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iT2D 2009 (1.4) - What am I missing here? Maybe do something like how our company (my main job) works - we employ a number of customers on a Q... read more 07/17/2010 (4:49 pm)
Clarification on playing Music and Sounds Hi Marc, Thanks again for your reply here. I've gone and ordered myself a nice shiny Macbook,... read more 06/03/2010 (9:57 am)
Clarification on playing Music and Sounds Hello Marc, Thanks for the reply. It's as i thought, i'll have to trust it all until i port it... read more 06/02/2010 (2:47 pm)
1.7.5 Mouse click bug Hello, I find also that on my laptop everything is out of alignment, to click on a button i have ... read more 05/01/2010 (8:38 am)
Particle Editor - where is it to be found? Hello, Many thanks for all of your replies. I am happy to report i have something (need to spe... read more 03/20/2010 (8:11 am)
Particle Editor - where is it to be found? Hi Stefan, There is a roll-out pane, i can see the example particle effects that i have copied fr... read more 03/19/2010 (6:07 am)
AI in TGB, General question Ok i've had a good read through the aStar documentation and gone through the tutorial. It seems t... read more 03/04/2010 (1:25 pm)
AI in TGB, General question Hi Giuseppe, Thanks so much, you've told me exactly where i'd seen the A* before. Shame on me ... read more 03/03/2010 (1:18 pm)
AI in TGB, General question Hello Phillip, First thanks for your prompt reply, it must still be quite early in Oz, and i trus... read more 03/03/2010 (12:20 pm)
Starting in Fullscreen mode - advice please @William, Thanks for the reply. I did indeed try this a bit earlier but didn't want to touch th... read more 10/06/2009 (6:26 pm)
List of TGB developers - Please Add Your Name Colin Richardson Programmer/Scripter (maker of cups of tea) ... read more 08/09/2009 (3:11 pm)
GuiWindowCtrl - how to bring to front when selected [Answered] Rene, Yes it's worked perfect and has saved many headaches :) I've now since then also got my ... read more 08/07/2009 (5:26 am)
Accessing a Datablock property [Answered] Greg, Now there's my answers, that's excellent of you. I shall go away today and give those co... read more 08/07/2009 (1:31 am)
getWord.word Rennie, Think of getWord as: [b]getWord(string to read, number of word to return)[/b] So in... read more 08/06/2009 (2:53 pm)
Accessing a Datablock property [Answered] Hi Drethon, I did have a think about that, as the list of names will be pulled in from either an ... read more 08/06/2009 (12:45 pm)
Accessing a Datablock property [Answered] Hi Novack, eval() is a new one on me, it's not in the documentation, however it doesn't seem to w... read more 08/06/2009 (11:36 am)
GUIScore and Time Tutorial Hello, I've not looked at that GUI tutorial at all so i can't help with too much. However you ar... read more 08/04/2009 (3:58 pm)
GUI control hierarchy - confused [Answered] Hi Orion, Thanks for this, now i understand. Basically as the GUIControls are SimGroups all are ... read more 08/04/2009 (3:50 pm)
GuiWindowCtrl - how to bring to front when selected [Answered] Hello Rene, I made the changes you suggested, it actually means less code so that's a plus, and m... read more 08/04/2009 (5:12 am)
GuiWindowCtrl - how to bring to front when selected [Answered] Edit: Just seen your reply with the answers that i was asking. Ok just to i have this straight... read more 08/03/2009 (4:11 pm)
Best method for storing Data [quote]Use the database, the other options will ruin you. [/quote] I have to say that's made me s... read more 08/03/2009 (3:59 pm)
GuiWindowCtrl - how to bring to front when selected [Answered] Hello, Thanks for the answer Rene. That doesn't work for me as each GuiWindowCtrl is pushed ... read more 08/03/2009 (3:58 pm)
Best method for storing Data Thoughts... too! Thanks for the reply. I'm thinking about SQLite as well at the moment, just w... read more 08/03/2009 (2:02 pm)
Showing GUI on the fly multiple times - question [Answered] Solved :) Thank the gods (as spoken in Battlestar Galatica). It was me being daft, and now tha... read more 08/02/2009 (9:04 am)
Showing GUI on the fly multiple times - question [Answered] Hello, Ok i still can't understand what i'm doing wrong, so i've stepped back a bit and made thin... read more 08/02/2009 (5:25 am)
