Can the shader toolkit be used in games that will be put up for sell?

We've had openGL shader support for the past few versions of VS. Actually I think since the beta or first public build of VS 4. Simon has improved on the shader toolkit bit by bit for each new release.

I think last year I've posted the steps somewhere here. But no problem I'll write here again. What 3d software are you using? I'm using max and maya. My workflow below is for max1-) Model the character in T-pose (try not to work very hi-res). If your character is more then one object you need merge all the parts (Legs, head, torso etc..) into 1 mesh.2-) Also have the textures 1024x1024, higher resolutions have issues in Visionaire)3-) I used biped for rigging the character. Then skin and animate the character.4-) When the character is ready now we can export it to use in Vis.I use Alin Direct-X exporter (free-version). Download link: http://www.cgdev.net/download.phpExport settings;* In GENERAL TAB just select (scene root, material, bone, mesh, skin, animation). Leave all others unchecked!* In VERTEXT ELEMENTS TAB just select (Textcoords). Leave all others unchecked!* In TEXTURES TAB just select (Textures and overwrite). Leave all others unchecked!* In MULTIPLE UV SETS TAB. Leave all others unchecked!* In ANIMATIONS TAB. Write down your animations. Uncheck keyframes* In TIME LINE TAB. Uncheck 3ds max and select custom with the parameter 1.* In STANDARD material TAB. Uncheck all* In DIRECT X SHADER TAB. Uncheck all* In COORDINATE SYSTEMnTAB. Uncheck all (If model looks weird then try to check Right-handed)* X-File format should be text.5-) After the export, now you can import your 3d character into Vis from the characters options.6-) From the character outfit options, you need to adjust the camera settings to make your character fit in the scenes. For the scenes with different camera angles, you need adjust camera settings before the scene starts.

Manually preloaded animations need to be manually unloaded. Animations regularly loaded will get added to the cache until they are removed at end of scene or get pushed aside to make space for newer animations, I think.As for character animations: I believe that the standard animations (idle, talk & walk) for your playable character (not sure about npc characters) are stored in the cache indefinitely. If your character has tons of character animations, I don't really think it's a good idea to preload the character as it will store animations from all outfits associated with that character to the cache (according to the action parts page of the wiki manual - I wrote the page, but I think I mostly rewrote in my own words what it said on the old 2d wiki).The case in question in this thread will more likely than not have been lag caused by too many animations on the screen (playing / loading) at the same time. If the system lags then it will still cause slow-down in animations currently on the screen & you will probably experience the mouse cursor moving / jerking slowly across the screen if you try moving it while lag is occurring. All in all it's all down to optimizing your game, to the best of your, or your teams ability, whether that's by scaling down animation sprites, reducing the amount of frames in certain animations, converting images / animations to webp or removing certain non-important animations, images & openGL shader effects entirely, is up to you to figure out what works best for your game. It is after all, all about compromise. Is this specific feature vital to your game? or can it work without it?

sliding requires less cpu / memory than playing an animation. The fisheye effect for me seems to work, but returns an error to the log constantly. Shader stuff requires a fair bit of memory I think - especially the shaderEffects of which the fisheye effect could be classed under.If I remember correctly, you used some kind of animation or long winded method for setting up the mini-game, no? If I knew how you set it up fully, then maybe I could make some suggestions to make it run a bit smoother. It could just be that your machine isn't powerful enough to run everything on the scene all at once? 2D is a bigger memory hog than 3D, which is why 2D animation artists tend to use significantly less frames than in 3D animations.As for your way border question: no, it's not an issue. I extend way borders outside of the background a lot of the time - so character can walk through doors etc & out of the scene or for hiding character behind an entrance in the next scene & so on.