is director and shockwave3d the right choice?

[Hilmar Hermens]

Hi all.

We want to sell a shockwave-based web-product (including
shockwave3d-content) to a very big and severe customer (with real big
traffic).

Then I read the news topics about installation problems,
yahoo-installation-pop-up, IE crashes after reloading 3d-content, no further
development of the 3d-engine, and so on ...

Is shockwave-3d dead before we get the contract?...

So the decision to use director and shockwave seems not to be a good one!!!

I would like to read your opinion about that, because we have to decide for
the right tool soon.

Thanks and best regards,

Hilmar.

[zippy]

Hi Hilmar,

Director/Shockwave 3D definately has it's faults (eg., new Yahoo! toolbar
download), and I've looked into other real-time Web 3D technologies myself.
But so far Shockwave 3D has proven to be the best in terms of market
potential.

There are other technologies out there you could go with like WildTangent,
Virtools, X3D, Atmosphere, etc... But which other technology could give you
the browser penetration of Shockwave and a powerfull brand like Macromedia?

And to address your issues specifically. Macromedia is currently looking
into providing "Shockwave Pro", a service that will allow us developers to
provide the Shockwave plug-in to our customers free of the Shockwave.com
re-direct, registration process, and Yahoo! toolbar download. I've found
that IE crashes are usually more due to bad coding/poorly written Xtras than
anything having to do with Director/Shockwave itself. And Intel is under
contract with Macromedia to develop two versions of the 3D Xtra, but who
knows when the second one is coming. But I've found the current version of
the 3D Xtra provides most of the functionality I need (except multi-layer
textures and bump mapping support would be nice).

Steve


"Hilmar Hermens" <h.hermens@eprosoft.de> wrote in message
news:cabn4o$mm9$03$1@news.t-online.com...

> Hi all.
>
> We want to sell a shockwave-based web-product (including
> shockwave3d-content) to a very big and severe customer (with real big
> traffic).
>
> Then I read the news topics about installation problems,
> yahoo-installation-pop-up, IE crashes after reloading 3d-content, no

further

> development of the 3d-engine, and so on ...
>
> Is shockwave-3d dead before we get the contract?...
>
> So the decision to use director and shockwave seems not to be a good

one!!!

>
> I would like to read your opinion about that, because we have to decide

for

> the right tool soon.
>
> Thanks and best regards,
>
> Hilmar.
>
>

[Scott Kerr]

You should really consider Anark.

[url]www.anark.com[/url]

[Aldo Hoeben]

> Macromedia is currently looking

> into providing "Shockwave Pro",

Got any linkage on that?

[Robert Tweed]

"Aldo Hoeben" <aldo@studiopko.nl> wrote in message
news:caf36c$naa$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> > Macromedia is currently looking
> > into providing "Shockwave Pro",

>
> Got any linkage on that?

It's not true: it's just an idea that was suggested on some of the
mailinglists, it did not come from anyone at Macromedia. I'm sure Tom
Higgins has passed the suggestion along, but I seriously doubt it will ever
come about. Personally, I think it would just be counterproductive anyway.

- Robert

[zippy]

"The idea of having a "pro" installation process is also something we'll
look
into as well as continuing to work on refining the current installation
process"

source: Miriam Geller of Macromedia to dirGames-L list


"Robert Tweed" <robert@killingmoon.com> wrote in message
news:caji31$phl$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> "Aldo Hoeben" <aldo@studiopko.nl> wrote in message
> news:caf36c$naa$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> > > Macromedia is currently looking
> > > into providing "Shockwave Pro",

> >
> > Got any linkage on that?

>
> It's not true: it's just an idea that was suggested on some of the
> mailinglists, it did not come from anyone at Macromedia. I'm sure Tom
> Higgins has passed the suggestion along, but I seriously doubt it will

ever

> come about. Personally, I think it would just be counterproductive anyway.
>
> - Robert
>
>

[Robert Tweed]

"zippy" <zippy@zippy.com> wrote in message
news:veGdndLX2oHAl1PdRVn-iQ@adelphia.com...

> "The idea of having a "pro" installation process is also something we'll
> look
> into as well as continuing to work on refining the current installation
> process"
>
> source: Miriam Geller of Macromedia to dirGames-L list

Sorry, you're right, I either missed or disregarded that statement -
however, the idea did not come from Macromedia and there still isn't any
official _support_ of the suggestion from Macromedia. The statement "looking
into it" could mean they are seriously considering it, or (more likely IMHO)
it could simply be a diplomatic way of dismissing the suggestion outright:
there is simply no way to know until there is an official statement of
intent from Macromedia.

However, the implication in your original post was that Macromedia is
seriously considering or actually working on a Shockwave Pro plugin, which
is rather misleading. Quite frankly there is already enough rumour and
heresay going around about the future of Director and Shockwave without
adding this to the list.

- Robert