—, good catch! I only have this issue on my laptop when I have multiple monitors attached. I guess I have never tested for the issue when the laptop was on its own.

So that narrows the issue down to the multi-monitor driver. Do mind if I ask what version of Windows, and what video card you're running?

Thanks!

Ashley, any ideas?

In any project on my Windows 8.1 laptop, when I select an option that requires a pop-up window (object selector, color selector, etc.), the pop-up window always gets spawned in the center of the screen. The pop-up window positions aren't even being set within a session. For instance, in the sprite editor, if I move the color selector pop-up window, then select image points, then go back to color selector, it still spawns in the center.

Example: Pop-Up Window Issue Example

This is using C2 V168, but it happens with older versions too.

I have tried everything i can think of, including:

• reset dialogs
• uninstall and re-install C2
• uninstall C2, clean all references to C2 off of the hard drive (including AppData) and in the registry, then re-install C2
• Uninstall all applications installed on the laptop since the issue started

Nothing helps. I know this is not a C2 issue, because it works fine on other PCs. I was just wondering if anyone has any insight into registry setting--or whatever is causing this--which I can look at to resolve the issue.

I'm sure that the pop-up window spawn location is set somewhere in the registry, and I'm thinking the key is either corrupt or somehow got set to read-only, but I can't figure out where to look.

Any and all suggestions are welcome.

Thanks!

You should never hard code UIDs or IIDs. You don't want to rely on the random chance that they will be the same between sessions.

blackhornet 's solution is the best, in my opinion.

nutcase84, i'm glad i could help!

nutcase84, try this: modified_projectbreadfish.capx

I modified some of your events and added some. i also added the Pin behavior to some of the window elements.

The problem is that you weren't differentiating between objects, so when you tried to delete a specific window object, it deleted all window objects. I used the existing windowID to connect all of the window elements to a specific window.

I hope this helps!

Dasat, no, I only got about half way through that project when I had to quit working on it and start working on something else. I still have that project on the back burner though.

+1

Perhaps instead of a drop down listing the buttons available, the plugin should have an input box for the button ID, i.e. 0=Left; 1=Right, etc. This would lend itself to mice with more than 5 buttons.

I suspect a lot of this OS controversy is related to personal experience. I have been running Windows 7 at home, and Windows 8/8.1 at work, since they were released, and have never had any performance, application, or accessibility issues with either one. I use a large variety of applications, including older and newer games (only at home, of course ).

That being said, I have a friend who has never not had an issue with any release of Windows. I can't pinpoint the differences in our environments that would give us such widely different experiences with the same OSes, but something is causing him to have such a bad experience.

I have also worked in large corporate IT environments for most of my career, and have seem the same range of experiences with users, where some have no issues at all, and some have horrible experiences, and this is in an extremely homogeneous environment where everyone is running the same base hardware and application set.

Arguing about which OS is better or worse based on personal experience has to be tempered with the fact that we all run in different environments, and no one's experience will ever be the same as someone else's, no matter what OS you're running.

I would use Linux for everything, if i could, but Linux isn't perfect. Neither is Windows (XP, 7, 8) or OSX. CPM was perfect though. No viruses!

The fact is that people do still run on XP, and if you want to make as much money as possible, you need to be able to offer games to those users. These arguments shouldn't be about who runs what OS and which one is best. It should be about how we can best support the user base that's out there.

I've never played WoW. Is that really what the HUD looks like, or is that an extreme example? I think I would have an aneurysm if i had to play like that.

Nice game. It kept my interest a lot longer than a lot of the other puzzle games out there, which is saying a lot.

Being one of the 3%, i was able to play the game today. The graphics are nice, motion is smooth. Some instructions at the beginning would be nice. I'm really not sure how to clear the double blocks, and there's no chance at the beginning to play around with the controls.

Nice looking game though!