Sorry your browser is not supported!

You are using an outdated browser that does not support modern web technologies, in order to use this site please update to a new browser.

Browsers supported include Chrome, FireFox, Safari, Opera, Internet Explorer 10+ or Microsoft Edge.

AppGameKit Classic Chat / AGK 2.0 Alpha 4

Author
Message
Paul Johnston
TGC Developer
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 16th Nov 2002
Location: United Kingdom
Posted: 12th Aug 2014 02:07 Edited at: 13th Aug 2014 20:31
Link
I've uploaded a new version of AppGameKit 2.0 to the downloads area with the following changes



This version has a lot of new things that need checking so I recommend all version 2 users download it and give it a go, it has been tested on XP, Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8.1. The IDE doesn't work on Mac yet but hopefully we can port it over soon.

All the tier 1 projects have been upgraded to the new IDE project format (.agk), and they are now installed in your user folder (e.g. C:\Users\Me\AGK Projects) so it is UAC friendly. The IDE includes an import option in the project menu to convert your own projects to the new format, it will automatically save the new .agk file in the same place as the old project file. Right click on files in the project side bar to add and remove them from projects.

The Android interpreter is on the Google Play store here or you can side load the version in the installer folder Players/Android. The online APK builder now works with this version. iOS users will have to compile the intepreter_ios project in XCode as usual. I accidentally included an old Mac interpreter in the build so I've added it as a separate download. For now I've left Blackberry out, if anyone is still using it can you say here so I can get an idea of how high a priority it should be.

With so many changes I've no doubt missed a few things so let me know here and I'll get them fixed.

Edit: Known issues
Back to top
Profile PM Email
SoftMotion3D
AGK Developer
18
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 24th Aug 2005
Location: Calgary,Alberta
Posted: 12th Aug 2014 02:56 Edited at: 12th Aug 2014 03:07
Link
awesome.... quick question.... are vertex/pixel shaders working again?

i realy wanna try one with my hockey game.

I use to be heavy in bb dev but not anymore.... they are not planning any new tablets as far as i can see so id drop blackberry completely. I find the playbooks curently on the market fairly slow at processing.

Android/ouya, ios, mac,winpc should be the focus in my opinion.

Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
MrValentine
AGK Backer
13
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 5th Dec 2010
Playing: FFVII
Posted: 12th Aug 2014 03:03
Link
Oooh, Awesome, tagging in to keep up to date with the latest!

Back to top
Profile PM
Paul Johnston
TGC Developer
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 16th Nov 2002
Location: United Kingdom
Posted: 12th Aug 2014 03:07
Link
Quote: "are vertex/pixel shaders working again?"


They should, I didn't run into any errors with them during testing.
Back to top
Profile PM Email
SoftMotion3D
AGK Developer
18
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 24th Aug 2005
Location: Calgary,Alberta
Posted: 12th Aug 2014 03:20
Link
nope.... vertex shader didnt go.


see error message------------------------------------------>

Attachments

Login to view attachments
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Paul Johnston
TGC Developer
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 16th Nov 2002
Location: United Kingdom
Posted: 12th Aug 2014 03:26
Link
It says there is an error inside the shader, can you share the shader code?
Back to top
Profile PM Email
SoftMotion3D
AGK Developer
18
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 24th Aug 2005
Location: Calgary,Alberta
Posted: 12th Aug 2014 03:30 Edited at: 12th Aug 2014 03:36
Link
its just a random shader i grabbed from the forums here to try.

but here it is. I wish i knew more about shaders but i dont know anything about them except they are cool! lol...

Attachments

Login to view attachments
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Paul Johnston
TGC Developer
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 16th Nov 2002
Location: United Kingdom
Posted: 12th Aug 2014 03:39
Link
In media/vertex.vs the last line tries to assign a float to a vec2, replacing it with this will fix it

Back to top
Profile PM Email
SoftMotion3D
AGK Developer
18
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 24th Aug 2005
Location: Calgary,Alberta
Posted: 12th Aug 2014 04:39
Link
ok i fixed that and now get an error with the pixel.ps file.... i probably should not bug you to help me with this as i know your probably busy. I will dig around on the forums to see if there are other shaders available to try.

thanks paul for the update and this is the first time trying the new ide....everything is looking great!

Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
easter bunny
11
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 20th Nov 2012
Playing: Dota 2
Posted: 12th Aug 2014 04:49
Link
Great! Almost enough for prompt me to purchase V2 But I'll still probably wait until it's finished (depending if I'm still into app dev then)


Audacia Games - Latest WIP - AUTOMAYTE 2.1, AppGameKit one click deploy to Android
"When you've finished 90% of your game, you only have 90% left"
Back to top
Profile PM Email
SoftMotion3D
AGK Developer
18
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 24th Aug 2005
Location: Calgary,Alberta
Posted: 12th Aug 2014 05:22 Edited at: 12th Aug 2014 05:53
Link
im not familiar with the new ide...but it will not compile my code any more with this update.

i get an error with this line... whats wrong with it as it worked fine on the old compiler?


i get the error message in the compiler




edit: i fixed it. you use to be able to have a variable name the same as an array name...lol clumsy code ...my fault!


edit: holly cow! This ide is awesome!!! its finding errors i didnt even know i had and somehow still managed to run.
Im very excited to start using this new ide!!!

Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
MrValentine
AGK Backer
13
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 5th Dec 2010
Playing: FFVII
Posted: 12th Aug 2014 05:31 Edited at: 12th Aug 2014 05:36
Link


The issues I faced... I suppose a video makes things clearer...

I removed any previous copy and installed R4...

Windows 8.1 Pro
Surface Pro 2

EDIT

can view it here if not using the BETA forum
Video is 22.3MB
http://www.akaneaya.com/tgcforum/VIDEOS/AGKV2VIDEOS/RELEASE4ISSUES/

Back to top
Profile PM
Hockeykid
DBPro Tool Maker
16
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 26th Sep 2007
Location:
Posted: 12th Aug 2014 06:00
Link
Quote: "The issues I faced... I suppose a video makes things clearer..."


Try going to the "Project" drop down menu and click "Open..." or "New...".

Back to top
Profile PM Email
MrValentine
AGK Backer
13
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 5th Dec 2010
Playing: FFVII
Posted: 12th Aug 2014 06:04
Link
Quote: "Try going to the "Project" drop down menu and click "Open..." or "New..."."




What!? did you even see the video?

Back to top
Profile PM
xCept
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 15th Dec 2002
Location:
Posted: 12th Aug 2014 06:11
Link
Sweet. It will be a bit before I can download and test, but is Tier 2 stuff also generally working in this release? Specifically Visual Studio--is VS2010 the supported IDE in Tier 2 Windows dev?
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Hockeykid
DBPro Tool Maker
16
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 26th Sep 2007
Location:
Posted: 12th Aug 2014 06:16
Link
Quote: "What!? did you even see the video?"


Yeah, you were hitting the big "Open" and "New" buttons, but those are "Open File" and "New File" buttons not "Open Project" and "New Project" buttons . To open a project you need to go under the "Project" menu on the tool bar and hit "Open" or "New". It's kind of confusing.


Sean

Back to top
Profile PM Email
MrValentine
AGK Backer
13
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 5th Dec 2010
Playing: FFVII
Posted: 12th Aug 2014 06:23 Edited at: 12th Aug 2014 06:26
Link
I know what you mean, but it is the same thing, and same result [ Just tried it to be sure I already tried it before the video ]

I guess Paul is in AppGameKit Dream Land so we will have to wait until tomorrow UK time for any feedback on that issue...

If anybody else running Windows 8.1/Pro can download the R4 Alpha and confirm if they have the same issue I think it would help the team a lot...

Let's try to keep this development focussed

EDIT

xCept "\Projects\Native\Windows_VS2010" Does this answer the question? or did you mean something else?

Back to top
Profile PM
Jimmanator
13
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 12th Nov 2010
Location:
Posted: 12th Aug 2014 08:18
Link
I am interested in blackberry support
Back to top
Profile PM
Digital Awakening
AGK Developer
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 27th Aug 2002
Location: Sweden
Posted: 12th Aug 2014 12:39
Link
Sweet

I do need the Ouya one click apk to work before I make the move. They will be at Pax and I will do as much as I can before then. And will be 100% focused on Ouya.

