Also to be able to edit the icon for existing families would be great as well.

~Sol

Oh lawdy... I lol'd xD

I'm not 100% convinced this would be such a good idea myself, since comments are there for a reason. If I wanted to hide them, I wouldn't have put them there in the first place... having said that, if other people can see a use in it, then why not?

I would suggest something along what deadeye was thinking, like a little icon that appears at the top of the event sheet or something which indicates comments are toggled on/off. I guess while you are at it, you could make one for groups as well?

Also, being able to group comments together and collapse them, would be handy without having to use an actual group. don't know if this is possible, but I could certainly find a use for this if it were a feature.

~Sol

Any chance of uploading your cap, or even a complied exe? I can then check it on my systems and see if there is similar slow-down, then try to find out why it's doing it.

~Sol

In future maybe I can look for a PHPBB mod which will allow people to edit opening posts in the creation forum, that'd be good.

Yeah that would be a great idea... before I was bestowed with "edit anything" abilities... I had several instances where this would have been an incredibly handy option.

Failing that, I'm still more than happy to handle initial post edits for things like game, plugin, and creations threads.

~Sol

17" isn't impossible to move or anything, it's just a little cumbersome if you plan on using more as a mobile computer, but since you specifiy it will be used as a desktop most of the time, you probably won't care

And yes, definately go with the Toshiba... the quality of construction is superior to a lot of other brands, plus the parts they use tend to be more favourable across the board, ranging from speed, quality, and warranty coverage.

Toshi wins the day again!

~Sol

Personally I wouldn't touch Packard Bell, or Acer with a 50 foot barge pole... mind you they are still both 100x better choices than Compaq, Lenovo, or Dell.

I'd be looking to see what's on offer through Alienware, Toshiba, and MSI... though all of those brands probably don't manufacture something in the price range you are looking for.

The Packard Bell sounds like it has some good features for the price, but I'd be concered about the quality of parts, especially for what you are getting for the price... you get what you pay for when it comes to anything, but it rings more true to home when talking about computers.

In all honesty, if you can squeeze the budget a little more, you'd be better off pushing up to the �650-700 mark as you would get an infinately better machine for the extra.

Also 2.3 hours battery life is about average these days, but it depends on what you buy. My MSI EX600 notebook has a battery life of up to 4 hours (core2 2.2ghz, 4gb, 250gb, GeForce 8400) and I bought that over a year ago. Of course this soley depends on turning off things like wireless, and dimming the screen so low you can hardly see it unless it's pitch black in the room. A "realistic" operating time on battery is between 1.5-2.0 hours.

Also, keep in mind, the larger the screen gets, the less of a "laptop" it becomes and more of a "desktop" you end up with. 17" screens on laptops are generally a regreted purchase from my experience when dealing with customers... they always tell me later on that they wish they didn't get one so big, because the laptop is gargantuan and it weighs more... plus things like carry bags cost twice the price of a 15.4".

I guess, as long as you know all of this... you can make an informed descision. All of what I have said, can be summed up as an "opinion", or you can put it down to the last 13 years of experience I have had dealing with this stuff just about everyday. Either way... if you buy a Compaq (officially the WORST brand EVER) I will have to fly over there and strangle you in person!

Good luck!

~Sol

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~Sol

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~Sol

Chances are, it was an invalid texture size or something. I have had similar problems if I try to make a sprite graphic too large. I would suggest if your cap file is 17mb already, then something along these lines is most likely the cause.

Perhaps one of the dev's can shed some more light on the subject?

~Sol

Oh crap... well it's just that when u post game stuff here and release new version etc. you can't tell it on first page... Maybe have it so that admins/mods allow certain members to edit?

If you need a post changed, just PM either deadeye or myself with the cghanges you wish to make, and we will be more than happy to do it for you. Make sure you type your changes in your PM like you would in your post so we can just copy and paste... we don't want to have to decipher your PM in order to figure out what you are wanting to achieve.

Cheers

~Sol

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~Sol