4.0.10 (Alpha)

Bug Fixes

• Crash when clicking expand/collapse all folders in Research.
• Paragraph styles weren't saved.
• Empty character names were detected as "Untitled" characters
• Research beats didn't locate beats in whiteboard/script when clicked.
• Spell check color didn't update when switching between day/night mode.
• New Character… should be at the beginning of menus.
• Could no longer create Character Groups in Timeline or Research.
• Whiteboard would jump when using other monitors
• Full screen windows would lose title bars on MS Windows.
• Crash on window dock.
• When in research you could no longer double click on a research item to open the beat or character editors.
• Double clicking on a .cau file in Finder opened Causality, but didn't actually open the document.
• Paragraph style changes weren't saved.
• Crash when clicking expand/collapse all folders in Research.

Improvements

• Emotion curves now default to Medium Height
• Removed full screen button in standalone windows for Script, Whiteboard.

4.0.9 (Alpha)

Causality 4.0 is the culmination of several years of rewrites. The app is now in super shape, and ready for the future, and we apologize for the slow release schedule.

New Features

• Emotion Tracking:
  • Assign emotional changes to Tags on each Beat.
  • Draws graphs of emotional movement in timeline.
  • Manually or automatically add tension to beats.
  • View overall story tension in a Heat Map.
  • Set targets on emotions and "write backwards" from targets.
• Tag Categories.
• Emotion Tracks / Tag Tracks.
• Popup tag inspector / emotion editor.
• Research area is now a separate window and button.
• Apple Silicon version.
• Next/Previous Beat buttons and keyboard shortcuts.

Improvements

• Significantly rebuilt engine in preparation for sync/collaboration.
• Significant performance increase across entire app.
• Fade script menus in and out.
• Overhauled styling and colors.
• Made all beats same width in whiteboard.
• Better vertical flow lines.
• Save and restore script and whiteboard positions when closing/reopening documents.
• New fluid animation algorithms in all areas.
• Better mouse/keyboard-blocking of areas behind dialogs and menus.
• Automatically close splash screen.
• Updated Mac application icon.
• Overhauled drag and drop in whiteboard.
• Fluid edge scrolling in all areas.
• Explanation dialogs when dropping Beats/Groups/Blocks in incorrect places.
• Fixed Production Locations showing in reading view.
• Alternating row tint in whiteboard.
• Continuous, animated page scrolling in script using keyboard.
• Overhauled script filtering.
• Simplified whiteboard tool area.
• Automatically update detection words when character name is edited in Character Settings.
• Improved tooltips.

Removed

• Removed character canvas.
• Removed block overviews and lane overviews.
• Removed permanent inspector on right side of screen.
• Removed readability curves.
• Removed whiteboard grid snapping.
• Removed scene bar above whiteboard.
• Removed exporting whiteboard image. Can result in multi-gigabyte PNGs.
• Removed "Hidden" state of Beats. Beats are now only Enabled and Disabled.
• Removed graphics shown when hovering on flow lines.
• Removed running man icon in whiteboard. We always synchronize views.

3.2.62 (Release)

BUG FIXES

• Fixed measurements were updated before view mode was changed, causing layout bleed between modes.
• Fixed crash while importing Final Draft with specific configuration of dual dialogue.

3.2.59 (Release)

BUG FIXES

• Fixed bold/italic/underline/color not being persisted when applied to whole paragraphs.

4.0.10 (Alpha)

Bug Fixes

• Crash when clicking expand/collapse all folders in Research.
• Paragraph styles weren't saved.
• Empty character names were detected as "Untitled" characters
• Research beats didn't locate beats in whiteboard/script when clicked.
• Spell check color didn't update when switching between day/night mode.
• New Character… should be at the beginning of menus.
• Could no longer create Character Groups in Timeline or Research.
• Whiteboard would jump when using other monitors
• Full screen windows would lose title bars on MS Windows.
• Crash on window dock.
• When in research you could no longer double click on a research item to open the beat or character editors.
• Double clicking on a .cau file in Finder opened Causality, but didn't actually open the document.
• Paragraph style changes weren't saved.
• Crash when clicking expand/collapse all folders in Research.

Improvements

• Emotion curves now default to Medium Height
• Removed full screen button in standalone windows for Script, Whiteboard.

4.0.9 (Alpha)

Causality 4.0 is the culmination of several years of rewrites. The app is now in super shape, and ready for the future, and we apologize for the slow release schedule.

New Features

• Emotion Tracking:
  • Assign emotional changes to Tags on each Beat.
  • Draws graphs of emotional movement in timeline.
  • Manually or automatically add tension to beats.
  • View overall story tension in a Heat Map.
  • Set targets on emotions and "write backwards" from targets.
• Tag Categories.
• Emotion Tracks / Tag Tracks.
• Popup tag inspector / emotion editor.
• Research area is now a separate window and button.
• Apple Silicon version.
• Next/Previous Beat buttons and keyboard shortcuts.

Improvements

• Significantly rebuilt engine in preparation for sync/collaboration.
• Significant performance increase across entire app.
• Fade script menus in and out.
• Overhauled styling and colors.
• Made all beats same width in whiteboard.
• Better vertical flow lines.
• Save and restore script and whiteboard positions when closing/reopening documents.
• New fluid animation algorithms in all areas.
• Better mouse/keyboard-blocking of areas behind dialogs and menus.
• Automatically close splash screen.
• Updated Mac application icon.
• Overhauled drag and drop in whiteboard.
• Fluid edge scrolling in all areas.
• Explanation dialogs when dropping Beats/Groups/Blocks in incorrect places.
• Fixed Production Locations showing in reading view.
• Alternating row tint in whiteboard.
• Continuous, animated page scrolling in script using keyboard.
• Overhauled script filtering.
• Simplified whiteboard tool area.
• Automatically update detection words when character name is edited in Character Settings.
• Improved tooltips.

Removed

• Removed character canvas.
• Removed block overviews and lane overviews.
• Removed permanent inspector on right side of screen.
• Removed readability curves.
• Removed whiteboard grid snapping.
• Removed scene bar above whiteboard.
• Removed exporting whiteboard image. Can result in multi-gigabyte PNGs.
• Removed "Hidden" state of Beats. Beats are now only Enabled and Disabled.
• Removed graphics shown when hovering on flow lines.
• Removed running man icon in whiteboard. We always synchronize views.

4.0.10 (Alpha)

Bug Fixes

• Crash when clicking expand/collapse all folders in Research.
• Paragraph styles weren't saved.
• Empty character names were detected as "Untitled" characters
• Research beats didn't locate beats in whiteboard/script when clicked.
• Spell check color didn't update when switching between day/night mode.
• New Character… should be at the beginning of menus.
• Could no longer create Character Groups in Timeline or Research.
• Whiteboard would jump when using other monitors
• Full screen windows would lose title bars on MS Windows.
• Crash on window dock.
• When in research you could no longer double click on a research item to open the beat or character editors.
• Double clicking on a .cau file in Finder opened Causality, but didn't actually open the document.
• Paragraph style changes weren't saved.
• Crash when clicking expand/collapse all folders in Research.

Improvements

• Emotion curves now default to Medium Height
• Removed full screen button in standalone windows for Script, Whiteboard.

4.0.9 (Alpha)

Causality 4.0 is the culmination of several years of rewrites. The app is now in super shape, and ready for the future, and we apologize for the slow release schedule.

New Features

• Emotion Tracking:
  • Assign emotional changes to Tags on each Beat.
  • Draws graphs of emotional movement in timeline.
  • Manually or automatically add tension to beats.
  • View overall story tension in a Heat Map.
  • Set targets on emotions and "write backwards" from targets.
• Tag Categories.
• Emotion Tracks / Tag Tracks.
• Popup tag inspector / emotion editor.
• Research area is now a separate window and button.
• Apple Silicon version.
• Next/Previous Beat buttons and keyboard shortcuts.

Improvements

• Significantly rebuilt engine in preparation for sync/collaboration.
• Significant performance increase across entire app.
• Fade script menus in and out.
• Overhauled styling and colors.
• Made all beats same width in whiteboard.
• Better vertical flow lines.
• Save and restore script and whiteboard positions when closing/reopening documents.
• New fluid animation algorithms in all areas.
• Better mouse/keyboard-blocking of areas behind dialogs and menus.
• Automatically close splash screen.
• Updated Mac application icon.
• Overhauled drag and drop in whiteboard.
• Fluid edge scrolling in all areas.
• Explanation dialogs when dropping Beats/Groups/Blocks in incorrect places.
• Fixed Production Locations showing in reading view.
• Alternating row tint in whiteboard.
• Continuous, animated page scrolling in script using keyboard.
• Overhauled script filtering.
• Simplified whiteboard tool area.
• Automatically update detection words when character name is edited in Character Settings.
• Improved tooltips.

Removed

• Removed character canvas.
• Removed block overviews and lane overviews.
• Removed permanent inspector on right side of screen.
• Removed readability curves.
• Removed whiteboard grid snapping.
• Removed scene bar above whiteboard.
• Removed exporting whiteboard image. Can result in multi-gigabyte PNGs.
• Removed "Hidden" state of Beats. Beats are now only Enabled and Disabled.
• Removed graphics shown when hovering on flow lines.
• Removed running man icon in whiteboard. We always synchronize views.

3.2.62 (Release)

BUG FIXES

• Fixed measurements were updated before view mode was changed, causing layout bleed between modes.
• Fixed crash while importing Final Draft with specific configuration of dual dialogue.

3.2.61 (Release)

BUG FIXES

• Windows compiler update did not include proper Microsoft libraries. Warnings inserted into code for the future.

3.2.60 (Release)

BUG FIXES

• Windows compiler update did not include proper Microsoft libraries. Warnings inserted into code for the future.

4.0.10 (Alpha)

Bug Fixes

• Crash when clicking expand/collapse all folders in Research.
• Paragraph styles weren't saved.
• Empty character names were detected as "Untitled" characters
• Research beats didn't locate beats in whiteboard/script when clicked.
• Spell check color didn't update when switching between day/night mode.
• New Character… should be at the beginning of menus.
• Could no longer create Character Groups in Timeline or Research.
• Whiteboard would jump when using other monitors
• Full screen windows would lose title bars on MS Windows.
• Crash on window dock.
• When in research you could no longer double click on a research item to open the beat or character editors.
• Double clicking on a .cau file in Finder opened Causality, but didn't actually open the document.
• Paragraph style changes weren't saved.
• Crash when clicking expand/collapse all folders in Research.

Improvements

• Emotion curves now default to Medium Height
• Removed full screen button in standalone windows for Script, Whiteboard.

4.0.9 (Alpha)

Causality 4.0 is the culmination of several years of rewrites. The app is now in super shape, and ready for the future, and we apologize for the slow release schedule.

New Features

• Emotion Tracking:
  • Assign emotional changes to Tags on each Beat.
  • Draws graphs of emotional movement in timeline.
  • Manually or automatically add tension to beats.
  • View overall story tension in a Heat Map.
  • Set targets on emotions and "write backwards" from targets.
• Tag Categories.
• Emotion Tracks / Tag Tracks.
• Popup tag inspector / emotion editor.
• Research area is now a separate window and button.
• Apple Silicon version.
• Next/Previous Beat buttons and keyboard shortcuts.

Improvements

• Significantly rebuilt engine in preparation for sync/collaboration.
• Significant performance increase across entire app.
• Fade script menus in and out.
• Overhauled styling and colors.
• Made all beats same width in whiteboard.
• Better vertical flow lines.
• Save and restore script and whiteboard positions when closing/reopening documents.
• New fluid animation algorithms in all areas.
• Better mouse/keyboard-blocking of areas behind dialogs and menus.
• Automatically close splash screen.
• Updated Mac application icon.
• Overhauled drag and drop in whiteboard.
• Fluid edge scrolling in all areas.
• Explanation dialogs when dropping Beats/Groups/Blocks in incorrect places.
• Fixed Production Locations showing in reading view.
• Alternating row tint in whiteboard.
• Continuous, animated page scrolling in script using keyboard.
• Overhauled script filtering.
• Simplified whiteboard tool area.
• Automatically update detection words when character name is edited in Character Settings.
• Improved tooltips.

Removed

• Removed character canvas.
• Removed block overviews and lane overviews.
• Removed permanent inspector on right side of screen.
• Removed readability curves.
• Removed whiteboard grid snapping.
• Removed scene bar above whiteboard.
• Removed exporting whiteboard image. Can result in multi-gigabyte PNGs.
• Removed "Hidden" state of Beats. Beats are now only Enabled and Disabled.
• Removed graphics shown when hovering on flow lines.
• Removed running man icon in whiteboard. We always synchronize views.

4.0.10 (Alpha)

Bug Fixes

• Crash when clicking expand/collapse all folders in Research.
• Paragraph styles weren't saved.
• Empty character names were detected as "Untitled" characters
• Research beats didn't locate beats in whiteboard/script when clicked.
• Spell check color didn't update when switching between day/night mode.
• New Character… should be at the beginning of menus.
• Could no longer create Character Groups in Timeline or Research.
• Whiteboard would jump when using other monitors
• Full screen windows would lose title bars on MS Windows.
• Crash on window dock.
• When in research you could no longer double click on a research item to open the beat or character editors.
• Double clicking on a .cau file in Finder opened Causality, but didn't actually open the document.
• Paragraph style changes weren't saved.
• Crash when clicking expand/collapse all folders in Research.

Improvements

• Emotion curves now default to Medium Height
• Removed full screen button in standalone windows for Script, Whiteboard.

4.0.9 (Alpha)

Causality 4.0 is the culmination of several years of rewrites. The app is now in super shape, and ready for the future, and we apologize for the slow release schedule.

New Features

• Emotion Tracking:
  • Assign emotional changes to Tags on each Beat.
  • Draws graphs of emotional movement in timeline.
  • Manually or automatically add tension to beats.
  • View overall story tension in a Heat Map.
  • Set targets on emotions and "write backwards" from targets.
• Tag Categories.
• Emotion Tracks / Tag Tracks.
• Popup tag inspector / emotion editor.
• Research area is now a separate window and button.
• Apple Silicon version.
• Next/Previous Beat buttons and keyboard shortcuts.

Improvements

• Significantly rebuilt engine in preparation for sync/collaboration.
• Significant performance increase across entire app.
• Fade script menus in and out.
• Overhauled styling and colors.
• Made all beats same width in whiteboard.
• Better vertical flow lines.
• Save and restore script and whiteboard positions when closing/reopening documents.
• New fluid animation algorithms in all areas.
• Better mouse/keyboard-blocking of areas behind dialogs and menus.
• Automatically close splash screen.
• Updated Mac application icon.
• Overhauled drag and drop in whiteboard.
• Fluid edge scrolling in all areas.
• Explanation dialogs when dropping Beats/Groups/Blocks in incorrect places.
• Fixed Production Locations showing in reading view.
• Alternating row tint in whiteboard.
• Continuous, animated page scrolling in script using keyboard.
• Overhauled script filtering.
• Simplified whiteboard tool area.
• Automatically update detection words when character name is edited in Character Settings.
• Improved tooltips.