Back to top
Profile PM Website
yamyam
11
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 12th Jan 2013
Location: Black Country
Posted: 12th Aug 2014 14:55
Link
I had the same problem as MrValentine, couldnt work out how to compile and run a project, by clicking the big NEW button, followed Hockykids advice and got it working that way, seems strange to have to go that route but it works.

One problem Mr Johnston is when i close the running program on my PC with the X in the corner, the IDE continues to run the program, not sure if thats a bug or settings.


Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
MrValentine
AGK Backer
13
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 5th Dec 2010
Playing: FFVII
Posted: 12th Aug 2014 14:58
Link
The buttons work fine for me, just the compiler fails on every level... yamyam did you get it to compile?

Back to top
Profile PM
yamyam
11
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 12th Jan 2013
Location: Black Country
Posted: 12th Aug 2014 15:22
Link
Quote: "The buttons work fine for me, just the compiler fails on every level... yamyam did you get it to compile?"


The project i tried.
loaded from Project,Open,Version1,Physics,Box2d

rem out a couple of lines and re-compile and it works fine.

The only issue i had was the IDE continues to be in run mode when the programs closed.


Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
MrValentine
AGK Backer
13
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 5th Dec 2010
Playing: FFVII
Posted: 12th Aug 2014 15:27
Link
Did you leave a previous edition on? or fresh install?

None of the V2 work...

Back to top
Profile PM
Paul Johnston
TGC Developer
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 16th Nov 2002
Location: United Kingdom
Posted: 12th Aug 2014 15:45
Link
The buttons should remain disabled until you open a project, that is a bug. But once you open a project you should be able to compile and run it on Windows 8.1, I've attached a video of it working. Ignoring the toolbar for a minute, do the build menu options not work either?

Quote: "The only issue i had was the IDE continues to be in run mode when the programs closed."


That is because it is still broadcasting to any potential devices, you can turn off broadcasting in the build menu.

Quote: "is Tier 2 stuff also generally working in this release?"


All the tier 2 templates were tested and worked here, let me know if you have any problems.

Attachments

Login to view attachments
Back to top
Profile PM Email
MrValentine
AGK Backer
13
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 5th Dec 2010
Playing: FFVII
Posted: 12th Aug 2014 16:00
Link
Ahh Hockeykid, after some sleep and seeing Paul's response I went back and it now works...

Paul you must sit in the naughty corner for not making that known in an update ...

Quote: "To open a project you need to go under the "Project" menu on the tool bar "


Hockeykid this was not so clear to me until right now if you said Press ALT+P I would have got it straight away, or if you mentioned the 'file tool bar' tool bar to me is one of the floating bars, 'Desktop Publishing'

Anyway, at least Paul now knows to make mention of this in future documentation, as anybody from DBPro or AGKV1 [As if Me] would first try to use the original methods... I guess this new IDE will bring about some funnies

I actually tried right clicking on main.agc after adding it and clicking Add to project, and then after several error messages... which are not clear... I looked at Project in the menu bar and it clicked on me...

@Paul perhaps add a message to that error stating, 'click Project in the menu bar to create a new project to add this file to a project' or something like that...

Glad we got that resolved!

Thanks all...

Now I can probably start studying AGK... before all the new flashy stuff gets added, should take a week...

Back to top
Profile PM
Paul Johnston
TGC Developer
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 16th Nov 2002
Location: United Kingdom
Posted: 12th Aug 2014 16:20
Link
Good to hear you got it sorted, you're right it should be clearer. I think if people have to resort to documentation for the IDE then I have failed at designing a good interface! so I've added tool tips on the disabled buttons to say that a project needs to be opened to enable them (and fixed them so they are disabled at the right time). I've also modified the error message you mentioned. Thanks.
Back to top
Profile PM Email
Rickynzx
12
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 19th Dec 2011
Location: Troon, Scotland
Posted: 12th Aug 2014 16:26 Edited at: 12th Aug 2014 16:46
Link
I get the following error when trying to compile code that previously worked in agk10823b
cant seem to find how to save entire project.



