Mii Editor Blog

For those of you with the standalone version of the Mii Editor, you may have noticed that as of today, you will need to update the AIR runtime, the runtime on which the standalone Mii Editor was built. This runtime is currently in beta and the update is to a new beta update. I was actually hoping to wait until the next update to actually update the editor, but it seems as though I won't be able to make it until then since the version on which the Mii Editor was built will be no more after today.

What does this mean? Basically it means you will be without the standalone version until I can update it. When will that be? I'm not sure. But with each new beta things change and APIs are updated so it takes a lot more work than just a recompile. I need to rewrite a lot of the functions to conform with the new version of the runtime. If I have time to do that before the next release, I will try to get a build out that will work with the current beta 6 version of the runtime (which should remain valid for many months after release). Otherwise, it might have to wait until beta 3.

Unfortunately, I have been really busy lately, so I don't know if I'll be able to provide an update anytime soon. In fact there is a new release of the editor just hanging out in the background waiting for a few tweaks and little fixes that I haven't been able to complete for months now. The fact that christmas is on the way isn't helping either.

Just keep your fingers crossed and wish really hard :)

Labels: air, delay, desktop, upcoming, update

This latest update focuses some on character rendering. There are also some enhancements to the downloadable version including drag-drop support and file association of .mii files with the editor so opening a .mii file will open the editor showing that character.

Additionally, and this was something that was lost since very, very early versions of the editor, Mii Editor will now remember your last Mii and reload it when you go back to the editor later.

Probably one of the more noticable visual improvements is pants color. Admittedly, I mistakenly made the mingle option show a favorite pants color (red) when mingle does not affect the pants color at all (I was just excited just to have pants ;). New pants colors are based off of David Hawley's Mii pants observations. To be honest, I am not entirely sure how accurate these are (I tried to get gold pants on the Wii from this but could not) so it may take some tweeking to nail down... and who knows, maybe the Mii Editor isn't interpretting the Mii id's correctly on its end.

Also special thanks to miicharacters.com (and as always miiplaza.net) for providing me with some mii files with screenshots to do some comparisons with.

Labels: air, beta, desktop, fix, pants, update

The new Mii Editor is now live. If you have used the Mii Editor before you may need to clear your cache as older assets will prevent the editor from working correctly, though I hopefully have resolved that issue in this update (?). Other updates include:

• Lip colors (finally!)
• Updated an eye icon
• Lowered freckles
• Character is now in full view on the first "General information" tab
• Versioning is available on the main File screen
  
• Updated the Image Export
• You can now export as PNG(!)
  
• Background color can now be set and can be transparent for a PNG export
  
• The Mii can be zoomed in the view using the Zoom slider
  
• The Mii can be moved in the view by clicking and dragging in the view
• The downloadable AIR version of the Mii Editor has been updated to this version
• It now supports drag and drop for Mii binary and XML files
• File uploads for XML should now work for the AIR version as well

The drag and drop feature I implemented litterally this morning, so it may not be 100% - and to be honest, I didn't really test this build much at all so there could be potential issues. Anything found I will try to update as quickly as possible, just let me know.

Labels: air, beta, binary, color, desktop, export, fix, gui, lips, update, xml

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