ScriptZ 0.11.0

ScriptZ v0.11.0 - Agent mode, Ida tasks and a new look

What's new

• Agent mode: a new "Ida" page next to the script chat (top of the sidebar, ⌘L outside a script or ⌘⇧L). Start with a folder, a target length and your speaking pace, then find ideas or write a script together.
  • Ideas arrive as numbered cards - save them with a click or just ask in the chat, with undo.
  • Drafts stream live into a side panel with versions, change highlights, a length meter, quoting by selection, discard and copy.
  • "Done" turns the draft into a regular script and can take the conversation along into the script chat.
  • Past sessions are searchable, and "Continue" picks up where you left off.
• Ida tasks: check the hook, shorten, raise the pace, sharpen the ending, fact-check or get feedback - from cards in an empty chat, chips at the problem spot, right-click or ⌘K. Suggestion cards show runtime, speaker changes, longest line and when the conflict starts, with a dashed preview right in the script.
• Hook markers: 3, 5 and 10 second marks from the first line of dialog, in the page margin and the timeline.
• Visible learning: the sidebar and chat show when Ida is about to learn from a script, a toast reports what was learned, and the inspector shows the learning status. Scripts are only relearned after a meaningful change, and you can choose from which stage on Ida learns (Settings > Agent).
• Export several scripts at once: "Export as PDF" in the selection bar opens the export dialog with a file list, character colors and title page for all files. PDFs include runtime and page numbers, and the title page choice is remembered.
• A new look: a sliding selection in the sidebar, a library with weekly activity, small script thumbnails, cast avatars and runtime bars, paper on a calm desk in the editor, a runtime ring against your target, rolling counters and a small celebration when a script is finished.
• Typewriter focus: in focus mode, the line you are writing stays in the middle of the screen (Settings, off by default).
• Faster with large libraries: saving updates only the changed script instead of reloading everything, chats stream more smoothly, and new database indexes speed up lists, folders and search.

Fixes

• Renaming, moving or changing the stage of a script is no longer reverted by an autosave that was still in flight.
• Search finds text in languages without spaces, such as Chinese.
• Draft runtimes count action lines the same way as scripts.
• The sidebar can be expanded again from inside a script, and idea titles in the Inbox use the full width again.

Updating

Install the update from the app's update indicator, or download the installer below. Your scripts, ideas and settings are kept.

Installation (first time only)

macOS (Apple Silicon)

1. Download the .dmg below and open it.

2. Drag ScriptZ.app into your Applications folder.

3. The app is not signed (no Apple Developer account), so macOS
   refuses to launch it. Run this command in Terminal once to remove
   the quarantine flag:

   xattr -cr "/Applications/ScriptZ.app"

4. Open ScriptZ from the Applications folder - it now launches
   normally.

Without step 3, you'll see the message "ScriptZ is damaged and can't
be opened" or "can't be opened because the developer cannot be
verified". That's macOS Gatekeeper, not the app.

Windows (x64)

1. Download the .exe installer below and run it.
2. On first launch, Windows SmartScreen kicks in: "Windows
   protected your PC". The app is not signed (no EV code-signing
   certificate), so SmartScreen doesn't know it yet.
3. Click "More info", then the button that appears: "Run
   anyway".
4. From there on, ScriptZ runs normally. Auto-updates work without
   any further friction.

Without step 3, SmartScreen aborts the launch. That's Windows
protection, not the app.