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Version 4.5 Latest

Released 4 days ago | 71.9 MB | Requires MacOS 14 Sonoma

New Features

  • Search Inspector: Project-wide search across segments, subtitles, audio-track starts, variable changes and usages in Lua, decision buttons, collectables, and markers. Results grouped as cards; double-click reveals in the Story Graph. ⌘ F opens it.
  • Asset Browser: New sidebar inspector with type/episode filter, search, Quick Look, and drag-to-graph for video assets.
  • DeepL translation workflow: Translations preferences panel with keychain-backed API key, plus Translations and Subtitles sheets with Translate Missing.
  • Subtitle editing: Bulk subtitle properties panel and subtitle splitting at the playhead.
  • Simulator: Variable debugger, on-the-fly language switch, resume, exportable session event log (PDF), and episode/segment in the timecode overlay.
  • Audio rubberbanding: Drag volume lines, start/stop handles, and fade durations directly in the timeline.
  • Timeline: Segment thumbnails, scrubber timecode label, volume badges, and persisted scrubber/scroll positions.
  • Story Graph: Visit probabilities, auto-scroll while dragging, and save graph as PDF.
  • Condition Editor in Branch Points with Lua highlighting and variable palette.
  • Encrypted export: Added an encryption switch for movie export.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed audio fade across segment and episode boundaries.
  • Fixed audio playback when a track started in a previous episode.
  • Fixed Add Branch hotkey, subtitles split view, timeline split view, and undo after pasting segments.
  • Fixed several crashes and stability issues across subtitles, audio, and asset handling.

Improvements

  • Faster, more reliable asset folder reorganization.
  • Main-thread execution redesign for smoother loading of large projects.
  • Subtitle Properties pane performance.
  • Redesigned audio level views and improved audio level coloring.
  • Help book updated.

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Previous Versions

4.4

Released 2 months ago | 65.5 MB | Requires MacOS 12.4

New Features

  • Timeline export: Export an audio-visual snapshot of the timeline with optional watermark and selection highlighting.
  • Autoscrolling timeline: Timeline scrolls automatically during playback.
  • Locking timelines: Timelines can be locked to prevent accidental edits.
  • Copy & paste episodes: Copy episodes including traits, collectables, and variables; pasted episodes are stamped with the current date.
  • Default targets for episodes: Set default targets per episode directly in the editor.
  • Simulator enhancements: Added shuffle mode, timecode overlay, and a video display mode toolbar button.
  • Skippable segment switching: Skippable queuing for segment switches in single-player mode.
  • Encrypted asset packs: Support for encrypting asset packs.
  • Asset subfolder management: Assets are automatically organized into episode subfolders; conflicts are surfaced; folders update when episodes are renamed or created.
  • Collectable validation: Added collectable validation tests.
  • Keyboard timeline editing: Move audio tracks and subtitles with arrow keys.
  • Audio unavailable label: Preview shows a label when audio is unavailable.
  • Play/pause toggle: Play/pause no longer requires timeline focus.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed segment switch behavior and audio processing.
  • Fixed preview and simulator playback issues.
  • Fixed first-frame rendering when skipping to a segment; improved shadow rendering.
  • Fixed 29.97 timecode handling; improved surround sound audio file handling.
  • Fixed audio value change handling.
  • Fixed detached preview window not being removed on last document close.
  • Fixed fullscreen simulator and external screen window state.
  • Fixed Show in Finder for assets.
  • Fixed various validation issues (collectables, key window).

Improvements

  • Timeline continuation popup filters to relevant info only.
  • Play-through migration for older content; segments without a button group auto-marked as play-through.
  • Improved simulator timecode display and export quality.
  • UI refinements (trash buttons, macOS Tahoe asset chooser, deselection behavior).

4.3.2

Released 4 months ago | 65.3 MB | Requires MacOS 12.0

New Features

  • Preview window mode: Added a windowed mode for preview during playback.
  • Branch point tests: Added tests for branch points and updated the branch data schema.
  • Lua-based validation: Added Lua validation for branch scripts and audio conditions.

Bug Fixes

  • Crashes & stability: Fixed multiple crashes in the editor and simulator.
  • Playback controller: Fixed issues showing video in the editor playback controller.
  • Segment switching: Fixed segment switch behavior and pausing timeline after segment switches in the simulator.
  • Video decoding: Fixed problems decoding video.
  • Branch validation: Fixed handling of invalid branch point names with dedicated validation and schema fixes.
  • Window layout: Ensured the main window always stays within screen bounds.

