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Welcome to the nPose 3 wiki

All documentation here applies to the latest version of nPose 3.0 and beyond.

What is new in nPose 3?

• uses only one notecard type: SET. The BTN and DEFAULT Notecards are no longer necessary (and are marked as deprecated)
• you can define your own text in the menu prompt. See [MENUPROMT](NC Contents#menuprompt)
• Button Names may contain non-ASCII characters (workaround for the LL restriction) see [NC Names](NC Names#base64-encoded-string)
• Button Names may contain comments (usable for Button sorting (and more)) see [NC Names](NC Names#comments)
• Button Names / Button Permissions may contain macros (shortcuts) see [NC Names](NC Names#macros)
• No need for a "-" sign at the end of the Button name
• a new notecard called .init that will run once after a script reset (to set initial values) see [NC Names](NC Names#init-nc)
• an API for (Menu-)Plugins TODO:DESCRIPTION
• some new commands: [DEFAULTCARD](NC Contents#defaultcard), [OPTION](NC Contents#option), [UDPBOOL](NC Contents#udpbool), [UDPLIST](NC Contents#udplist), [MACRO](NC Contents#macro), [PLUGINMENU](NC Contents#pluginmenu), [MENUPROMPT](NC Contents#menuprompt), [PLUGINCOMMAND](NC Contents#plugincommand)
• a revamped changeSeat/unsit dialog (implemented as menu plugin) with some options like grouping, changing only to not occupied seats and more
• removed the code for the admin menu (you may use the provided Utility NCs to build your own)
• rewritten nPose SAT-NOTSAT handler. It may be used to send some other generic events in addition to the (NOT)SATMSGs.
• a few more tweaks in the representation of a menu
• an API for user defined commands
• moved the facials and the LAYER_POSE code into a separate plugin
• improved the code for Animation SYNC

Can I upgrade my existing objects from nPose 2 to nPose 3 by simply exchange the scripts?

No. We provide an tool called UpdateTool nPose 2 to nPose 3 that should help you with the upgrade process.

Should I upgrade existing nPose 2 objects to nPose 3?

If you are currently satisfied with your nPose 2 object there is no need to upgrade to nPose 3. We will do bug fixing in nPose 2. But don't expect any new features for nPose 2.

Should I use nPose 3.0 in my new builds?

• if you use nPose only to play your 300+ animations, then stay with nPose 2.
• in nPose 3 Menus will have a noticeable slower response time. This is per design. If you can't accept that, then stay with nPose 2.
• nPose 2 is stable and mature. Backward compatibility was always high priority. With nPose 3 we want to go a more progressive way. If you can't accept that, then stay with nPose 2.

In all other cases: Of course! Use it.