didn't get an answer in the other forums so I thought I'd ask
here.

whenever I try to attach the STREAK or BEAM flag to a particle
it shows up behind and to the right of the player instead of the assigned position. I am aware that these flags are not available with isometric cameras, however, I am using a simple FPS camera. this is the code,

vec_set(camera.x,player.x);
vec_set(camera.y,player.y);
vec_set(camera.z,player.z+38);
vec_set(camera.pan,player.pan);
vec_set(camera.tilt,player.tilt);

camera.pan -= 5 * mouse_force.x * time_step;
camera.tilt += 3 * mouse_force.y * time_step;
if(camera.tilt<-20)
{
camera.tilt = -20;
}
if(camera.tilt>40)
{
camera.tilt = 40;
}
player.pan = camera.pan;
player.tilt = camera.tilt;

the version is 7.80 pro edition

if anyone can give me a clue as to what is causing this it would be greatly appreciated.

I know someone can at least give me a clue.

The "Bug Hunt" forum is meant for engine bugs, not for bugs in your own script. You should use the LiteC forum for that. (First one in the list, I think.)

That being said, we need more information than that. You mention a BEAM and a STREAK flag, but you don't call any particles in your script. BEAM and STREAK are for particles only... so where are the particles supposed to show? You said they shouldn't be behind and to the right of the player, but where should they be?
If you answer some of these questions, I'm sure someone will help you. You could also just post the answers to those questions in the LiteC forum.
Good luck...

ANY time the beam or streak flag is called with ANY particle script(including the ones that came with GS) from ANY vector
it does this. and I know VERY well that beam and streak are for particles. it's obvious that I know that as I mentioned I was using it on particles("whenever I try to attach the STREAK or BEAM flag to a particle").
I only showed one small portion of my scripts(the camera portion) in case it was something to do with that.

To be more specific, the Bug Hunt forum is for engine bugs in the latest public update. It's useless reporting bugs in older versions if it may not be there in the latest version.

Update to 7.82.

Jibb

well I just updated the engine and the flags are still doing the same thing. this problem has been getting under my skin for several months now. again I'm sure someone has an idea of some things which could cause this type of problem. remember
ANY particle does this. particles that are called by a generator, particles that are spawned at a hit point, and particles simply spawned from an entities x coordinates.

Post a screen shot, please. I don't understand your problem. You could post a screen how it should look like.

Perhaps I have the same bug.
If you create a particle with the BEAM flag there is a horizontal line from the particle position to the right side of the screen

http://www.imagebanana.com/view/a2hi5cj/shot_0.jpg

I am unable to get a screen shot of it. however I will explain it better. we'll use the particle smoke as an example. the game s a first person shooter. when a level block is shot(using c_trace) it spawns smoke particles(the same particle code that came with GS). it works perfectly, but when the streak or beam flag is set, they do not show up. when running around and shooting sometimes I can see them to the right of the player in a random spot. it does this with anything including a particle generator which spawns flame particles periodicly.

Can you post the part with the Particle (effect....)