A new Gamestudio update is available for a public beta test:

http://server.conitec.net/down/gstudio_8401.exe

New features of Gamestudio 8.40: augmented reality, cloth simulation, 3D mode for beam and streak effects, improvements for lite-C and the map compiler, and many new or improved engine functions. A detailed list can be found here:

http://manual.3dgamestudio.net/newfeatures8.htm

Version 8.40.1 contains fixes of some small bugs reported for 8.40.0. Install the update over your Gamestudio 8.30 version. Please report any problems to the bug forum.

Thanks for the update jcl,

but when will the older bugs be fixed? Like the PSSM Shadow - Alpha problem?
Forum Link

Regards
Benni

In the next version. AFAIK alpha transparency on PSSM targets had some side effects.

ok thanks, hope the next versions will release sooner than before

I have not realised any change in ent_setvertex.
earlier you mentioned it will be fixed to auto update terrain hull after vertex movements, but apparently it works in the same old way - I get neither updated normals nor hull.
or maybe I misunderstood something...

individual decal shadows are now usually fine with fx_mirrorWater + 1skin terrains, until #include <mtlView.c> is not added, then they are bad as before.

moreover they kept the same wrong behaviour when fx_mirrorWater applied beside a ground terrain with ffe terraintex.fx, #include <mtlView.c> does not matter

It's not that I need the feature right now or anytime soon, but there's still a problem with the 2D BEAM/ STREAK particles. I cannot seem to force the rendering to be in 2D mode (by setting particle_mode = 2; in the particle_trail.c demo).

I get a script crash for my previously working scipt now, at line containing level_load("xxx.wmb"), if preload_mode is set to 15 before. with default value it's still okay.

preload_mode 15 is also messing up mirrorwater mirror image (levels can be created by level_load(NULL) and some ent_create-s)

Superku: You reported that also for the previous version, but I can not confirm the problem here. How do you know that 2D beams don't work? They look identical in particle_trail, the only difference you can see is the frame rate.

sivan: Can you send us an example where we can see the problem with the terrain hull and the preload_mode 15?

preload_mode example, as I remember all 3 included scripts resulted in crash: http://www.mediafire.com/?r6318kdrf11zer3 (wmb-s are compiled from my editor by wwmp2wmb.exe)

I forgot to include, but the messy mirror water can be checked if simply replacing in void main() level load(levelname_str) by:
level_load(NULL);
ent_create("water4.hmp",nullvector,Map_Water_Action);
ent_create("003drygrass_1skin.hmp",nullvector,Map_Terrain_Action);

and removing this loop (btu not essential):
me = ent_next(NULL);
while (me) { ... }

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the terrain hull example is not easy, as it is within my editor, and I cannot make a simple representation fast, but I'll try to make a simplified demo...