The TranceCaster as described in the previous post is in vendors now, along with The Enforcer 1.2, which is a required update in order to use the TranceCaster. I will be uploading both products to MP soon, but as always you can get an update from any of my vendors (links in the stickies on the right of this blog), regardless of whether you originally purchased from MP or from a vendor.
The next releases will likely be the long-promised CHAOS RoboCollar and a Mesmerizer update. I've described the RoboCollar previously. The RoboCollar will likely come with a wireless trickle-charging station, with a fast-charging station as a separate optional product. The fast-charging station will be a device that the sub has to sit on, whereas the included trickle-charger has the ability to slowly charge any nearby collar. A collar option specifies whether the collar can be charged wirelessly, and if so whether the charger must belong to an owner.
The most significant features of the next Mesmerizer release will be a redesign of how images can be specified, and support for camera control. The new show2 commands, introduced in Mesmerizer 1.6.6, provide support for images of different aspect ratios as well as moving images. Mesmerizer 1.6.7 will support a new way of loading images into the Mesmerizer to provide defaults for these settings, which will allow the original show commands to take advantage of these new features. The show2 family of commands is still useful if you wish to override the default settings for a particular image. This will allow trance scripts, for instance, to more easily incorporate moving images, although Mesmerizer 1.6.7 will also allow these parameters to be specified explicitly within the script, as they already can be in TranceCaster trance scripts.
Camera control is still in the planning stage, but will support some new vision restrictions (e.g. how far away the sub is allowed to move their camera, forced mouse-look) as well as the ability to move the sub's camera to specific places. An update to the Owner's HUD will use this feature to let an owner cause their sub's camera to move to where their own camera is focused.
