• 1006 When computer hibernates with Animoids running the 3D Canvas Panel may not display until the panel is manually closed and reopened.
• 1009 HTML Forms (e.g. email and download forms) only work in conventional web browsers. They don't work from within the ANIMOIDS Client program.
• 1015 Some error messages from Smart Update display as HTML tags instead of conventional text.
• 1017 If you unlock a locked, resized Action Help window then the content panel does not resize correctly without manually resizing the window.
• 1054 Internal browser can't display the first non-code page without an manual refresh after going back/forward from a Code pages (as of 1.2.02).
• 1058 When editing points, the highlighted points can disappear when the 'Apply' button is clicked.
• 1070 The Segment COLOR "Replace All" button action does not get recorded in a movie scene.
• 1120 During AVI movie creation - frames can be lost for large image size.

Problems fixed in Version - 2.2.09

• 1137 Limit on trial period extended.

New features in Version - 2.2.08

• Object rotation in Movie Scenes now uses Spherical Liner Interpolation - to avoid objects appearing flat on rotation.
• Texture files can be applied to a Segment using a number of different texture modes - Modulate, Blend, Replace, Decal.

Problems fixed in Version - 2.2.08

• 1135 ANIMOIDS may not startup for some Windows Me users.
• 1136 Undo List has redo task order reversed.

New features in Version - 2.2.07

• New Undo list makes it easier to control Undo/Redo actions.
• New Reset Dialog makes it easier to figure out how to reset an objects position.
• Certificate on purchase makes it easier to reinstall a purchased download.
• Auto button for Sets supports scaling.
• Add limits on file sharing.
• Undo supported for object transforms.
• Better undo for pick points action.
• Undo list increased from 200 to 500 actions.

New features in Version - 2.2.06

• Operation with Windows 98 and Windows ME is more reliable.
• Better default memory setting for users with less than 256 Mb.
• Prevent hang up during Setup for Windows 98 and ME users.

Problems fixed in Version - 2.2.06

• 1131 Version 2.2.05 copy of file html\code\start\images\auto_button_32x24.gif was read only.
• 1132 Tutorial description of one and two button mouse operation was wrong.
• 1133 Eliminate double error message in error log.
• 1134 Eliminate incorrect memory warning for Mac users.

New features in Version - 2.2.05

• New option to highlight the selected Segment or Animoid.
• New "Auto Pick" mouse option to simplify most common mouse selections.
• New Segment options now offer Quick Pick list of standard shapes.
• New Segment Dialog simplified further for Novice users.
• Beginner Skill Level now has access to Segment Controls.
• About Dialog changed to say ANIMOIDS 3D Movie Maker.

Problems fixed in Version - 2.2.05

• 1128 Position jumps on adding a new Segment.
• 1129 Move Mouse Undo actions can operate on incorrect Segment.
• 1130 Unexpected dimension jumps when changing Mouse Behavior.

New features in Version - 2.2.04

• Texture files no longer need to be square.
• Movie Set Background can be loaded from Texture Files.
• There are now six different layouts for positioning a Background image on a Movie Scene.
• There are now three modes for generating texture coordinates on a Segment.
• Texture coordinates are easier to edit - you can now pick points to edit on the Texture Coordinates Control Panel itself.
• You can now scale objects in a Movie Set (using the "Move Animoid" button).
• You can now change and save the default position of Animoid in the Characters and Props section (using the "Move Animoid" button).

Problems fixed in Version - 2.2.04

• 1124 The default folder for loading Background images was wrong.
• 1125 Java3D 1.3 for Windows can not handle emulation mode.
• 1126 Smart Update to Java3D 1.3 can fail.
• 1127 A Movie Scene that contains a background image file can be uploaded.

New features in Version - 2.2.03

• Movie files can be transcoded. E.g. AVI file size can be reduced by 95%. (Use the File, Export... menu item from the ANIMOIDS Media Player.)
• There are now three options for generation of texture coordinates: Symmetrical, Linear and Spherical - using the new "Texture Mode' (Intermediate) action.
• The 'Play Movie...' menu item can now play Animated GIFs.
• New (Intermediate) "View/Edit Point" action is available to manually edit node coordinates and texture coordinates.
• Segment end caps are now constructed with node spacings of 'equal latitude' for more spherical appearance and even node spacing.
• Mac - can now use Media Player after recording movie.
• New error log window for displaying media format problems, etc.
• Display which media player is selected (System or ANIMOIDS) after recording movie.
• Behaviors now support two rotation modes. (Gimbal lock + normal.)

