Mii Editor Blog

The Mii Editor has been updated. You may need to clear your browser's cache to see the new features (the editor may also break if you don't in the case that some but not all of the dependant files used by the editor are reloaded causing a conflict within internal definitions). Updates include:

• Inclusion of Mii Body
• Image export size and background are retained when returning to the File screen
  
• Update of Export Preview when a new Mii is loaded
• Fixed error causing screen (tab) to change in the editor when a new Mii is loaded
• Added a simple scrollbar to the XML text output
• Most buttons now have visual feedback for when they are pressed (darken)
• Some hairstyles have been adjusted to be cleaner
• Some colors have been adjusted (i.e. the white favorite color is now less white)

I think now I need to add some more image export options to facilitate the body. I will work on that next.

Labels: beta, body, color, export, fix, gui, hair, update, xml

Progress is being made for the Mii Body. Scaling and proportioning for the body itself seems on target. Next it needs to be correctly proportioned with the head and some additional adjustments needs to be made to be able to scale the body and head back as the Mii height and weight are changed.

The shirt color will also change with the Miis favorite color and the pants will change red if the Mii mingles. When complete, these changes will be made live on MiiEditor.com along with some minor hair fixes.

Labels: beta, body, gui, hair, upcoming

I've implemented a super high-tech spam prevention device in the contact/bug report form on the Mii Editor site in hopes to minimize the massive amounts of spam I'm getting from it now. How does it work? Just deselect the "I am a Spambot" checkbox and you're good. The thinking here is that a spambot will want to normally check these kinds of things and by unchecking it, you're saying you're not a bot!

If this doesn't work, I'll think of something else. I'm not going to do anything too complicated like a captcha or anything. I'm just hoping to minimize the spam with a simple deterrent.

Update: It seems the checkbox helped a little... but not all that much.

Labels: contact, update, website

Just updated a slightly redesigned version of the main site. Content is now centered and the tabs have a new look and feel. There was some other formatting and added as well but nothing too terribly drastic.

One thing in particular that is new is the new dynamic embedding of the Flash content via JavaScript. Hopefully this doesn't screen anything up and, really, it should do more good than harm.

Also added is a link to download the Mii Editor (as the AIR app) and a link to a yet-to-be-written guide.

Labels: air, guide, update, website

You have to wonder why we called it "AIR." It's hard to say or put into context. Either way, the AIR version of the Mii Editor is now available for installation. Try it out and lets hope it works.

http://www.miieditor.com/download.html

Labels: air, beta, desktop, update

I've recently been looking to bring the Mii Editor to the desktop as a standalone application. Coincidentally someone recently contacted me about doing that with another tool, but my attention has so far been focused on AIR. Despite still being in beta, AIR seems promising and I've already compiled the Mii Editor into a AIR-based standalone application. All I really need to do is port the load, save, and export options over to AIR and it will essentially be complete. When I get that working, I'll release a version for download. Chances are, however, that AIR will still be in beta then, so it will be a beta app (Mii Editor) on a beta platform (AIR) which could get a little sticky. But from what I can tell, there should be little to no problems with it.

Labels: air, beta, desktop, export, gui, upcoming

The export screen should now be fixed (you may need to refresh/clear your cache before seeing the effects). Also with this update is the new (but only barely) JPEG exporter. Linux folks will have to get back to me on whether or not it works.

Labels: beta, export, fix, update

I've identified an issue with the file/export screen which may sometimes cause the buttons to be unresponsive and the image preview to be blank. After some digging around, I've identified this as a Flash Player issue and will need to take some steps to get around it.

This issue, however, should really affect all screens (all Mii feature screens included), but so far I have only seen it for the export screen. It's intermittent, though, so it's rare that you'll experience it. And if you do, just exit the screen and go back to it and you should be fine. You have been warned.


When I get around to fixing that I will also include an updated JPEG export script. There are a couple of minor changes that may or may not help the Linux users out there. We'll see...

Labels: beta, error, export

Ok, so I shifted the positioning of the nose and it looks better now. That may have been part of the problem (and I have had reports of it being just that though there were some other underlying issues). If anything else seems out of whack, just fill out a bug report. Thanks.

Oh, and I also want to try and nail down anomalies in the hair. So if you see anything wrong with that (ever so slightly) let me know. I mean, just now I loaded the default girl and saw that her hair is kind of off-center and she has a point coming out the side of her head... that's not right ;)

Labels: fix, hair, nose

Posted an update to the Mii Editor. Changes include:

• Default Mii character now default boy (will try to provide a link loading default girl as well)
  
• Extra value for Wii ID
• Adjustable Image export size and background color (max of 999 px square)
  
• Some fixes to character rendering and Mii file format reading primarily with the nose (I think - may still need tweaking)
• Color and feature items are now highlighted for those currently selected for the Mii
• When navigating to a tab, the current feature page is where the currently selected feature exists (instead of defaulting to page 1)
  
• Fixed an issue where a random character could result in a facial feature value which was out of range; visually this has no effect but sometimes it messed up the facial features selection page

There might still be some issues with the nose; it may not be positioned correctly or values may not carry over correctly from the Wii still. I could use some help on identifying those issues, so if anyone notices anything, let me know and I will try to fix it ASAP. It's possible my Mii data for the default boy and girl are corrupt, however. I'll try to look into that later, but if anyone else can provide additional information, that could be helpful.

I also haven't looked into the image output issue for Linux. I'll see what I can do about that (and providing a Mii body) next.

Labels: beta, export, facialfeatures, fix, gui, nose, update

I've heard some reports that the JPEG export from the Mii Editor does not make JPEGs compatible with Linux. Since I don't have a linux box of my own, I am not able to test this, but I will try to look into the export script and see if I can't figure out what is going wrong.

Labels: beta, error, export