Normally, you would start a new Virtual Tour by generating a new Pano2VR project.
However, the RPGTV2024 Virtual Tour Project contains many Custom Properties used to create highly customised Hotspots and other UI elements, along with skin variables that manage many of the project's features.
To take advantage of the RPGTV2024 features, a new Virtual Tour Project must be started by opening a “Base” Pano2VR project.
In this post, we will start with the *BASE_EN.(p2vr) (English) project file, create an output and review it,
After that, we will open the *BASE_EN_DEMO.(p2vr) project file, create an output and review the demonstration nodes.
Finally, we will add the nodes from the *BASE_EN_DEMO.(p2vr) project file containing the demonstration Hotspot Popups into the *BASE_EN.(p2vr) project file.
The updated *BASE_EN.(p2vr) file will be used to create a CLEAN_START.(p2vr) file that will become the basis of our first set of tutorials.
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Note: This project has been designed to run on Pano2VR Version 7.1.1a
BASE_EN File/s
In the **BASE folder, open the *BASE_EN.(p2vr) file.
Note: You may need to relink to files and folders.
Output the project.
Note: You will see a loading animation, and the first node will appear. There is a welcome hotspot that opens an information popup.
Save the project and close the project
Open the *BASE_EN_DEMO.(p2vr) file
Note: You may need to relink to files and folders. This project contains 4 nodes with Hotspot Popup demonstrations: Galleries, 360, Linked Video, Info, Web & Pin, Audio and Custom Images.
Output the project.
You will see a loading animation, and the first node will appear.
The first node, “Galleries”, contains hotspots that open Responsive, Square, Landscape and Portrait Galleries.
The second node, “360, Linked Video, Info, Web & Pin”, contains hotspots that open 360˚ Video Popups, Videos from local, YouTube, and Vimeo sources, Websites, and Mouse-over Pins.
The third node, “Audio”, contains hotspots that have Audio Enabled and either show a seekbar or animated overlay.
The fourth node, “Custom Images”, has some examples of Custom Images and Hotspot Icons.
Save and close the project.
ADD THE DEMO PROJECT
Note: This example shows how to add an existing Pano2VR project to the Base project.
Note: It will only load the nodes and associated Hotspots, Audio (basically anything that can be seen in the List View) but no Skin or Edit Skin Configuration settings.
From the **BASE folder, open the *BASE_EN.(p2vr) file.
Save it as BASE_EN_COMBINED.p(p2vr)
Note: You may need to reconnect to a number of files including the panoramic nodes and the skin
Right-click in the Tour Browser window and select “Add Project” from the popup menu.
From the **BASE folder select *BASE_EN_DEMO.(p2vr) and click Open
Note: This will add the nodes and associated List View elements from the EN-DEMO project into the EN project.
Note: The next step will be to remove the second “Loading” node and replace the “Number 1” node.
Delete the second loading node in the Tour Browser by right-clicking on it and selecting “Remove Panorama from Tour”. When you see the warning message, click “Yes.”
Select the “Number 1” node in the Tour Browser.
Select the Properties - Panorama button.
In the Input > File: click on the blue folder icon.
From the *ASSETS > Panoramas > Myanmar folder, select “streetfood.jpg” and click Open.
Select the “Number 1” node in the Tour Browser.
Select the Properties - User Data button.
In the User Data > Title: replace Number 1 with Streetfood
Scroll down and open the Tags panel
Click on the dropdown menu and select “prevnext” then delete “Numbered”
In the Project User Data > Title: change Base EN to Clean Start.
Open the List View and delete the Point Hotspot.
In the Output Panel > Skin: click on the Edit Skin Configuration button.
In the Edit Skin configuration window, scroll down to -[ GENERAL SETTINGS ]- and set the following;
Display Node Title: = checked
Previous Next Buttons [Desktop & Mobile ] = checked
Click OK to close the window and save the changes.
Click on the Output Folder icon.
In the RPGTV2024_Project folder, select the *CLEAN_START_OUTPUT folder and click Open.
Save the Project into the folder **CLEAN_START as 1_CLEAN_START.(p2vr).
The next post, A Clean Start, will examine the 1_CLEAN_START.(p2vr) project file’s setup and configuration in detail.
