Blender Publisher

Table of Contents
File features
Run-times
Stereo for the Blender Player
Documentation of extra functionality and updates in Blender Publisher
Character Animation Tools Documentation by Reevan McKay

File features

Figure 1. File features

Blender Publisher supports a new file format, ready for future expansion to streaming and optimising. Currently, the following new options are available:

Compression

Locking

Signature

3D Plug-in support

Stand-alone player support

For one of the next releases, a new file type will be supported that will gain an even further compression and is optimised for fast loading in a Blender player. This format is nicked the '.blip' format. It will not contain any information that is required for editing a file, so it cannot be read back by any Creator or Publisher.

Table 1. Overview of file formats: (R=read, W=write, X=not supported)

Blender CreatorPlayerPlug-inPublisher
xxx.blendCompressedRRRR/W
SignedRRRR/W
LockedXRRR*/W
Regular fileR/WXR**/WR/W
xxx.blipOptimized, lossy compressionXRRW

*Read only for the owner who wrote it.

**The Plug-in reads regular Blender files with a default loading animation and overlay logos.