FlashPanos

This is an example of creating an auto-presentation for your panorama. Contributed by Patrick Cheatham.

Using a short series of custom functions in your XML file, Flash Panorama Player can move your panorama through a series of pan, tilt and zoom movements.

This example also shows how to write and name your custom functions, keeping them grouped together in your global element. This way you always know where your functions are and how to target them.

The parameters element shows how to set the tiltHome and zoomHome parameters when your panorama loads. This is just for the sake of example -- you can delete these or set them however you wish.

The global element contains an onStart function, which simply tells the panorama to run the custom function* cl_pano_move after the panorama loads.

cl_pano_move tells the panorama to: Pan to 143° in 1.9 seconds. At the same time, Zoom to a zoom factor of 1 in a tenth of a second and Tilt to 0°, taking 1.9 seconds to do so. The Tilt part also says to run the second custom function when done (cl_pano_move2).

cl_pano_move2 changes the panorama's Pan and Tilt settings, and then does nothing else.

cl_pano_move3 changes the panorama's Pan and Tilt settings, and then says to run the first custom function (cl_pano_move).

The hotspots hotspot_1 and hotspot_3 each say to run one of the custom functions onClick. See how these two onClick events target the function by putting "global." in front of the function's name?

The hotspot hotspot_4 simply toggles fullscreen mode.

Easy!

Of course, your custom functions can do much more than move your panorama around -- you can change settings for individual hotspots, such as visible, or staticX and so on... Possibilities abound!

* note that your custom functions can be named whatever you like -- i use "cl_" at the beginning as shorthand for "cheathamlane" (my company), so that i know i wrote the function. the rest of the custom functions "pano_move" and "pano_move2" are just numbered sequentially so it's easier to keep track of them.

* these custom functions are in the "standard" fpp format, as outlined in the fpp documentation. that is, something like:
cl_pano_move="pano.tilt=0,1900,,global.pano_move2"
translates to (formatted for readability):

[update: if you're interested in having your panorama automatically go to a horizon line, or a specific pan/tilt after a certain amount of time -- and you don't want to mess with code -- you might check out the AutoHorizon Plugin.]