Okay. Is there any way to protect the files generated by the Publish button? How can I prevent someone from altering the files once they are finished?

Second. I defined a bitmap like this:

bmap CustomButton_Plain = <CustomButtonPlain.tga>

The panel came out as a funky yellow pic.

Cyrus

If you have the pro edition then you can resource the game. If not there are some installers out there you can get that will encrypt the files for you.

As for the bmap, change the bmap to antoher one, and trying something other then a tga. I've never used them for panels so I don't know if that's the problem, but try a bmp instead.

Thanks man. It worked, resourcing it i mean. I used a tga because I was told it has an alpha channel that works in 3dgs. Am I wrong?

Cyrus

It does. I'm not sure how that works with panels though.

You may done like this with version 6.40.2:

panel myPanel
{
...
bmap = <Image.bmp>;
flags = visible, transparent;
}

function main()
{
....
....
myPanel.alpha = 80; // play with the value
}

use bitmap instead of any image file with alpha channel.

i've had no problem with alpha channel on panels.
works fine.

I, too, have no problem with alpha channel in panels. Look at my 2D game's clouds once or the scene in general and nearly everything you see has alpha channel (the sky (not the space effect) and the ground don't). In fact, my 2D game is likely the most extreme game made with panels as there are over 200 of them!

My latest screenshot available
A second screenshot - near the ground

The clouds have varying transparency, the edges of the mountains have it, practically all objects have it (except the hills as they don't as they need to be redone anyway - they're from version 1.x).

As to publishing, if you have Pro edition, resource it. If you have a lower edition, look into getting some file packer. Molebox is a great one to look into. I use it. Not only does it encrypt files, but it also compresses them.

Alright, re-read the manual, it says you can use .tga in skins. What would be an application for this? I mean, why would you want an alpha channel on a 3d model? Er, I can see that, NVM, lol. Thank you for all the help.

Cyrus