Problems fixed in Version - 2.2.03

• 1121 Memory is not released after playing movie in ANIMOIDS Media Player.
• 1122 When resizing frame during 'Make Movie", 3D renderer can occasionally fail to build movie and scene appears to run in slow motion (Java 3D bug 4701430). Workaround - cancel movie, re-open Animoid object and make movie again
• 1123 Some Media Pack text referred to short duration movies instead of the new overlay.

New features in Version - 2.2.02

• Support creation of Animated GIFs.
• Support creation of Windows AVI movies.
• Include media player that supports QuickTime and AVI movies.
• Support switching between JMF versions.
• Smart Update - supports auto restart after update.
• Can now drag and drop an image to setup a Segment Texture.
• QuickTime movie duration limit removed from trial software.
• Watermark added to QuickTime movies created with trial software.

Problems fixed in Version - 2.2.02

• 1118 Online activity while making a QuickTime movie can cause the movie making process to hang up.
• 1119 Image size error message does not always display correctly.

New features in Version - 2.1.06

• Create debug log files until initialization is complete.
• File upload can no longer upload files that reuse deleted server objects.

Problems fixed in Version - 2.1.06

• 1112 File progress text stays at 0% [introduced 2.1.05].
• 1113 Able to create unlimited movies with restricted software.
• 1114 system:close unsupported [introduced 2.1.05].
• 1115 Movie Set with untitled Scene can be uploaded.
• 1116 Movie Set downloads can fail to download sound files (due to upload problem).
• 1117 CD UI localization not supported.

New features in Version - 2.1.05

• In Movie Scene, button group titles are hidden if screen size is small.
• Fully localizable version.
• First DE version.

Problems fixed in Version - 2.1.05

• 1110 File Save action should not be recorded in Movie Scene.
• 1111 Attempt to say No to Cancel Download action can corrupt dialog.

New features in Version - 2.1.02

• Initial support for localized content.

Problems fixed in Version - 2.1.02

• 1108 Thread deadlock during the initial Setup file copy.
• 1109 Depth cutoff limits view.

New features in Version - 2.1.00

• Variable time steps supported for Behavior.
• New Behavior timeline makes it easy to change step times.
• You can now add and remove steps in any Behavior.
• Add memory check for Windows to eliminate need to ask user.
• Add first movie tutorial to client.
• Support caching movie tutorials.
• Check for movie tutorial on CD.
• Move cache from Program Files to My Documents.
• Force new background to resize automatically in Movie Scene.
• Text fields in Behavior Panel are now saved on exiting the field.

Problems fixed in Version - 2.1.00

• 1106 Prevent thumbnail load from hanging file dialog display.
• 1107 Warn before movie file overwrite.

New features in Version - 2.0.06

• Extend expiration by 5 days on upgrade.

New features in Version - 2.0.05

• File Choosers allow selecting online files. This makes it easier to use online sounds, textures, etc. in your work.
• Segment rotations in Behaviors are modified to avoid gimbal lock problems. (Segments now rotate the shortest distance between steps of a running Behavior. The change applies only to Behaviors edited with version 2.0.05 or later.)

New features in Version - 2.0.04

• New View menu option displays unit XYZ axes on 3D Canvas.
• New View menu option to switch between Perspective mode (default) and Parallel mode.
• Parallel mode view has background grid for scale.
• Parallel mode view supports scale change instead of zoom or field of view change.
• Camera rotation by mouse now limits XY rotation to either X or Y at one time to make it less likely to get unexpected rotations.

Problems fixed in Version - 2.0.04

• 1103 Last major release does not always correctly record scale changes in Scene.
• 1104 Last major release does not always correctly record stretch changes in Scene.
• 1105 Behaviors that do not have some data for all steps can not be reopened without loosing all data.

New features in Version - 2.0.03

• Double the rotation range for the Rotate Segment sliders.
• When recording objects for movie scenes use ids to make it easier to find registered objects that have been moved.
• After picking a texture - display it.

Problems fixed in Version - 2.0.03

• 1065 When you save changes to a file, the new thumbnail image of that file does not show up until ANIMOIDS is restarted. (Until then, the old thumbnail still shows up.)

