Stykz Release Candidate 2 Now Available!

Stykz 1.0 Release Candidate 2 is now available for download at the the main Stykz site. This version contains a bunch of bug fixes, stability enhancements, and a couple of minor "features" (actually just rounding out existing functionality):

• Added a "Reset to Defaults" button in the Preferences window.
  
  
• Added the ability to optionally change the color of circle fills and/or polyfills when you set the line segment color of a figure. (If Stykz determines that the figure you're attempting to change the line segment color of has a circle or polyfill in it, you'll get a dialog with choices on what to affect.)
  

Of course you can see a comprehensive list of everything done for this release by going to the Release Notes page on the Stykz web site.

* * * * * * FILE FORMAT CHANGE * * * * * *

This version has a slightly different file format, so if you open any documents that were created prior to RC2, you'll get a "File Format Update" dialog box. If you go ahead and update, Stykz will make a backup copy of the original before it starts the update. Once a document has been updated, it won't have to go through the process again unless there's another file format change down the road.

During the updating of the document, it will also verify all figures and segments and fix anything that might have become corrupted from the earlier betas. Note that there is a small chance that your document may have a polyfill that was corrupted and could not be fixed. In this case, the corrupted polyfill will be automatically deleted from the document, and you'll have to re-add it again manually.

So once the update has completed, check every frame of your animation to make sure it's OK before you delete the backup file.

This release is hopefully the last one before the 1.0 official release, but if there are still a bunch of bugs to deal with, we'll do an RC3.

Enjoy RC 2, and let us know if you find anything!

Stykz Development Team