
Prior to AW3 there was also no light control whatsoever within AW directly (only per-object surface reflectivity could be changed). Until AW3 (released in April, 2001), AW had little object manipulation abilities: keyboard used for up/down/left/right/back/foward movement (x-/z-axis movement) and y-axis rotation, but a complicated, crude "scripting" language for changing textures, overall object color (by use of textures on non- texture mapped objects), movement animation, and attaching sounds (WAVs/MIDIs) to objects (activated by either clicking-"activating"-or "bumping" into them), still exists. Overhyped buzzwords aside, AW is basically a 3D multiuser level editor.ĪW allows one to "build" with (manipulate) premade 3D objects/models that are made outside of AW. Added subsection titles to What could AW be?.Ħ/27/4: Tweaked object properties dialog box prototype font with 8-point Tahoma so it looks tighter.Ħ/18/4: Renamed, edited table of, and added an image to Curving Roads tip.Ĥ/26/3: Fixed holodeck image, added Technical Manual link to What could AW be?, and updated icons.Īctive Worlds (AW) is an immersive, three-dimensional (3D), on-line, interactive, multi-user, real-time, building/chatting, virtual reality (VR) environment. Tweaked layout a bit.Ħ/30/4: Fixed some dead links. Edited What could AW be?ħ/1/4: Renamed and updated, well, news/updates. Tweaked WebRing and menus.ħ/8/4: Added counter news/update, screenshot image to Curving Roads tip, and icons for tips and cache deletion. :/ħ/10/4: Added Saving Cell Data icon and cache link. Tweaked menus again-I can't decide if I like the smaller font or not. Added links for VRML and "level editor".ģ/18/6: What could AW be? - Updated "World Editor" and its examples changed remaining "AWC" to "AWI".ģ/8/6: What could AW be? - Fixed: holodeck image.again, and various HTML to make it more compatible with Firefox.ħ/18/4: Added "mega" cell data limit and 250-character action field limit to saving cell data.ħ/16/4: Added media command remark to Saving Cell Data: URLs. Minor editing/rewording for time passage regarding Trespasser's physics engine. Changed holodeck link to Wikipedia since it's more comprehensive and also links to the holodeck FAQ.

Edited recent news/updates to be more specific.Ĥ/11/6: What could AW be? - Bolded game names and Star Trek. 10/17/11: Italicized app, game, and series names.ĥ/20/7: Added Wikipedia link to What could AW be?Ħ/28/6: What could AW be? - Added "Competition/Collaboration" to end.
