I agree <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" title="Smile" />. If you're already spending that much you may as well go all the way.

Hope the new computer works out well.

Honestly, the 8800GT is basically THE best GPU price/performance wise at the moment. If you can afford it, I would definitely pick one up.

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ is generally better price/performance than the X2 6000 (roughly 40~% price increase for 10~% performance increase) as far as CPUs go.

Also, do check how generic RAM compares to the 'Crucial' brand price wise. I have always used generic RAM and have never had a problem. (Every benchmark I've ever seen only shows 'high performance' RAM beating generic by 2 - 3~% at most.)

Beside that however, if you can afford the parts you've already listed, I'd say go for it. Would be a top machine.

I think I may just be having a mind blank, but I can't for the life of me work out how to get the parameter values of my Function I'm working on.

Eg. Function.Atan2(1,2)

I know the parameters are there, using Function.NumParams results in '2'. But I just can't seem to figure out how to get to them.

Excuse the foolishness, and thanks in advance for your reply. <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_biggrin.gif" alt=":D" title="Very Happy" />

EDIT: I think its more a matter of not knowing how to use Function.Param. Thanks again.

Note if you want a 3D box with private variables before 0.84 you can get it off the CVS, you'll need to download both 3DBox.csx and the one under Runtime.

Hmm, I seem to be getting an error with the new 3DBox object. I will test further, but it seems that whenever I am altering a 3dbox private variable through an event it causes the application to crash.

Is anyone else able to replicate this?

EDIT: I tried dumbing it down, just to be sure. Even something as simple as "Set 'X' to 1" is causing a crash.

Note if you want a 3D box with private variables before 0.84 you can get it off the CVS, you'll need to download both 3DBox.csx and the one under Runtime.

Awesome, thanks for the speedy update <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_biggrin.gif" alt=":D" title="Very Happy">.

Makes you wonder what it could be if it was working fine on a previous install.

My only guess is maybe check to make sure your video card drivers are up to date.

Actually... if it at all possible, install one of the old beta versions of Construct that you know worked on your last install, and check if it indeed does work. If it does, then the problem is in Construct. If it doesn't, well, I'll leave what that means up to your interpretation <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_lol.gif" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing" />.

EDIT: Unless of course you mean you did an OS reinstall between your original post and your latest one. If so, ignore me <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" title="Smile" />.

Just in regards to whether it is a bug or not. It seems as though, whether by design or not, using the 'Compare' condition under the system object to compare two values doesn't allow for an action relative to a specific object.

In other words, if there are multiple instances of an object, and you wish to compare say, their UID, or their X position, using the 'Compare' condition will only ever return said values for the first instance of that object. (Or at least, my testing leads me to believe this is true)

I got it to work, without using UIDs though.

I'm unsure whether this solution is helpful to you at all (not sure where exactly you intend to take this), but regardless.

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EDIT: I had another look. Try this one, it uses UIDs and should be what you're after. <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" title="Smile">

http://www.fileshack.us/get_file.php?id ... arrow2.cap

Does saving the .cap, closing construct and opening it again display a 3D box properly?

Not for me either. Re-opening the file causes the black screen to occur again.

Its like the initial render for the 3DBox is bugged. If I change my resolution\refresh rate\colour depth (as mentioned in my previous post) to something then change it back (to 'fix', well... work around the issue) then any 3DBoxes placed thereafter appear 100% fine (that is, until I save and re-open the file, then its black screen again).

Also, just on the subject on 3DBoxes. I noticed that although you can add Private Variables to them, there is no way to actually utilize those private variables in the Event Manager. At least that I am aware of. Is this functionality a possibility in the future? It would open up quite a few doors for me <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" title="Smile" />.

First things first, this program has some amazing potential. I only heard of it yesterday and damn am I impressed. Anyways, on the matter at hand. <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" title="Smile" />

I had this issue, and went searching. Turned out there was a Construct folder in Application Data, but not a Scirra folder. I at first figured that the Scirra folder name must have been used in an older version of the program, and the Construct folder has replaced it at some point (functionality wise). I almost shrugged it off, but decided to create a Scirra folder just to be sure. BAM, worked straight away. It would seem that the program has tried to place the Temp.exe in here only to find that the folder doesn't even exist.

Not sure whether this is the same for everyone, but at least give it a go.

Short Version: Create a Scirra folder in your Application Data.

As far as I can tell, the black screen goes away as soon as you change any video setting. Resolution, Color Depth, Refresh rate all remove the 'black screen' (Even if you change them back immediately). However (in my case), when doing this the 3D boxes that were placed are only shown as a grey square, and aren't rendered properly in the editor.

I must note, however, that this is only within the editor. If I run the game even when the editor has the black screen, the 3D boxes will appear correctly.

Note: My video card is an Nvidia 8800 GTX. Latest drivers.