New features in Version - 2.0.02

• Improve the ability to pick a segment with your mouse.
• Allow manual file associations to start ANIMOIDS and open the file. (Still limited to one copy of ANIMOIDS at a time.)
• After an abnormal termination - don't reset the ability to open by default the last objects that were opened.
• Auto-restart on high memory usage (to improve performance).
• Allow Linux startup without a child error message.
• Performance - emulation mode is now selected from radio buttons.
• No need to specify texture cache level when setting performance.
• Allow Set Rotation to be changed when not editing.

Problems fixed in Version - 2.0.01

• 1101 Support download from Apache 2 server.
• 1102 Remove Thumbs.db from update

New features in Version - 2.0.00

• A simpler interface makes it easier for beginners to get started.
• Three views of your model for easier editing.
• A bigger 3D canvas.
• All size and motion actions now support mouse drag on the 3D canvas.
• Simple detach/attach/duplicate commands for Segments.
• New users now start at Skill Level "Novice".
• Behaviors and Movie Scenes must use "Record" button to enable actions.
• Option Tree has been replaced with pop-up menus.
• Action Panel Icons make it easier to find commands.
• Support for reusing textures from other objects.
• Window size and position are remembered.
• Texture objects without images now save thumbnails.
• Action on next pick now displays target file name instead of full path.
• New "Edit Segment Points" action makes it easier to edit node points.
• "File Open" can now open any object type from any Tool.
• When loading CD data - the CD can now be found automatically for both Windows and Mac users.
• For mouse actions which only need two buttons - the right and center buttons now behave the same.
• Actions recorded for a Movie Scene can now have their time adjusted.
• Action "Move Root Segment" is now called "Move Branch".
• Action "Squeeze" is now called "Flatten".
• Default Segment paste now pastes as a new root segment.
• A file progress bar has been added to setup status.
• Expired software automatically checks for sponsored extension.
• About dialog supports optional sponsor display.

Problems fixed in Version - 2.0.00

• 1095 Movie Scene did not list Movie Set in Credits.
• 1096 Avoid duplicate credits.
• 1097 Missing/corrupt texture object causes Animoid display to fail.
• 1098 Using the "Select Segment" list for a Movie Scene does not get recorded correctly as a pick.
• 1099 Mouse drag actions need double click before first drag will work.
• 1100 Contact (email) dialog does not word wrap on text field.

Problems fixed in Version - 1.6.03 Beta

• 1094 After using the Hide Other action on a root segment followed by a Show All Segment action, the root segment can display in the wrong position.

New features in Version - 1.6.03 Beta

• Support multiple Skill Levels to make it easier for new users to get started.
• The View menu can now control display of the toolbar.
• Action on next pick actions now display with an orange background to make them easier to detect and remove.
• The Clear action button now turns orange (with a red slash) when a pick action is enabled.
• Support dismounting CD data without removing the CD.
• Clean up purchase/certificate process.
• The startup "Demo" buttons are changed to say "Example".

New features in Version - 1.6.02 Beta

• Support mounting CD data.
• Support registration certificates.
• Ensure users get at least 30 day expiration period.
• Prompt user to purchase on expiration.
• Animoids becomes a registered trademark.

Problems fixed in Version - 1.6.01 Beta

• 1087 The Move Root Segment panel does not close when the close checkbox was selected.
• 1088 Redoing Setup does not always allow a new data directory to be correctly specified.
• 1089 Fix upload of Movie Scene objects to ensure that child objects are unmodified at upload time.
• 1090 Download progress bars don't correctly show the completion of download.
• 1091 Can't run two Behaviors at the same time on one Animoid.
• 1092 Attempting to stretch and squeeze very small sized objects can very occasionally result in numeric overflow errors.
• 1093 Sometimes can't change the name of a new root segment in the Add New Segment dialog.

