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Foldalake
Registered
25/01/2005
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6
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5th June, 2005 at 08:14:21 -
Is there anyone who knows whether the 1.06 update for TGF is the newest one? I've had 1.06 for years and yet it's the only one avaliable for download on the Clickteam site.
There are just so many things that 1.06 can't handle, like one of the most useful features - groups. I have four different badguys and they're all in the Group.Enemies, but still TGF only reacts on one of them. For example if I want to check whether "Object A" overlaps a Group.Enemy it only says "True" if Enemy#2 is overlapped, but it doesn't notice the overlap for Enemy#1,3,4... That's crappy.
TGF can't check for a specific (copy of a given) object being in a certain zone, it can only scan the zone and check how many copies of the object is in there, and not even that is possible to do in a good way. There isn't a "Set counter to "number of 'Object#1' in zone XYXY"" action. Instead you have to do it this way: "If the number of objects in zone XYXY = 1, set counter to 1" and so on. That sucks.
And why on earth can you only make 16 color icons for your games? Why can't you keep midi-music playing when you jump between levels? Why isn't mp3 supported? Why do TGF (and MMF) games run terribly slow on XP?
...and so on and so on... I've got tons of little extremely useful things that wouldn't be hard at all to implement, but yet they are missing in TGF. So, is there a more recent update somewhere? If there isn't, what do I do? I'll be very happy for tips of all kinds! =
"Oh man, this is long. Could you read it to me?"
-Homer, S13 episode 16
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Destroyer (CrobaSoft)
Registered
10/10/2004
Points
1106
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5th June, 2005 at 08:22:50 -
Yes there is a newer version of TGF, you can get it here
http://www.clickteam.com/English/multimedia_fusion.htm
Visit www.crobasoft.com or you're a Noob.
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Foldalake
Registered
25/01/2005
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6
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5th June, 2005 at 08:54:34 -
No, that's not what I meant. I'm not talking about MMF here. I'm looking for an update of TGF that's newer than the 1.06 version. Is there any? Thanks anyway!
"Oh man, this is long. Could you read it to me?"
-Homer, S13 episode 16
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Willy C
Registered
14/02/2004
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1524
         
 
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5th June, 2005 at 09:01:35 -
theres tons of extensions, every extension is sort of an update! Other then that, I dont think there is any new update for TGF if there isnt metioned at clickteam.com
http://www.robocaptain.com
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Tigerworks
Klik Legend
Registered
15/01/2002
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3882
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5th June, 2005 at 09:33:01 -
Clickteam don't update TGF any more. It was released some time around 1995-1996 and since then, Clickteam have moved on to Multimedia Fusion, the next generation version of the product. You really should upgrade to MMF if you want to make use of the latest technologies like Directshow and also benefit from regular patches and bug fixes.
CT don't update TGF in the same way Microsoft don't update Windows 3.1 any more. The older stuff becomes obsolete and unsupported. And CT is a small company who don't have the resources to keep both TGF and MMF alive.
- Tigerworks
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Pete Nattress
Cheesy Bits img src/uploads/sccheesegif
Registered
23/09/2002
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4811
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5th June, 2005 at 10:00:55 -
When you bought TGF you would have agreed that it was provided "as is". Clickteam are under no obligation to support it. If you want increased functionality I'd suggest an upgrade to MMF. You can get a discount if you email Jeff with your TGF keycode.
www.thenatflap.co.uk
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AndyUK
Mascot Maniac
Registered
01/08/2002
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14586
 
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5th June, 2005 at 14:22:24 -
You can get midis to continue playing across frames, look in the mci object. (is that the right name?)
groups do work but i don't know how to get them to always work.
for a lot of what you asked there is usually a work around but it is better to get MMF instead.
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DeadmanDines
Best Article Writer
Registered
27/04/2006
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4758
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5th June, 2005 at 16:59:53 -
Depending on the release date, it may be best to wait until the new MMF comes out. I've heard it's a little more like TGF was.
191 / 9999 * 7 + 191 * 7
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Knudde (Shab)
Administrator
Crazy?
Registered
31/01/2003
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5125
   
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5th June, 2005 at 17:02:37 -
Yeah, I'm waiting for MMF2; till then, I'm gonna stretch TGF for all it's got.
Craps, I'm an old man!
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Kirby Smith
Resident Slacker
Registered
18/05/2003
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479
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6th June, 2005 at 04:06:51 -
Am I the only one that laughed at Destroyer, then laughed even louder at Foldalake for being completely oblivious to being pwn3d?
XBL Gamertag: Rampant Mjolnir
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AndyUK
Mascot Maniac
Registered
01/08/2002
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14586
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6th June, 2005 at 10:10:14 -
not exactly 'pwn3d' i'm afraid.
I think foldalake understood it.
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X_Sheep
I had a custom rating before it was cool
Registered
01/03/2004
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1313
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7th June, 2005 at 03:54:36 -
Version 1.06 is the latest TGF version. Not like it's gonna be changed anyway.
a/n
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Foldalake
Registered
25/01/2005
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6
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8th June, 2005 at 10:04:58 -
Well, I would have been owned if I bought TGF yesterday and didn't know of MMF until now... But the thing is that I've had TGF since it was released and just wanted to know if there were any newer update of it. I'm asking because some of the games I've been working on lately would feel a lot better if some of the stuff i mentioned earlier were implemented in TGF.
But this TGF2 sounds really interesting! Where can I read more about it? Any price set yet? Release?
"Oh man, this is long. Could you read it to me?"
-Homer, S13 episode 16
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Tigerworks
Klik Legend
Registered
15/01/2002
Points
3882
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8th June, 2005 at 12:46:31 -
There's no info on the MMF2 series (MMF2 will come in Standard, Pro, and TGF2 versions). They'll be done when they're done.
Fact of the day: MCI is an obsolete technology from 16 bit Windows 3.1 days, kind of like DirectX's predecessor, supported only for backwards compatibility. Using it is kind of risky as at any point MS could drop support for it.
- Tigerworks
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