Quote: "Running C:\Program Files (x86)\The Game Creators\IDE\Compiler\AGKCompiler.exe (in directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\The Game Creators\AGK\Projects\Basic\placement editor)
error: Invalid path for CopyFile, must not end in a forward or backward slash
Compilation failed."



Edit: copied the file for the project to the new location ( C:\Users\Me\AGK Projects)and it now compiles correctly.


Piggy Bank Tracker 2 Touch A Block Love Calculator Kcal Calc Website
Blog;
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
MrValentine
AGK Backer
13
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 5th Dec 2010
Playing: FFVII
Posted: 12th Aug 2014 16:36
Link
@Paul, thanks

Back to top
Profile PM
Paul Johnston
TGC Developer
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 16th Nov 2002
Location: United Kingdom
Posted: 12th Aug 2014 16:50
Link
Quote: "I get the following error when trying to compile code"


At first I was sure that error shouldn't be possible, then I noticed the out of bounds memory access, I'm surprised it worked as long as it did. The error should be random, unless your project folder (i.e. "placement editor") is longer than 21 characters in which case the error should never appear. I'll get that fixed for the next version. Thanks.
Back to top
Profile PM Email
Zwarteziel
13
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 22nd Jan 2011
Location: Netherlands
Posted: 12th Aug 2014 17:06
Link
Great news! Can't wait to try this out. Will I be able to install this alongside the old IDE? Also, might I suggest you post the news and change log on Kickstarter? I'm not sure how many backers visit this forum frequently and this is a mayor milestone. Might make a lot of people happy
Back to top
Profile PM Email
Paul Johnston
TGC Developer
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 16th Nov 2002
Location: United Kingdom
Posted: 12th Aug 2014 17:14
Link
Quote: "Will I be able to install this alongside the old IDE?"


Yes, although the new IDE will setup file associations for .agc files.

Quote: "might I suggest you post the news and change log on Kickstarter?"


Rick is back on Thursday, I'll ask him to post it as soon as possible.
Back to top
Profile PM Email
Zwarteziel
13
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 22nd Jan 2011
Location: Netherlands
Posted: 12th Aug 2014 17:34
Link
Thanks Paul! I appreciate all the hard work.
Back to top
Profile PM Email
bjadams
AGK Backer
16
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 29th Mar 2008
Location:
Posted: 12th Aug 2014 19:18
Link
are there any bug fixes to the actual T2 libs in this release?

I think you can forget about Blackberry. They are phasing out their store and replacing it with the Amazon App store!
Back to top
Profile PM Email
unlikely
12
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 5th Mar 2012
Location: Ohio, USA
Posted: 12th Aug 2014 19:19
Link
Thanks Paul!

Happy to report that the new Geany-based system works well on Mac OS through Crossover (unlike the previous system.) So, while I'm chuffed to bits that the new IDE / build tools will be Mac native, this is awesome in the meantime!
Back to top
Profile PM
swissolo
14
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 9th Jan 2010
Location:
Posted: 12th Aug 2014 19:46
Link
Could we have the default syntax highlighting look like what we're used to? This default is Anyways thanks for the update! I'll have to look into it more later

Back to top
Profile PM
Paul Johnston
TGC Developer
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 16th Nov 2002
Location: United Kingdom
Posted: 12th Aug 2014 21:58
Link
Quote: "are there any bug fixes to the actual T2 libs in this release?"


Anything that doesn't mention the IDE or Compiler in the change log applies to both Tier 1 and Tier 2.

Quote: "Could we have the default syntax highlighting look like what we're used to?"