New features in Version - 1.6.01 Beta

For users upgrading to 1.6.01 or later from a previous version: after upgrading your software using Smart Update you should ideally download our new Behaviors (this link works from the ANIMOIDS Client only). Then invoke Edit, Refresh Registry... from the ANIMOIDS Main Menu. This will speed up the creation of a new Behavior database.
• Movie Scenes support smooth translations and rotations.
• Movie Scene actions are now optimized to avoid duplicate actions targeted for the same time.
• Movie Scenes can now often run in a special Synchronized mode that lets them run more efficiently.
• Movie Scene control buttons are now enabled, disabled and/or highlighted to make their use clearer.
• The Status field in a Movie Scene now changes to show whether the Scene is recording or playing.
• Behaviors support smooth absolute translations and rotations.
• A new Reset option has been added to Behavior editing to ensure that Behaviors are restarted correctly..
• Behavior motion for Root Segment moves is now absolute instead of relative. Although this slightly reduces functionality it makes it much easier to get Root Segment motion to work correctly. (Old Behaviors will still run the same as before. You must re-edit to gain the new absolute behavior.)
• You can now move points by dragging them with the mouse.
• The Action on next Pick field now shows the current drag action. I.e. it shows what happens when you click and drag an object.
• A new Clear button makes it easier to clear pick actions.
• A new Behavior Database makes it possible to keep track of what Behaviors a specific Animoid uses. This is used to support the new Add Behavior to Selected Animoid action.
• New General Motion Behaviors have been added to support tasks like Turn Left which can be used with any Animoid.
• New Other Actions like Edit Selected Animoid make it easier to jump from Editing Scenes to Editing the Animoids in the scene, etc.
• The Refresh Registry task is faster since it no longer rewrites the refreshed files.
• You can now add a node point when only one triangle exists (at the edge of a surface).
• Drag and Drop sounds from the operating system to the Behavior or Move Scene canvas is now supported.
• Drag and Drop now switches to a new edit tab if necessary. E.g. if you try to drop a Movie Set onto an Animoid then the application will assume you want to edit that Movie Scene and leave the Animoid.
• The Move Root Segment sliders can now adjust their scale to allow unlimited root offsets to be made.
• Much less memory is now needed during the Edit Behavior process. This makes editing behaviors for large objects or many stepped behaviors an easier task.
• The 3d buffer used for snapshots, etc. is now created only when required. This reduces the chance of running out of graphics hardware memory and having to run in emulation mode.
• New point editing commands now support removing points, removing triangles and merging points.
• The Center icon changed from a 3d axis to a target.
• You can now abort the recording of new actions for a Movie Scene by right clicking the Record button.
• The Save button on the Behavior Control Panel now applies any changes in the Steps, Sec/cycle and Class fields.

Problems fixed in Version - 1.5.08 Beta

• 1086 Mac OS X installations can fail because ANIMOIDS can start using Java 1.3 even when Java 1.4.1 is available.

New features in Version - 1.5.08 Beta

• Start using tab panel in main toolbar.
• Support theme setup for admin users.
• Retry online requests if server is busy.

New features in Version - 1.5.07 Beta

• Support for Max OS X.
• UI of purchase forms has been cleaned up.
• Class name in Behavior is now editable - default 'none'.
• Star Gallery button always opens the gallery in a new window.
• Stretch and Squeeze now work better on objects with small dimensions and imported objects.

Problems fixed in Version - 1.5.05 Beta

• 1035 If you change the color of a segment that has a Texture Object, and then select "Show All Segments", the system will incorrectly apply that color to all segments with the same Texture Object and will stay that way until ANIMOIDS is restarted.
• 1084 Using the Color Control Panel's "Replace all" button to replace texture images fails to change segments associated with a Texture object.
• 1085 Previously uploaded Set fails to recognise internal background image data.

New features in Version - 1.5.05 Beta

• Sounds and Music - ANIMOIDS can now play sounds and music in Movie Scenes and Behaviors.
• Sounds can be downloaded from animoids.com or imported from your own creations.
• Sounds from animoids.com can be previewed before downloading.
• Behaviors can be declared non-looping to support single cycle operation during Movie Scenes.
• New Recent folders in the Options Panel keep track of recently opened objects for easier reuse.
• Memory usage has been optimized to minimize spare memory - which results in less memory swapping (with associated delays) ON Windows XP.
• Action Panel has been cleaned up to remove actions not specific to the current operation.
• Downloads can now open automatically when the download completes.
• New Demo objects can be accessed from the Start page.
• New Frame rate option in Movie Scenes reduces long pauses when playing scenes.
• New Refresh Registry option allows ANIMOIDS to make better use of files that are renamed or moved manually.
• Registry is now updated automatically when a file is renamed.
• Prompt user when overwriting existing file during Save As.
• PC memory is now specified during the initial Setup process.
• Sub-folders now appear at the top of a folder in the Options Panel.
• After uploading an object to animoids.com, the object and it's components are re-saved locally to attach the newly assiged object ids to the local files.
• Movie Scenes are automatically reset before upload.
• Check that email address is blank or valid during setup.

