The new version 7.82.2 is now ready for public beta test.

This version contains further improvements of the level and model editors, socket communication, new libraries, and many new and improved engine functions. The commercial edition now supports bones weights, and the free edition contains WED. You can install version 7.82 as an update to your previous Gamestudio/A7.80 version. About installing and using the new features, please read:

http://manual.conitec.net/newfeatures70.htm

Three reproducible bugs were reported for the previous 7.82 public beta:

- Map Compiler does not run on all PCs -> fixed in 7.82.2 (hopefully)
- c_updatehull sets min/max values for all frames, not only the selected frame -> fixed in 7.82.2
- Terrain lightmaps require nonscaled terrain -> not fixed, this will have to wait for 7.84.

Please test everything carefully and if you find another bug, please report it to the bug forum.

Two further remarks:

- Avira might give you a Trojan warning. We were assured that this will be fixed soon. Until then, just click "Ignore".

- Due to a bug fix, in rare cases collision behavior is different than before. Bounding boxes that could have a wrong size before have now the correct size. This might affect 1% of all levels - for instance, the spotlight demos. If in doubt, press F11 twice and check if your bounding boxes are correct.

Nice Thanks

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Weeeeee.... just in time. Thanks.

Thanks, the updatehull function is working fine here. Was worried that this may not have been fixed for a while. Thanks again.

Thanks for the update!

I had the compile issue also (posts in other 7.82.2 thread), this version does not have that problem with me.

Edit:
After very brief use, I *think* WED is doing a better job of keeping texture coorids (major thorn in my side, would save & close a map only to find textures were misaligned on re-opening) . HUGE props if this is indeed fixed.

This version seems to work fine. Good job.

Regards,
Pegamode.

everything works perfectly. stable release, good speeds (especially with particles, i like that), congrats. im happy.
now if you could just make it that the decals dont show through some walls (still) and that that nasty alpha channel problem gets fixed directly instead of a shader id be even happier

Thanks a lot for the very fast update. c_updatehull works now fine for me.

thanks, i can play around with A7 for a while, i just hope my beloved A6 doesnt get jealous.

http://manual.3dgamestudio.net/beta.htm page says it was released on jan 6, 2009. it should be 2010