Imagine making this WITHOUT Flashificator

[Ton den Ouden]

I somehow allways end up with customers that want more than I can do. Ending with doing things that I couldn't before

But this one is extreme. Making a tour with 70+ pano's is hard enough, but I was asked to make it running automatic until the visitor clicks to stop. Every few seconds to the next pano. And add a floor plan... Without Flashificator this had never worked.

We have 54 pano's now and more will be added these next months. Imagine the amount of code that has to be loaded the first time! And imagine a customer who doesn't like to see loaders. It took some time to figure it out, but it is working now. Nothing fancy, but a hell of a job.

It starts with 3 text explanations. I needed that to buy time, to do some first preloading in the background. It is all Dutch, sorry for that, but click slowly through the first white text frames, as if you would read them. If you do, it will run smoothly.

http://www.pro4pics.com/livingforall3/

Grtz, Ton

[Trausti Hraunfjord]

That's a huge place. While it is in the automated mode, if you click and drag, things get tacky. If clicking, releasing, then clicking and dragging, it works well.

... and then I spotted the "long dark and cold winter nights" home pano of yours... where all the clocks are... when you get really really bored, you probably go there and add 20 or so clocks per day

Looking forward to the final result, and a word on how you do the automatic transitions...

Trausti

[Ton den Ouden]

Haha, I know you have a thing with clocks. This would be the perfect demo

As most of the time it is half Flashificator and half hand coding. I made the zoom-in and connected a timer. At the end of the timer (=end of the zoom) I go to the next image. The next image is a variable that I declared in the xml.

The problem was to interrupt that and it took me a while to find a solution. And the solution is simple. I made a blank png, covering it all. If clicked, it stops the zoom, but it is not possible to stop the timer! So I added an extra command to the onclick: next="". Now when clicked, nothing happens at the end of the timer.

It is a bit brief, but I guess this should explain it. If not, than let me know!

Grtz, Ton

P.S. Im am not so good in some discussions. Is it rude to hire you? ROTFLMAO!

[Trausti Hraunfjord]

P.S. Im am not so good in some discussions. Can I hire you? ROTGLMAO!

You refer to that other one
Don't worry, I am not so good at keeping the peace, just to please others.... so when I see something I dislike, I will normally jump in face first.
It's my pleasure to be the crazy Icelander and do what I know to be right.

[Ton den Ouden]

It's my pleasure to be the crazy Icelander and do what I know to be right.

I fell from my chair reading it

Grtz, Ton

[tourism360]

Hi,

Floorplan needs a separate "exit" button, because depending on screen resolution, map partially covers the map toggle button. And it's a bit strange not to be able to close when clicking outside the area, the map covers most of the pano.
Hotspots on the ground might help a lot, a bit inconvenient to move around through floorplan, but i don't know maybe the main purpose of this tour is to be a virtual guide.
From my personal point of view it would help with the usability
The 50+ panoramas don't sound so bad, since you don't have a zenith nor nadir, it speed up the process a lot, just a 'pita' when you have to stitch and render them asap.
Still a Big and good job!

Cheers!

[Ton den Ouden]

the map covers most of the pano

That is only with a low res screen. But you have a point there to improve.

Hotspots on the ground might help

There are two buttons, taking you to the next and the previous place. You might have missed that because of the Dutch language.

just a 'pita' when you have to stitch and render them asap

You would not say that if you ever tried to convert and stitch 54 pano's, each consisting of 30 Raw HDR shots (22 Mp each, +700 MB total per pano)

Thnx & grtz, Ton