After dling the goodies(250mb) in the 3dgs website, everytime i try to run a demo level made by someone else, and from one of the demo levels, it always says

<INCLUDE ^message.wdl>;>
ADEPT2.WDL 22:2 Error(26) Can't open message.wdl
<INCLUDE ^menu.wdl>;>
ADEPT2.WDL 22:2 Error(26) Can't open menu.wdl
<INCLUDE ^particle.wdl>;>
ADEPT2.WDL 22:2 Error(26) Can't open particle.wdl

This happens everytime, even when i try to run future.wmp used to go through the tutorial.... plz help! I just reinstalled my 3dgs and everything unaltered but the problem still remain

a) Check the path set in the main wdl file of the level
or b) copy the template scripts into the same folder where you're level is and you should be fine

Which edition and version are you using by the way?

For the update to 6.4. The new templates are downloaded separately, but after unzipping the actually update (15mb), how do u apply the 3mb new template folder, do u delete the old templete_6 folder? paste it inside the old template_6 folder...or what? BTW, does the update work if im updating it from version 6.11?

also, after replacing all my old templates with new ones, i found out that tech demo no longer worked. The error message is horribly long, here's a section of it:

<create(gelb.pcx>,MY_POS,gelb_fligt)>
tlight.wdl 400:0 Error(269): Syntax Error-

<create(elf.mdl>,temp,my_elf)>
tlight.wdl 400:0 Error(269): Syntax Error-

<play_entsound(my,sndRoomPTorn0,1000)>
tpart.wdl 492:0 Error: Bad or missing parameter unknown function

plz help

Are you sure you replaced your old ones with the new ones?
Caus these syntax stuff looks like A5 or even prior.
(create is ent_create, play_entsound is ent_playsound ...)

To update from 6.11 to the latest version:
Download the 6.31 update first (at the very bottom of the download page), install it, then download the 6.40 update and install it aswell.

I don't use the templates and have no idea.
If you have a templates related question please post it over in the Templates forum.

Of course you don't need to install the 6.31 update before. Installing 6.40 is just fine and will update your A5 templates and techdemo to the latest version.

Your error messages indicate that you've tampered with the A5 templates, f.i. copied old template files from the template folder into one of your game folders. This, of course, can not be fixed by an update.

so how should i use/put the new template, replace the old template folder? delete old template folder?

Depends on which folder you want to fix. You should better not have several copies of the template folder. Better copy the folders of the game demos that you want to run into your gstudio6 folder.

i mean the new 6.4 template update download, where do i put the material in the update download to update my templates

When attempting to run the techdemo in version 6.40, I get a syntax error at line 400 in tlight.wdl.

This is the line: create(<gelb.pcx>, MY_POS, gelb_fligt);

In the "New Features" doc for 6.40 it says: "The following A4 keywords are not recognized anymore by the engine: SYNONYM, SWITCH_VIDEO, CREATE, MORPH, ROTATE, REMOVE, PLAY_SOUND, PLAY_LOOP, STOP_SOUND, PLAY_ENTSOUND, TUNE_SOUND, SHOOT, TOUCH, SEND, NOP."

Does that mean that the techdemo scripts have to be re-written for 6.40 before they will execute?