I would have to say: The Manual, hands down. It is THE best manual I have come across yet. Informative, easy to use and with *just* the right amount of humor.

- manual
- support via forum
- I'm using it since 1997 and know how to do what

- Manual.
- Ease of use.
- Forum.
- Lite-C.

Now how about another thread about Gamestudio's disadvantages? I bet it'll get more posts than this thread

TRUE! But this would only lead to another endless Acknex vs. [Engine name] discussion. Like the 500 others...

Yeah, you're probably right...

- Shaders
- Shaders
- Shaders

A7 is the best engine for developing shader code.

sorry,but i disagree,
-ease of use
-great screpting"programing"language
-speed
-amazing Manual
-forum
but defiantly not shaders.

why not?! With A7 you can develop shaders in REAL TIME! And another thing: you have "speed" in your list - are you kidding?!

@all:
Forum and community have nothing to do with the engine's capabilities!

But it is an advantage of an engine, if there is a big and active community as well as many ressources, wdlmaser.

-Comunity
-Shaders! (I seriously didn´t get to know anything comparable yet, the Unity System is okay, but there is no realtime preview which is comparable to the gamestudio one and the price for render to texture, which is an important feature for many shader effects is much higher and ShiVa doesn´t even seem allow custom shaders)
-vec_ functions
-manual
-stability
-c_move
-speed if you know how to do things correctly
-flexibility
-...

yes you can,but that will really slow down the game"under A7".
as for speed i meant without heavy shaders.