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Dazzle Prodigal Son Posts: 536 Status: Offline Group: Member Member: #5	Apr 25th, 2011 @ 10:56 am Perma-link Okay, so I've just got my hands on the new Game Maker (8.1.71), and the new features are plain awesome. Here's a list (found on the interwebs) The Interwebs Game Maker Standard 8.1 Cost: $39.99 Current Features: No more Softwrap! Changed room editor RIGHT mouse click priorities. Menu for normal, CTRL+RMB for delete You can now RIGHT CLICK an object and EDIT it from within the Room Editor You can now use the mouse wheel to ZOOM in/out in the Room editor. Middle mouse button PANS around the room A customisable background grid has been applied to the room editor. The Image Editor has been updated to use the mouse wheel and middle button for better zooming and panning. You can now PAN around inside the PATH editor using the middle mouse button. You can now change the default background colour for rooms (when no ROOM background has been set) You can now disable background room filling, so you can see the background GRID when no ROOM colour has been set A new and improved NEWs system, bringing together news and tech tips from across the community. New, more secure .EXE encryption. New GML commands such as draw_self() and d3d_light_define_ambient. Some custom YoYo extensions brought into the fold, such as os_type and os_device to aid multiplatform coding. Better 2D and 3D support with a 24bit ZBuffer and faster rendering. Improved code editor features include; Faster rendering* Block TAB’ingBetter accented character supportEasier to use Code Completion support Customisable background colours. Please place your signature here.

Bibby Never change your avatar Posts: 3180 Status: Offline Group: Admin Member: #1	Apr 25th, 2011 @ 12:12 pm Perma-link I should give this a try, because those sound like some nice new features, even if they're not exactly revolutionary. Course clear! You got a card.

Miles Posts: 766 Status: Offline Group: Admin Member: #12	Apr 26th, 2011 @ 11:13 pm Perma-link Changed room editor RIGHT mouse click priorities. Menu for normal, CTRL+RMB for delete I dislike this change. I dislike it to pieces. Everything else seems cool, though - but I'mma stick with 8.0 for a while. edit: I swear I typed 8.0 the first time. Doh. --- Edited by: Miles, Apr 27th, 2011 @ 8:36 am

Dazzle Prodigal Son Posts: 536 Status: Offline Group: Member Member: #5	Apr 27th, 2011 @ 3:10 am Perma-link Miles Changed room editor RIGHT mouse click priorities. Menu for normal, CTRL+RMB for delete I dislike this change. I dislike it to pieces. Everything else seems cool, though - but I'mma stick with 8.1 for a while. Me too, it's really annoying. I'm also sticking with GM 8 (I supposed that's what you meant) for a while. Please place your signature here.

Bibby Never change your avatar Posts: 3180 Status: Offline Group: Admin Member: #1	May 5th, 2011 @ 8:13 am Perma-link I still haven't had much time to spend on GM 8.1, but I'm not sure I like the new room editor either. I wish this update brought us something more revolutionary than a handful of incremental tweaks. Course clear! You got a card.

Dazzle Prodigal Son Posts: 536 Status: Offline Group: Member Member: #5	May 5th, 2011 @ 8:14 am Perma-link Bibby I still haven't had much time to spend on GM 8.1, but I'm not sure I like the new room editor either. I wish this update brought us something more revolutionary than a handful of incremental tweaks. Well, GM8 wasn't such a big improvement over GM7 either, IMO Please place your signature here.

Bibby Never change your avatar Posts: 3180 Status: Offline Group: Admin Member: #1	May 5th, 2011 @ 8:20 am Perma-link That's very true. GM 8 at least offered nominal speed and file-size improvements over GM 7, though. I'm not someone who hates on GM just because it's sometimes cool to bash it, but I wish they'd actually work on things that give non-GM users a reason to switch over, like multiplatform support or better online capabilities. Course clear! You got a card.

Miles Posts: 766 Status: Offline Group: Admin Member: #12	May 5th, 2011 @ 10:05 am Perma-link Dazzle Well, GM8 wasn't such a big improvement over GM7 either, IMO Disagreed, but then again it's just because the set of improvements to the way images work / the image editor (transparency FTW) is a pretty darn big deal to me. Plus that annoying thing when you have a ton of objects, the list goes all screwy is fixed.

Dazzle Prodigal Son Posts: 536 Status: Offline Group: Member Member: #5	May 5th, 2011 @ 10:12 am Perma-link Miles Dazzle Well, GM8 wasn't such a big improvement over GM7 either, IMO Disagreed, but then again it's just because the set of improvements to the way images work / the image editor (transparency FTW) is a pretty darn big deal to me. Plus that annoying thing when you have a ton of objects, the list goes all screwy is fixed. I use GIMP as image editor, but I can imagine that IS a big improvement. Please place your signature here.

Bibby Never change your avatar Posts: 3180 Status: Offline Group: Admin Member: #1	May 5th, 2011 @ 12:23 pm Perma-link GM 8's image editor was an improvement over GM 7's, especially with the alpha effects, although it also took me a little while to get the hang of it. Course clear! You got a card.