Hi!

While testing I noticed that Window XP and Vista have programs running on a higher level than my game.
The web camera (in Vista )is available and it's menu is on top of my game even if I'm in fullscreen mode.
It's not visible at the beginning, but if the mouse cursor touches the sides of the screen
(which it's not supposed to do) then the cam menu becomes visible.
Is there a way to stop this. We can't tell the customer to close all window application before starting the game.

I've include below the code that brings up the cam menu (Vista).
Just make a level with standard texture and place an entity (car) to test.

As for the arrow pointer ...starting the game with video_mode seems to have corrected the problem ...still testing.

Code:
//Can you reproduce problem with this code
// In windows ...place cam menu in the middle of screen at the top
// Drive forward and turn as fast as possible and get the cam menu
///////////////////////////////
#include <acknex.h>
#include <default.c>

#define PRAGMA_PATH "..\\Models";

ENTITY* car;
VECTOR* vec_tempmi= {x=0;y=0;z=0;} 
short _bouge_o_n = 0; // used for evaluation in another function 

action my_car()
{
	car = my;
	wait (2);
	
	while (1)
	{	
		// move the car using relative_speed  
		//------------------------------------------------
		_bouge_o_n = c_move (my,vector(10 * (key_force.y) * time_step, 10 * (-key_force.x) * time_step, 0),
		nullvector, IGNORE_MAPS | ACTIVATE_TRIGGER | IGNORE_CONTENT | USE_BOX | GLIDE  | IGNORE_PASSABLE); //

		//------------------------------------------------
		// move the car with mouse left and right
		if (mouse_left) {_bouge_o_n = c_move (my, vector(15*time_step, 0, 0), nullvector, GLIDE);}
		if (mouse_right) {_bouge_o_n = c_move (my, vector(-15*time_step, 0, 0), nullvector, GLIDE);}
		//----------------------
		vec_set(camera.x,vector(my.x,my.y,my.z+30)); //place camera in first person mode 
		my.z = 8;// hold the car at same position on floor
		//----------------------
		// rotate the camera and the car around 
		my.pan -= 15 * mouse_force.x * time_step; 
		vec_diff(vec_tempmi,my.pan,camera.pan);
		c_rotate (my,vec_tempmi ,  IGNORE_PASSABLE | USE_AXISR  ); 

		vec_set (camera.pan, my.pan );// the camera and the car have the same pan angle
		
		wait (1);
	}
}

function main()
{	
	video_mode = 7; // start resolution 800 x 600
	video_screen = 1; // start in fullscreen mode 	
	video_depth = 32; // 32 bit mode
	// Starting with video_mode is now better
	// The pointer was visible more often when starting the game with the following line
	//	video_set(800,600,32,1);  
	wait(1);
	level_load ("homework18.wmb");
	wait (2);
	mouse_mode = 0;
	mouse_pointer = 0;

}


Thanks for looking into this.
Writing the problem is a way of finding the solution wink

Ottawa