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Change log

2023-07-03

Features

Fixes

  • sockets in condition & hear nodes now behave properly
  • route points now follow groups
  • unremovable anchor point being instantiated at (0,0) no longer happens
  • the tunnel node sidebar list now lists tunnel nodes globally
  • fix for legacy hear nodes
  • fixed connection selection still being active after deselecting
  • fixed an issue where group selection was not visible
  • groups can no longer have alpha values for colors
  • fixed group follow route point outside group
  • fixed group route points offset for box selection

Quality of Life changes

  • curly bracket use is now more consistent
  • groups are now assigned a random color upon creation
  • allow shortcuts with keys combination to add nodes
  • nodes are now created where the context menu is clicked
  • mobile screens no longer go to sleep during web player gameplay

2023-02-08

Features

  • Geolocation Node
  • Tunnel Node
  • Node link reroutes
  • Web Player - Audio quality setting
  • Web Player - Download current audio
  • Web Player - Inject initial state via URL parameters

Fixes

  • Warn for character name spaces
  • Fix incorrect labels and documentation for HTTP Request node
  • Automatic input now updates correctly

2022-12-09

Features

  • You can now capture Raw input on NLU hear nodes.
  • You can now customize 'no match' behavior on NLU hear nodes.
  • Improved UX for connections between nodes.
  • You can now add cover photos to web players.

Fixes

  • Group select of nodes fixed

2022-11-24

Features

  • You can now toggle the web player in the file dropdown.
  • Add mic muting functionality to web player
  • You can now download your media files in bulk

Fixes

  • Azure voice styles now applied correctly
  • Fix inconsistent mouse interactions
  • Scrollbars are now more visible
  • Fix issue with user preferences not persisting between sessions
  • Fix speech recognition issue when using Edge (Web Player)
  • Web Player text input fix

2022-10-20

Features

  • The changelog is presented in a more interesting way
  • New, customizable web player
  • Web player is generally more robust overall
  • Improvements to scripting (Intellisense and Validation) using the technology behind Visual Studio Code
  • Tips and Tricks system
  • Auto-connect new nodes by dragging and dropping new links

Fixes

  • An issue where link positions would not update if nodes were moved out of view in collab

2022-10-06

Features

  • Team members can now create projects
  • Team members can now view templates
  • Add 10% zoom option

Fixes

  • Fix issue with characters with no names
  • Fix small issue with display nodes

2022-09-30

Features

  • Invite to team via link
  • Project Templates
  • User Settings

2022-09-14

Features

  • Transfer projects to another team
  • GIF Support
  • Increase range for hear node time limit & button offset
  • Add node to group directly

2022-08-26

Features

  • HTTP Node request headers
  • Configure when buttons show for hear nodes
  • Set time limit for answering

2022-08-08

Features

  • Alexa Publishing
  • Support for longer breaks in Say Node
  • Audiobook builder overhaul (Beta)

Fixes

  • Stability Fixes

2022-07-06

Fixes

  • Fix Team select interface cutting off when a member of many teams
  • Fix intent list overflowing off its parent container
  • Zooming behavior is now more consistent when using touchpads.

2022-06-13

Features

  • Media item usage
  • Automatically create and connect node when dragging link and using shortcut
  • Pro onboarding shortcut
  • Pan workspace when dragging nodes or links
  • Rename break -> pause

2022-05-23

Features

  • Thumbnail preview on display nodes

Fixes

  • Fixed project file import bug

2022-05-12

Features

  • New interface for inserting tags with parameters
  • Warn user before importing project file
  • Offer to save the project when creating a new character
  • Audio playback indicator in the preview
  • Add shortcut for creating Analytic Nodes (A)

Fixes

  • Fix issues with touch-pad panning

2022-05-03

Features

  • Added NLU (Intent and slots system)
  • Added Undo / Redo
  • Duplicate projects
  • Edit state during preview
  • Preview from here with state JSON
  • New drag and drop insert node menu

Fixes

  • Issue with collab when opening projects from the file -> open menu
  • Files can be reselected for upload

2022-03-23

Features

  • Introduced platform settings
  • New web player links
  • Legacy web player links will still work
  • Toggle web player enabled / disabled
  • Set language for voice recognition

Fixes

  • Improve group interaction in low-LOD mode
  • Autofill fields in character editor
  • Version list loads properly when creating a new project

2022-03-01 - Launch Update

Features

  • Sidebar animation when node changes

Fixes

  • Version status published renamed to locked
  • Price updated for launch
  • Long text is wrapped in the preview

2022-02-23

Features

  • New project templates
  • Create new versions
  • Load new versions directly from workspace
  • Search nodes by character
  • Expose full node id for easier copying

Fixes

  • Underscores now visible in input fields
  • Fix issue whereby a project/version could not be loaded after a collab session
  • Tag insertion fixes

2022-02-15

Features

  • Payment enabled for FAB
  • Option to disable speech recognition for web player
  • Added information about our 30 day free trial for Pro
  • Copy text from preview with CTRL+C

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue with error handling

2022-02-11 - Hotfix

Fixes

  • Fix issue where web player wouldn't work if user was logged out of Fabella
  • Invite user email format validation
  • Server errors are shown properly again

2022-02-09 - Major update

We are proud to announce we are finally out of beta. We have been hard at work delivering our biggest update yet. Check it out!