Problems fixed in Version - 1.4.09 Beta

• 1083 Behaviors start from last step instead of from first step.

New features in Version - 1.4.09 Beta

• Change the way that Movie Scene actions are run so that the scene misses fewer real time frames when running on slower PCs.

Problems fixed in Version - 1.4.08 Beta

• 1082 Root Segments can jump out of position when running a Behavior.

Problems fixed in Version - 1.4.06 Beta

• 1081 The Action Help Control Panel can occasionally prevent the 3d Canvas from displaying correctly (especially when loading Behaviors with large Animoids).

Problems fixed in Version - 1.4.05 Beta

• 1075 Objects loaded during a Scene then uploaded are incorrectly tagged with the generic type "animoidObject" rather than the specific object type.
• 1076 Can get unnecessary ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsExceptions when running Scenes.
• 1077 The View Actions Control Panel does not correctly release resources when refreshing Scenes.
• 1078 Several Control Panels can throw NullPointerException when changing objects.
• 1079 Can get unnecessary "Please pick a point" messages in Add and Move Point Control Panels.
• 1080 Cutting two Segments on one Segment Branch can result in an error.

New features in Version - 1.4.05 Beta

• Undo and Redo are now available for many actions.
• The MOVE POINT Control Panel now shows adjustments as editable text fields. It also displays the number of picked points and has improved help prompts.
• For convenience, we now clear any Pick Action when clearing Picked Points.
• For convenience, we now clear any Pick Action when performing action "Show All Segments".
• New Action Redraw Object is functionally the same as existing action Show All Segments.
• Keyboard shortcuts are available for many basic editing actions. Those Actions and their shortcuts are listed in a new Action Menu.

Problems fixed in Version - 1.4.04 Beta

• 1074 Scenes do not always start when recording a QuickTime Movie - you need to start manually (then pause) before starting recording.

New features in Version - 1.4.04 Beta

• In many cases, ANIMOIDS can now use less than a third of the memory used in previous versions. This makes the program much more responsive - especially with Windows XP (which is particularly sensitive to large programs).
• Much less memory is now used when loading a new 3D Canvas.
• Behaviors now use less memory when they are not being edited.
• Program startup now displays the Start panel for quicker startup and to provide more help for inexperienced users. (The other areas of ANIMOIDS still remember the last object edited.)
• The SCENE control panel is now locked in the first control panel slot when editing movie scenes.
• When an Movie Scene is opened or reset, the actions at time zero are performed immediately. This allows the scene to be ready for viewing before the Play button is pressed.

Problems fixed in Version - 1.4.03 Beta

• 1069 Changes to the "Move Object" sliders do not get recorded in a movie scene.
• 1073 Once started, art download can't be cancelled without exiting ANIMOIDS.

New features in Version - 1.4.03 Beta

• Create QuickTime movie files of your creations.
• New Move Root Segment action to make it easier to position Segments.
• Move Root Segment actions are recorded as part of a Behavior.
• Import work from other 3D animation software - 3D-Studio, Lightwave and Wavefront.
• The Open, New and Import actions now work from the ANIMOIDS Start page.
• New Invert Normals action for a "translucent" effect.
• New Scale Object action.
• A warning is issued if a user attempts to download a large artwork onto a PC with limited memory.
• You can now perform other ANIMOIDS actions during an art download.
• The download progress bar updates more frequently so that users of slow modems can see that progress is being made.
• You can now purchase a non-expiring version of ANIMOIDS.

Problems fixed in Version - 1.3.05 Beta

• 1072 The background for a Set does not resize correctly unless the scene resizes.

New features in Version - 1.3.05 Beta

• Snapshot image quality is enhanced.
• Modified to avoid detached segments when running Behaviors.
• When working with Movie Scenes, the set rotation is now tied to the Play Clock. So pausing or changing the clock speed will affect set rotation.
• Creation of new folders after a SmartUpdate is now more reliable.
• Java JRE has been upgraded to Java 1.4.2. (Full download only. Not part of SmartUpdate to 1.3.05 Beta.)
• Java Media Framework 2.1.1e is now included. (Full download only. Not part of SmartUpdate to 1.3.05 Beta.)

