I want to have some stuff show up in the development build that won't show up in the release build. I've searched the manual and so far no go.

You could just define a new variable (or #define RELEASE) yourself and change it prior publishing.

http://www.conitec.net/beta/run_mode.htm
run_mode > 7

I wanted something more automatic.

Any idea on how to get the date the game was released?

@Malice: Thanks, I thought there was something like that but just couldn't remember.

@FoxHound: You could define a variable for that also. How often do you plan on publishing anyway?

Multiple times a week. This way the artist can see the update and bug fixes. Sometimes I can't tell which build. Not to hard really but I like a fool proof version better than trying to remember.

Maybe this helps: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms724320(v=vs.85).aspx

Can I point out the easy stuff.
1) rename the published exe to include the current date.
2) right click the file - select properties and look at the 'creation date'
3) view the file in windows explore with details - creation date listed

#define last_build 10_25_15
#define this_build 10_26_15
#define RELEASE 99999

Just idea's

Have fun
Mal

What I want is to setup for the release build to say the date of creation in the window name itself. I can write all these manually however it is helpful to have the engine do it itself to prevent the simple issues, such as me forgetting to. We did have an issue awhile back where an old build was used instead of the current one I had sent. This is more preventive maintenance than anything else.

Currently it tells me if it is in development or release. Helpful when I have to run the release on my computer to make sure it works and forgetting which one I am actually running.

http://www.conitec.net/beta/asys_day.htm
day
http://www.conitec.net/beta/asys_month.htm
month
http://www.conitec.net/beta/asys_year.htm
yesr
http://www.conitec.net/beta/asys_hours.htm
hour
http://www.conitec.net/beta/asys_minutes.htm
minutes
http://www.conitec.net/beta/aapp_name.htm
string for name of main file and exe name (however READ-ONLY)

However there is not way to add it to the name.

When running File->Publish main script from sed, why not just add date and time before .exe manually
office.exe
office_10_25_2015_6pm.exe
You get to edit the name before the exe is published.