Features

Teams
  • Manage a team of users and collaborate together on projects.
  • Invite users to your team
  • Assign roles to your team members
  • Choose team members to collaborate with on a project basis
Project management settings
  • Rename projects
  • Delete projects
  • Add description
  • Upload thumbnails
Windows
  • Multitasking in Fabella
  • Any node can be edited in windows
  • Edit nodes while the preview is running
Additional features
  • Upload images you can use in your Display Nodes
  • Delete media
  • Choose from a list of project templates when you create a new project. More templates will be added soon.
  • Reduce eye strain with dark mode (experimental)
  • Say node tag syntax highlighting
  • Buttons to add tags to say nodes
  • Audiobook renders are now consistent with the preview

2021-11-22

Features

  • Choose color for text and background for Display Nodes
  • Reworked live collaboration. Should feel a lot smoother and generally be more stable.
  • Group rendering improvements
  • Replica accessible to pro users

Fixes

  • Removed hidden nodes from the context menu
  • Small issue with hear nodes
  • Web player speech recognition issue fix
  • Fix node connections not updating correctly
  • Fix script editor marker
  • Fix link to writing guide
  • Hide sonatic

2021-11-03

Fixes

  • Projects are no longer loaded in read-only mode after disconnection
  • Documentation links corrected
  • Context Menu Fixes
  • You can now zoom the workspace when the mouse is hovering over nodes and groups
  • Context menu now correctly disappears when clicking groups and nodes

2021-11-01

Features

  • Editor reflects Fabella rebrand
  • Option in Hear Node to show the keyboard for manual user input
  • The context menu has been redone
  • Now reacts to screen edges
  • Scrollable
  • Updated UI
  • Various fixes
  • Web player updates
  • Improves the web player in embedded mode.
  • Adds the project version ID to the web player link
  • Adds info modal giving information about speech recognition API browser compatibility
  • Better user text input
  • Script errors are now shown in the preview

Fixes

  • An issue where users could create additional Global Nodes by using the hotkey.

2021-10-22

  • Copy and paste nodes via raw text. Enables sharing of nodes externally.
  • New web player
  • You can now start previewing from any node
  • Audiobook Builder UI improvements
  • New node: Custom Event Node
  • Groups can now be copy/pasted/duplicated

2021-10-15

  • show other users working on project
  • new design for other peoples mouse pointers
  • create link to web player
  • improved groups, double-click to open and close. Add button to sidebar to open/close
  • UI improvements for dashboard

2021-10-11

  • Preview, show values of variables. Show more information about modify state and condition nodes (this needs the engine to update as well so will not be immediately visible)
  • Redoing connections is now more intuitive
  • Add group name to node in side bar
  • Fix problem when adding node to a group that caused the node to teleport
  • Box selection inside groups
  • New error message when failing, "Something went wrong, Node XYZ". The 'XYZ' are the first letters of the node id that failed

2021-10-01

  • expand group when searching for node
  • add filtering to voice tab
  • node errors are now visible in node for parent group
  • add links to writing guide
  • add voice recognition in preview (only in Chrome)

2021-09-29

  • Azure in FAB
  • Pan workspace when having a group node opened instead of moving group. To move a group - drag the group header or footer
  • Don't use simple displaying of nodes when there are less than 50 visible nodes

2021-09-23

  • Allow to keep/remove parent group when pasting node
  • FAQ rework
  • Limit group name width to its container
  • Fix graphical issues with nodes and groups

2021-09-14 - Beta

  • Beta 🎉
  • Fabella Audiobook Builder
  • Payment / Subscriptions / EULA
  • Option for boolean values in condition nodes
  • Fix error on Safari preventing editor to run

2021-08-27

  • Culling of nodes outside screen to improve performance for big projects
  • Fix links to documentation
  • Verify function warns if field in say node is empty
  • Don't clear clipboard when going back to dashboard
  • Fix issue with loading big projects

2021-08-20

  • Prevent pinch zoom in workspace - should finally make it possible to use with laptop and touchpad
  • Possibility to create reminder node
  • Removed skill connection node
  • Search now correctly searches in analytics nodes
  • Load old project without groups

2021-08-16

  • Fix verifier bugs (reduce false positives)
  • Save confirmation when deleting multiple nodes
  • Functionality to remove group (but keep nodes)
  • Fix bug with copy-paste

2021-08-12

  • Project verification
  • New script editor
  • Grouping of nodes

2021-06-23

  • Real time collaboration
  • Synchronize nodes and characters
  • Presence
  • Open project read-only
  • Azure voice provider
  • Text input loses focus after submit
  • Bigger text input for global script