In what might as well be AW 4.2, build 973 was publically released just a few hours ago. This version is “the special effects” build, including graphical additions such as environment mapping (glossy surfaces), bump mapping, shadows, sub-rendered surfaces (projecting a camera feed on an object, aka poor-man’s reflective surfaces), dual texturing, and support for .x file formats intended for next-gen avatars.
See the AWiki for details.
AWE2 is finally now available. AWE2 features much higher res commonly used textures, improved objects, and a realistic skybox. See details here.
The January results were released a month late, as AWvote was closed all last month. Here are the results:
– Have you used a bot? 67 voted yes, 0 voted no. Wow :O
– What’s your favorite sort of game? RPGs took that, by no suprise, followed by Adventure…which is pretty similar to RP games anyway 
– How many worlds have you built in? 5+ won by a landslide.
Be sure to drop in for the March votes!
Active Worlds build 969 has been released today. Click here to see all the changes.
The March edition of the Active Worlds newsletter has been released and it contains all sorts of goodies and important announcements, including one for the upcoming SW City 8th Birthday Bash. It also revealed the the masks that were discussed here have been added to the Alphaworld Object path. Be sure to give it a good, thorough read-over at www.activeworlds.com/newsletter.
The 2nd Annual SAW Awards are now being prepared, so head on over to www.sawards.com/ and check out the details. Nominations are also open, so make sure to submit a few for people you think are deserving. Hopefully this next round of awards are even bigger than last year!