News on GameMaker v4.0

[Al Staffieri]

You can view the new screen shots on the GameMaker v4.0 preview page
http://alstaffieri.com/gmpreview.html

[Gan]

:O Whoa...*Crosses fingers in hope of full window resizing and tcp support*


-Gandolf

[Al Staffieri]

:O Whoa...*Crosses fingers in hope of full window resizing and tcp support*

Windows can't be set to any size. There are currently 3 choices:
  640 x 480
  800 x 600
  1024 x 768
I imagine it would be possible for me to let you resize the window to any size.

Oh by the way, as of this writing GameMaker 4 requires at least OS X 10.3 or higher. This could possibly be raised to OS X 10.4 and higher if I have trouble with some things needed for Universal Binary builds. Intel Macs require 10.4 but I think you can set UB builds to run in 10.3  for non intel Macs. I'm not totally sure yet.

[Gnome]

NICE!

Will there be more sprite commands as well, and methods (that would make my life easier, in 14 different ways)

[Tireas Dragon]

14 eh? please I would like to hear them.

[WarHampster]

Looks good... will the window sizes be settable variables or be constant for each project?

[Silverwind]

Wow, great to see some screens. The part on text manipulation sounds particularly interesting. What are the text commands?

[Gnome]

1. I could tell my friends I'm studying "Methodology"
2. The code is much more organized
3. No repeating the same thing over and over again, just recall a method.
4. The Harlem globetrotters can't read Methodology.
5. easier to remember code you haven't opened in months
6. ...I can start making method related "thats what she said" jokes?
7. ...I can sleep peacefully knowing that every sprite has a method they can trust?
8. Chicks dig methods
9. MORE COWBELL
10. I would sound smarter
11. I could learn more advanced code easier becase they use them
12. Methods have great taste, and are less filling then IF SPRITECOLLIDE statements
13. I could make pranks by giving them directions in methods
14.  

[Telstar5]

Along with normal methods, I also want to see these methods in GM 4 too.



Or is that asking too much?

[WarHampster]

lolfail.

[Telstar5]

Or maybe some more morbid methods?



Actually, I prefer other methods.

Boiled...


Fried?


Actually, if there's anyone that knows more about methods....

[Tireas Dragon]

1. I could tell my friends I'm studying "Methodology"
2. The code is much more organized
3. No repeating the same thing over and over again, just recall a method.
4. The Harlem globetrotters can't read Methodology.
5. easier to remember code you haven't opened in months
6. ...I can start making method related "thats what she said" jokes?
7. ...I can sleep peacefully knowing that every sprite has a method they can trust?
8. Chicks dig methods
9. MORE COWBELL
10. I would sound smarter
11. I could learn more advanced code easier becase they use them
12. Methods have great taste, and are less filling then IF SPRITECOLLIDE statements
13. I could make pranks by giving them directions in methods
14.  

maybe there is a 15th
15. You can change loads of code by changing a line of code in a method

[Silverwind]

maybe there is a 15th
15. You can change loads of code by changing a line of code in a method

I believe that was implied in point 9.

Anyways, yes, Al has confirmed that there will be methods in 4.0 a number of times already. I can't wait for 4.0, as methods alone make it possible to make hugely bigger games!

Thanks for not giving up on 4.0 Al, even with our continuous nagging.


The woods will shake,
The rivers dry,
The sleeping be as those awake.

The mountains quake,
The lows be high,
The clouds shall shyly leave the sky.

The truth be fake,
The naught shall know,
The nearing dawn of 4.0.

[Tireas Dragon]

Nice Poem

[GMG Tim]

Looks good-- I didn't see a font selection toolbar, but it'd be nice to be able to add text in any font that's installed on your computer...

Ghost