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Follow these steps to download and install Adobe Shockwave Player and then enable Shockwave Player in your browser.

Note:

Director lets you add text-to-speech, captioning, and tab-navigation features to web-based Shockwave content or standalone applications on both Windows and Mac systems. Xtra plug-ins Extend your authoring environment, as well as the playback engine, with an ecosystem of.

  • Macromedia has updated Director Shockwave Studio, the authoring software used to create Shockwave content, to version 8.5.1 and told MacCentral that a native Mac.
  • The Shockwave Player displays web content that has been created by Macromedia Director, including content made with previous versions and Director MX.
  • Shockwave Player 8.5 has been released to provide compatibility with content produced using Macromedia's recently released Director 8.5 Shockwave. System requirements call for Mac OS 8.1.
  • Adobe Shockwave allows you to play Flash content, created using Adobe Director, on the Web.ProsContent works well: No problems or errors were encountered when. Adobe Shockwave Player for Mac.

Effective April 9, 2019, Adobe Shockwave will be discontinued and the Shockwave player for Windows will no longer be available for download. Companies with existing Enterprise licenses for Adobe Shockwave will continue to receive support until the end of their current contracts. Adobe continues to offer a rich set of content creation tools through Creative Cloud, including Adobe Animate CC for authoring interactive content for multiple platforms, such HTML5 Canvas, WebGL, Flash/Adobe AIR, and others.

For more information, please see the FAQ.

1. Check if Shockwave Player is installed on your computer

2. Download the latest version of Shockwave Player

If you don't have the latest version, download it here: Adobe Shockwave Player download

3. Install Shockwave Player

After you download Shockwave Player, follow the installation instructions that appear on the download page.

Note:

(Windows 8 only) Ensure that you run the browser in Desktop mode to install and enable Shockwave Player.

For more information on the latest update to Adobe Shockwave Player, see Release Notes | Shockwave Player 12.

4. Enable Shockwave Player in your browser

For Internet Explorer, see Enabling Shockwave Player | Internet Explorer.

For FireFox on any OS, see Enabling Shockwave Player | Firefox.

5. Verify if Shockwave Player is installed

If you see clouds moving in the animation below, congratulations, you have successfully installed Shockwave Player!

If you don't see the animation after completing all the steps, refresh this page using the icon below. For Windows 8, ensure that you view this page in Desktop mode to see the animation.

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Adobe Shockwave
Developer(s)Adobe Systems, Macromedia, MacroMind
Target platform(s)Web browsers, Windows, macOS
Editor softwareAdobe Director
Player softwareShockwave Player
Format(s)DIR, DCR, DXR
Programming language(s)Lingo
Application(s)Browser games, desktop apps, video games
StatusDiscontinued on April 9, 2019
LicenseProprietary[1]

Adobe Shockwave (formerly Macromedia Shockwave) is a discontinued multimediaplatform for building interactive multimedia applications and video games. Developers originate content using Adobe Director and publish it on the Internet. Such content can be viewed in a web browser on any computer with the Shockwave Player plug-in installed. MacroMind originated the technology; Macromedia acquired MacroMind and developed it further, releasing Shockwave Player in 1995. Adobe Systems then acquired Shockwave with Macromedia in 2005.[2] Shockwave supports raster graphics, basic vector graphics, 3D graphics, audio, and an embedded scripting language called Lingo.[3][4]

During the 1990s, Shockwave was a common format for CD-ROM projectors, kiosk presentations, and interactive video games, and dominated in interactive multimedia.[5] Various graphic adventure games were developed with Shockwave then, including The Journeyman Project, Total Distortion, Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls of Tong Nou, Mia's Language Adventure, Mia's Science Adventure, and the Didi & Ditto series. Video game developers developed hundreds of free online video games using Shockwave, publishing them on websites such as Miniclip and Shockwave.com.

In July 2011, a survey found that Flash Player had 99% market penetration in desktop browsers in 'mature markets' (United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand), while Shockwave Player claimed only 41% in these markets.[6]Adobe Flash and Adobe AIR are alternatives to Shockwave, with its 3D rendering capabilities, object-oriented programming language, and capacity to run as a native executable on multiple platforms.[7]

In February 2019, Adobe announced that Adobe Shockwave, including the Shockwave Player, would be discontinued effective April 9, 2019.[8]

History[edit]

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MacroMind[edit]

Shockwave originated with the VideoWorks application developed by MacroMind for the original Apple Macintosh. Animations are initially limited to the black and white of early Macintosh screens. VideoWorks was rebranded as Director 1.0 in 1987. Director 2.2 was released in 1988, and included the Lingo scripting language with extensibility provided by Xtras. A Windows version was available in the early 1990s. Director 3.0 was the last version by MacroMind, and released in 1989 which introduced XObjects to Lingo. Shockwave Player had still not been developed, and the sole means of publishing content remained generating executable applications.

Macromedia[edit]

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In 1993, Macromedia acquired MacroMind, and took over the development of the Shockwave platform. As the Internet became more popular, Macromedia realized the potential for a web-based multimedia platform, and designed Shockwave Player for the leading web browser of the time, Netscape Navigator. Shockwave Player was released with Director 4.0 around 1995, and branded Shockwave Player 1.0. Its versioning has since been tied to Director's versioning, skipping versions 2 to 4. Shockwave was now a two-part system, a graphics and animation editor known as Macromedia Director, and a player known as Macromedia Shockwave Player.