Problems fixed in Version - 1.3.04 Beta

• 1071 Segment flip commands were accidentally removed for version 1.3.

New features in Version - 1.3.04 Beta

• File upload is now more reliable for very slow modems.

Problems fixed in Version - 1.3.03 Beta

• 1068 Some Movie Scene actions don't have the target object setup correctly.

New features in Version - 1.3.03 Beta

• The background Image for a Movie Set is now automatically scaled to fit the visible canvas size.
• The snapshot and (canvas) print options now scale the resulting image to match the visible canvas size.
• All HTML Windows can now have their content printed.

Problems fixed in Version - 1.3.02 Beta

• 1004 File Print does not print the full page for text pages.
• 1018 The first time you save a new Animoid, a thumbnail file does not display. (You need to restart ANIMOIDS to view the thumbnail.)
• 1036 When creating a new segment, assigning a 'node count around circumference' of 3 or 6 results in an incorrectly formed segment. (Replaced by 1063.)
• 1059 When downloading a file with missing components - error dialogs can deadlock with the download dialog.
• 1063 When creating a new segment, assigning a 'node count for end cap' of 3 or 6 results in an incorrectly formed segment.
• 1064 If you start ANIMOIDS while a previous session is still shutting down there is a very small chance that you can lose your configuration data.
• 1066 When you delete a file from the Options Panel, the panel closes all folders.
• 1067 Character names may not get restored after downloading a Set.

New features in Version - 1.3.02 Beta

• When adding a new Segment - add as a root segment by default (as opposed to simply adding to the clipboard by default).

Problems fixed in Version - 1.3.01 Beta

• 1060 Attempts to Pick a segment can occasionally result in an invalid selection.
• 1061 Smart Update can get confused with folder names on older operating systems when the folder contains spaces.
• 1062 When packaging a Set for upload the application may not correctly associate Animoids with uploaded Behaviors.

New features in Version - 1.3.01 Beta

• Movie Scenes are supported. (Silent movies, so far.) But you can record an arbitrary set of actions to build a movie scene.
• You can now move the Camera, an Animoid or a Segment using your mouse.
• The application is now more reliable - potential thread conflicts have been minimized.
• Users can now judge works uploaded by other users.
• An Emulation warning is displayed when running in Emulation mode.
• Troubleshooting has been added as a menu item under Help.
• The application now supports a debug log file.
• The application now supports more than 512 RAM.
• Action Help can now link to tutorials.
• A current thumbnail image is now displayed in the upload dialog to minimize the chance of users uploading inappropriate thumbnails with their work.

Problems fixed in Version - 1.2.04 Beta

• 1057 During Setup, you must enter a file delimiter at the end of the target directory name.

New features in Version - 1.2.04 Beta

• If you have Graphics Hardware problems, you can now switch to Software Emulation mode within ANIMOIDS itself. You no longer need to reconfigure your PC.
• If ANIMOIDS crashes, it automatically switches to Emulation mode when it is restarted.
• If you display the Action Help Control Panel, it stays in first place in the Control Panel area until it is closed.
• A new "Camera reset" button is now available next to the "Action on next pick" field. This button centers the current object in the 3D Canvas and repositions the Camera to its default position.
• It's now possible to rename Characters in a Set. All Characters in a Set have unique names.

Problems fixed in Version - 1.2.03 Beta

• 1055 When the Credits button is pressed, you occasionally get a blank page displayed and need to repress the Credits button to correctly display the credits information.
• 1056 Avoid ArrayIndexOutOfBounds exceptions when saving changes to a Behavior that has a different number of segments from the original target object.