Improvements

  • Timeline interaction: Made dragging default targets easier and restricted moving items on the timeline so it only happens if the selection did not change within the same mouse event group.
  • Asset & project validation: Validate assets against the project frame rate and ensure video assets are ProRes (no H.264 allowed).
  • Fonts & naming: Updated fonts and allowed some special characters in branch point names.

4.3

Released 6 months ago | 65.3 MB | Requires 12.6

New Features

  • User Interface Added support for macOS 26 Liquid Glass user interface
  • Frame Rate Support: Added support for 23.976 and 29.97 frame rates
  • Language Support: Added support for Greek language
  • Runtime Interpreter: Added strict mode to runtime interpreter for better error handling
  • Audio Volume: Added automatic volume conversion from linear to dB in volume change actions
  • Audio Loops: Added support for looping audio tracks

Bug Fixes

  • Playback: Fixed wrong timecode in playback
  • Variable Actions: Fixed crash when having changevariable action without any identifier or value
  • Validation: Fixed is_singleplayer validation error
  • Audio: Fixed solo functionality and various volume-related issues
  • Translations: Fixed translations import issues
  • Languages: Fixed importing languages
  • Subtitle Files: Fixed subtitle file handling issues
  • Conditions: Fixed condition parsing to ignore spaces

Improvements

  • Playback: Improved playback performance and removed buffer area setting
  • Export: Improved video codec validation when exporting
  • Engine: Updated engine with various bug fixes and improvements

4.2.7

Released 9 months ago | 63.9 MB | Requires MacOS 12.6

  • Fixes problems with importing translations and subtitles
  • Fixes some validation issues

4.2.6

Released 1 year ago | 63.9 MB | Requires 12.6

  • Improved app licensing
  • Fixed timeline preview
  • Fixed crashes

4.2.5

Released 1 year ago | 63.7 MB | Requires MacOS 12.6

Fixed crashes exporting subtitles and translations

4.2.4

Released 1 year ago | 63.7 MB | Requires MacOS 12.6

  • Improved multiplayer mode
  • Improved validation
  • Improved opening documents
  • Improved auto-update

4.2.3

Released 1 year ago | 63.7 MB | Requires MacOS 12.6

Fixed known issues

4.2.2

Released 1 year ago | 63.7 MB | Requires MacOS 12

Fixed crashes

4.2.1

Released 1 year ago | 63.7 MB | Requires MacOS 12.0

  • Added support for custom traits
  • Added support for random default targets
  • Fixed a crash with empty collectables

4.2

Released 1 year ago | 63.7 MB | Requires MacOS 12.6

  • Added ability to reorder decisions and conditions
  • Added ability to define images for decision buttons
  • Added ability to configure decision traits
  • Added ability for multiple segments to share the same video asset
  • Added Cinema DCI export option to generate DCDMs for Packager
  • Improved export
  • Fixed issue with window tabbing

4.1.1

Released 1 year ago | 63.7 MB | Requires MacOS 12.6

  • Preview and multiplayer-simulator now play the complete segment buffer
  • Simulator can be started in multiplayer mode
  • Improved waveform graphics
  • Decision overlay graphics can be hidden
  • Decisions can have scripts now, that get execute when the decision gets selected
  • Improved mediablock support
  • Improved sending segments to timeline
  • Fixed multiplayer mode not working after first launch

4.1

Released 1 year ago | 63.6 MB | Requires MacOS 12.4

  • Added Undo / Redo for a lot of timeline tasks
  • Script action can now be added to decisions
  • Clip labels move now with scrolling timeline
  • Improved audio track handling
  • Improved simulator handling
  • Improved segment graph handling
  • Improved playing timeline
  • Fixed some crashes
  • Fixed not working branch point conditions

4.0.1

Released 1 year ago | 57.8 MB | Requires MacOS 12.6

  • Added Jump Guards on decision periods
  • Added exporting assets with burned-in subtitles
  • Improved subtitle shadow rendering
  • Improved localization handling
  • Fixed overlay positions
  • Fixed audio track sometimes not showing on timeline

4.0

Released 2 years ago | 57.9 MB | Requires MacOS 12.0 Monterey

Beta release