Macromedia Director quickly became the de facto production tool for the multimedia industry. By 1993 it was used to develop most Macintosh CD-ROM games,[9] such as point-and-clickgraphic adventures.[10] Throughout the 1990s Director was credited with the creation of the majority of educational CD-ROMs.[7] It was preferred over competing applications due to its range of features, relative ease of use and Director's ability to publish executables for both Apple and Microsoft operating systems.[7]

A less-sophisticated alternative to Director was Apple's HyperCard.[9] From 1995 to 1997 a competing multimedia authoring program appeared called mTropolis (from mFactory). In 1997, mTropolis was purchased and discontinued by Quark, Inc., who had its own plans into multimedia authoring with Quark Immedia.

In November 1996, Macromedia acquired FutureWave Software and its FutureSplash products. Macromedia Flash 1.0 was released shortly thereafter. Macromedia now controlled two of the three leading multimedia platforms for the web, with Java being the third.

Macromedia Director 8.5 was released in 2001 and was the first version to specifically target the video game industry.[10] It introduced 3D capabilities, 3D text, toon shading, Havok physics, Real Video, Real Audio, integration with Macromedia Flash 5, behaviors, and other enhancements.[10] 3D modelling programs such as LightWave, Cinema 4D, and 3D Studio Max were upgraded to export 3D models for Shockwave.[7][10]

As of 2001, over 200 million people had the Macromedia Shockwave Player installed, making Shockwave a common format for online video games.[10] Websites such as Miniclip and Shockwave.com were dedicated to Shockwave and Flash-based video games.[11][12]

Adobe[edit]

Macromedia was acquired by Adobe Systems in 2005, and the entire Macromedia product line including Flash, Dreamweaver, Director/Shockwave, and Authorware was now handled by Adobe. Director and Shockwave Player is currently developed and distributed by Adobe Systems.

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The early 2000s saw the decline in the usage of Director/Shockwave as most multimedia professionals preferred Macromedia Flash and other competing platforms. After the Adobe acquisition, no new versions were released for four years.[7]

In 2007, Adobe released Adobe Director 11, the first new release in four years.[7] It introduced DirectX 9 native 3D rendering and the AGEIAPhysX physics engine, panel docking, Quicktime 7 support, Windows Media, RealPlayer support, Adobe Flash CS3 integration, and Unicode support.[7] It was considered an 'incremental release' by reviewers and the scripting editor was still considered 'primitive'.[7]

As of 2008, the market position of Director/Shockwave overlapped with Flash to a high degree, the only advantage of Director being its native 3D capabilities.[7] However, with the release of Flash Player 11, GPU-based 3D rendering was now supported using Stage3D (the underlying API), Away3D or Flare3D (3D game engines). And after Adobe AIR was released, Flash programs could now be published as native applications, further reducing the need for Director.[7]

In February 2019, Adobe announced that Adobe Shockwave, including the Shockwave Player, would be discontinued in April 2019.[8]

Xtras[edit]

Xtras are plug-ins for the Lingo scripting language, that enable additional functionality into a Shockwave project. Xtras are typically used to add file system I/O, hardware integration, and advanced multimedia functions. Xtras are supported and available for Adobe Director, Adobe Authorware and Adobe Freehand.

Many of Director's own functions are implemented as Xtras. Xtras use the Macromedia Open Architecture which was designed to allow easy creation of interchangeable components between Macromedia products. Adobe maintains a list of third party Xtras.

Xtras for Microsoft Windows (32-bit) have an .X32 file extension. Xtras for Mac OS generally have an .XTR extension. The file extension *.X16 is reserved for Xtras for Microsoft Windows (16-bit).

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^Adobe Software License Agreement. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
  2. ^Elia, Eric (1996). 'Macromedia unveils Shockwave and Director 5'. HyperMedia Communications. ISSN1060-7188. Retrieved September 23, 2010.
  3. ^Macromedia Shockwave for Director User's Guide, Volume 1, New Riders Pub., 01-Jan-1996
  4. ^Macromedia Shockwave for Director, Volume 1, Hayden Books, 1996
  5. ^Kelly Hart; Mitch Geller (2008). New Perspectives on Dreamweaver CS3, Comprehensive. Cengage Learning. p. 429. ISBN1-4239-2531-9.
  6. ^'Flash content reaches 99% of Internet viewers'. Adobe. Archived from the original on October 2, 2011. Retrieved 2014-08-07.
  7. ^ abcdefghijAdobe Director 11 reviewArchived 2015-05-28 at the Wayback Machine, Page 2, KEVIN PARTNER, 1 May 2008, PCPro Magazine, 'Adobe's AIR technology makes it possible to deploy Flash as a desktop application'
  8. ^ ab'End of Life (EOL) for Adobe Shockwave'. helpx.adobe.com. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  9. ^ abBreen, Christopher (December 1993). 'A Spectacle Not To Be Myst'. Computer Gaming World. pp. 114, 116. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  10. ^ abcdeMacromedia Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio, CreativeMac Reviews, AUGUST 1, 2001, David Nagel
  11. ^Shockwave.comArchived 2015-05-28 at the Wayback Machine, Shockwave and Flash-based video games
  12. ^Miniclip English Games, Shockwave and Flash-based video games

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External links[edit]

  • Adobe Xtras at the Wayback Machine (archived 2013-10-25)

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