unable to see toolbar in vista for TGB Pro 1.7.4 I have the exact same issue, when i switched to D3D they went away, it's because the ATI drivers are... read more 08/02/2009 (4:14 am)
Showing GUI on the fly multiple times - question [Answered] Morning Orion, Wow, that reads so easily and looks like it's going to do the trick. I have strugg... read more 08/01/2009 (4:34 am)
Showing GUI on the fly multiple times - question [Answered] Ted, Thanks for your help, we're getting there :) First using script, i just copy my gui into ... read more 07/31/2009 (2:26 pm)
Showing GUI on the fly multiple times - question [Answered] Hello Ted, Thanks for the pointers. I presume you're telling me that i will have to script it ... read more 07/31/2009 (7:50 am)
Better suggestions for animating a 'walking' character sprite Hello, Many thanks for these replies. The sprite i have has 12 frames and what i do them is to... read more 07/17/2009 (2:50 pm)
Why Do Tutorials? WHEN YOU CAN DO A BAD JOB WITHOUT THEM! [quote]I feel that I've learned more from fixing CRAPPY Tutorials than from actually learning the le... read more 07/16/2009 (1:12 pm)
Border around GuiMLTextCtrl object [Answered] Hello Orion, Many thanks for the tip on removing the GUI, it works a treat for it and all child c... read more 07/08/2009 (1:36 am)
Border around GuiMLTextCtrl object [Answered] Another case of me finding it just after i gave up and wrote a thread. If i add [b]border = 0;[/b... read more 07/07/2009 (3:59 pm)
Chat window in TGB? Ok i did some research and it looks like i can use the ChatHUD.cs and .gui from TGE. Shouldn't ta... read more 07/02/2009 (3:13 pm)
Fix a sprite to a screen position for a health bar Hello, Thanks for the explanation. I did get it working as i updated the behaviour to include ... read more 07/02/2009 (3:53 am)
Fix a sprite to a screen position for a health bar Hello, Thanks for your reply. If i add a new scene then the issue then is the behaviour can't ... read more 07/01/2009 (3:26 pm)
Pre-order Shirts! I thought i'd join in the fun so i sent an email also. Fingers crossed as the post here in my par... read more 06/26/2009 (12:54 pm)
PSK Basic Tutorial, Drill not wanting to play...[Solved] Philip has solved this one. Inside the Datablocks.cs (found in the game\gamescripts folder) the b... read more 06/23/2009 (2:22 am)
PSK Basic Tutorial, Drill not wanting to play...[Solved] Hi Philip, Yep the Drill makes a sound, plays it's little annimation and sits there. I have se... read more 06/23/2009 (12:48 am)
Is there a Between Command? And a way of doing Macros? Hi Oliver, Thanks for the reply. I have now made myself a between function, just makes reading l... read more 12/06/2006 (3:52 pm)
Is there a Between Command? And a way of doing Macros? Hi Oliver, Thanks for the reply. I have now made myself a between function, just makes reading l... read more 12/06/2006 (2:59 pm)
Swapping out Parts of a String Hi Tom, Cheers for that, i didn't know that the new TGB Reference was released, so i'll have to f... read more 12/02/2006 (1:31 pm)
Issue with using onCollision Event and reading the %srcObj.name @ Ben & Thomas Thanks Chaps. I've not had time (been away working) to check this all out but n... read more 11/21/2006 (11:38 am)
Tiles with Actions to call Hi Apurva, Thanks for your reply. I have looked into Triggers as it means if the player jumps in... read more 11/17/2006 (5:30 am)
Issue with using onCollision Event and reading the %srcObj.name Hi Ben, Yes Gary's solution did work, but your answer also helped me understand the dump() comman... read more 11/13/2006 (4:46 pm)
Issue with using onCollision Event and reading the %srcObj.name @Gary Cheers again, that works a treat! @Ben Thanks also for your reply. The %srcObj.get... read more 11/13/2006 (8:54 am)
How to delete Static Sprites Hi Ben, Thanks for that. But is there not a doc that lists all of this? I was kind of hoping ... read more 11/13/2006 (1:53 am)
How to delete Static Sprites Hi Gary, Thanks very much, that worked a treat. I can't find that Method anywhere in the docs ... read more 11/12/2006 (2:39 pm)
Platform Demo in 100 lines or so Hi Tom, Thanks for the reply. I can see the TGB private forums and so i'll start to trawl thro... read more 11/09/2006 (2:44 pm)