Best approach to "multi-tour" tour

[gordee]

Hi all,

I have successfully built a fully operational tour with several panos, linked and unlinked hotspots, flv player etc, etc.

I am really pleased with it and FPP is so easy to use.

My client wants a huge tour put together of a Factory (110+ Panos!).

My question is - if I build several mini-tours of each building/section of the factory, is it easy to link them all together later, so that for instance, from any point you can always go outside and into another section? Is this the best approach? How have you guys approached these mammoth tours?

Thanks in advance :)

[siesfor]

Breaking the tour up into smaller xmls makes sense, from a problem solving standpoint, cause who wants to have to examine 110 panos worth of code?

And, I imagine you wouldn't have any problems linking them together, you could have a main pano from which you enter each section, assuming that's feasible, or you could use either a dropdown menu or pop-up menu to link to the other sections of the factory, that way your client's viewers won't constantly have to go back to the main pano to enter new sections.

My main advice for you would be to make a flow chart (or some kind of plan) before you begin coding, so you know how many sections you're going to split it into, to make sure you don't accidently leave out any panos that you then have to fit in later, and that you know what other sections you'll need to link to from each xml.

Anyways, sounds like a really good gig you got there, so good luck, man!

[gordee]

The question is really, is it possible to parse a different xml? This is what will be needed to accomplish this surely?

[HansNyberg]

It is very easy to load different xml.
The only problem I have is that the transition takes a little longer than just loading a new panorama in the same xml. If someone has a solution for this I am interrested.
This is a site for the Danish TV from Prince Joachim's wedding
http://www.360-foto.dk/dr/
Click the splash in the top menu to load the new xml with panoramas from the church.

It is also easy to create different html entry pages this way
You can start it from the church from this
http://www.360-foto.dk/dr/kirken.html

Hans

[gordee]

Thanks for the reply hans,

What is the code for this technique?

Also how big are your images?

[HansNyberg]

This is the code for the hotspot loading the church xml
<spot id="link" static="1" staticX="-280.00" staticY="5.00" align="RT" alpha="0.7" salign="RT" depth="105" scaleX="1" scaleY="1" url="kirken.png" onClick="pano.leash=free; loadPano(panoName=images/1&xml_file=dr2.xml);"
/>

I use 1500x1500 cubefaces

Hans

[gordee]

Ah I see!

Easy when you know huh?

thanks Hans