Yes, the tool chain is a huge problem for A8.
I love the engine itself, it can do everything I need just fine, and is flexible enough to extend it in many ways. All that is missing is the capability to compile Lite-C to DLL so I can switch to C++ and still use my Lite-C templates as DLL (doing the C++ part as DLL painfully limits the debug possibilities).

But the tool chain is really slowing me down, and there are no real news or pictures or anything more than a percent number concerning the new WED. It's disappointing.

And, Firo, you've been here a long time. Maybe even longer than I have. I am sure you remember how active this forum was, how much time the employees of Conitec spent on the forum answering questions, helping people, and even just messing around. And the development cycle for the betas, even during the slow periods, was fairly swift and active. Now? It's like this place has dried up.

(we are feasting on old memories)

More like starving, if you ask me. To me, it's like looking at a corpse and saying, "Do you remember when this guy used to breathe?"

I would suggest, website needs a facelift. -It's darnright ugly.
Make user accounts - where it keeps a record of who is who and we can re-download bought contents. This provides a base for where users can log onto 3dgs and have a basis of what is going on. Especially updates.

If someone does a clean format, it would be handy to log onto your 3dgs account and with a click, redownload all your contents and be back exactly where you were.

Take a look at Torque3d's website. Professional looking. They take the worry out of lost keys, etc. I can be comforted in knowing that what I paid money for is there for me to use at all times. Log on, redownload.

Once I log on, I can see where my software is at, the updates, what new versions I can upgrade to. It's a chance to sell new patches - updates, sell new tools, etc. If we can incorporate skins, tools which users can submit to 3dgs and which can be uploaded and then downloaded for a fee.

So the community can have a chance to submit new tools, skins, environments.
This provides a steadily growing base of tools and other game making items for developers.

We have a post counter, would be cool to have a downloaded counter, etc.

ps, can we make the submit, preview reply, switch to full reply screen look like they're buttons....

I guess the colour scheme is in step with the german flag...

i know that there are "a lot" of pages for gamestudio resources
but you don't have any site where really all stuff is collected and shared as one
maybe we users can create something like you suggested (but without the key stuff )
but who has time to do this? and the money?

Simply go to "My Stuff -> Edit Preferences -> Your preferred stylesheet" and choose f.i. ubbthreads_stock, I use that for years and I think it looks cool.

Seriously, this Forum is really dead. Used to be that almost
every section had new posts many times per day.

Now Im happy to see some posts from the current day at all.

It is an important fact in life that everything comes to an end.
After such a long time with a new medium which opens such a fine social network... it is like loosing his best kindergarden friend, when the university ends, the job begins and finally he left the street for a new country. (Ask gry) This is harder then loosing his wife after the "rosenkrieg".
But there are other great places... and you only have to stay up.
Don´t waste your time . The grave don´t bring back your love.
Run my brothers to the rising sun, to a new dawn. Peace!
Our time is short till our sons will bring us six feet under.
Hail my brothers. Who want´s to die forever in this place?
In 2 years this forum is surely reduced to "morbius"!!!!

maybe this forum is lacking posts because all is answered ^^
or maybe the new kids won't make their own games anymore because they can buy nearly any game you can imagine....

but hey, morbius is better than nothing