Mario 64-Style Magic Paintings - Client Update 7/31/2018
A geotag is when a photo has detailed information embedded into it that shows exactly where it was taken. Screenshots in AArcade are very much like this. They remember what map you were on, where you were standing, and even what instance & server you were on when you took your screenshot.
Today's update adds the ability to spawn your screenshots right into your arcades as objects. Screenshot objects behave just like the Map Transition doors in the meta_ maps!
Just walk up to one and press E to "use" it and you'll be able to travel directly to the spot that the screenshot shows!
Think of them like the Mario 64 paintings: jump into them to load the map shown in the picture. Except you press E on them in AArcade instead. :D
When you hover over screenshots in the Maps > All Maps menu there will be a new icon that looks like a chess pawn. Click it to spawn that screenshot into your arcade! Note that screenshots you've previously spawned can be found in your library under the "maps" type.
You have to press E (USE) on the screenshot object to use it as a teleport. This will bring up the Map Transition menu just like the doors do in the meta_ maps.
Sure, the latest Steam client update may have broken the Steamworks API a little, but it also introduced an amazing new Discord-style Steam Community Group Chat feature! If you like to be on the bleeding edge of new social platforms, feel free to join the AArcade Steam Community Group Chat by using this link: https://s.team/chat/DP7mOO2x
Discord is so last year, but it still remains the most popular chat platform I know of, so if you want to get in contact with me or other AArcade users feel free to drop into the Discord: https://discord.gg/8cxtuKY
Or if you'd rather lurk me during my live Twitch streams: http://www.twitch.tv/AnarchyArcade
Pressing E to "use" a screenshot object only works if the object is its original un-scaled size! I'll be fixing this bug in the future, but for now just be sure not to scale your screenshots when you spawn them into your arcades. ːilyː
You may have noticed that the latest Steam client update broke web page pop-ups in AArcade, including a few of the wizards that depended on pop-ups like DuckDuckGo Images and Bing Images. Please be patient while I try to get Valve's attention about the bug they re-introduced with the Steam client update. It's actually one they've briefly introduced & fixed before, so hopefully it will be as easy for them to fix it again this time around. Sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience!
Today's update adds the ability to spawn your screenshots right into your arcades as objects. Screenshot objects behave just like the Map Transition doors in the meta_ maps!
Just walk up to one and press E to "use" it and you'll be able to travel directly to the spot that the screenshot shows!
Think of them like the Mario 64 paintings: jump into them to load the map shown in the picture. Except you press E on them in AArcade instead. :D
How To Spawn Screenshot
When you hover over screenshots in the Maps > All Maps menu there will be a new icon that looks like a chess pawn. Click it to spawn that screenshot into your arcade! Note that screenshots you've previously spawned can be found in your library under the "maps" type.
Using Screenshot Objects
You have to press E (USE) on the screenshot object to use it as a teleport. This will bring up the Map Transition menu just like the doors do in the meta_ maps.
AArcade Steam Community
Sure, the latest Steam client update may have broken the Steamworks API a little, but it also introduced an amazing new Discord-style Steam Community Group Chat feature! If you like to be on the bleeding edge of new social platforms, feel free to join the AArcade Steam Community Group Chat by using this link: https://s.team/chat/DP7mOO2x
Ancient Stuff (Twitch & Discord)
Discord is so last year, but it still remains the most popular chat platform I know of, so if you want to get in contact with me or other AArcade users feel free to drop into the Discord: https://discord.gg/8cxtuKY
Or if you'd rather lurk me during my live Twitch streams: http://www.twitch.tv/AnarchyArcade
Change Log
- Added the ability to spawn screenshots as objects.
- Added Wait For Initial Images To Load to the General tab of the Settings menu. When it is enabled, the Loading Instance menu will remain up until all initial images are also loaded.
- Added a wizard for Wallpaper Cave. Remember that you can hide wizards that you don't care about using the Wizards tab of the Advanced Library Browser.
- Improved screenshots to also create full resolution JPEG images.
- Improved teleporting to screenshots to also set your camera pitch.
- Improved the Loading Instance menu to use a full resolution screenshot, when available.
NOTE
Pressing E to "use" a screenshot object only works if the object is its original un-scaled size! I'll be fixing this bug in the future, but for now just be sure not to scale your screenshots when you spawn them into your arcades. ːilyː
NOTE 2
You may have noticed that the latest Steam client update broke web page pop-ups in AArcade, including a few of the wizards that depended on pop-ups like DuckDuckGo Images and Bing Images. Please be patient while I try to get Valve's attention about the bug they re-introduced with the Steam client update. It's actually one they've briefly introduced & fixed before, so hopefully it will be as easy for them to fix it again this time around. Sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience!