Integrating Zappar or 8th Wall into a New PlayCanvas Project (Engine Version Issues)

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Hi all,

I’m trying to integrate Zappar or 8th Wall into a newly created PlayCanvas project, but I’m running into some issues when rebuilding the setup manually.

I’ve added the external scripts, copied over the necessary assets/templates, and followed the integration steps from working forked examples. However, things break when trying to run it in my fresh project.

What I’ve noticed is that:

  • The engine version used in the original forked (working) projects is way older.
  • I cant upgrade the engine version in the forked projects.
  • And I can’t get it working in a new project with the latest engine version either.

Has anyone successfully integrated Zappar or 8th Wall into a newly created PlayCanvas project using the latest engine version (without relying on a fork)?
Any advice or workarounds for making this work in a clean, up-to-date project?

Thanks in advance!

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What problems do you get with the latest version?
I guess somebody will need to adjust the project to work with it, hopefully it does not need many changes.

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This is what happens when opening the 8th wall one:

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And this one is Zappar:

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What about the forks, is it normal to not be able to change the engine after forking?

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You should be able to change engine version after forking, in the Editor settings. I never had issues with this.

But you would likely face the same problem, those projects need to be updated to be compatible with engine 2. Likely not much work.

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I though so too. However I can only change them this way:

New project:
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Forked projects:
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Right underneath your drop-down with those versions, there is a large “Switch to V2” or “Switch to V1” button.

@KPal - maybe it’s not obvious enough it’s a button, considering how wide it is. Consider some visual upgrade here?