path path="source/src" />
			<file_specs path="source/src/com/company/project/Application.as" />
			<output path="deploy/swf/application.swf" />
		</bigsource.mxmlc>
	</target>

</project>

The same applies to bigsource.flashplayer (attribute “player”), bigsource.browser (attribute “browser”), bigsource.haxe (attribute “haxe”) and bigsource.mtasc (attribute “mtasc”) with different attributes than “sdk”.

General Bugfixes

• corrected path for adt_package under Windows
• added airtarget to adt_package (target as compiler option) for packaging dmg, exe and deb files
• added more precheckings

If you have questions or feature request, feel free to contact us.

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The first beta Version is avalibale for download. Feel free to test it.
- Windows
- OS X
- Linux (Debian, Ubuntu)

BigSource Zarkov for Air

In order to run the application, you must have installed Adobe Air 2 beta 2 (Download). If you find bugs or have a feature request, please send an email to alexander.funke@bigsource.de. The application is currently released as Jobware. No warranty for malfunctions. I am happy about every feedback.

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This is an example with random sized drips. It has no hitmap and no distance map. If no distance map is added, the radius size will be a random value between radiusMin and radiusMax.

Here is an example with a hitmap and a uniform distance map. All poisson points have the same radius.

I made an editor where you can change the settings and different kind of hitmaps:

Feel free to download and play around with the source.
poissondisksampler.zip

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Homepage FFK09.
Impressions from Marc Thiele.
Impressions from Powerflasher.

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The photo is under the creative commons license. Copyrights by Theresa Thompson.

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Thanks to Jens Franke for writing a great article about building a multitouch table and for answering our questions.

A complete list of used hardware and a building plan for download will follow in the next post.

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• Review of all compiler options.

• Some options have changed attributes.

• Added all options listed by “compiler help list advanced” to mxmlc, compc, asdoc, amxmlc, acompc and aasdoc.

• Warnings and Errors are now added to the Problems view of Eclipse.

• a new task “bigsource.browser” added. You can now open your browser from within eclipse.

• some general improvements in stability

• documentaiton will be improved in the next days (mxmlc is already updated)

You can get the new version over the Eclipse Update feature. If you would like to get the latest beta version you can get it here: http://update.bigsource.de/beta.

For more information about BigSource Zarkov visit the project page at http://zarkov.bigsource.de.

We are happy about every feedback.

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