Removed

• Removed character canvas.
• Removed block overviews and lane overviews.
• Removed permanent inspector on right side of screen.
• Removed readability curves.
• Removed whiteboard grid snapping.
• Removed scene bar above whiteboard.
• Removed exporting whiteboard image. Can result in multi-gigabyte PNGs.
• Removed "Hidden" state of Beats. Beats are now only Enabled and Disabled.
• Removed graphics shown when hovering on flow lines.
• Removed running man icon in whiteboard. We always synchronize views.

3.2.62 (Release)

BUG FIXES

• Fixed measurements were updated before view mode was changed, causing layout bleed between modes.
• Fixed crash while importing Final Draft with specific configuration of dual dialogue.

3.2.59 (Release)

BUG FIXES

• Fixed bold/italic/underline/color not being persisted when applied to whole paragraphs.

4.0.10 (Alpha)

Bug Fixes

• Crash when clicking expand/collapse all folders in Research.
• Paragraph styles weren't saved.
• Empty character names were detected as "Untitled" characters
• Research beats didn't locate beats in whiteboard/script when clicked.
• Spell check color didn't update when switching between day/night mode.
• New Character… should be at the beginning of menus.
• Could no longer create Character Groups in Timeline or Research.
• Whiteboard would jump when using other monitors
• Full screen windows would lose title bars on MS Windows.
• Crash on window dock.
• When in research you could no longer double click on a research item to open the beat or character editors.
• Double clicking on a .cau file in Finder opened Causality, but didn't actually open the document.
• Paragraph style changes weren't saved.
• Crash when clicking expand/collapse all folders in Research.

Improvements

• Emotion curves now default to Medium Height
• Removed full screen button in standalone windows for Script, Whiteboard.

4.0.9 (Alpha)

Causality 4.0 is the culmination of several years of rewrites. The app is now in super shape, and ready for the future, and we apologize for the slow release schedule.

New Features

• Emotion Tracking:
  • Assign emotional changes to Tags on each Beat.
  • Draws graphs of emotional movement in timeline.
  • Manually or automatically add tension to beats.
  • View overall story tension in a Heat Map.
  • Set targets on emotions and "write backwards" from targets.
• Tag Categories.
• Emotion Tracks / Tag Tracks.
• Popup tag inspector / emotion editor.
• Research area is now a separate window and button.
• Apple Silicon version.
• Next/Previous Beat buttons and keyboard shortcuts.

Improvements

• Significantly rebuilt engine in preparation for sync/collaboration.
• Significant performance increase across entire app.
• Fade script menus in and out.
• Overhauled styling and colors.
• Made all beats same width in whiteboard.
• Better vertical flow lines.
• Save and restore script and whiteboard positions when closing/reopening documents.
• New fluid animation algorithms in all areas.
• Better mouse/keyboard-blocking of areas behind dialogs and menus.
• Automatically close splash screen.
• Updated Mac application icon.
• Overhauled drag and drop in whiteboard.
• Fluid edge scrolling in all areas.
• Explanation dialogs when dropping Beats/Groups/Blocks in incorrect places.
• Fixed Production Locations showing in reading view.
• Alternating row tint in whiteboard.
• Continuous, animated page scrolling in script using keyboard.
• Overhauled script filtering.
• Simplified whiteboard tool area.
• Automatically update detection words when character name is edited in Character Settings.
• Improved tooltips.

Removed

• Removed character canvas.
• Removed block overviews and lane overviews.
• Removed permanent inspector on right side of screen.
• Removed readability curves.
• Removed whiteboard grid snapping.
• Removed scene bar above whiteboard.
• Removed exporting whiteboard image. Can result in multi-gigabyte PNGs.
• Removed "Hidden" state of Beats. Beats are now only Enabled and Disabled.
• Removed graphics shown when hovering on flow lines.
• Removed running man icon in whiteboard. We always synchronize views.