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  • KKichu

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    Hi

    Is this Java viewer the only one available? The problem with it is it uses Java which makes it confusing to install for our artists. Its an odd decision to even package it this way when your regular editor doesnt require a JRE install.

    The main reason we need this viewer is for artists to verify the spine exports before they hand them off to engineers. It'd be nice if this viewer/verification was either included with the editor, or the problems only seen in exports were fixed.

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    • KKichu

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      • Luke

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      Hello,

      To preview animations in the Spine Editor, we do offer the Preview view. There are controls for speed, mix duration, etc. More details can be found here:
      Preview view - Spine User Guide

      Alternatively, if you wish to use the Skeleton Viewer JAR but don't want to install Java, Nate & Mario have directions on this forum post about how to run Skeleton Viewer without fully installing Java in this forum post:
      please make skeleton viewer.exe

      • Nate

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      Skeleton Viewer is not packaged as a standalone application because it is just a simple example tool based on spine-libgdx. While it's useful for verifying skeleton data with the reference runtime, spine-libgdx, it's not intended for production use.

      Note the Skeleton Viewer source is provided and it can be extended or used as an example to build your own tools. Many users do that because it gives the advantage of customization and application specific integration, such as more thorough testing, visualizations (eg particles), event handling, or association with game data.

      As described in the thread Luke linked, Java should never be "installed". Instead, get the latest Java from Adoptium or Zulu, extract it to a folder, and run it from there. I've updated the Skeleton Viewer page with this.

      I actually forgot about being able to start Skeleton Viewer from the Spine editor. :wounded: We'll add that today, though it will require starting Spine from the command line using `

      skeleton-vieweror

      sv`.

      You can use `

      skeleton-vieweror

      sv` in 4.1.12+, but you will need the latest Spine launcher. 4.1.12 is available now. More info here:
      Skeleton Viewer: Run from Spine