New features in Version - 1.2.03 Beta

• Cut, Copy and Paste now work on entire Segment Branches - rather than on individual segments. This, for example, allows you to copy an entire leg from one object and paste it on another.
• A new Scale Segment action now allows you to change the scale (make bigger or smaller) of one Segment, one Segment Branch or a complete Object.
• A new Object Motion action, Center Object on Segment, allows you to easily move any Segment to the center of a Characters and Props picture so that you can rotate around it with the Camera Controls.
• Sliders (e.g. the "Rotate X" slider in the "MOVE SEGMENT" Control Panel) now reset their scale when you select a big segment. This allows you to create unlimited size segments.
• A new View menu option Option Panel allows you to hide the Option Panel (to give you more canvas space for editing).
• A new Camera "Zoom" option called Field of View changes the field of view of the camera to implement a Zoom - as compared to the earlier Zoom which was implemented by actually moving the camera.
• The "Segment" Control Panel, which used to appear when you selected a hide or show action, is no longer used. The hide and show actions work, as before, directly from the Action Panel.
• A new Set Action, Center object on Set allows you to easily move all objects on a Movie Set so that the selected object is at the center of the Set.
• To help overcome potential configuration problems, the Performance Dialog is automatically displayed when the application restarts after a crash. In addition, a Troubleshooting page is displayed.
• Support for OpenGL for Microsoft Windows.

Problems fixed in Version - 1.2.02 Beta

• 1051 Object Tree can sometimes display without any image icons.
• 1053 Internal browser can't go back/forward through Code pages as of 1.2.01.

New features in Version - 1.2.02 Beta

• Behaviors run automatically when loading a setup Behavior for editing.

Problems fixed in Version - 1.2.01 Beta

• 1048 File names containing more than one dot don't appear correctly in the file tree.
• 1049 Application occasionally hangs when loading a new object.
• 1050 A NullPointerException error message can be displayed when an image file is selected from a File Open Dialog.
• 1052 Problems loading code pages can cause slow program operation.

New features in Version - 1.2.01 Beta

• New Segment flip commands make it easy to flip a segment along any of it's three axes.
• When pasting a Segment you can now choose whether to replace an existing Segment or add on to the end of an existing Segment. (The latter is the new default.)

Problems fixed in Version - 1.2.00 Beta

• 1005 After renaming a file in the Options Panel to a longer file name, the extra characters in the file name may not show up until the options panel is redrawn.
• 1043 Recommended file path for file download may not match file path set during setup.
• 1044 Recommended file path for image loading may not match file path set during setup.
• 1045 Moving an object when running a behavior can detach segments.
• 1046 The camera reset button does not fully reposition the camera and set.
• 1047 If you start to load a new object before a previous load attempt is complete the application will not stop the first load attempt (wasting time).

New features in Version - 1.2.00 Beta

• Support creation of "Movie Sets" with Set Designer.
• Movie sets support background images and color, positioning objects by mouse, saving camera position as well as cut and paste of complete objects and their associated behaviors.
• Drag and drop are supported both from local file system and from Action and Option trees.
• The original Engineering area is now called Characters and Props.
• The Action Help Control supports drag and drop from the Action and Option trees. The Action Help Control is now visible by default for the Set Designer and Characters and Props Section.
• Keep track of downloaded objects so they can be easily found if needed by other downloaded objects.
• Support uploading "support" objects if they are needed to complete the upload of a selected object.
• Before file download, check to see if a local copy is available and give the user the chance to open the local copy instead of a new download.
• Controls in the Control Panel now have a "close" checkbox to allow closing individual controls.
• You can now control whether or not the set starts rotating when new objects are loaded.

Problems fixed in Version - 1.1.07 Beta

• 1034 Uploaded Animoids with hidden segments do not correctly package any textures required for those segments. ANIMOIDS will need to be restarted if those Animoids are downloaded and expanded with the "Show All Segments" action.
• 1040 Texture files that are not a power of 2 in size cause the associated Animoid to fail to load.
• 1041 Missing Texture files will cause an associated Animoid to fail to load.
• 1042 Should not allow a bad format texture image to be loaded into the Color Control Panel.

New features in Version - 1.1.07 Beta

• Display progress bars for file upload and download.

Problems fixed in Version - 1.1.06 Beta

• 1036 Frequent unnecessary dialogs asking you if you want to go online.
• 1037 HTTP error code 502 when uploading files via a dial up modem.
• 1038 Unnecessary Java window opens when running ANIMOIDS under some older versions of Microsoft Windows.
• 1039 ANIMOIDS Setup can hang up after initial file copy on older versions of Microsoft Windows.

New features in Version - 1.1.06 Beta

• File upload is more reliable by sending data in variable size blocks with the ability to retry a block that fails.
• Object Moves within a Behavior are now relative, not absolute.

Problems fixed in Version - 1.1.05 Beta

• 1012 If you try to save a downloaded object as a new object you may be incorrectly warned that you are overwriting the downloaded object.
• 1032 When a downloaded file is saved locally, it's internal file path is not updated.
• 1033 Some segments can be almost impossible to pick while others are easy to pick.