The only thing I added was the purple for the commands, but you can change it in IDE\Editor\data\filetypes.agk open it in wordpad and change "word3=0x9900ad" to some other color in the format 0xRRGGBB. I think Geany has some way to change color schemes but I didn't get to looking at that.
Back to top
Profile PM Email
Uechi
17
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 2nd Sep 2006
Location:
Posted: 12th Aug 2014 23:51
Link
my download stops after getting to 99% - any suggestions?
Back to top
Profile PM
Ranietz
AGK Gold Backer
19
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 2nd Sep 2004
Location: Norway
Posted: 13th Aug 2014 01:08 Edited at: 13th Aug 2014 01:08
Link
Quote: "my download stops after getting to 99% - any suggestions? "


I have the same problem. When I try to download again it say the page can not be found.
Back to top
Profile PM
MrValentine
AGK Backer
13
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 5th Dec 2010
Playing: FFVII
Posted: 13th Aug 2014 01:12
Link
Which browser are you using? works fine in IE, and possibly FireFox as that is what Paul uses

Back to top
Profile PM
Uechi
17
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 2nd Sep 2006
Location:
Posted: 13th Aug 2014 01:31
Link
I ran it under IE and Chrome and Firefox. My virus protection gives me the following which may be why it stops at 99% and 1 second to go:

Infection blocked

URLhxxp://www.thegamecreators.com/xt/xt_download_content.php?product=2347%26file=443|$_OUTDIR\Editor\bin\AGK.exeInfectionWin32:Evo-gen [Susp]

Anyone else get this? Any ideas how to proceed? thanks for any help.
Back to top
Profile PM
Ranietz
AGK Gold Backer
19
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 2nd Sep 2004
Location: Norway
Posted: 13th Aug 2014 01:37
Link
I got the warning from my anti-virus program too. I'm using Avast, and it's probably blocking that site but I haven't found where to unblock it yet...
Back to top
Profile PM
Uechi
17
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 2nd Sep 2006
Location:
Posted: 13th Aug 2014 01:44
Link
I am using avast too. Should I disable it until the download finishes?
Back to top
Profile PM
MrValentine
AGK Backer
13
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 5th Dec 2010
Playing: FFVII
Posted: 13th Aug 2014 01:50
Link
https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=95622.0

Susp = Suspicious...

Ignore it and just allow the file... unless your system may have web based injection

Back to top
Profile PM
Uechi
17
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 2nd Sep 2006
Location:
Posted: 13th Aug 2014 01:52
Link
I did let it continue and it stopped at 99%.
Back to top
Profile PM
Ranietz
AGK Gold Backer
19
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 2nd Sep 2004
Location: Norway
Posted: 13th Aug 2014 01:54
Link
Quote: "I am using avast too. Should I disable it until the download finishes? "


Yeah. Just disable the web-shield (or whatever it's called) and try to download again. Remember to activate the web-shield again when the download is done.
Back to top
Profile PM
MrValentine
AGK Backer
13
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 5th Dec 2010
Playing: FFVII
Posted: 13th Aug 2014 01:54
Link
Disable that silly piece of pointless software... then download again... also give it some 5 minutes before cancelling... I get funny blowbacks from the TGC servers sometimes...

Back to top
Profile PM
SoftMotion3D
AGK Developer
18
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 24th Aug 2005
Location: Calgary,Alberta
Posted: 13th Aug 2014 01:57
Link
paul... i dont see the ouya template once again. Was it missed? At least the date of the folder has been un modified since i installed alpha 4. I will need this to build the new ouya player with eclipse so it supports ouya iap.

Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Uechi
17
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 2nd Sep 2006
Location:
Posted: 13th Aug 2014 02:11
Link
I disabled the web shield and the file protection shield and the
download and install worked. Thanks MRVALENTINE!!
Back to top
Profile PM
swissolo
14
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 9th Jan 2010
Location:
Posted: 13th Aug 2014 02:16
Link
Quote: "The only thing I added was the purple for the commands"

Oh. Really? Numbers were always the same color as comments? Maybe I changed the coloring long ago on my computers.

Back to top
Profile PM
MrValentine
AGK Backer
13
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 5th Dec 2010
Playing: FFVII
Posted: 13th Aug 2014 02:19
Link
Uechi

Back to top
Profile PM
Back to top

Login to post a reply

Server time is: 2024-04-24 03:35:42
Your offset time is: 2024-04-24 03:35:42