New features in Version - 1.1.05 Beta

• New Credits button makes it easy to credit the authors for objects created by ANIMOIDS.
• New MOVE OBJECTS Control Panel can apply 3d translations to an Animoid.
• Behaviors can now use data from the MOVE OBJECTS Control Panel.
• Smart Update can now update to a named code version (rather than to the latest version).

Problems fixed in Version - 1.1.04 Beta

• 1028 You can run out of memory when editing Behaviors.
• 1030 The default memory setting is too low - making it easy to run out of memory, possibly causing ANIMOIDS to stop responding.
• 1031 Unattached dialogs can make the ANIMOIDS program appear to hang when switching between programs.

New features in Version - 1.1.04 Beta

• New Performance Setup allows tuning memory for optimum performance.
• New Performance Setup allows tuning texture caching for optimum performance.
• Java3D 1.3 is now supported. (ANIMOIDS will work with Java3D 1.3.) However, we still ship Java3D 1.2 with ANIMOIDS since it appears to run significantly faster than Java3D 1.3.
• ANIMOIDS switches to offline mode if initial connection attempt to animoids.com fails.

Problems fixed in Version - 1.1.03 Beta

• 1026 Behavior can't run with Animoid that has more segments than the standard Animoid.
• 1027 Behavior with more than 5 steps won't work.
• 1029 Some HTML pages (like Gallery lists) can effectively corrupt the ANIMOIDS program and require a program restart.

New features in Version - 1.1.03 Beta

• Behavior Control Panel easier to use - requires explicit save per step.
• Greatly improve speed of non-private server transactions while maintaining security.

Problems fixed in Version - 1.1.02 Beta

• 1024 Avoid out of memory problems when pasting segments.
• 1025 Cleanup pick problems introduced in version 1.1.01.

Problems fixed in Version - 1.1.01 Beta

• 1016 If the application tries to connect to the Internet and your PC is not connected to the Internet, the resulting error message may not be helpful. It may simply say: "ERROR: www.animoids.com".
• 1019 Redoing Edit, Setup... should copy original Animoids to the new location, instead of copying data from the last selected location.
• 1020 The Texture Coordinate Control Panel only works with image file textures it does not display textures from texture objects.
• 1021 Animoid Behaviors from Versions 1.1.00 Beta and earlier are incompatible with the unrestricted segment Animoids created with Versions 1.1.01 Beta or later.
• 1022 When exiting a modified Behavior, the system does not always prompt the user to save changes.
• 1023 Changing width on merged node points leads to fragmented surfaces.

New features in Version - 1.1.01 Beta

• Supports new Gallery of downloadable 3D art.
• Supports cut, copy and paste of segments.
• Supports creation of new segments.
• Unrestricted segments per Animoid - any number, any location.
• Supports new "clear pick" actions.

Problems fixed in Version - 1.1.00 Beta

• 1013 FAQ in ANIMOIDS 1.0.11 Beta suggests that that version of ANIMOIDS does not support upload for competition entry. That version does in fact support competition entry.
• 1014 Some versions of the Dance behavior used a reference Animoid that was not shipped with the product - resulting in an error loading the behavior. The behavior will, however, still work if you manually assign it a new reference Animoid.

New features in Version - 1.1.00 Beta

• Supports Smart Update - for quick, easy upgrade of your ANIMOIDS program.

New features in Version - 1.0.12 Beta

• Special manually installed file to ease manual upgrade to later versions on ANIMOIDS.

Problems fixed in Version - 1.0.11 Beta

• 1010 Texture objects created with earlier versions of Animoids may not work with version 1.0.11 or later.
• 1011 If you try to setup a profile and choose a user name that's already in use, the Back button is incorrectly disabled and so you need to cancel and restart the profile section to change the profile name.

New features in Version - 1.0.11 Beta

• Can upload Animoids for competition entry.
• Can download Animoids from animoids.com.
• Improved security for communications with animoids.com.
• New feature to save snapshot images of your Animoids.

Problems fixed in Version - 1.0.08 Beta

• 1007 Long values in Profile/Contact field data entry will throw an exception.
• 1008 External browser does not launch if path contains spaces.

New features in Version - 1.0.08 Beta

• More reliable email.
• Support online message popup.